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Youtube will say "Oh, we can't pick and choose because then unscrupulous channels will tag their garbage videos as CPR and not get ads, or the search quality wi

Youtube will say "Oh, we can't pick and choose because then unscrupulous channels will tag their garbage videos as CPR and not get ads, or the search quality will go down." This is utter BS, because we know they have the tools to boost or suppress individual channels, so YT needs to vet existing channels, and flag them as ad free or important for search. A channel and video that comes to mind is the Red Cross' CPR instructional video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eRwgM2Pa4o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eRwgM2Pa4o

JumpCrisscross 4y ago
This seems like a simple case of pinning a Red Cross/Crescent video to the top of searches which may resemble emergency instructions.
mananaysiempre 4y ago
You used to be able to tell YouTube you don’t want it to show ads on your videos nor to give you money in return. How you can’t refuse the ads[1]. Good news—you can still refuse the money! /s Presumably the Red Cross channel is from those earlier times. [1] https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/19/youtube-will-put-ads-on-non-partner-videos-but-wont-pay-the-creators.html https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/19/youtube-will-put-ads-on-non-...
- zamnos 4y ago
  I never considered paying for YouTube premium to avoid ads a health and safety matter, but I guess in this case it would be.
ajsnigrutin 4y ago
Yep... they manage to find curse words, any mention of "the plague", anything on the "wrong" political side, and demonetize immediately... but asking for red cross videos to be on top and without ads is "too much" for them.
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jabroni_salad 4y ago
It occurs to me that this should actually be one of those searches that has a curated infobox above the search results, and probably including a button that calls emergency services since doing that is step 1 of every cpr training program I have ever taken.
rco8786 4y ago
You took that straw man down real good
Jerrrry 4y ago
Youtube does already have this functionality. The following Youtube video will never display ads, by contractual agreement. Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra) [Official Music Video] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UVNT4wvIGY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UVNT4wvIGY
yieldcrv 4y ago
The only "responsible" reaction from youtube would be to add a popup or notification when someone is looking for emergency videos that they should call emergency services and ask for instructions This person called emergency services and then went on youtube. They didn't ask for instructions and the emergency service didn't think to offer it.
- Ekaros 4y ago
  Why not actually make that feature mandatory on OS level? If it notices that you type how to perform cpr or any misstyping, immediately call emergency number and start showing a video stored in the OS itself. Why do Apple and Google want to kill people? Why don't they implement this sort of reasonable feature?
Robotbeat 4y ago
I think YouTube should make it easier, I even think it’s technically feasible to do it. but I also think the finger wagging is massively misplaced. We shouldn’t punish folks or companies for doing something good just because they aren’t doing it even better. “No good deed goes unpunished” is not supposed to be a rule we intentionally follow! That’s the path to insanity, yet it seems like many people unironically believe it.

JumpCrisscross 4y ago

This seems like a simple case of pinning a Red Cross/Crescent video to the top of searches which may resemble emergency instructions.

mananaysiempre 4y ago

You used to be able to tell YouTube you don’t want it to show ads on your videos nor to give you money in return. How you can’t refuse the ads[1]. Good news—you can still refuse the money! /s Presumably the Red Cross channel is from those earlier times. [1] https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/19/youtube-will-put-ads-on-non-partner-videos-but-wont-pay-the-creators.html https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/19/youtube-will-put-ads-on-non-...

zamnos 4y ago
I never considered paying for YouTube premium to avoid ads a health and safety matter, but I guess in this case it would be.

ajsnigrutin 4y ago

Yep... they manage to find curse words, any mention of "the plague", anything on the "wrong" political side, and demonetize immediately... but asking for red cross videos to be on top and without ads is "too much" for them.

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jabroni_salad 4y ago

It occurs to me that this should actually be one of those searches that has a curated infobox above the search results, and probably including a button that calls emergency services since doing that is step 1 of every cpr training program I have ever taken.

rco8786 4y ago

You took that straw man down real good

Jerrrry 4y ago

Youtube does already have this functionality. The following Youtube video will never display ads, by contractual agreement. Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra) [Official Music Video] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UVNT4wvIGY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UVNT4wvIGY

yieldcrv 4y ago

The only "responsible" reaction from youtube would be to add a popup or notification when someone is looking for emergency videos that they should call emergency services and ask for instructions This person called emergency services and then went on youtube. They didn't ask for instructions and the emergency service didn't think to offer it.

Ekaros 4y ago
Why not actually make that feature mandatory on OS level? If it notices that you type how to perform cpr or any misstyping, immediately call emergency number and start showing a video stored in the OS itself. Why do Apple and Google want to kill people? Why don't they implement this sort of reasonable feature?

Robotbeat 4y ago

I think YouTube should make it easier, I even think it’s technically feasible to do it. but I also think the finger wagging is massively misplaced. We shouldn’t punish folks or companies for doing something good just because they aren’t doing it even better. “No good deed goes unpunished” is not supposed to be a rule we intentionally follow! That’s the path to insanity, yet it seems like many people unironically believe it.