[videoblogging] Re: Welcome to Youtube - racist comments

2007-08-02 Thread terry.rendon
Hello Mark, Just wondering why you decided not to delete the comments? Terry Rendon http://www.terryannonline.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, caminofilm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been active on youtube over the last month and have had two of my videos featured in the travel and

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Welcome to Youtube - racist comments

2007-08-02 Thread Rupert
This is common on Youtube, unfortunately - as elsewhere on the web.It's one of the things that have kept so many videobloggers away from Youtube for so long. A lot of people (my no means the majority) find it fun to be nasty there, and there's no way of stopping them except to

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Welcome to Youtube - racist comments

2007-08-02 Thread Mark Shea
Hi Terry I posted this comment 3 days ago: I'm a bit disappointed with some of the racist comments people have made with regard to my video. I could remove them, but I won't, because I think many are indicative of race relations in Australia. I accept and give credence to the democratic

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Welcome to Youtube - racist comments

2007-08-02 Thread Richard (Show) Hall
I should point out that my experience is the same as Rupert's, in that there were nice and supportive comments on youtube and I left them. In my previous email, I made it sound like they were all negative, and that's not really true, though probably over half were pretty rude. Also, I think you

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Welcome to Youtube - racist comments

2007-08-02 Thread Ed Smith
Yes, I have 11 vids on youtube and I get my share of negative comments as well. Since I am in my 60s, the what I assume are young gentlemen, hone in on my age and looks as I am an easy target for those kind of comments. On the whole the comments are positive and the viewer numbers grows each

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Welcome to Youtube - racist comments

2007-08-02 Thread Rupert
The other thing you can do to get rid of the trolls on YouTube is just turn off comments and turn off ratings, and put a link to your videoblog in the description so that people can go there and comment if they want to. I'd bet any money you like that the nasty little turds don't bother

[videoblogging] Re: Welcome to Youtube - racist comments

2007-08-02 Thread Kevin Buckstiegel
I too have been 'prepared' for the nasties since putting videos on YouTube. I tend to watch a lot of the YouTube Drama Stars (heh) and see the flood of negative and hurtful comments (known as from 'the haters') constantly. So, being that I'm gay and have some videoblogs about somethings related to

[videoblogging] Re: Welcome to Youtube - racist comments

2007-08-02 Thread Gena
You have the right to set the tone and the environment for your videos posts. You can moderate or delete hate-filled comments because there will be one distinctive feature about them. The intent is to cause hurt and pain. You are not removing another another point of view or a personal