YouTube Tests Community Notes for added video context

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YouTube is testing Community Notes, helping viewers consume content with added context.

Similar to X, this feature marks videos with notes to help viewers understand the content better. Viewers may rate the notes as “very helpful”, “somewhat helpful”, or “not helpful”.

Viewers may also explain why the flagged video is rated as such, like if the note has good sources. You may contribute to informing other viewers if the note has good sources, easy to understand, etc.

Further, YouTube is developing a system to decide which notes it will display under videos. This will give priority to notes with positive ratings from different viewers, helping the useful ones stand out. This should help the platform prevent the spread of false information.

Western readers may join YouTube’s Community Notes testing, provided that you have an active account adherent to their platform’s rules.

YouTube intends to test the feature with the help of outside reviewers’ feedback for improvement. Select few in the United States are getting personally invited to try out this feature.

However, you might get an invite through an email or in YouTube Creator Studio soon. The feature is rolling out first on mobile devices in the United States, with plans to expand later on.

Duane Villanueva

Communication graduate, closet cynic, and kid at heart. Duane is a rare person to find, quite literally. He often takes to himself but has proven his mettle in tech media with his quick wits. Well, the portfolio of scriptwriting, web content, and public relations help too, we suppose. As a homebody, he often spends his time on the streaming platform Twitch or ‘farming’ gaming clips with friends. He is also an avid fan of round glasses and anything relative to blueberries.

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