I started playing FFXIV a bit over a month ago. During that time, there was someone in the Novice Network (new player advice channel in game) posted a "does this look like an okay PLD build?" with a URL. I click the URL and it is a video of something being held down and attacked with a hatchet or something and it sounded like a child (as soon as I realized what was going on after like 1-2 seconds, I closed the video then reported the user and blocked them. It was a bit much and not the type of content I'd seek out, so that's probably why details are hazy).
Reason I give that anecdote is for the last part: I don't think it is about monetizing this type of content and that they're only after the shock factor of it.
Again, maybe they could automate safeguarding against it, but my guess is they'd find a way to get through. Like take a 5 minute YouTuber video and inject a slightly modified version of the shock video in it with hopes it bypasses the filter. Don't know, but wouldn't put it past anyone that would do this sort of thing.
That sounds tough and like you were in luck that you reacted quickly.
> Reason I give that anecdote is for the last part: I don't think it is about monetizing this type of content and that they're only after the shock factor of it.
Possibly, I assume so as well, but I believe there's a difference in commitment. If I'm making money off of something, I'm going to put a lot of effort (at least until I approach $0) into evading filters, and can easily pay for advanced technical solutions (possibly hand-crafted for my purpose). If it's to mess with people, my effort and monetary investment will be much smaller. If I need to put significant time into each video upload only for it to be blocked after a handful of views, it doesn't scale. Trolls are an issue, of course, but video seems to be so hard to create/manipulate at scale and easier (I think) to check (compared to text for example), at least until there will be something like GPT2 for video.
Reason I give that anecdote is for the last part: I don't think it is about monetizing this type of content and that they're only after the shock factor of it.
Again, maybe they could automate safeguarding against it, but my guess is they'd find a way to get through. Like take a 5 minute YouTuber video and inject a slightly modified version of the shock video in it with hopes it bypasses the filter. Don't know, but wouldn't put it past anyone that would do this sort of thing.