Comments on: Should Companies Ban YouTube?

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:56:34 +0000

I work in development for a new media platform, so watching online videos is my job. And Scrabulous provides valuable… err… power to the people!

By: Katalog Stron

Katalog Stron — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:53:17 +0000

Everything depends on point of view. For me YouTube is useful.

By: Charles Iliya Krempeaux

Charles Iliya Krempeaux — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 07:03:43 +0000

You don’t really have to “block” online video…. doing something like that may be beyond the means of many businesses.

All you really have to do is remove the sound card of the computer. Online video usually becomes very useless without sound.

– Charles Iliya Krempeaux
http://changelog.ca/

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Should Videos Be Banned at WorkPlace - GigaOM — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:25:50 +0000

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Where to Watch the Primaries Online « NewTeeVee — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:01:54 +0000

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By: virginian9000

virginian9000 — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:37:27 +0000

When production drops, companies try to find out why. The trust is that if youtube was blocked, productivity would still drop from other avenues. No one spends their entire day working.

By: John

John — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:15:02 +0000

Do content sites like YouTube lower productivity? Maybe, maybe not.

But would you rather that the lower productivity come from employees getting together to watch a funny video and share a laugh, OR getting together to complain that they can't and figuring out and sharing ways to circumvent the block.

Happy Employees are more productive than Unhappy Employees.

Of course, with all things there is a limit, and a balance to be achieved, and every company must make that decision on their own for their own circumstances.

By: zeitgeiber

zeitgeiber — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:09:05 +0000

I don’t know what industry these people work in, but if I couldn’t see YouTube at work it would completely eff up my ability to do my job…

By: kamRA

kamRA — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:48:14 +0000

i wish there was a selection in the poll for those that DO work in web video… something like: Option 4 “Hell No… this Youtube doohickey is my public library…” or whatever.