Our first building block in tech for tykes: YouTube Kids

Post by rjuyal » Mon, Feb 23, 2015, 4:57 PM UTC

zanek wrote: post #20

impostervt wrote: post #6

My kids, 5 and 2, have really been into these weird toy unboxing videos recently. They're fine with me from a "ok for kids" point of view, though I don't see the attraction. Anyway, I just wonder if these type of videos will be available. example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_e8CPuVepA

My 3 year old son loves these videos as well (especially the toy car unboxing videos on Youtube). I'm glad someone linked to an article about it. It seems really odd to me that he loves them, but he finally seems to be over them after a 4 month stint of always seeking them out, trying to spell out the words to find them, etc Cant believe some of these toy unboxing videos have +70 million views, insane

Post by harisamin » Mon, Feb 23, 2015, 5:05 PM UTC

impostervt wrote: post #14

thorntonbf wrote: post #7

I realize that full curation probably isn't possible as this thing scales, but as a parent, this thing will live or die based on the content they allow into the stream. I love watching videos of people building stuff with my kids. Moreover, I love watching the creativeness that some of the videos inspire in my kids. Unfortunately, to date, I have had to preview most of the content my children see on YouTube so that t…

There's probably an app-idea in there. Maybe an app that costs video creators some small amount, say $5, that gets their video in a "for-kids" video app. The $5 pays to have your video reviewed and tagged so that parents can filter what they want their kid to see. As a parent, I would definitely pay for that app/service.

Post by jjoonathan » Mon, Feb 23, 2015, 5:07 PM UTC

tremendo wrote: post #26

I have a younger-than-thirteen daughter who would love to be able to post her video creations to YT too, and have her own channel. I had created a gmail account for her before, then she tried to create her channel and was asked for her DOB which she answered truthfully resulting in… not only no channel, her whole email was blocked and, according to their statement, eventually deleted. Yes, mea culpa. YT for kids is w…

Post by emidln » Mon, Feb 23, 2015, 5:18 PM UTC

thorntonbf wrote: post #7

I realize that full curation probably isn't possible as this thing scales, but as a parent, this thing will live or die based on the content they allow into the stream. I love watching videos of people building stuff with my kids. Moreover, I love watching the creativeness that some of the videos inspire in my kids. Unfortunately, to date, I have had to preview most of the content my children see on YouTube so that t…

Post by [deleted] » Mon, Feb 23, 2015, 5:24 PM UTC

jjoonathan wrote: post #35

tremendo wrote: post #26

I have a younger-than-thirteen daughter who would love to be able to post her video creations to YT too, and have her own channel. I had created a gmail account for her before, then she tried to create her channel and was asked for her DOB which she answered truthfully resulting in… not only no channel, her whole email was blocked and, according to their statement, eventually deleted. Yes, mea culpa. YT for kids is w…

Lying about your age to get around a low-stakes boneheaded policy is about as white as a lie can get. I still use my fake birthday (Jan 1 1984) for online accounts even though I'm 25. It's not exactly Rosa Parks level civil disobedience but it seems like the least I can do. January 1 birthdays both allow the provider to cover their ass and allow you to register your contempt for the silliness in a measurable fashion.