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Hi Peter,
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<div>On TechTV, video uploaders have the choice to leave commenting on or turn it off. They can also go in and moderate their comments themselves.</div>
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<div>That being said, as the TechTV admin, I monitor all site comments daily to remove obvious spam comments and any obscenities to keep the site clean, but I don't sensor (that is left up to the owner of the video if they so choose).</div>
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<div>Not sure if that helps for YouTube. We do have a subset of our vids posted there but I haven't been diligent of monitoring the comments there.</div>
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<div>On Oct 2, 2012, at 4:46 PM, Peter Pinch <<a href="mailto:pdpinch@MIT.EDU">pdpinch@MIT.EDU</a>></div>
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<blockquote type="cite">This may sound a little naïve, but OCW has been reminded recently (and<br>
frequently) that posting videos on YouTube can generate a lot of offensive<br>
and obnoxious comments.<br>
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As we've been struggling with how to balance audience engagement with<br>
respect for MIT faculty and students (who are the targets of the<br>
nastiness), I thought we should reach out to you all to see if there are<br>
any policies and practices we can learn from.<br>
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Does anyone have a formal policy on comments (for YouTube or elsewhere?).<br>
Is anyone dealing with a large volume of comments and have a good workflow<br>
for dealing? Or do you just turn them off?<br>
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Thanks for you thoughts,<br>
Peter Pinch<br>
Production Manager, MIT OpenCourseWare<br>
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