The adpocalypse just started again.
How did this happen?
Matt Watson just exposed YouTube’s weak
child protection on their platform, which
can be seen on numerous videos which featured
minors in them.
In these videos, the comment section is flooded
with creepy peeps.
Adding insult to injury, these videos are
monetized.
I’m kinda thankful because he brought this
topic to light again although this time it
negatively impacted YouTubers on the platform.
People are mad about this, not just because
of the incident, but also having to face the
fact their revenue will be reduced again.
So, in the video, he used a VPN and created
a new Google account to show how people can
end up in this wormhole.
He started off by looking up one video and
in just a couple of clicks, he finally ended
up with a video which features minors.
His recommendation sidebar showed other videos,
featuring more minors.
He believed that YouTube didn’t do their
job and he further criticized them.
OK.
So I understand why he blamed YouTube, as
in people who are running the website, but
you can’t really blame them since they are
too reliant on artificial intelligence or
AI.
The platform is a giant AI.
I found this comment on his video that I think
correctly explains this
whole situation.
He said...
I truly believe that because the algorithm
is catered to you, so it knows what you are
viewing.
It doesn’t have any real thought processes
so it keeps recommending videos that are the
same as what others are watching.
This also reflects how much YouTube relies
heavily on AI to moderate its platform, which
can be troubling since a lot of the predatory
comments aren’t filtered completely.
However, Matt Watson suggested to his audience
to report about this to news outlets and advertisers.
As soon as he said it (tell this to your local
news outlets), I was completely shocked.
Is he trying to kill the whole YouTube community
after everything they’ve gone through?
It seems a bit radical since, well, y’know
how much the old media hates YouTube.
If he wants his viewers to report this debacle
to the news outlets, it would tremendously
affect how YouTube will operate in the future.
It reminds me of how the WSJ accused Pewdiepie
and complained about it to Disney instead
of directly to himself.
Old media is unreliable in this case.
Look, I’m gonna *try* be neutral here because
idk who Matt is, what he does in real life,
etc.
I don’t care about all those stuff.
But if something is fishy going on behind
the camera, that’d be a major controversy
for him.
Anyway, he got his 15 minutes of fame… so
Moving on.
Drama Alert initially didn’t want to cover
the whole debacle because he didn’t want
to spread the news like wildfire.
Matt responded in his livestream by saying
that Keemstar only cares about his money and
not the victims.
Making himself looked bad, he suggested that
YouTubers should get a job.
Content creators work hard to get their money.
And suddenly this guy just came in and be
like “hey adpocalypse is nothing get a job
at KFC”.
It paints a bad image for himself because
he is insulting the whole community.
It also shows how ignorant of him for not
acknowledging YouTube as a real career.
Keemstar fired back by exposing him on his
channel.
Matt actually has a Twitter account, which
directed to Matt’s old YouTube account,
“Totally Uncreative”.
In one of the videos, Matt is seen pulling
up his car, harassing a young girl, asking
her to be in his dirty video.
It’s actually a joke but the fact that he
targeted a young girl seems hypocritical of
him to even talk about the issue.
The video was uploaded on September 11, 2017
and I do believe that people change over time
but watching his followup livestreams on the
issue makes me think he only wants to burn
the whole platform.
As a result, Epic Games, Disney, Nestle, Grammarly
pulled their ads from YouTube.
Matt did an amazing job in screwing up the
whole platform.
He should’ve reported the issue to YouTube
themselves, and not bringing in old media
to expose this.
