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Maybe this is a bit different, but there is a trend of being a douchebag to others only to record reaction, because "hey I'm just making a tiktok video man". I

Maybe this is a bit different, but there is a trend of being a douchebag to others only to record reaction, because "hey I'm just making a tiktok video man". It caught me by surprise when a 20 year old struck a conversation with me at a self check out at a store. "Would you buy this for my girlfriend" and he showed me some flowers he had picked up. "Sure, they're nice flowers". Then he started scanning them into my cart. Then scanning all the other stuff he had in his basket. I tried to be nice and told him to go to the next checkout stand with his stuff. "But you said you would buy it" He kept making noise and being extra dramatic. I got really pissed and pushed him away. He came back telling the clerks that I was to pay for it. I was boiling red until i saw another kid capturing the whole thing and laughing... Something similar happened a month ago. This time I was taking the elevator with my son and we saw tree kids in torn clothes. The elevator was packed. They kept pressing the top floor, forcing everyone to go back up before they get a chance to exit. one was begging for money, while the other was yelling and making it very uncomfortable. My 3 year old son, a big fan of paw patrol, decided to join in the fun. He pressed the alarm, press the emergency button and started yelling "help! Rescue team, fire fighter, help!" The operator answered immediately, that he is sending help. The kids freaked out. One of them climbed the elevator to remove a hidden GoPro that was recording the whole thing. They apologized and said it was just for tiktok, before they ran out. The rest of the riders cheered for my son.

yumraj 4y ago
> One of them climbed the elevator to remove a hidden GoPro that was recording the whole thing. Someone should have stopped the kid from taking the GoPro - it's like stealing since no one knows whose GoPro is it. That may have taught them a little lesson..
otikik 4y ago
YouTube automatically demonetizes videos with certain phrases, TikTok probably does something similar. So continuously shouting “COVID vaccines don’t work” to the camera until they stop recording could be an option. If they get pissed, tell them that you are just doing a TikTok.
- scbrg 4y ago
  "Free Tibet" and "Stand with Hong Kong" might work :)
  - BizarroLand 4y ago
    "Taiwan Number 1, Tienanmen Square April 15, 1989" would also be plausible key words to shut down and tiktok clout said recorders might receive.
- jasonhansel 4y ago
  Better yet, start playing copyrighted music so that YouTube will automatically remove the video. (Cops are known to do this to prevent videos of them from being spread online.)
  - bdw5204 4y ago
    There's only one problem: You have to pick the right song that will actually get the video taken down by YouTube rather than just get the ad revenue sent to the copyright holder. YouTube is filled with videos of cops failing to pick the right song to stop a recording.
    - netsharc 4y ago
      Hahaha, what a dystopian reality! Related to NPCs, this is like having a sonic weapon in a video game, but its behavior is flaky; you have to load it with the correct bullet.
    - genewitch 4y ago
      I haven't tried this idea, yet, however: it should be possible to use mixdown -> stem AI/ML models to completely remove the "recognizable" part of the song to an algorithm, leaving only the "vocals" portion. I know experimentally youtube nearly immediately deletes/unlists a few artists' songs, which i suppose one could use to test the theory.
      - 4y ago
StanislavPetrov 4y ago
Maybe it is just me, but I'm laying a beating on anyone who engaged in direct harassment like that. The potential civil and criminal penalties would be a price worth paying (especially here in New York where people are not arrested or jailed for assault).
xboxnolifes 4y ago
It's a fairly long running trend at this point. It's an extension of the "it's just a social experiment" video trend, just without the fake label.
thefz 4y ago
- dang 4y ago
  Please don't post like this here, regardless of where you are or what you don't use. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
aaron695 4y ago
stubish 4y ago
> there is a trend of being a douchebag to others only to record reaction It is not a trend. It has been happening all along. It is just more noticeable now anyone with a phone can participate. Before your tiktok reactions, I recall decades of 'funniest home video' and prank shows. Before that prank calls on radio. Before that trolls in newspapers. April Fool's Day. Most practical jokes seem to lack respect and empathy. It is still funny to many onlookers. To others it is akin to bullying.

yumraj 4y ago

> One of them climbed the elevator to remove a hidden GoPro that was recording the whole thing. Someone should have stopped the kid from taking the GoPro - it's like stealing since no one knows whose GoPro is it. That may have taught them a little lesson..

otikik 4y ago

YouTube automatically demonetizes videos with certain phrases, TikTok probably does something similar. So continuously shouting “COVID vaccines don’t work” to the camera until they stop recording could be an option. If they get pissed, tell them that you are just doing a TikTok.

scbrg 4y ago
"Free Tibet" and "Stand with Hong Kong" might work :)
- BizarroLand 4y ago
  "Taiwan Number 1, Tienanmen Square April 15, 1989" would also be plausible key words to shut down and tiktok clout said recorders might receive.
jasonhansel 4y ago
Better yet, start playing copyrighted music so that YouTube will automatically remove the video. (Cops are known to do this to prevent videos of them from being spread online.)
- bdw5204 4y ago
  There's only one problem: You have to pick the right song that will actually get the video taken down by YouTube rather than just get the ad revenue sent to the copyright holder. YouTube is filled with videos of cops failing to pick the right song to stop a recording.
  - netsharc 4y ago
    Hahaha, what a dystopian reality! Related to NPCs, this is like having a sonic weapon in a video game, but its behavior is flaky; you have to load it with the correct bullet.
  - genewitch 4y ago
    I haven't tried this idea, yet, however: it should be possible to use mixdown -> stem AI/ML models to completely remove the "recognizable" part of the song to an algorithm, leaving only the "vocals" portion. I know experimentally youtube nearly immediately deletes/unlists a few artists' songs, which i suppose one could use to test the theory.
    - 4y ago

StanislavPetrov 4y ago

Maybe it is just me, but I'm laying a beating on anyone who engaged in direct harassment like that. The potential civil and criminal penalties would be a price worth paying (especially here in New York where people are not arrested or jailed for assault).

xboxnolifes 4y ago

It's a fairly long running trend at this point. It's an extension of the "it's just a social experiment" video trend, just without the fake label.

thefz 4y ago

dang 4y ago
Please don't post like this here, regardless of where you are or what you don't use. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

aaron695 4y ago

stubish 4y ago

> there is a trend of being a douchebag to others only to record reaction It is not a trend. It has been happening all along. It is just more noticeable now anyone with a phone can participate. Before your tiktok reactions, I recall decades of 'funniest home video' and prank shows. Before that prank calls on radio. Before that trolls in newspapers. April Fool's Day. Most practical jokes seem to lack respect and empathy. It is still funny to many onlookers. To others it is akin to bullying.