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Deleting the “h” from “/watch” in any YouTube link redirects to a creepy video

3 points by xg15 4y ago

xg15 4y ago
Explanation appears to be here: https://old.reddit.com/r/dankmemes/comments/w68nhm/dont_enter_the_link/ihdqlm9/ https://old.reddit.com/r/dankmemes/comments/w68nhm/dont_ente...
- IncRnd 4y ago
  This doesn't seem correct. The same action happens when deleting the c and leaving the h. That could be explained by the user could have two channel redirecting, if the explanation were correct. The explanation doesn't seem correct, though. This supposed redirect doesn't happen when actualy going to the channels directly using https://www.youtube.com/c/watc https://www.youtube.com/c/watc or https://www.youtube.com/c/wath https://www.youtube.com/c/wath. If those channels were setup to automatically redirect, then they would redirect, which they aren't. The explanation doesn't seem true.
  - Slush_ 4y ago
    Unless using a /c/ formatted url skips redirects, directly using https://www.youtube.com/watc https://www.youtube.com/watc or https://www.youtube.com/wath https://www.youtube.com/wath does link to the video
fuckcensorship 4y ago
YouTube video it redirects to: https://youtu.be/1hfk8kh75ic https://youtu.be/1hfk8kh75ic
- ZattaAtta 4y ago
  Another interesting thing is then when you go to the channel page of the uploader's video, they're subscribed to an account named iluomo, and if you go to that account's channels page, it keeps loading the channel itself over and over again
  - lmaoayyyyy 4y ago
    That channel iluomo is the 40th channel ever to be created on youtube if you believe the about page. However the channel was created on Apr 30, 2005 which could track for the 40th channel. I suspect this 666 and 69 channel redirect, and yop/iluomo, are legacy site exploits/easter eggs from the actual original developers of Youtube. yop/iluomo also had various other easter eggs through the years, like this one. https://www.reddit.com/r/TimeworksSubmissions/comments/oidgvy/iluomos_channel_before_the_nickroll_thing/ https://www.reddit.com/r/TimeworksSubmissions/comments/oidgv... Anyone else got anything interesting to add about this? edit:exploit is a better word for this, as easter egg implies something else entirely
iluomo 4y ago
try 2atch

3 points by xg15 4y ago

xg15 4y ago

Explanation appears to be here: https://old.reddit.com/r/dankmemes/comments/w68nhm/dont_enter_the_link/ihdqlm9/ https://old.reddit.com/r/dankmemes/comments/w68nhm/dont_ente...

IncRnd 4y ago
This doesn't seem correct. The same action happens when deleting the c and leaving the h. That could be explained by the user could have two channel redirecting, if the explanation were correct. The explanation doesn't seem correct, though. This supposed redirect doesn't happen when actualy going to the channels directly using https://www.youtube.com/c/watc https://www.youtube.com/c/watc or https://www.youtube.com/c/wath https://www.youtube.com/c/wath. If those channels were setup to automatically redirect, then they would redirect, which they aren't. The explanation doesn't seem true.
- Slush_ 4y ago
  Unless using a /c/ formatted url skips redirects, directly using https://www.youtube.com/watc https://www.youtube.com/watc or https://www.youtube.com/wath https://www.youtube.com/wath does link to the video

fuckcensorship 4y ago

YouTube video it redirects to: https://youtu.be/1hfk8kh75ic https://youtu.be/1hfk8kh75ic

ZattaAtta 4y ago
Another interesting thing is then when you go to the channel page of the uploader's video, they're subscribed to an account named iluomo, and if you go to that account's channels page, it keeps loading the channel itself over and over again
- lmaoayyyyy 4y ago
  That channel iluomo is the 40th channel ever to be created on youtube if you believe the about page. However the channel was created on Apr 30, 2005 which could track for the 40th channel. I suspect this 666 and 69 channel redirect, and yop/iluomo, are legacy site exploits/easter eggs from the actual original developers of Youtube. yop/iluomo also had various other easter eggs through the years, like this one. https://www.reddit.com/r/TimeworksSubmissions/comments/oidgvy/iluomos_channel_before_the_nickroll_thing/ https://www.reddit.com/r/TimeworksSubmissions/comments/oidgv... Anyone else got anything interesting to add about this? edit:exploit is a better word for this, as easter egg implies something else entirely

iluomo 4y ago

try 2atch