User blog comment:Umbrello/Youtube Heroes: The End is Nigh!!/@comment-25941663-20160922134636/@comment-25941663-20160922151106

I understand that, but if Youtube doesn't like a video, they can already "put it down" by removing monetization, via their "advertiser-friendly" policy. They have shown they don't need Heroes to do that, so I doubt that will change much now. If they want to censor something, they can, Heroes or not.

The main problem I see with this initiative is the kind of people becoming Heroes. If the sensible side of the community doesn't care, then the wackos and the precious snowflakes will take the torch and the whole project will do more bad than good.

It's pretty much the same with the wiki. If instead of the current admins there were whiny fanbois in charge, everything would have gone wrong. Currently though it is working because of the quality of the admins (although I hear the newest addition is a hardcore JtK cosplayer).

I think that this, as most of the recent Youtube changes, will not be as bad as people made it out to be. It will still be bad, but not catastrophic. Maybe some good will come of it too.

It's the overall approach of Youtube though that makes me think the site won't last another decade. Going full "family friendly" will probably be their undoing.