Kids Channel Dilemma - [Kid Sift Channel] • Kids.VideoSift: Online Video *Quality Control

posted by Tallguy 6 months 3 weeks ago • 203 views

Right now the meaning of the kids channel seems to be ambiguous. To some submitters it seems to indicate videos about kids and to others videos for kids. As a parent I love watching videos on the kids channel with my 4 yo daughter, but lately only half of the videos are appropriate for her. I would love to see the purpose clarified and possibly a new channel created so that there is an obvious "for kids" channel available for posters.

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It is supposed to be for videos that one can watch with their child. If you point us to some videos that are not appropriate, we can fix them.

written by MarineGunrock

| 6 months 3 weeks ago | CH

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Well, I have no real interest in "censoring" any of this content, but there does seem to be a persistent confusion about the meaning of the channel. Based on the types of videos I have seen over the years, I have long assumed that the kids channel meant "about kids." In searching the channel, however, I see that many videos I recall seeing here have been removed. For example, many Wonder Showzen and Family Guy clips have been in the Kids channel over the years.

There are still a significant number of clips in the Kids channel that seem to be "about kids" rather than "for kids". For starters a search of NSFW videos in the kids channel turns up five videos.

Additionally, skimming the first two pages of the Kids channel turns up these videos which seem to be more "about kids" than "for kids":
http://kids.videosift.com/video/What-children-see-children-do-Powerful
http://kids.videosift.com/video/Uncle-Globey-Friends-tells-kids-harsh-world-realities
http://kids.videosift.com/video/Superman-on-what-Maybe-on-a-hot-dog
http://kids.videosift.com/video/What-one-day-of-war-in-Iraq-can-buy-instead
http://kids.videosift.com/video/Yiddish-with-Dick-and-Jane
http://kids.videosift.com/video/God-is-Dead
http://kids.videosift.com/video/Apaches-A-rather-gruesome-UK-public-awareness-film
http://kids.videosift.com/video/Child-Bankrupts-Make-A-Wish-Foundation

In the long run, however, it might be far more productive to alter the submission page in some way to clarify the purpose of the channel and to make a distinction between "for kids" and "about kids."

written by Tallguy | 6 months 3 weeks ago | CH

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I just removed the God is Dead vid. Putting that in the kids channel is obscene. I've always treated, and been told to treat it, as a channel for kids, including all of us kids-at-heart. That said, it's up to James to decide what he wants in his channel and to maintain it.

written by jonny