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We all know youtubers will go to any length to grab subscribers but the way pewdiepie is doing the campaign has left a very bad taste. He started to drag India

We all know youtubers will go to any length to grab subscribers but the way pewdiepie is doing the campaign has left a very bad taste. He started to drag India and even released a diss track, made it look like its T-Series/India vs rest of the world. I think its a deliberate ploy to drag India since he can pull more subscribers that way. There are lot of live count stream tracking the subscribers between pewdiepie vs T-Series. On the chat i could see lot of hate from these kids like lets beat up Indian kids on school & lot of ethnic hate. I know these are something you can't avoid in Internet and best to ignore. But i can't help but feel bad for Indian kids living abroad since most of his subscribers are kids/teens and they can be easily influenced by these sort of campaigns. We can't blame pewdiepie nor expect him to act mature even though he has more than 70 million subscribers. But youtube needs to have some sort of policy on subscriber campaigns to avoid these type of scenarios. If not for all at least for influential youtubers.

Klover 8y ago
I have no idea what you’re saying, sorry.
- navinsylvester 8y ago
  With great power comes great responsibility and if that is not the case we need a system to keep it under check.
ninni 8y ago
It's largely perceived more as pewdiepie an independent creator vs Tseries a large faceless music label. Expecting this to cause ethnic hate seems far fetched. It's mostly about preventing youtube from being taken over by corporations.
- navinsylvester 8y ago
  I would love to support independent creators than corporations but wish he didn't hate the country the record label belonged to. Here is couple of lines from his diss track: You tryna dethrone me from spot on number one But you India, you lose so best think you haven't won > Tseries a large faceless music label Just because you haven't heard doesn't mean its a faceless music label so please educate yourself. I am not a fan of this music label but bollywood produces more movies than hollywood and almost all of it are musicals. I am not in anyway saying bollywood is better but saying this just for the sheer volume.
  - FiveSquared 8y ago
    Yes it’s faceless, just like Sony etc. Also, he clearly doesn’t hate India (although his geography is bad). He will lose, so he is just having some fun. BTW, I don’t really like the guy but I respect him. I also don’t hate T Seris itself, just how prevalent in many communities
  - faissaloo 8y ago
    He doesn't actually hate India, it's quite obviously a joke.
dariusm5 8y ago
It's quite obvious after watching his videos that the 'campaign' is just a joke. Felix and his subscribers know that he will inevitably lose the top spot on Youtube and they're just having some fun. Majority of Felix's content is just satire and inside jokes. If you know Felix and his content, it's very obvious that the diss track is actually poking more fun at other Youtubers who make diss tracks unironically. Here's a decent video by EmpLemon explaining the history of Pewdiepie's channel and where he is now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cvgoY0cmzk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cvgoY0cmzk
- navinsylvester 8y ago
  He used to be all that but i don't think its the case off late. But i know his jokes are not for everyone so may be its not for me. Thanks for the clarification and video.
liftbigweights 8y ago
Good god. It's a joke. > We can't blame pewdiepie nor expect him to act mature even though he has more than 70 million subscribers. And apparently, he can't get some people to understand sarcasm or get a sense of humor. > But youtube needs to have some sort of policy on subscriber campaigns to avoid these type of scenarios. It's not a "campaign". It's a joke. You would think someone one 'hacker'news would have a sense of humor or understand it at least, even if it isn't their style.

Klover 8y ago

I have no idea what you’re saying, sorry.

navinsylvester 8y ago
With great power comes great responsibility and if that is not the case we need a system to keep it under check.

ninni 8y ago

It's largely perceived more as pewdiepie an independent creator vs Tseries a large faceless music label. Expecting this to cause ethnic hate seems far fetched. It's mostly about preventing youtube from being taken over by corporations.

navinsylvester 8y ago
I would love to support independent creators than corporations but wish he didn't hate the country the record label belonged to. Here is couple of lines from his diss track: You tryna dethrone me from spot on number one But you India, you lose so best think you haven't won > Tseries a large faceless music label Just because you haven't heard doesn't mean its a faceless music label so please educate yourself. I am not a fan of this music label but bollywood produces more movies than hollywood and almost all of it are musicals. I am not in anyway saying bollywood is better but saying this just for the sheer volume.
- FiveSquared 8y ago
  Yes it’s faceless, just like Sony etc. Also, he clearly doesn’t hate India (although his geography is bad). He will lose, so he is just having some fun. BTW, I don’t really like the guy but I respect him. I also don’t hate T Seris itself, just how prevalent in many communities
- faissaloo 8y ago
  He doesn't actually hate India, it's quite obviously a joke.

dariusm5 8y ago

It's quite obvious after watching his videos that the 'campaign' is just a joke. Felix and his subscribers know that he will inevitably lose the top spot on Youtube and they're just having some fun. Majority of Felix's content is just satire and inside jokes. If you know Felix and his content, it's very obvious that the diss track is actually poking more fun at other Youtubers who make diss tracks unironically. Here's a decent video by EmpLemon explaining the history of Pewdiepie's channel and where he is now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cvgoY0cmzk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cvgoY0cmzk

navinsylvester 8y ago
He used to be all that but i don't think its the case off late. But i know his jokes are not for everyone so may be its not for me. Thanks for the clarification and video.

liftbigweights 8y ago

Good god. It's a joke. > We can't blame pewdiepie nor expect him to act mature even though he has more than 70 million subscribers. And apparently, he can't get some people to understand sarcasm or get a sense of humor. > But youtube needs to have some sort of policy on subscriber campaigns to avoid these type of scenarios. It's not a "campaign". It's a joke. You would think someone one 'hacker'news would have a sense of humor or understand it at least, even if it isn't their style.