Program YouTube rewards users that collaborate in moderation – EN official Journal of the

The 'Heroes' of YouTube are the people who will help moderate the content. The new program of the site will reward the work with points, which can then be converted into prizes.

The program 'YouTube Heroes' follows on from the 'adaptation' of the famous site of videos to the template of the social network.

In order to increase the involvement of users, YouTube will allow the community to be active in the moderation of inappropriate content.

Other tasks of these 'heroes' will be a participation in the pedagogical in the forums, responding to questions from other users and to answer questions, and the creation of subtitles and captions.

For each action performed, the volunteer will receive points, which accumulate on a table with five categories.

later, the points can be converted into prizes, such as

the access to the new features of moderation, or an entry in a session of presentation of a product or service, or in a workshop.

those Who reach the fifth level, the highest, is invited to participate in the international meeting of moderators that will YouTube promote on a regular basis.