YouTube Running Out Of Feet To Shoot
I don’t quite know if this is an early April’s fools joke, but I just saw YouTube has built in yet another obstruction in their video display mode. I followed a link Randy had put on his blog to an Office XP commercials (that apparently has been uploaded many times) and all of the sudden there’s this warning page I’m directed to that says:
This video may contain content that is inappropriate for some users, as flagged by YouTube’s user community.
By clicking “Confirm,” you are agreeing that all videos flagged by the YouTube community will be viewable by this account.
Here’s the message, as described above:
The (fake?) commercial itself doesn’t show any nudity, there’s no explicit scenes, there’s no extreme violence whatsoever. Agreed, for Microsoft’s image, the ad is a bit risqué, but still… what’s up with this? There are thousands of videos that feature far more worse content than this one…
Here’s the YouTube link: http://youtube.com/watch?v=CFKTGpUoens
Really. I wonder how much further you can bring it. Either the movie gets flagged, verified and then removed or you remove the flag and let it go live. This ‘in between’ thing is just ridiculous. Every movie has its fans and its haters. Either the content is ok to go live or not.
The sad part is, you only get the message when you’re logged in. A small but subtle WTF comes in one’s mind as he begins to wonder how much more YouTube is going to do to pester their existing users. I’m getting pretty tired of all these warnings and limitations. I like the service, but all this extra stuff that pops up, all these restrictions… pffff. I definitely don’t like it.
Randy Charles Morin said
on March 31, 2006 around 4:06 pm
It’s possible the material was copyright and the holder asked it to be removed.
Coolz0r said
on March 31, 2006 around 4:24 pm
I don’t think so. YouTube doesn’t send the warning with the other clips (the exact same clips that are duplicated uploads). Some users flagged this clip only.
UbiquitousOne said
on June 26, 2006 around 10:46 pm
I can’t seem to get past that message - it comes up and tells me if I confirm, all will be well -
Well, I click on Confirm - but it does nothing and goes nowhere, and I still cannot play the vids… I dont’ get it!
Coolz0r said
on June 26, 2006 around 10:52 pm
Could be the owner of the clip set it to private, or that it has been removed… or that YouTube is running slow. :)