Leosghost - 7:28 pm on Oct 1, 2009 (gmt 0)

It's essentially a community service subsidized by a corporation.

Nope it's essentially a site where a lot of copyright material is uploaded by people who dont own it a lot of junk is uploaded by wanna be stars ( makes reality TV look like high culture by comparison ), a lot of pron is uploaded , a lot of really objectionable and sometimes illegal ( anywhere ) material is uploaded ( it's rife with standard really nasty bullying stuff filmed by kids on their mobile phones to ridicule and intimidate other kids ) ..a lot of hate videos ..

and it's being subsidised by GOOG because goog bought it before they could think of a way to monetise it ..now they are experimenting with prerun ( watch the ad before you see the video ) ..its a kids jungle ..and GOOG dont have the inclination to police it ..dont know how , dont want to spend the money ..( and certainly dont understand teen culture and what a cess pit teen sites become without supervision ..).but Eric and the Big kids apparently think that if they can just work out a way to serve the ads properly ..then they can make money as usual from other peoples images not uploaded by their owners and slime ..

it panders to the worst aspects of humanity ..the "look at me" doing anything to be noticed ..even if it means degrading and harming themselves or frequently others ..

and GOOG run it all under the cover of "it's to big to filter" so it aint our fault ..well IT IS their fault ..

And in Europe at least people are not afraid to say so ..