YouTube invites users to test its community notes feature

YouTube appears to be beginning to roll out its neighborhood notes function to a choose group of customers. Screenshots of YouTube’s official invitation to affix the pilot program for its new neighborhood correction function are popping up throughout social media, based on 9to5Google.

YouTube first introduced its neighborhood notes function in June. The brand new function permits viewers to submit brief blurbs that present extra context or right info to sure video content material. The neighborhood notes function comes forward of the US presidential election.

There isn’t a official begin date for the brand new function, however YouTube has added a piece to its “Assist” database with directions on writing and submitting notes. We’ve additionally reached out to Google for a touch upon the brand new function.

The pilot program is at the moment solely accessible in English for cell gadgets within the US, based on the help web page. The corporate beforehand stated it will invite contributors by electronic mail or their Creator Studios account. The choose group of take a look at topics will present suggestions to YouTube to assist the platform decide which notes are “useful,” “considerably useful” or “unhelpful,” earlier than rolling out its neighborhood notes function to the general public, based on the official YouTube weblog.