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Rober's full statement is here: -- Note about 2 missing the reactions in the video- I was presented with information that caused me to doubt the veracity of 2
by nkurz 8y ago
Rober's full statement is here:
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Note about 2 missing the reactions in the video- I was presented with information that caused me to doubt the veracity of 2 of the 5 reactions in the video. These were reactions that were captured during a two week period while the device was at house 2 hours away from where I live. I put a feeler out for people willing to put a package on their porch and this person (who is a friend of a friend) volunteered to help.
To compensate them for their time and willingness to risk putting a package on their porch I offered financial compensation for any successful recoveries of the package. It appears (and I've since confirmed) in these two cases, the “thieves" were actually acquaintances of the person helping me. From the footage I received from the phones which intentionally only record at specific times, this wasn’t clear to me. I have since removed those reactions from the original video (originally 6:26-7:59).
I’m really sorry about this. Ultimately, I am responsible for the content that goes on my channel and I should have done more here. I can vouch for that the reactions were genuine when the package was taken from my house. Having said that, I know my credibly is sort of shot but I encourage you to look at the types of videos I’ve been making for the past 7 years. This is my first ever video with some kind of “prank" and like I mentioned in the video it’s pretty removed from my comfort zone and I should have done more.
I’m especially gutted because so much thought, time, money and effort went into building the device and I hope this doesn’t just taint the entire effort as “fake". It genuinely works (like all the other things I’ve built on my channel) and we’ve made all the code and build info public. Again, I’m sorry for putting something up on my channel that was misleading. That is totally on me and I will take all necessary steps to make sure it won’t happen again.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoxhDk-hwuo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoxhDk-hwuo
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- reustle 8y ago> I have since removed those reactions from the original video (originally 6:26-7:59). Does YouTube allow video edits now?
- ndiscussion 8y agoNo. Perhaps it's a reupload.
- frostmatthew 8y agoFrom the article: Rober deleted about a minute and a half from his original YouTube video yesterday, and reuploaded it—something YouTube allows you to do without sacrificing the number of hits a user has accumulated.
- deleted 8y ago[deleted]
- drivers99 8y agoYes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzuRN1F39IY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzuRN1F39IY You can at least trim content out of an existing video.
- confiscate 8y agoHe should probably continue to post the video of the "people helping him put packages on their porches" as well as their friends who pretended to "steal" the package. Because the original goal was to uncover dishonest people, and so now you've actually found even more dishonest people, who were taped on video
- gwbas1c 8y ago> Because the original goal was to uncover dishonest people, and so now you've actually found even more dishonest people, who were taped on video There are a lot of people who don't understand the harm in a little white lie; or who just misunderstand what truth means. Just think of any misleading ad or marketing material that you've seen. To be quite frank, when I watched the video, I never understood why one guy had a crucifix hanging from his rearview mirror, and why the faces were obscured.
- libraryatnight 8y agoWait, why would the crucifix throw you? Lots of people who do immoral things are religious.
- kbenson 8y ago
- eps 8y agoI call BS. The device had GPS tracker and it was used just few times, so chances of him NOT reviewing theif's route after each incident are zero. So he surely knew that the thief lived across the street.
- sethammons 8y agoand? Neighbors can legit steal too.
- libraryatnight 8y agoIndeed. My co-worker had a package thief that was his next door neighbor's son.
- gegtik 8y agoso: he can't also act surprised and say he didn't know.
- Buge 8y agoAccording to the imgur album, one time the package was opened by his next door neighbor. A different time it was opened in his own house.
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- bibinou 8y agoThey were acquaintances, not neighbors.
- pooppaint 8y agoNo they were neighbors. They lived 2 doors apart on the same street.