Would YouTube be better if you got rid of most of the videos, eliminated most of the features and gave the site a vivid, primary color interface?

Maybe so - if your audience is young children. That’s the premise of TotLOL, a children’s video site based on YouTube’s APIs.

Here’s how TotLOL works:

1. When scouting parents search the YouTube database via a Totlol interface. The scouting interface lets parents search and watch videos just as they used to do on YouTube. When they find a video that they think is appropriate and relevant they can choose to submit it.
2. When submitting, parents are asked to review the title and tags associated with the video and to provide a review of the content. They are also asked to specify the main language of the video and categorize it. This information, together with the original YouTube information is presented at screening.
3. The screening part of the process is where the community plays the most significant role. Each Totlol user is invited to screen videos submitted by others and to answer screening questions. The answers are collected and analyzed by computer. Only videos that pass the grade are then available for the viewing tots.