# Is this YouTube video fine to post? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 17, 2006, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-youtube-video-fine-to-post/357184 "2006-05-17T22:47:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Vision\_of\_Love](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Vision\_of\_Love](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vision_of_Love)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2006, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-youtube-video-fine-to-post/357184/1 "2006-05-17T22:47:51Z")
Is it okay to post this? [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\_lg9j4eHZKs](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lg9j4eHZKs) It’s safe for work. Just a little kid singing a Malaysian song. I’m just hesitant to post a link to a video file, is all. I haven’t been here in ages and I’m not sure how everything works around here. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-youtube-video-fine-to-post/357184/2 "2006-05-18T04:03:34Z")
I don’t know of any reason not to link to a non-porn video. People link to videos all the time, in fact. And they even link to videos that violate copyright, which happens all the time on youtube, although your link does not appear to be an example of it. It’s polite to warn people that the link goes to a video, though, for those at work or with slow connections. ---
**Author:** ![Vision\_of\_Love](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Vision\_of\_Love](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vision_of_Love)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-youtube-video-fine-to-post/357184/3 "2006-05-18T06:09:00Z")
Noted (about warning people). Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-youtube-video-fine-to-post/357184/4 "2006-05-18T12:26:12Z")
**Vision** , please note that **Expano** is not a moderator, so what he thinks about board policy is his opinion and not official. Having said that, I now confirm what he said in this case. I just want to be sure we’re all clear that opinions offered by members are not the same as statements by moderators. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-youtube-video-fine-to-post/357184/5 "2006-05-18T15:17:45Z")
> [@Vision of Love](#): > > Is it okay to post this? You realize that you _did_ post it, right? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-youtube-video-fine-to-post/357184/6 "2006-05-18T16:15:00Z")
> [@C K Dexter Haven](#): > > **Vision** , please note that **Expano** is not a moderator… This is true. I am **so** not a jackbooted nazi. 😃 > [@](#): > > Having said that, I now confirm what he said in this case. I just want to be sure we’re all clear that opinions offered by members are not the same as statements by moderators. 😉 No, they’re usually correct. I keed, I keed. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-youtube-video-fine-to-post/357184/7 "2006-05-19T17:30:26Z")
> [@C K Dexter Haven](#): > > **Vision** , please note that **Expano** is not a moderator, so what he thinks about board policy is his opinion and not official. > > Having said that, I now confirm what he said in this case. I just want to be sure we’re all clear that opinions offered by members are not the same as statements by moderators. 😉 But you forgot to don the Moderators Hat, so what you posted above was as a member and not as a moderator. Damn this gets confoosing.