Platform Text Text Description You need to login
56.com Denounce/Inform* (none) no
blip.tv Report Inappropriate (none) no
dailymotion.com this video may offend this video may offend no
last.fm Flag for review (none) yes
livevideo.com Report Content Report Inappropriate Content yes
youtube.com Flag Report video as inappropriate yes
video.google.com Report Problem Report Problem no
spike.com
(formerly iFilm) Flag this Content as (none) no
Inappropriate
tudou.com Denounce / Inform the (none) yes
Video*
veoh.com (none) Flag Video no
vimeo.com Flag this video (none) yes**
video.yahoo.com Flag Video (none) yes
youku.com Denounce* (unclear) no
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*) freely translated from Chinese
**) flagging option only visible when logged in.
The necessity of being logged-in to be able to flag videos can be both defended as well as criticized. Defending it would be to say that a user needs to be part of the community to form it and have their say in what is and isn’t acceptable. This is comparable to the US voting system where citizens need to register in order to vote.
With Yahoo Video the ID (username) is included in the form that is filled in, when flagging a video. And the user cannot change this. With Tudou the flagger isn’t able to submit his/her complaint before filling in his/her address and telephone number. When the flagger sees his/her username or address and telephone number on the form, this takes away the false sense of anonimity that he/she might have taken for granted while flagging the video. Taking in consideration the possibility of filling in false information in the Tudou flagging procedure. Seeing the data appearing on screen is a way to confront the user that the action to flag someone is connected to his/her account.
Even though with Vimeo a user has to be logged in, it’s nowhere visible in the flagging procedure whether the complaint is linked to your account. Which could be called a false sense of anonymity. This is enforced by the fact that users are not reminded of this action later on. This goes for YouTube as well. The company doesn’t notify the flagger about actions that they’ve undertook with the flagged video. There are seem to be no consequences connected to flagging a video for the flagger.