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YouTube only seems to do something when it's a controversy and Ad dollars are on the line. Putting out fire after fire I don't know how the CEO keeps her job. D

YouTube only seems to do something when it's a controversy and Ad dollars are on the line. Putting out fire after fire I don't know how the CEO keeps her job. Daddyofive, weird children ASMR, elsa-gate, algorithm being 2 clicks away from weird obscure kid videos.

minimaxir 8y ago
That is why tech journalism is very important!
- umeshunni 8y ago
  Too bad it doesn't exist.
xxpor 8y ago
>YouTube only seems to do something when it's a controversy and Ad dollars are on the line "Humans respond to incentives" isn't really surprising IMO.
- CyberDildonics 8y ago
  You can hire firefighters, I would rather hire people who know how to build a house that doesn't burn down.
  - bduerst 8y ago
    I don't get this analogy. Are you hiring firefighters to build your house? Are the ad agencies the fire?
    - jshevek 8y ago
      He's just saying that prevention is better than responding/reacting after the fact.
pedrocx486 8y ago
Worth mentioning PayMoneyWubby and his quest to find and show weird sh*t. It's plain crazy what YouTube hosts and some people barely know about.
- yesenadam 8y ago
  I watched a bit of one of his videos after it was linked to on here. So creepy! I can't imagine who watches and enjoys all his stuff. He was much creepier and more disturbing than any of the videos he played. Do he and his viewers frame it as investigation, news, valuable service to the community, or something? Just seemed creepy and exploitative (He makes money from showing videos and ranting about no-one should see them, I guess), porn for hypocritical prigs... Like those christians who spend their lives railing against porn and sin - not noticing they enjoy it on some level.
  - pedrocx486 8y ago
    I don't enjoy it either, Reddit does seem to see it as someone "exposing youtube", credit where it's due he brought it to light, but that aside I agree, he's a creep.
  - bschwindHN 8y ago
    > I can't imagine who watches and enjoys all his stuff I do. It's an act, and it's mostly just for entertainment and "look at this weird series of videos I found". On top of that, his entire channel has a running "inside joke" of him being a creep, and his audience often shits on him as part of this joke. It's all very self deprecating, but at this point I feel like I'm explaining a joke so I'll stop here.
  - odorousrex 8y ago
    It's self-deprecating, self-referencing and satirical - he is pretending to be a creep complaining about creepy videos as some sort of comment on YouTube and the personalities it enables by himself becoming one of those personalities. At least that's the way I understand it... Or maybe it's not that deep, and he's just a hypocritical creep. :)

minimaxir 8y ago

That is why tech journalism is very important!

umeshunni 8y ago
Too bad it doesn't exist.

xxpor 8y ago

>YouTube only seems to do something when it's a controversy and Ad dollars are on the line "Humans respond to incentives" isn't really surprising IMO.

CyberDildonics 8y ago
You can hire firefighters, I would rather hire people who know how to build a house that doesn't burn down.
- bduerst 8y ago
  I don't get this analogy. Are you hiring firefighters to build your house? Are the ad agencies the fire?
  - jshevek 8y ago
    He's just saying that prevention is better than responding/reacting after the fact.

pedrocx486 8y ago

Worth mentioning PayMoneyWubby and his quest to find and show weird sh*t. It's plain crazy what YouTube hosts and some people barely know about.

yesenadam 8y ago
I watched a bit of one of his videos after it was linked to on here. So creepy! I can't imagine who watches and enjoys all his stuff. He was much creepier and more disturbing than any of the videos he played. Do he and his viewers frame it as investigation, news, valuable service to the community, or something? Just seemed creepy and exploitative (He makes money from showing videos and ranting about no-one should see them, I guess), porn for hypocritical prigs... Like those christians who spend their lives railing against porn and sin - not noticing they enjoy it on some level.
- pedrocx486 8y ago
  I don't enjoy it either, Reddit does seem to see it as someone "exposing youtube", credit where it's due he brought it to light, but that aside I agree, he's a creep.
- bschwindHN 8y ago
  > I can't imagine who watches and enjoys all his stuff I do. It's an act, and it's mostly just for entertainment and "look at this weird series of videos I found". On top of that, his entire channel has a running "inside joke" of him being a creep, and his audience often shits on him as part of this joke. It's all very self deprecating, but at this point I feel like I'm explaining a joke so I'll stop here.
- odorousrex 8y ago
  It's self-deprecating, self-referencing and satirical - he is pretending to be a creep complaining about creepy videos as some sort of comment on YouTube and the personalities it enables by himself becoming one of those personalities. At least that's the way I understand it... Or maybe it's not that deep, and he's just a hypocritical creep. :)