Nov

7

Feedback for YouTube

Filed Under Video Sharing Sites

YouTubeYouTube recently announced what they’re calling a Community Council. Essentially, it’s a group of five volunteers from the YouTube commnunity who will be providing feedback about the site and its features over the next six months. When the six months is up, another group rotates in.

What makes this even more interesting for the average user is you can take your own ideas to the members of the group, and they will get your feedback to YouTube.

As YouTube says:

You can approach any of our councilors with your thoughts, gripes — anything at all — over the next six months, and they will fast-track your feedback to us.

A few questions spring to mind right away:

  1. Do these people know what they’re getting themselves into?
  2. They are tagged “volunteers.” Are they “paid volunteers?” (I hope so. See Question 1.)
  3. Does YouTube really need “volunteers” for this? It’s nice that they want feedback from users, but don’t they have the money for people who can do nothing but communicate with their huge user base and “fast-track” that feedback to where it needs to go?
  4. Do these people REALLY know what they’re getting themselves into?

In any case, the council members are below. They anxiously await your bitching, whining, moaning, and complaining.

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A video of the volunteers at YouTube headquarters:

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