Video-sharing platform, YouTube, is experimenting with a new feature similar to an X (previously Twitter) function.
This new notes tool according to the company enables users to contribute context and notify users of misinformation in videos.
A good presenter in a well-produced YouTube video will provide information with clarity and confidence.
However, the information isn’t always completely correct, either because the presenter made an honest error or, in some situations, is intentionally trying to mislead you.
When this happens, there is currently little that someone watching the video can do about it.
The Google-owned company says the function can be used to indicate whether a song is a parody or to notify viewers when older material is being portrayed as a current occurrence.
According to Google’s blog article, the feature appears to be quite similar to Community Notes on X (previously Twitter).
Essentially, it allows viewers to provide context for a given claim in a video, making other viewers better aware of the facts surrounding it.
Newsng understands that notes are only available in English to mobile users in the United States.
Google began developing a means for users to annotate search results last year, but it is only available as an opt-in through Google Search Labs.
YouTube admits that mistakes will be made during the testing phase, as it expects remarks that aren’t a good match for a video or that contain wrong information.
The company intends to learn from the test phase and welcomes feedback from spectators and creators on the quality of notes.
During the initial pilot, third-party assessors will assess the usefulness and correctness of notes. YouTube will use the responses to train its systems. If third-party assessors think the remarks are useful, they will appear below the video.
Viewers will then be asked whether they believe the note is “helpful,” “somewhat helpful,” or “unhelpful.”
They will be asked why they believe a note is beneficial or not. For example, a person may claim that they found a letter useful because it cited high-quality sources or was written objectively.
We earlier reported that Google announced plans to invest €1 billion ($1.1 billion) to expand its main data centre in Finland due to the location’s access to green energy.
