YouTube is gradually giving content creators a way to post corrections to misinformation. Video makers will no longer have to reshoot or re-edit their videos, or upload a brand new video to correct their mistakes.
YouTube is rolling out a new feature called Corrections to make it easy for creators to clarify mistakes. After the creator uploads the video, they can add corrections. These will appear as “info cards” at the relevant timestamp in the upper right corner of the video.
Viewers can click on the card to expand corrections in the video description. Google provides a set of detailed instructions on how to add the Corrections feature. Alternatively, creators can watch an explainer video.
This new feature seems to be trying to set a balance. Previously, creators had to edit and re-upload videos with errors. However, by doing so, the creator risks losing all comments and engagement metrics for that video.
Additionally, creators can add clarifications to the video’s description, or include corrections in the comments. However, this is easy to miss, and there will be tons of comments highlighting the error and offering corrections. This new feature helps content creators provide corrections without losing metrics and comments.
Strangely, the new correction info card only appears to appear on the first correction in any given video. There is no information card to highlight any more corrections. So it will be up to the viewer to click on the first info card that appears to see all the corrections.
With the ever-increasing number of videos uploaded every day, YouTube offers content creators a rather small but still important way to accept that their content is flawed. But it’s unclear whether this approach will help content creators avoid penalties for including misinformation. Additionally, correction information cards may be used to sneak in wrong information without fear of disciplinary action.
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