Comments on: Are Your Videos NSFW or SFW? Give Viewers a Heads-Up with Vimeo's New Content Ratings

By: Bruno Ricardo

Bruno Ricardo — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 12:18:43 +0000

Couldn’t agree more with you.

By: ProgMan

ProgMan — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 05:54:58 +0000

The world doesn’t exist to cater to prudes. Who cares if there’s porn, who cares if there’s bootlegged music and what not. As content creators, we should be concerned foremost with maximizing our freedom to make our art, without harassment by self appointed moral police. There are plenty of people who will try to limit what we can say and show, from the MPAA, to the FCC, to the ESRB to Youtube, we don’t need to give them any help.

By: orangutan_264

orangutan_264 — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 03:48:05 +0000

Vimeo is freestyle. With this censorship could also come RIAA concerns. As of now, Vimeo doesn’t care about bootlegged musak, porn, debauchery, etc. It seems as if all that stuff is coming. Comments are getting nastier, so Vimeo is well on its way of becoming hardcore ghetto like its supertrashy trampy brethren YouTube.

By: Sid

Sid — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 03:19:02 +0000

OH WOW. I mean: VIMEO HAS A HUGE PROBLEM WITH PORN, NOT YOUTUBE. **

By: Sid

Sid — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 03:18:22 +0000

This is fine and dandy, but youtube has a huge problem with pornography being uploaded. This content is beyond the mature rating. I try to flag them and so do others, but Vimeo’s staff is incapable of handling it as I have seen videos that belong on pornhub stay on vimeo for over 24 hours. Youtube is much better about this. Vimeo needs to change something and get better automatic detection software or whatever it is.

By: ProgMan

ProgMan — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 21:36:42 +0000

There is only one way this can be a positive change, and that is if by having a rating system, all real censorship is effectively ended. If they get rid of the ridiculous hair split of “non-sexual nudity” (many of the greatest films of all time contain sexual nudity) and allow a rating system to inform people of the content instead, then good. However, if they just lay this rating system on top of their existing censorship, than they’re just stigmatizing certain people’s work.

By: Joe Marine

Joe Marine — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 21:05:41 +0000

From the staff comments on the blog post I guess they are considering all of those things you mentioned.

By: Morgan C.

Morgan C. — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 21:04:17 +0000

As someone who works for a church and posts videos and services on Vimeo, I appreciate a way to discern which videos may be inappropriate. I think having them on Vimeo is fine, but I want to choose what I see. Plus, Vimeo is a great site in many ways, and I wish I could feel more comfortable recommending it to friends.

I wish they would also require no nudity or overly graphic imagery (e.g. bloody or disturbing) on thumbnails. It can lead to awkward moments with others around.

I also some limitations on what an unsigned or underage (13 and under) member can access would be smart. My sister is 12 and although there are entire kid friendly channels I would never recommend her searching Vimeo as it currently stands. There just need to be some sort of safe search. Vimeo may be better than Youtube in many ways, but its search customization is leagues behind Youtube. I wish I had the ability to limit my searches better, apply a filter, or have permanent tags that I do not want searched (e.g. porn, nudity, sexy, torture, nsfw, etc.). Anyways, my two cents.