YouTube should give users a way of knowing if a video has been altered
I tend to disagree because it can be used to remove information not to add it. As OP said, the info about the number of “folds” was inaccurate so the content was removed from the video. The tool is also used to remove person information accidentally included from a video and is also used to remove baked in ad segments after the ad has ran its course (useful for content that the info contained rarely changes. I know one electronics YouTuber who had been pushing for this feature for a while, though not actually seen them use it).<p>We know YouTube has the ability to edit video, heck they have done it to their own promotional videos. But here is the thing imo. When a video is edited “in bad faith” we hear about it pretty quickly, when a video is edited in good faith (removing inaccurate information, ads, personal information) do we really care?<p>Not everything said online needs to be set in stone. That’s just my own opinion on the matter.<p>Also the dot marker on reddit only shows if it’s been edited after 3 mins. In a heated debate that’s penlty of time to alter “what you have said”. And atleast one of the high ups have been found to edit people’s posts directly in the database avoiding the “edit marker” to change the tone of their posts. The edit marker did nothing to prevent this. People speaking up brought it to everyone’s attention <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;announcements&#x2F;comments&#x2F;5frg1n&#x2F;tifu_by_editing_some_comments_and_creating_an&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;announcements&#x2F;comments&#x2F;5frg1n&#x2F;tifu_...</a>