What is going on?
iDubbbz
Conan O'Brien
Keemstar!
Though we're really not too bothered about that one. "I'll fix it later."
Well, fix it now!
Miley
Cyrus has gone too.
"Shit. Yeah, I'll fix it now."
Hello everyone I'm Alex and welcome back to another video. Today I've got a lot of
YouTube stuff to talk about. The trending page, I don't think I've ever said anything
bad about
it but I was trending yesterday in the UK so that was pretty neat. Top 18!
And I do appreciate that, lads over at YouTube HQ. I really do. But I still have some issues with the page
Now I personally may have gotten trending,
but let's face it.
It's pretty much completely rigged. And before you ask I didn't hand over
YouTube my paycheck to pay it off because I really don't think it only costs about
$5 to be able to get on it. But YouTube is not a trending page
And I think we're all aware of that at this point. It's a spotlight page that's been called the trending page. But let's face it
Zoella, in the title
really did help. But I was looking through trending on the US the other day, and that's what really
annoyed me. They have some very interesting spots on the trending page- in fact- Let's open it up now and give it a look.
Let's see what's going on. Oh cool a Hannah Stocking video. She's really funny
Definitely not coming up in an Instagram comedian video soon.
Oh, it's sponsored as well of course it is, that's really the only type of content they make. Oh hang on wait-
I just just strolled down a bit more on the channel page and
she's trending twice. Hang on that's not her, but it's the exact same video. Oh and it's, it's hashtag
added as well! alright okay YouTube. There's 3 of the same exact video that is sponsored
trending by LA Instagram
comedians.
Definitely not a rigged system. You see YouTube I have a very hard time believing
your very nutty, confusing, and broken algorithm has picked those 3 videos to trend purely by luck.
Ad I have no issue with the fact that trending may be rigged. Honestly if it wasn't called trending because
Lets look up what "trending" means. 'On social media terms
It's the subject of many posts on a social media website within a very short period of time'
Now I appreciate the fact that was on trending but
there was a lot bigger stuff going on to be fair that day
'Or a general direction in which something is developing or changing'
I mean you could apply it to a video of five views if it got a view an hour, but I wouldn't necessarily call it
Trending. If this video isn't on trending again. It's definitely rigged.
I think my main issue is the fact that most of the algorithms on the website are completely and utterly broken
sometimes to a dangerous and scary length.
And I'm not just saying that because the demonetization algorithm is broken and I'm bankrupt that I can't feed my four kids.
I'm saying that because-
Talking about kids. That's one hell of a segue-
There's actually something really horrific going on on YouTube right now Elsa-gate. Toy channels.
I'm sure you've seen it. There are toy Channels that are directed at kids that are amassing millions of subscribers and
billions of views through the kids app, but the issue is, is that this content is
overtly sexual. I'm only gonna show a few thumbnails on the screen right now because honestly I don't want to show any videos from it and
I don't really want to promote
What is going on here in any way shape or form. Luckily one of the channels at the time had 8
million subscribers
was terminated by YouTube so honestly that's great
And I'm pretty sure it was Trusted Flagger who did so, so well done to that man. But reddit still have
lists upon lists of Elsa Gate channels that have not been removed yet
And it begs you the question, if a guy who's sitting in his basement who's posted to Reddit can get something done
then what exactly are team YouTube doing? This has actually caused various brands to pull out of advertising
again. Currently some of the brands have already pulled out are adidas, Mars, HP, and Cadbury
And the best part is the reason why these videos were not caught even by default even by an
algorithmic progress is because of the fact that the Elsa Gate algorithm is broken
Yes, the videos are in a blind spot as YouTube have called it.
Which apparently is so blind it lets them get about 8 million subscribers before it decides to remove them.
I think that it's a bit more than an algorithmic blind spot. I'm pretty sure YouTube should use the
funding to be able to send everybody to Specsavers.
But also judging that terminations on YouTube aren't really their forte right now
It's pretty hilarious because somehow they managed to run another algorithm that over the holiday season for Thanksgiving is suspended
Idubbbz, Miley Cyrus, and MrRepzion, oh and Conan
Conan that's how you know
there's an issue when would YouTube ever suspend Conan. That's when you know
there's a problem. YouTube famously don't work on holidays, and they also famously break everything on their holidays as well
So I'm guessing they're all sat around a Thanksgiving table with a big turkey doing nothing
What-what do you mean?
Check- check Twitter. Hang on- "Wild turkey has moved in and pooping all over our backyard just in time for Thanksgiving"
Says it all really. Well, thank you guys for watching this video. I greatly appreciate it, one thing
I will ask you guys to do if you do see any of these Elsa Gate channels or any new ones go over to the
reddit which is Elsa-gate and make sure that you post them there because we really need to stop this,
really fast.
I also covered a video a week ago on a guy called Mango Tango who does the same type of stuff but in Minecraft.
I also believe that that channel should have a few
repercussions sent its way because what's going on there should not be allowed and YouTube should be dealing with this. It shouldn't need
the platform users to figure out that this is going on. In other more positive news there will be a
charity stream on December the 2nd where I will be doing a 24 hour stream for Cancer Research, UK
over on twitch TV. What I will also be doing there is dyeing my hair purple if we raise over
$5,000 so,
you know. I'm looking forward to that it'll be nice to see you guys there
So that's a couple weeks away and also because it's Black Friday
we are now selling the internet gaylord shirts again, so if you want to pick them up because, uh.
you're a bit like me, you're on the internet and, uh, uh,
well
Nothing else really needs to be said does it?
25% off on the entire store and also you got those back now, so that's a bit of a positive for you
But if you enjoyed this video don't forget to leave a like and subscribe if you're new and I will see you guys next time.
Hopefully, I'll be trending again. Peace out, people. Have a good day.
 
