We currently have YouTube filtered on the church’s network. This is especially important since the school piggybacks on our filter.
However, I am still trying it out some. I think it can be useful for getting videos out where people can show them to their friends. If you can get something on YouTube that kids will want to tell their friends at school about then you have something good.
I have learned an important lesson though: Tagging is not always your friend.
Tagging lets you put information about your video in a form that makes it easier to find and provides youTube a way to find similar content. Unfortunately you cannot screen the similar content directly. For this you need discretionary tagging.
I recently posted on R.ighteo.us about duct tape on the moon. I uploaded some videos with astronauts on the moon’s surface. One was carrying what looked like two washing machines on a stick and the other one was fixing a busted fender with a map and tape. I considered adding a Yosemite Sam mudflap to the picture, but I decided to let it stand on its own merits.
After posting the videos I noticed that the “Explore More Videos” section had several sadomasochistic bondage videos using duct tape. I quickly removed “duct tape” from the list of tags. I would rather lose people finding videos by not having those tags then have someone get misdirected from watching a video I linked.
If you use YouTube please be careful of your tags.
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