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Discord

2026-09-19T19:07:22Z

TheNiceOne: fixed dead link in citation

[[File:Discord.webp|thumb|225x225px|The logo of Discord.]]
'''Discord''' is a chatting platform that hosts many communities. It has a private message feature that allows you to DM people, servers which host many communities, and a voice chat/video chat feature with streaming.

== Controversies ==

=== Child safety issues ===
Discord was criticized for allowing cub porn selectively. The staff held that "cub porn" was different from lolicon and shotacon and "allowable as long as it is tagged properly".<ref>https://www.polygon.com/2019/1/30/18203692/discord-nsfw-policy-furry-cub/</ref> After complaints from the community, Discord updated their community guidelines to ban the sexualization of "non-humanoid animals and mythological creatures as long as they appear to be underage", and Discord would announce transparency reports every year.<ref>https://www.polygon.com/2019/2/13/18223726/discord-policy-change-nsfw-cub-furry/</ref>

Discord was also criticized for failing to handle grooming and pedophiles and banning them. In June 2023, NBC News identified 35 cases of adults being charged with "kidnapping, grooming, or sexual assault." that involved Discord. 165 cases of prosecution for sharing CSAM was also identified.<ref>https://www.engadget.com/discord-still-has-a-child-safety-issue-085304790.html</ref>

Streaming on Discord was blocked in Brazil after others in a livestream told a 13-year-old girl to commit suicide.<ref>https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/brazil-agency-orders-discord-platform-suspend-livestreaming-over-child-safety-2026-08-12/</ref>

=== Age verification ===
Discord was criticized for wanting to implement age verification globally on March 2026, for all users worldwide which sparked backlash from the community against it because it would require users to scan their face or an ID for age verification. This required users to send their info to servers. All accounts that have not verified would default to being a teen account. To prove the user is an adult, they would need to show their face or ID to prove they're 18 and up. Accounts that have not been verified or are teen accounts would have restrictions over what content can be shown.<ref>https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/09/discord-to-roll-out-age-verification-next-month-for-full-access-to-its-platform/</ref> After backlash from the community, Discord delayed their age verification rollout until the second half of 2026 to address user concerns.<ref>https://discord.com/blog/getting-global-age-assurance-right-what-we-got-wrong-and-whats-changing</ref><ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/1rdp2ei/discord_postpones_global_age_verification_to_the/</ref>

=== IPO filing ===
Discord was criticized after the company had filed a confidential IPO that wanted to make the company public. The community had argued that if Discord was to go public, focus will shift to investors and shareholders rather than user feedback, and it would result in [[enshittification]].<ref>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-06/chat-platform-discord-is-said-to-file-confidentially-for-ipo</ref>

Discord

2026-09-19T19:02:35Z

TheNiceOne:

Discord

2026-09-19T18:58:53Z

TheNiceOne:

[[File:Discord.webp|thumb|225x225px|The logo of Discord.]]
'''Discord''' is a chatting platform that hosts many communities. It has a private message feature that allows you to DM people, servers which host many communities, and a voice chat/video chat feature with streaming.

== Controversies ==

=== Child safety issues ===
Discord was criticized for allowing cub porn selectively. The staff held that "cub porn" was different from lolicon and shotacon and "allowable as long as it is tagged properly".<ref>https://www.polygon.com/2019/1/30/18203692/discord-nsfw-policy-furry-cub/</ref> After complaints from the community, Discord updated their community guidelines to ban the sexualization of "non-humanoid animals and mythological creatures as long as they appear to be underage", and Discord would announce transparency reports every year.<ref>https://www.polygon.com/2019/2/13/18223726/discord-policy-change-nsfw-cub-furry/</ref>

Discord was also criticized for failing to handle grooming and pedophiles and banning them. In June 2023, NBC News identified 35 cases of adults being charged with "kidnapping, grooming, or sexual assault." that involved Discord. 165 cases of prosecution for sharing CSAM was also identified.<ref>https://www.engadget.com/discord-still-has-a-child-safety-issue-085304790.html</ref>

Streaming on Discord was blocked in Brazil after others in a livestream told a 13-year-old girl to commit suicide.<ref>https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/brazil-agency-orders-discord-platform-suspend-livestreaming-over-child-safety-2026-08-12/</ref>

=== Age verification ===
Discord was criticized for wanting to implement age verification globally on March 2026, for all users worldwide which sparked backlash from the community against it because it would require users to scan their face or an ID for age verification. This required users to send their info to servers. All accounts that have not verified would default to being a teen account. To prove the user is an adult, they would need to show their face or ID to prove they're 18 and up. Accounts that have not been verified or are teen accounts would have restrictions over what content can be shown. After backlash from the community, Discord delayed their age verification rollout until the second half of 2026 to address user concerns.

=== IPO filing ===
Discord was criticized after the company had filed a confidential IPO that wanted to make the company public. The community had argued that if Discord was to go public, focus will shift to investors and shareholders rather than user feedback, and it would result in [[enshittification]].

Geometry Dash

2026-09-19T08:30:16Z

TheNiceOne: improved text

[[File:GD.png|thumb|200x200px|The logo of Geometry Dash.]]
'''Geometry Dash''' (often shortened to '''GD''') is a video game and Internet phenomenon developed and released by [[wikipedia:Geometry_Dash#Development|Robert Topala]] (RobTop) in August 2013. It blew up on [[Social Media|social media]] in early 2024 shortly after the 2.2 update, and has since maintained one of the largest video game userbases ever.

== History ==

=== Pre-2.1 / The "Early Days" of GD ===

=== 2.1.1 Stagnation ===

=== 2.2 Release ===

=== Lobotomy / Fire In The Hole ===

== Notable Users ==

=== ViPriN ===

=== Zzoink ===

=== NexusGD ===

=== Anaban ===

=== Fnm04 ===

=== Vortrox ===

=== IcEDcave ===

=== Npesta ===

==== Kenos Reaction Controversy ====

==== #FreeNpesta ====

=== Riot ===

==== #FreeRiot ====

==== Cyclic vs. Riot ====

==== Sorry Riot ====

=== Knobbelboy ===

=== Michigun ===

=== SpaceUK ===

=== GD Colon ===

=== SrGuillester ===

=== GuitarHeroStyles ===

=== Doggie ===

=== Spu7nix ===

=== EVW / Eric Van Wilderman ===

=== AeonAir ===

=== OneAlphaHelix ===

=== Partition Zion ===

=== Xender Game ===

=== FunnyGame ===

==== Death Moon / Caustic Controversy ====

=== Jax ===

=== Mindcap ===

==== Leaking Michigun's Death ====

==== Collab Level ====

=== JonathanGD ===

=== Krmal ===

=== Smiffy777 ===

=== SaRy ===

=== 006660000 ===

== Notable Levels ==

=== Bloodbath ===

=== Acu ===

=== The Nightmare ===

==== "The Nightmare is not a demon level" Debates ====

=== Slaughterhouse ===

=== LIMBO ===

=== Tidal Wave ===

=== VSC ===

=== ReTraY ===

=== Ispywithmylittleeye ===

=== Change Of Scene ===

=== B ===

=== GD Gangster Rap ===

=== Skeletal Shenanigans ===

=== How To Platformer ===

=== Scarlet Surge ===

=== TON 618 ===

=== Avernus ===

=== Tartarus ===

=== Exasperation ===

=== 6 Paths Of Pain ===

=== CYCLOLCYC ===

=== Peaceful ===

==== too kiD frIEndly ====

=== Element 111 rg ===

=== Xmas Challenge ===

Discord

2026-09-19T08:27:26Z

TheNiceOne: enshittification is also coming for discord

Earrape

2026-09-19T08:23:31Z

TheNiceOne: Created page with "Earrape is used to refer to very loud music and sounds that hurt someone's ears. It is also used to refer to music that sounds extremely bad."

Earrape is used to refer to very loud music and sounds that hurt someone's ears. It is also used to refer to music that sounds extremely bad.

Your World of Text

2026-09-19T08:21:14Z

TheNiceOne: Created page with "Your World of Text, also known as YWOT or YWoT, is an old canvas website where you can write stuff anywhere. Unlike OWoT, it doesn't have teleportation, instead encouraging users to explore the canvas. It was created by Andrew Badr. This would inspire the creation of OWoT, which was originally an alternative to YWoT with scripting and additional features. The OWoT community eventually surpassed that of YWoT."

Your World of Text, also known as YWOT or YWoT, is an old canvas website where you can write stuff anywhere. Unlike OWoT, it doesn't have teleportation, instead encouraging users to explore the canvas. It was created by Andrew Badr. This would inspire the creation of OWoT, which was originally an alternative to YWoT with scripting and additional features. The OWoT community eventually surpassed that of YWoT.

Splinters

2026-09-19T08:18:09Z

TheNiceOne: Created page with "Splinters are commonly different imageboards that derive from a main imageboard community. For example, the Sharty, which has splinters like the Swinny, known as swedishwin.com."

Splinters are commonly different imageboards that derive from a main imageboard community. For example, the Sharty, which has splinters like the Swinny, known as swedishwin.com.

Discord

2026-09-19T08:15:32Z

TheNiceOne: /* Controversies */ age verification sucks and it is very sad to see the world heading this way

Discord

2026-09-19T08:09:27Z

TheNiceOne: /* Child safety issues */ more info

Discord

2026-09-19T08:07:50Z

TheNiceOne: added info about discord and child safety problems

Discord

2026-09-19T08:04:14Z

TheNiceOne: rephrased

Enshittification

2026-09-14T15:46:33Z

TheNiceOne: /* TikTok */ tiktok became worser when the us and oracle bought it

'''Enshitiffication''' is a phenomenon where companies providing flagship services purposely make their platform worse. First they provide services for everyone, then they make services worse for customers while benefiting business customers, and then they make the service for everyone worse, to gain profit. Enshittification usually prioritizes money over users. Shareholders and investors need the money so they do just that, like putting ads everywhere, adding [[AI]] features, etc. for them.

== Google ==
Google's search results have gotten worse over the years, partly due to people abusing SEO and partly due to Google ignoring the glaring issues with the platform and introducing an AI overview.

== TikTok ==
When the US Government and Oracle wanted to buy TikTok so it could avoid getting banned in the US, TikTok changed their privacy policy and Terms of Service to allow collecting a lot more data than it did before US ownership.

== Reddit ==
Around 2023, Reddit would remove the free API tier that allowed third party Reddit clients to work. This was met with backlash since users used third party Reddit clients to get features and improvements the official Reddit app didn't have. Reddit would also add some AI features. The most notable is the Reddit Answers feature. It used AI to summarize context of Reddit posts.

== YouTube ==
[[YouTube]] has faced enshittification, usually by putting frequent ads, blocking ad blockers, adding AI features for some regions within the app and website, and also having extremely ineffective AI moderation.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrHf9g5Kz08</ref><ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/1u7jwf9/youtubes_ai_moderation_is_destroying_the_platform/</ref>

== Duolingo ==
[[Duolingo]] is one of the most popular language learning apps to face enshittification. Enshittification of Duolingo was done by changing or removing features like limiting practice for hearts, making users watch ads to earn hearts, frequent ads, and switching over to a new system called Energy. Energy is the worst thing that came to Duolingo, you use energy by getting exercises correct, and you won't be able to do lessons anymore when you use all your energy.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/duolingo/comments/1flnzwh/what_happened_i_cant_practice_to_earn_hearts_now/</ref><ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/duolingo/comments/1l8nmpt/duolingos_new_energy_system_makes_the_application/</ref><ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/duolingo/comments/1iyretg/watch_an_ad_to_earn_a_heart_no_more_practice_to/</ref>
[[File:Paid plants pvz2.jpg|thumb|An image of the Plants vs. Zombies 2 menu with plants that you have to pay real money to unlock, taken sometime in 2013<ref>The prices of these plants have gone way up since.</ref>.]]

== Plants vs. Zombies ==
A particular franchise that has been hit with enshittification is Plants vs. Zombies. Beginning with [[EA]] buying out Popcap in 2011 and having them move their business from good fun games to [[F2P]] Mobile Games. This was shown with the release of Plants vs. Zombies 2, which included an in-game currency (diamonds), a leveling system (plant levels), and microtransactions (with both in-game currency, plants, and more).

The original Plants vs. Zombies' mobile port kept getting updates over the years, each one adding more annoying features which were used to shove ads into every nook and cranny of the game. This has been met with a lot of backlash, though Popcap has not reverted any of the changes to the port.

The Plants vs. Zombies franchise kept getting hit with more enshittification with the game Plants vs. Zombies Heroes, which would have the rarities of the cards in it go up in the hopes of getting players to spend more on the game to get them, along with upping the prices of the in-game currencies.

Another branch of the Plants vs. Zombies franchise - the Garden Warfare series - was also hit badly with the third and (currently) final installation in the series: Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville. The game was received poorly by fans of the series, saying that the game was lacking in content and soul, especially compared to the previous installation, Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2, which was packed full with content, characters, and events.

Plants vs. Zombies 3 is an amalgamation of mismanagement, neglect, and the push to include P2W features in every part of a game. It was originally released in 2019 as a sequel to Plants vs. Zombies 2, but was hated on widely for looking horrible and squished. The Plants vs. Zombies developers would listen to this criticism and would take down the game later that year. It would later (throughout 2021-2024) see multiple small re-releases as it was redesigned to be a bit more acceptable. TBD

PVZ Replanted TBA

== Minion Rush ==
Minion Rush is a mobile game developed and released by Gameloft. It was originally released in 2013 as a clone of [[Subway Surfers]], and is still up on the app store till this day. It has seen many updates aimed to make the game more profitable (usually using P2W tactics such as In-Game Currencies) over its years online. TBD

Spitter LLC

2026-09-14T15:43:43Z

TheNiceOne: Added more info about spitter llc

[[File:Spitter llc.png|thumb|280x280px|Spitter.co in February, 2026.]]
'''Spitter LLC''' (formerly known as '''Taimyr Network''', until January 28th 2026) is an alt-tech all-remote company which is host to a number of Internet websites, all of which can only be accessed with a private VPN server. They had planned to host their Tor onion sites so they could be accessed without getting their own VPN.

== Omegachan ==
A [[vichan]]-based imageboard that was launched in April 2025 and finally shut down on September 2nd, 2026. For a long period of time it was the crown jewel of SLLC.

== Spitter.me ==
A [[XenForo]] forum launched in December 2025 and shut down in January 2026. This is where SLLC actually got its name from.

== Controversies ==
Spitter LLC has faced controversy for allowing bigotry, mainly russophobia, and allowing the use of the n word. It has also faced controversy for wanting to bundle a CVE vulnerability with their own upcoming Spitter Browser, which can occur if your system is set to a timezone in Russia, Syria, etc.

YouTube

2026-08-31T11:27:25Z

TheNiceOne: /* YouTube 4chan porn raid */ "cuz" does not fit in any wiki

[[File:YouTube 2024.webp|thumb|The current YouTube logo]]
'''YouTube''' is a video sharing platform and the place your child may be actively getting introduced to porn from. They are also known to intentionally make their website worse just so that people can have something to complain about. It also spies on your web history and everything you do.

<big>REMOVE THE "?si=1248972456" IN THE VIDEO URL BEFORE SHARING IT.</big>
[[File:Deep Humor under 2 months.png|left|thumb|[https://www.youtube.com/@DeepHumor Deep Humor]'s recent videos list (As of the 21st of August, 2026). All of these were posted within the span of 2-3 months]]
YouTube was created in 2004 as a dating website before later being changed to a video sharing platform after its founders started using their brains. The oldest YouTube video is "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNQXAC9IVRw Me at the zoo]" by [https://www.youtube.com/@jawed jawed], one of YouTube's founders. The platform was later bought out by [[Google]] for $1.65b in November 2006. YouTube's popularity would spike around this time, with some of the first YouTubers starting their channels around this time.

== Early days of YouTube ==

=== YouTube 4chan porn raid ===
4chan users posted porn under names of teenage celebrities, it was done because YouTube deleted some music. The attack would spawn a meme called "I'm 12 years old and what is this?" which was in response to a comment on one such video. 4chan would attack again with porn after a YouTube channel called lukeywes1234 had been suspended for being under 13. The second attack was because lukeywes1234's videos were popular with 4chan, which were angered when he was terminated.

=== Prank videos ===

=== SMOSH ===

=== Google+ integration ===
When YouTube added Google+ integration, it was heavily criticized because YouTube would require you to have a Google+ account to make comments. TBD

=== Screamers ===

=== 301 views phenomenon ===
There was a phenomenon covered by [https://www.youtube.com/numberphile Numberphile] where when first uploading a video, your video would freeze at 301 views while its being checked for any material that violates the YouTube Community Guidelines and also to see if its being [[Viewbotting|viewbotted]]. Once that is finished, your video would get more views as normal. As an Easter egg and honorable mention to that phenomenon, YouTube freezed the view count on Numberphile's video to 301.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIkhgagvrjI</ref>

=== This is Bob ===
[[File:Bob comments 3.png|thumb|235x235px|An example of a comment section filled with This is Bob spam.]]
'''This is Bob''' was/is a [[Copypastas|copypasta]] that was spread around YouTube comments around 2010 and 2013. Originally spreading as a comment people would spam just for the fun of it, This is Bob was widely considered annoying by the YouTube community. People would often create edits of the This is Bob copypasta, usually in protest of the spam. Although this would backfire as the protests were in of themselves spam. The copypasta would thistle out over 2011-2012 but would later see a return in popularity in 2013, this time used to protest the integration of Google+ into YouTube. Google's response to this mass protesting was sadly not to backtrack and remove Google+ from YouTube, but to instead improve their ASCII art detection algorithms.

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== Elsagate ==
''Find the main article on Elsagate [[Elsagate|here]]''

'''Elsagate''' is a type of content posted on YouTube that is both marketed as kid friendly and made to look kid friendly while including NSFW themes.

== YouTube Rewind / The removal of Dislikes ==
'''YouTube Rewind''' is a tradition YouTube kept from 2010 to 2019 where they would invite a bunch of YouTubers to perform trends that happened during the year. This tradition was originally seen with support from the YouTube audience, but that started changing around 2016 as YouTube Rewinds only started to feel more and more disconnected from the YouTube community. This all culminated in YouTube Rewind 2018, which ended up bombing so hard it became the most disliked video on all of YouTube. <s>YouTube Rewind 2019 does not exist</s>.

It is widely considered that the action to remove the amount of dislikes visible on a video was directly caused by YouTube having the most disliked video on their platform.

== YouTube Shorts ==
''Find the page on Short-Form content [[Short-Form content|here]]''

'''YouTube Shorts''' is YouTube's answer to Short-Form content, with it having become one of the most widely-used forms of social media of all time (~90 billion views per day). YouTube has since intentionally made the Long-Form content scene more difficult and annoying to use in an attempt to get YouTubers to move to Shorts.

== Clickbait ==
[[File:Clickbait.png|thumb|250x250px|An example of Clickbait. Notice the saturated colors, bolded numbers, etc. The video can be found [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxGAZcX8qiQ here].]]
'''Clickbait''' is the act of altering a video thumbnail/title to make it more appealing via exaggerated truths and lies. Many YouTubers use Clickbait to get the attention of children, who are by far the primary audience for Clickbait. Another common practice of Clickbaiters is to saturate the thumbnails to make it more appealing for children, along with bolding text to make it easier to read, having the respective YouTuber's face on the thumbnail of the video, and more.

Another type of Clickbait involves having simple thumbnails with large text and an image/drawing of something representing the topic of the video. The trend of having large - usually colored - text on thumbnails was originally popularized by [[Game Theory (YouTuber)|Game Theory]] who has been doing it for many years. Yet the domino that set everything in motion would be [https://www.youtube.com/@moresus MorePegasus] - a drama channel - when he covered the [[MrBeast]] drama of 2024. MorePegasus' style of clickbait would spread as more and more YouTubers began copying it.
[[File:Morepegasus MrBeast.png|none|thumb|MorePegasus' first video covering the MrBeast drama of 2024. The video can be found [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRj3juNosN8 here].]][[File:In 10 minutes.jpg|thumb|An example of how a "Explained in ___ Minutes" thumbnail usually looks like.|266x266px]]
=== Explained in ___ Minutes ===
''Find a list of Explained in ___ Minutes videos [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBculw1TL2U&list=PLFSqcUUMJ4ySp3Zlj6o2_nr0Nh6I2Cufz here]''

The "Explained in ___ Minutes" video format is a format of video where different subjects are covered in a simplistic manner. This format is popular amongst many YouTubers for being easy to create and not being risky to post. The format was originally created by [https://www.youtube.com/@redeemed_zoomer Redeemed Zoomer], and further popularized by [https://www.youtube.com/@ThePaintExplainer The Paint Explainer]. Videos like this are usually created with AI and may contain inaccuracies

=== Discord DM Thumbnails ===
There was a trend in YouTube thumbnail making to have the entire thumbnail be a zoomed-in picture of a [[Discord]] chat, usually having one person challenge another person to something (usually whatever the video is about). This trend was popular amongst gaming channels around 2021-2022 and has since mostly died out.

== Content Farms ==
[[File:Lankybox.jpg|thumb|the PFP of [[LankyBox]], one of the most popular [[Long-Form content|Long-Form]] & Short-Form Content Farms.]]
A '''Content Farm''' is a type of YouTube channel that focuses on pumping out as many videos as possible - usually targeted towards kids - to make as much money as they can. These types of channels usually focus on trendy topics and video games popular with [[Generation Alpha|Gen Alpha]].

There are different tiers of content farms:

=== Tier 0 - AI Slop ===

=== Tier 1 - Mainstream content farms ===

=== Tier 2 - Imitation channels ===

=== Tier 3 - Fake drama channels ===

== YTP/YTPMV ==
YTP videos are usually made by adding in effects and sentence mixing, for humorous effects or to confuse the viewer. TBD

=== YTP Tennis ===

=== The F25 Key ===

=== Morshu ===

== YouTube horror content ==
''Find the main article on YouTube horror content, ARGs and Analog Horror [[YouTube Horror Content|here]]''

Horror content on YouTube can vary vastly, going from well put horror series to clickbait 3AM videos.

== The rise of Reaction Channels ==
A '''Reaction Channel''' is a YouTube channel which steals other people's content, react to it, and repost it on their channel. This type of content is one of the most popular types with cheap money-driven personalities given its easy premise and the rules of "fair use". TBD

=== React World ===

=== SSSniperWolf vs. Jacksfilms ===
The SSSniperWolf vs. Jacksfilms drama regards a feud between the Internet personalities [[SSSniperWolf]] and [[Jacksfilms]]. It started with Jacksfilms calling out SSSniperWolf for stealing other people's content in her reaction videos. SSSniperWolf would not take kindly to this, and would start flaming Jacksfilms on [[Twitter]], trying to win over the public opinion. Jacksfilms would then create another YouTube channel - JJJacksfilms<ref>Parodying the "SSS" in SSSniperWolf</ref> - where he would make really obnoxious reaction parodies, reacting to different things like his own videos in an intentionally annoying manner. He would later switch to making videos reacting to SSSniperWolf's videos but with a twist. He would Livestream his reactions on [[Twitch]] and play Bingo with his Twitch Chat, the Bingo squares being about what happens in the SSSniperWolf video. He would also encourage the original makers of the videos that SSSniperWolf reacted to to go out and explain their side of the story, explain how her reactions harmed them, and also to send copyright takedowns on her videos. It would all end after a few months when SSSniperWolf doxxed Jacksfilms by driving to his house, taking pictures and recordings of her standing outside of it, and uploading said images and recordings to [[Instagram]]. The resulting drama would spread to Twitter where all hell would break loose, and ending in the YouTube Staff Twitter account having to make a number of posts explaining things and who is in the wrong. The YouTube Staff would claim that both SSSniperWolf and Jacksfilms were guilty, saying that SSSniperWolf breached Jacksfilms' privacy and that Jacksfilms had harassed SSSniperWolf through his videos. SSSniperwolf had her monetary rights suspended on her main YouTube account for 2 weeks, which would only affect existing videos on her channel.

== Documentary Channels ==
There is a small bubble of YouTubers who are dedicated to documenting and spreading the word about the misdeeds of governments and corporations, and corruption. Unlike with other social media, YouTube has not put in much effort to remove these people from its platform.

=== Boy Boy ===

=== friendlyjordies ===

==== Firebombing incidents & Feud with Australian powerhouses ====

=== fern ===

=== Ordinary Things ===

== Experiments done by YouTube ==

=== A-B Testing ===

=== Webdriver Torso ===

== Lawsuits ==

=== Viacom ===

=== Utube ===

=== 2026 Children's Health lawsuits ===

YouTube

2026-08-31T11:26:23Z

TheNiceOne: /* Early days of YouTube */ added the pornposting raid for you schjessu

[[File:YouTube 2024.webp|thumb|The current YouTube logo]]
'''YouTube''' is a video sharing platform and the place your child may be actively getting introduced to porn from. They are also known to intentionally make their website worse just so that people can have something to complain about. It also spies on your web history and everything you do.

<big>REMOVE THE "?si=1248972456" IN THE VIDEO URL BEFORE SHARING IT.</big>
[[File:Deep Humor under 2 months.png|left|thumb|[https://www.youtube.com/@DeepHumor Deep Humor]'s recent videos list (As of the 21st of August, 2026). All of these were posted within the span of 2-3 months]]
YouTube was created in 2004 as a dating website before later being changed to a video sharing platform after its founders started using their brains. The oldest YouTube video is "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNQXAC9IVRw Me at the zoo]" by [https://www.youtube.com/@jawed jawed], one of YouTube's founders. The platform was later bought out by [[Google]] for $1.65b in November 2006. YouTube's popularity would spike around this time, with some of the first YouTubers starting their channels around this time.

== Early days of YouTube ==

=== YouTube 4chan porn raid ===
4chan users posted porn under names of teenage celebrities, it was done cuz YouTube deleted some music. The attack would spawn a meme called "I'm 12 years old and what is this?" which was in response to a comment on one such video. 4chan would attack again with porn after a YouTube channel called lukeywes1234 had been suspended for being under 13. The second attack was because lukeywes1234's videos were popular with 4chan, which were angered when he was terminated.

=== Prank videos ===

=== SMOSH ===

=== Google+ integration ===
When YouTube added Google+ integration, it was heavily criticized because YouTube would require you to have a Google+ account to make comments. TBD

=== Screamers ===

=== 301 views phenomenon ===
There was a phenomenon covered by [https://www.youtube.com/numberphile Numberphile] where when first uploading a video, your video would freeze at 301 views while its being checked for any material that violates the YouTube Community Guidelines and also to see if its being [[Viewbotting|viewbotted]]. Once that is finished, your video would get more views as normal. As an Easter egg and honorable mention to that phenomenon, YouTube freezed the view count on Numberphile's video to 301.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIkhgagvrjI</ref>

=== This is Bob ===
[[File:Bob comments 3.png|thumb|235x235px|An example of a comment section filled with This is Bob spam.]]
'''This is Bob''' was/is a [[Copypastas|copypasta]] that was spread around YouTube comments around 2010 and 2013. Originally spreading as a comment people would spam just for the fun of it, This is Bob was widely considered annoying by the YouTube community. People would often create edits of the This is Bob copypasta, usually in protest of the spam. Although this would backfire as the protests were in of themselves spam. The copypasta would thistle out over 2011-2012 but would later see a return in popularity in 2013, this time used to protest the integration of Google+ into YouTube. Google's response to this mass protesting was sadly not to backtrack and remove Google+ from YouTube, but to instead improve their ASCII art detection algorithms.

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== Elsagate ==
''Find the main article on Elsagate [[Elsagate|here]]''

'''Elsagate''' is a type of content posted on YouTube that is both marketed as kid friendly and made to look kid friendly while including NSFW themes.

== YouTube Rewind / The removal of Dislikes ==
'''YouTube Rewind''' is a tradition YouTube kept from 2010 to 2019 where they would invite a bunch of YouTubers to perform trends that happened during the year. This tradition was originally seen with support from the YouTube audience, but that started changing around 2016 as YouTube Rewinds only started to feel more and more disconnected from the YouTube community. This all culminated in YouTube Rewind 2018, which ended up bombing so hard it became the most disliked video on all of YouTube. <s>YouTube Rewind 2019 does not exist</s>.

It is widely considered that the action to remove the amount of dislikes visible on a video was directly caused by YouTube having the most disliked video on their platform.

== YouTube Shorts ==
''Find the page on Short-Form content [[Short-Form content|here]]''

'''YouTube Shorts''' is YouTube's answer to Short-Form content, with it having become one of the most widely-used forms of social media of all time (~90 billion views per day). YouTube has since intentionally made the Long-Form content scene more difficult and annoying to use in an attempt to get YouTubers to move to Shorts.

== Clickbait ==
[[File:Clickbait.png|thumb|250x250px|An example of Clickbait. Notice the saturated colors, bolded numbers, etc. The video can be found [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxGAZcX8qiQ here].]]
'''Clickbait''' is the act of altering a video thumbnail/title to make it more appealing via exaggerated truths and lies. Many YouTubers use Clickbait to get the attention of children, who are by far the primary audience for Clickbait. Another common practice of Clickbaiters is to saturate the thumbnails to make it more appealing for children, along with bolding text to make it easier to read, having the respective YouTuber's face on the thumbnail of the video, and more.

Another type of Clickbait involves having simple thumbnails with large text and an image/drawing of something representing the topic of the video. The trend of having large - usually colored - text on thumbnails was originally popularized by [[Game Theory (YouTuber)|Game Theory]] who has been doing it for many years. Yet the domino that set everything in motion would be [https://www.youtube.com/@moresus MorePegasus] - a drama channel - when he covered the [[MrBeast]] drama of 2024. MorePegasus' style of clickbait would spread as more and more YouTubers began copying it.
[[File:Morepegasus MrBeast.png|none|thumb|MorePegasus' first video covering the MrBeast drama of 2024. The video can be found [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRj3juNosN8 here].]][[File:In 10 minutes.jpg|thumb|An example of how a "Explained in ___ Minutes" thumbnail usually looks like.|266x266px]]
=== Explained in ___ Minutes ===
''Find a list of Explained in ___ Minutes videos [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBculw1TL2U&list=PLFSqcUUMJ4ySp3Zlj6o2_nr0Nh6I2Cufz here]''

The "Explained in ___ Minutes" video format is a format of video where different subjects are covered in a simplistic manner. This format is popular amongst many YouTubers for being easy to create and not being risky to post. The format was originally created by [https://www.youtube.com/@redeemed_zoomer Redeemed Zoomer], and further popularized by [https://www.youtube.com/@ThePaintExplainer The Paint Explainer]. Videos like this are usually created with AI and may contain inaccuracies

=== Discord DM Thumbnails ===
There was a trend in YouTube thumbnail making to have the entire thumbnail be a zoomed-in picture of a [[Discord]] chat, usually having one person challenge another person to something (usually whatever the video is about). This trend was popular amongst gaming channels around 2021-2022 and has since mostly died out.

== Content Farms ==
[[File:Lankybox.jpg|thumb|the PFP of [[LankyBox]], one of the most popular [[Long-Form content|Long-Form]] & Short-Form Content Farms.]]
A '''Content Farm''' is a type of YouTube channel that focuses on pumping out as many videos as possible - usually targeted towards kids - to make as much money as they can. These types of channels usually focus on trendy topics and video games popular with [[Generation Alpha|Gen Alpha]].

There are different tiers of content farms:

=== Tier 0 - AI Slop ===

=== Tier 1 - Mainstream content farms ===

=== Tier 2 - Imitation channels ===

=== Tier 3 - Fake drama channels ===

== YTP/YTPMV ==
YTP videos are usually made by adding in effects and sentence mixing, for humorous effects or to confuse the viewer. TBD

=== YTP Tennis ===

=== The F25 Key ===

=== Morshu ===

== YouTube horror content ==
''Find the main article on YouTube horror content, ARGs and Analog Horror [[YouTube Horror Content|here]]''

Horror content on YouTube can vary vastly, going from well put horror series to clickbait 3AM videos.

== The rise of Reaction Channels ==
A '''Reaction Channel''' is a YouTube channel which steals other people's content, react to it, and repost it on their channel. This type of content is one of the most popular types with cheap money-driven personalities given its easy premise and the rules of "fair use". TBD

=== React World ===

=== SSSniperWolf vs. Jacksfilms ===
The SSSniperWolf vs. Jacksfilms drama regards a feud between the Internet personalities [[SSSniperWolf]] and [[Jacksfilms]]. It started with Jacksfilms calling out SSSniperWolf for stealing other people's content in her reaction videos. SSSniperWolf would not take kindly to this, and would start flaming Jacksfilms on [[Twitter]], trying to win over the public opinion. Jacksfilms would then create another YouTube channel - JJJacksfilms<ref>Parodying the "SSS" in SSSniperWolf</ref> - where he would make really obnoxious reaction parodies, reacting to different things like his own videos in an intentionally annoying manner. He would later switch to making videos reacting to SSSniperWolf's videos but with a twist. He would Livestream his reactions on [[Twitch]] and play Bingo with his Twitch Chat, the Bingo squares being about what happens in the SSSniperWolf video. He would also encourage the original makers of the videos that SSSniperWolf reacted to to go out and explain their side of the story, explain how her reactions harmed them, and also to send copyright takedowns on her videos. It would all end after a few months when SSSniperWolf doxxed Jacksfilms by driving to his house, taking pictures and recordings of her standing outside of it, and uploading said images and recordings to [[Instagram]]. The resulting drama would spread to Twitter where all hell would break loose, and ending in the YouTube Staff Twitter account having to make a number of posts explaining things and who is in the wrong. The YouTube Staff would claim that both SSSniperWolf and Jacksfilms were guilty, saying that SSSniperWolf breached Jacksfilms' privacy and that Jacksfilms had harassed SSSniperWolf through his videos. SSSniperwolf had her monetary rights suspended on her main YouTube account for 2 weeks, which would only affect existing videos on her channel.

== Documentary Channels ==
There is a small bubble of YouTubers who are dedicated to documenting and spreading the word about the misdeeds of governments and corporations, and corruption. Unlike with other social media, YouTube has not put in much effort to remove these people from its platform.

=== Boy Boy ===

=== friendlyjordies ===

==== Firebombing incidents & Feud with Australian powerhouses ====

=== fern ===

=== Ordinary Things ===

== Experiments done by YouTube ==

=== A-B Testing ===

=== Webdriver Torso ===

== Lawsuits ==

=== Viacom ===

=== Utube ===

=== 2026 Children's Health lawsuits ===

Enshittification

2026-08-31T11:20:38Z

TheNiceOne:

'''Enshitiffication''' is a phenomenon where companies providing flagship services purposely make their platform worse. First they provide services for everyone, then they make services worse for customers while benefiting business customers, and then they make the service for everyone worse, to gain profit. Enshittification usually prioritizes money over users. Shareholders and investors need the money so they do just that, like putting ads everywhere, adding [[AI]] features, etc. for them.

=== Google ===
Google's search results have gotten worse over the years, partly due to people abusing SEO and partly due to Google ignoring the glaring issues with the platform and introducing an AI overview.

=== TikTok ===

=== Reddit ===
Around 2023, Reddit would remove the free API tier that allowed third party Reddit clients to work. This was met with backlash since users used third party Reddit clients to get features and improvements the official Reddit app didn't have. Reddit would also add some AI features. The most notable is the Reddit Answers feature. It used AI to summarize context of Reddit posts.

=== YouTube ===
[[YouTube]] has faced enshittification, usually by putting frequent ads, blocking ad blockers, adding AI features for some regions within the app and website, and also having extremely ineffective AI moderation.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrHf9g5Kz08</ref><ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/1u7jwf9/youtubes_ai_moderation_is_destroying_the_platform/</ref>

=== Duolingo ===
[[Duolingo]] is one of the most popular language learning apps to face enshittification. Enshittification of Duolingo was done by changing or removing features like limiting practice for hearts, making users watch ads to earn hearts, frequent ads, and switching over to a new system called Energy. Energy is the worst thing that came to Duolingo, you use energy by getting exercises correct, and you won't be able to do lessons anymore when you use all your energy.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/duolingo/comments/1flnzwh/what_happened_i_cant_practice_to_earn_hearts_now/</ref><ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/duolingo/comments/1l8nmpt/duolingos_new_energy_system_makes_the_application/</ref><ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/duolingo/comments/1iyretg/watch_an_ad_to_earn_a_heart_no_more_practice_to/</ref>
[[File:Paid plants pvz2.jpg|thumb|An image of the Plants vs. Zombies 2 menu with plants that you have to pay real money to unlock, taken sometime in 2013<ref>The prices of these plants have gone way up since.</ref>.]]

=== Plants vs. Zombies ===
A particular franchise that has been hit with enshittification is Plants vs. Zombies. Beginning with [[EA]] buying out Popcap in 2011 and having them move their business from good fun games to [[F2P]] Mobile Games. This was shown with the release of Plants vs. Zombies 2, which included an in-game currency (diamonds), a leveling system (plant levels), and microtransactions (with both in-game currency, plants, and more).

The original Plants vs. Zombies' mobile port kept getting updates over the years, each one adding more annoying features which were used to shove ads into every nook and cranny of the game. This has been met with a lot of backlash, though Popcap has not reverted any of the changes to the port.

The Plants vs. Zombies franchise kept getting hit with more enshittification with the game Plants vs. Zombies Heroes, which would have the rarities of the cards in it go up in the hopes of getting players to spend more on the game to get them, along with upping the prices of the in-game currencies.

Another branch of the Plants vs. Zombies franchise - the Garden Warfare series - was also hit badly with the third and (currently) final installation in the series: Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville. The game was received poorly by fans of the series, saying that the game was lacking in content and soul, especially compared to the previous installation, Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2, which was packed full with content, characters, and events.

PVZ3 TBA

PVZ Replanted TBA

Google

2026-08-31T11:17:07Z

TheNiceOne: added info about restrictions on android

Google is a company that provides services like Android, Google Chrome, Google Workspace, etc.

=== Android Sideloading Restrictions ===
Google decided that in order to "stop" frequent malware, they wanted to restrict sideloading, to limit freedom of Android users. Google would automatically install an app on every Android device called Android Developer Verifier. It's just there, silently waiting for activation. As of now, the sideloading restrictions are rolling out to different Android users. A developer option can be enabled that allows you to enable installation of unverified packages.

Apple

2026-08-31T11:12:45Z

TheNiceOne: Added more info on iOS Restrictions

Apple is a company based in Cupertino, known for their iPhones, iPads, Macs, and other Apple devices.

=== iOS Restrictions ===
Apple usually restricts sideloading, though that can be worked around by using stuff like AltStore, SideStore, etc. In the EU, Apple was forced to allow sideloading to users of Apple devices for all EU citizens with an Apple Account set to any EU member country. for many other users globally, they have to use workarounds. iOS also restricts JIT (Just-In-Time Compilation) for every single iOS app, the Safari browser and any other browser are allowed to use JIT. There are iOS apps that can utilize JIT, but you need workarounds, like StikDebug, LocalDevVPN, etc. They restrict it for "security" purposes.

=== Apple tax ===

Google

2026-08-30T11:56:52Z

TheNiceOne: new page for Google

Google is a company that provides services like Android, Google Chrome, Google Workspace, etc.

=== Android Sideloading Restrictions ===

Twitter

2026-08-30T11:54:01Z

TheNiceOne:

#REDIRECT [[Kids fighting]]

[[Category:Social Media]]

Enshittification

2026-08-30T11:48:04Z

TheNiceOne: /* Reddit */ Added info about Reddit

'''Enshitiffication''' is a phenomenon where companies providing flagship services purposely make their platform worse. First they provide services for everyone, then they make services worse for customers while benefiting business customers, and then they make the service for everyone worse, to gain profit. Enshittification usually prioritizes money over users. Shareholders and investors need the money so they do just that, like putting ads everywhere, adding [[AI]] features, etc. for them.

=== Google ===
Google's search results have gotten worse over the years, partly due to people abusing SEO and partly due to Google ignoring the glaring issues with the platform and introducing an AI overview.

=== TikTok ===

=== Reddit ===
Around 2023, Reddit would remove the free API tier that allowed third party Reddit clients to work. This was met with backlash since users used third party Reddit clients to get features and improvements the official Reddit app didn't have. Reddit would also add some AI features. The most notable is the Reddit Answers feature. It used AI to summarize context of Reddit posts.

=== YouTube ===
[[YouTube]] has faced enshittification, usually by putting frequent ads, blocking ad blockers, adding AI features for some regions within the app and website, and also having extremely ineffective AI moderation.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrHf9g5Kz08</ref><ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/1u7jwf9/youtubes_ai_moderation_is_destroying_the_platform/</ref>

=== Duolingo ===
[[Duolingo]] is one of the most popular language learning apps to face enshittification. Enshittification of Duolingo was done by changing or removing features like limiting practice for hearts, making users watch ads to earn hearts, frequent ads, and switching over to a new system called Energy. Energy is the worst thing that came to Duolingo, you use energy by getting lessons correct, and you won't be able to do lessons anymore when you use all your energy.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/duolingo/comments/1flnzwh/what_happened_i_cant_practice_to_earn_hearts_now/</ref><ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/duolingo/comments/1l8nmpt/duolingos_new_energy_system_makes_the_application/</ref><ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/duolingo/comments/1iyretg/watch_an_ad_to_earn_a_heart_no_more_practice_to/</ref>
[[File:Paid plants pvz2.jpg|thumb|An image of the Plants vs. Zombies 2 menu with plants that you have to pay real money to unlock, taken sometime in 2013<ref>The prices of these plants have gone way up since.</ref>.]]

=== Plants vs. Zombies ===
A particular franchise that has been hit with enshittification is Plants vs. Zombies. Beginning with [[EA]] buying out Popcap in 2011 and having them move their business from good fun games to [[F2P]] Mobile Games. This was shown with the release of Plants vs. Zombies 2, which included an in-game currency (diamonds), a leveling system (plant levels), and microtransactions (with both in-game currency, plants, and more).

The original Plants vs. Zombies' mobile port kept getting updates over the years, each one adding more annoying features which were used to shove ads into every nook and cranny of the game. This has been met with a lot of backlash, though Popcap has not reverted any of the changes to the port.

The Plants vs. Zombies franchise kept getting hit with more enshittification with the game Plants vs. Zombies Heroes, which would have the rarities of the cards in it go up in the hopes of getting players to spend more on the game to get them, along with upping the prices of the in-game currencies.

Another branch of the Plants vs. Zombies franchise - the Garden Warfare series - was also hit badly with the third and (currently) final installation in the series: Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville. The game was received poorly by fans of the series, saying that the game was lacking in content and soul, especially compared to the previous installation, Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2, which was packed full with content, characters, and events.

PVZ3 TBA

PVZ Replanted TBA

Apple

2026-08-30T11:38:46Z

TheNiceOne: created a page for Apple

Apple is a company based in Cupertino, known for their iPhones, iPads, Macs, and other Apple devices.

=== iOS Restrictions ===

=== Apple tax ===

Nota.dmg

2026-08-30T11:33:49Z

TheNiceOne: added info to clarify it was in a sandbox

Nota.dmg, also known as Nota, or NextOS, is an Egyptian OWOT user that has had several controversies.

== OWoT ==

=== Early days on OWoT ===
When Nota first joined OWOT, he used to have bigoted worldviews against LGBTQ+, sparking controversy against Nota, after the controversy, he started to change his worldviews in support for the LGBTQ+ community.

=== Echoden drama ===

=== OWOT Soyjak.party sandbox Wiki page ===
Nota would once associate with the Sharty. For those who don't know, the Sharty is a reactionary bigoted imageboard that raids sites, streams, everything. He once made an article on OWOT on the Soyjak Wiki, writing the article with slurs against gay and trans people to fit in the community. This was also met with backlash since he associated with a far right extremist commmunity. The article was basically in the sandbox.

=== May drama & 170 day mute ===
A poll was opened on the OWOT Discord. The poll would deliberate on what to do with Nota, due to his controversies. The poll won with Ban temporarily being the option. He was later muted for 170 days, though he would ban evade by restarting his router to get a new dynamic IP.

== NextOS' mental institution for the mentally insane ==

=== Polonez drama & Lime's server takeover ===
Nota once wanted Polonez to be ethnically cleansed. TBD

== The People's Democratic Jamahiriya of Nossia ==
The People's Democratic Jamahiriya of Nossia is Nota's country, It is a Discord server. It has faced controversy because Nota would randomly mute or timeout people for no reason. He mutes people just for criticizing him, his religion, or anything related to Nossia. The constitution they have basically does nothing. It also has a MC server hosted with Seedloaf, that basically is Nossia, in Minecraft. It also has a channel that allows you to work, make money, etc. It allows you to have houses, apartments, anything.

== Minecraft servers ==

=== TextfulSMP ===

=== Nossia's Minecraft server ===

Nota.dmg

2026-08-30T11:30:00Z

TheNiceOne: Added a lot of info on Nota

Nota.dmg, also known as Nota, or NextOS, is an Egyptian OWOT user that has had several controversies.

== OWoT ==

=== Early days on OWoT ===
When Nota first joined OWOT, he used to have bigoted worldviews against LGBTQ+, sparking controversy against Nota, after the controversy, he started to change his worldviews in support for the LGBTQ+ community.

=== Echoden drama ===

=== OWOT Soyjak.party sandbox Wiki page ===
Nota would once associate with the Sharty. For those who don't know, the Sharty is a reactionary bigoted imageboard that raids sites, streams, everything. He once made an article on OWOT on the Soyjak Wiki, writing the article with slurs against gay and trans people to fit in the community. This was also met with backlash since he associated with a far right extremist commmunity.

=== May drama & 170 day mute ===
A poll was opened on the OWOT Discord. The poll would deliberate on what to do with Nota, due to his controversies. The poll won with Ban temporarily being the option. He was later muted for 170 days, though he would ban evade by restarting his router to get a new dynamic IP.

== NextOS' mental institution for the mentally insane ==

=== Polonez drama & Lime's server takeover ===
Nota once wanted Polonez to be ethnically cleansed. TBD

== The People's Democratic Jamahiriya of Nossia ==
The People's Democratic Jamahiriya of Nossia is Nota's country, It is a Discord server. It has faced controversy because Nota would randomly mute or timeout people for no reason. He mutes people just for criticizing him, his religion, or anything related to Nossia. The constitution they have basically does nothing. It also has a MC server hosted with Seedloaf, that basically is Nossia, in Minecraft. It also has a channel that allows you to work, make money, etc. It allows you to have houses, apartments, anything.

== Minecraft servers ==

=== TextfulSMP ===

=== Nossia's Minecraft server ===

Google Chrome

2026-08-28T09:20:25Z

TheNiceOne: chrome has become garbage now

Google Chrome is a browser made by Google, sadly they removed Manifest V2 support, which leads to bad ad blocking. There are other Chromium based browsers you can use as alternatives to Google Chrome like Brave, Helium, Vivaldi, Google Chromium, etc.

Firefox

2026-08-28T09:18:27Z

TheNiceOne: firefox is an amazing browser

Firefox is a based web browser that allows proper ad blocking and Manifest V2 support. There are other Firefox based web browsers like Zen Browser, Floorp, etc.

X

2026-08-28T09:15:38Z

TheNiceOne: added another redirect for kids fighting

#REDIRECT [[Kids fighting]]

4chan

2026-08-28T09:12:46Z

TheNiceOne: /* /b/ */ describe /b/

[[File:4chan.webp|thumb|The logo of 4chan.]]
'''4chan''' is the social platform everything [[Reddit]] has been wrongfully blamed of comes from. It was first launched in October 2003 as a successor to [[wikipedia:Futaba_Channel|Futaba Channel]] (or '''2chan'''). It is mainly known across the internet for being both the place where most memes were created and also for being a hellhole of [[Incels|incel culture]] and depression.

== /b/ ==
/b/, also called Random, is the most active main board on 4chan, it usually is unmoderated.

== /pol/ ==

== /x/ ==

== Stories originating from 4chan ==

== Chris Chan ==

Bonzicuck

2026-08-28T09:10:25Z

TheNiceOne:

Bonzicuck, also known as Scientist, or Larp Johansson, is a user who keeps trolling on OWOT. He spouts russophobic statements, and hateful and offensive statements towards different nationalities and ethnicities.

=== Bonzicuck's info ===
Lars Johansen

Oskar Skaugs veg 6a Heimdal Norway 7088

Bonzicuck

2026-08-28T09:10:00Z

TheNiceOne: improved the page a bit

Bonzicuck, also known as Scientist, is a user who keeps trolling on OWOT. He spouts russophobic statements, and hateful and offensive statements towards different nationalities and ethnicities.

=== Bonzicuck's info ===
Lars Johansen

Oskar Skaugs veg 6a Heimdal Norway 7088

Vyond

2026-08-28T09:06:52Z

TheNiceOne: i used to watch those videos

'''Vyond''', formerly known as GoAnimate, is a service popular among children in the autism spectrum used to make animations.

=== Grounded videos ===
The most popular Vyond videos would be Grounded videos, These videos usually consist of parents and their son, like Caillou and Boris and Doris, with the son doing something bad and the son getting grounded for however many numbers they can say.

YouTube

2026-08-28T09:03:56Z

TheNiceOne: /* Google+ integration */ added info about google+

[[File:YouTube 2024.webp|thumb|The current YouTube logo]]
'''YouTube''' is a video sharing platform and the place your child may be actively getting introduced to porn from. They are also known to intentionally make their website worse just so that people can have something to complain about. It also spies on your web history and everything you do.

<big>REMOVE THE "?si=1248972456" IN THE VIDEO URL BEFORE SHARING IT.</big>
[[File:Deep Humor under 2 months.png|left|thumb|[https://www.youtube.com/@DeepHumor Deep Humor]'s recent videos list (As of the 21st of August, 2026). All of these were posted within the span of 2-3 months]]
YouTube was created in 2004 as a dating website before later being changed to a video sharing platform after its founders started using their brains. The oldest YouTube video is "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNQXAC9IVRw Me at the zoo]" by [https://www.youtube.com/@jawed jawed], one of YouTube's founders. The platform was later bought out by [[Google]] for $1.65b in November 2006. YouTube's popularity would spike around this time, with some of the first YouTubers starting their channels around this time.

== Early days of YouTube ==

=== Prank videos ===

=== SMOSH ===

=== Google+ integration ===
When YouTube added Google+ integration, it was heavily criticized because YouTube would require you to have a Google+ account to make comments.

=== Screamers ===

=== 301 views phenomenon ===
There was a phenomenon covered by Numberphile where when first uploading a video, your video would freeze at 301 views while its being checked for any material that violates the YouTube Community Guidelines and also to see if its being viewbotted. Once that is finished, your video would get more views as normal. As an easter egg and honorable mention to that phenomenon, YouTube freezed the view count on Numberphile's video to 301.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIkhgagvrjI</ref>

=== This is Bob ===
[[File:Bob comments 3.png|thumb|235x235px|An example of a comment section filled with This is Bob spam.]]
'''This is Bob''' was/is a [[Copypastas|copypasta]] that was spread around YouTube comments around 2010 and 2013. Originally spreading as a comment people would spam just for the fun of it, This is Bob was widely considered annoying by the YouTube community. People would often create edits of the This is Bob copypasta, usually in protest of the spam. Although this would backfire as the protests were in of themselves spam. The copypasta would thistle out over 2011-2012 but would later see a return in popularity in 2013, this time used to protest the integration of Google+ into YouTube. Google's response to this mass protesting was sadly not to backtrack and remove Google+ from YouTube, but to instead improve their ASCII art detection algorithms.

== Elsagate ==
''Find the main article on Elsagate [[Elsagate|here]]''

'''Elsagate''' is a type of content posted on YouTube that is both marketed as kid friendly and made to look kid friendly while including NSFW themes.

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== YouTube Rewind / The removal of Dislikes ==
'''YouTube Rewind''' is a tradition YouTube kept from 2010 to 2019 where they would invite a bunch of YouTubers to perform trends that happened during the year. This tradition was originally seen with support from the YouTube audience, but that started changing around 2016 as YouTube Rewinds only started to feel more and more disconnected from the YouTube community. This all culminated in YouTube Rewind 2018, which ended up bombing so hard it became the most disliked video on all of YouTube. <s>YouTube Rewind 2019 does not exist</s>.

It is widely considered that the action to remove the amount of dislikes visible on a video was directly caused by YouTube having the most disliked video on their platform.

== YouTube Shorts ==
''Find the page on Short-Form content [[Short-Form content|here]]''

'''YouTube Shorts''' is YouTube's answer to Short-Form content, with it having become one of the most widely-used forms of social media of all time (~90 billion views per day). YouTube has since intentionally made the Long-Form content scene more difficult and annoying to use in an attempt to get YouTubers to move to Shorts.

== Clickbait ==
[[File:Clickbait.png|thumb|250x250px|An example of Clickbait. Notice the saturated colors, bolded numbers, etc. The video can be found [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxGAZcX8qiQ here].]]
'''Clickbait''' is the act of altering a video thumbnail/title to make it more appealing via exaggerated truths and lies. Many YouTubers use Clickbait to get the attention of children, who are by far the primary audience for Clickbait. Another common practice of Clickbaiters is to saturate the thumbnails to make it more appealing for children, along with bolding text to make it easier to read, having the respective YouTuber's face on the thumbnail of the video, and more.

Another type of Clickbait involves having simple thumbnails with large text and an image/drawing of something representing the topic of the video. The trend of having large - usually colored - text on thumbnails was originally popularized by [[Game Theory (YouTuber)|Game Theory]] who has been doing it for many years. Yet the domino that set everything in motion would be [https://www.youtube.com/@moresus MorePegasus] - a drama channel - when he covered the [[MrBeast]] drama of 2024. MorePegasus' style of clickbait would spread as more and more YouTubers began copying it.
[[File:Morepegasus MrBeast.png|none|thumb|MorePegasus' first video covering the MrBeast drama of 2024. The video can be found [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRj3juNosN8 here].]][[File:In 10 minutes.jpg|thumb|An example of how a "Explained in ___ Minutes" thumbnail usually looks like.|266x266px]]
=== Explained in ___ Minutes ===
''Find a list of Explained in ___ Minutes videos [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBculw1TL2U&list=PLFSqcUUMJ4ySp3Zlj6o2_nr0Nh6I2Cufz here]''

The "Explained in ___ Minutes" video format is a format of video where different subjects are covered in a simplistic manner. This format is popular amongst many YouTubers for being easy to create and not being risky to post. The format was originally created by [https://www.youtube.com/@redeemed_zoomer Redeemed Zoomer], and further popularized by [https://www.youtube.com/@ThePaintExplainer The Paint Explainer]. Videos like this are usually created with AI and may contain inaccuracies

=== Discord DM Thumbnails ===
There was a trend in YouTube thumbnail making to have the entire thumbnail be a zoomed-in picture of a [[Discord]] chat, usually having one person challenge another person to something (usually whatever the video is about). This trend was popular amongst gaming channels around 2021-2022 and has since mostly died out.

== Content Farms ==
[[File:Lankybox.jpg|thumb|the PFP of [[LankyBox]], one of the most popular [[Long-Form content|Long-Form]] & Short-Form Content Farms.]]
A '''Content Farm''' is a type of YouTube channel that focuses on pumping out as many videos as possible - usually targeted towards kids - to make as much money as they can. These types of channels usually focus on trendy topics and video games popular with [[Generation Alpha|Gen Alpha]].

There are different tiers of content farms:

=== Tier 0 - AI Slop ===

=== Tier 1 - Mainstream content farms ===

=== Tier 2 - Imitation channels ===

=== Tier 3 - Fake drama channels ===

== YTP/YTPMV ==
YTP videos are usually made by adding in effects and sentence mixing, for humorous effects or to confuse the viewer.

== YouTube horror content ==
''Find the main article on YouTube horror content, ARGs and Analog Horror [[YouTube Horror Content|here]]''

Horror content on YouTube can vary vastly, going from well put horror series to clickbait 3AM videos.

== The rise of Reaction Channels ==
A '''Reaction Channel''' is a YouTube channel which steals other people's content, react to it, and repost it on their channel. This type of content is one of the most popular types with cheap money-driven personalities given its easy premise and the rules of "fair use". TBD

=== React World ===

=== SSSniperWolf vs. Jacksfilms ===

== Documentary Channels ==
There is a small bubble of YouTubers who are dedicated to documenting and spreading the word about the misdeeds of governments and corporations, and corruption. Unlike with other social media, YouTube has not put in much effort to remove these people from its platform.

=== Boy Boy ===

=== friendlyjordies ===

==== Firebombing incidents & Feud with Australian powerhouses ====

=== fern ===

=== Ordinary Things ===

=== Tor's Cabinet of Curiosities ===

== Experiments done by YouTube ==

=== A-B Testing ===

=== Webdriver Torso ===

== Lawsuits ==

TBD

=== Utube ===

YouTube

2026-08-28T09:01:50Z

TheNiceOne: /* YTP/YTPMV */ info about ytp

[[File:YouTube 2024.webp|thumb|The current YouTube logo]]
'''YouTube''' is a video sharing platform and the place your child may be actively getting introduced to porn from. They are also known to intentionally make their website worse just so that people can have something to complain about. It also spies on your web history and everything you do.

<big>REMOVE THE "?si=1248972456" IN THE VIDEO URL BEFORE SHARING IT.</big>
[[File:Deep Humor under 2 months.png|left|thumb|[https://www.youtube.com/@DeepHumor Deep Humor]'s recent videos list (As of the 21st of August, 2026). All of these were posted within the span of 2-3 months]]
YouTube was created in 2004 as a dating website before later being changed to a video sharing platform after its founders started using their brains. The oldest YouTube video is "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNQXAC9IVRw Me at the zoo]" by [https://www.youtube.com/@jawed jawed], one of YouTube's founders. The platform was later bought out by [[Google]] for $1.65b in November 2006. YouTube's popularity would spike around this time, with some of the first YouTubers starting their channels around this time.

== Early days of YouTube ==

=== Prank videos ===

=== SMOSH ===

=== Google+ integration ===

=== Screamers ===

=== 301 views phenomenon ===
There was a phenomenon covered by Numberphile where when first uploading a video, your video would freeze at 301 views while its being checked for any material that violates the YouTube Community Guidelines and also to see if its being viewbotted. Once that is finished, your video would get more views as normal. As an easter egg and honorable mention to that phenomenon, YouTube freezed the view count on Numberphile's video to 301.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIkhgagvrjI</ref>

=== This is Bob ===
[[File:Bob comments 3.png|thumb|235x235px|An example of a comment section filled with This is Bob spam.]]
'''This is Bob''' was/is a [[Copypastas|copypasta]] that was spread around YouTube comments around 2010 and 2013. Originally spreading as a comment people would spam just for the fun of it, This is Bob was widely considered annoying by the YouTube community. People would often create edits of the This is Bob copypasta, usually in protest of the spam. Although this would backfire as the protests were in of themselves spam. The copypasta would thistle out over 2011-2012 but would later see a return in popularity in 2013, this time used to protest the integration of Google+ into YouTube. Google's response to this mass protesting was sadly not to backtrack and remove Google+ from YouTube, but to instead improve their ASCII art detection algorithms.

== Elsagate ==
''Find the main article on Elsagate [[Elsagate|here]]''

'''Elsagate''' is a type of content posted on YouTube that is both marketed as kid friendly and made to look kid friendly while including NSFW themes.

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== YouTube Rewind / The removal of Dislikes ==
'''YouTube Rewind''' is a tradition YouTube kept from 2010 to 2019 where they would invite a bunch of YouTubers to perform trends that happened during the year. This tradition was originally seen with support from the YouTube audience, but that started changing around 2016 as YouTube Rewinds only started to feel more and more disconnected from the YouTube community. This all culminated in YouTube Rewind 2018, which ended up bombing so hard it became the most disliked video on all of YouTube. <s>YouTube Rewind 2019 does not exist</s>.

It is widely considered that the action to remove the amount of dislikes visible on a video was directly caused by YouTube having the most disliked video on their platform.

== YouTube Shorts ==
''Find the page on Short-Form content [[Short-Form content|here]]''

'''YouTube Shorts''' is YouTube's answer to Short-Form content, with it having become one of the most widely-used forms of social media of all time (~90 billion views per day). YouTube has since intentionally made the Long-Form content scene more difficult and annoying to use in an attempt to get YouTubers to move to Shorts.

== Clickbait ==
[[File:Clickbait.png|thumb|250x250px|An example of Clickbait. Notice the saturated colors, bolded numbers, etc. The video can be found [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxGAZcX8qiQ here].]]
'''Clickbait''' is the act of altering a video thumbnail/title to make it more appealing via exaggerated truths and lies. Many YouTubers use Clickbait to get the attention of children, who are by far the primary audience for Clickbait. Another common practice of Clickbaiters is to saturate the thumbnails to make it more appealing for children, along with bolding text to make it easier to read, having the respective YouTuber's face on the thumbnail of the video, and more.

Another type of Clickbait involves having simple thumbnails with large text and an image/drawing of something representing the topic of the video. The trend of having large - usually colored - text on thumbnails was originally popularized by [[Game Theory (YouTuber)|Game Theory]] who has been doing it for many years. Yet the domino that set everything in motion would be [https://www.youtube.com/@moresus MorePegasus] - a drama channel - when he covered the [[MrBeast]] drama of 2024. MorePegasus' style of clickbait would spread as more and more YouTubers began copying it.
[[File:Morepegasus MrBeast.png|none|thumb|MorePegasus' first video covering the MrBeast drama of 2024. The video can be found [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRj3juNosN8 here].]][[File:In 10 minutes.jpg|thumb|An example of how a "Explained in ___ Minutes" thumbnail usually looks like.|266x266px]]
=== Explained in ___ Minutes ===
''Find a list of Explained in ___ Minutes videos [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBculw1TL2U&list=PLFSqcUUMJ4ySp3Zlj6o2_nr0Nh6I2Cufz here]''

The "Explained in ___ Minutes" video format is a format of video where different subjects are covered in a simplistic manner. This format is popular amongst many YouTubers for being easy to create and not being risky to post. The format was originally created by [https://www.youtube.com/@redeemed_zoomer Redeemed Zoomer], and further popularized by [https://www.youtube.com/@ThePaintExplainer The Paint Explainer]. Videos like this are usually created with AI and may contain inaccuracies

=== Discord DM Thumbnails ===
There was a trend in YouTube thumbnail making to have the entire thumbnail be a zoomed-in picture of a [[Discord]] chat, usually having one person challenge another person to something (usually whatever the video is about). This trend was popular amongst gaming channels around 2021-2022 and has since mostly died out.

== Content Farms ==
[[File:Lankybox.jpg|thumb|the PFP of [[LankyBox]], one of the most popular [[Long-Form content|Long-Form]] & Short-Form Content Farms.]]
A '''Content Farm''' is a type of YouTube channel that focuses on pumping out as many videos as possible - usually targeted towards kids - to make as much money as they can. These types of channels usually focus on trendy topics and video games popular with [[Generation Alpha|Gen Alpha]].

There are different tiers of content farms:

=== Tier 0 - AI Slop ===

=== Tier 1 - Mainstream content farms ===

=== Tier 2 - Imitation channels ===

=== Tier 3 - Fake drama channels ===

== YTP/YTPMV ==
YTP videos are usually made by adding in effects and sentence mixing, for humorous effects or to confuse the viewer.

== YouTube horror content ==
''Find the main article on YouTube horror content, ARGs and Analog Horror [[YouTube Horror Content|here]]''

Horror content on YouTube can vary vastly, going from well put horror series to clickbait 3AM videos.

== The rise of Reaction Channels ==
A '''Reaction Channel''' is a YouTube channel which steals other people's content, react to it, and repost it on their channel. This type of content is one of the most popular types with cheap money-driven personalities given its easy premise and the rules of "fair use". TBD

=== React World ===

=== SSSniperWolf vs. Jacksfilms ===

== Documentary Channels ==
There is a small bubble of YouTubers who are dedicated to documenting and spreading the word about the misdeeds of governments and corporations, and corruption. Unlike with other social media, YouTube has not put in much effort to remove these people from its platform.

=== Boy Boy ===

=== friendlyjordies ===

==== Firebombing incidents & Feud with Australian powerhouses ====

=== fern ===

=== Ordinary Things ===

=== Tor's Cabinet of Curiosities ===

== Experiments done by YouTube ==

=== A-B Testing ===

=== Webdriver Torso ===

== Lawsuits ==

TBD

=== Utube ===

YouTube

2026-08-28T09:00:33Z

TheNiceOne: /* 301 views phenomenon */ added info about it

[[File:YouTube 2024.webp|thumb|The current YouTube logo]]
'''YouTube''' is a video sharing platform and the place your child may be actively getting introduced to porn from. They are also known to intentionally make their website worse just so that people can have something to complain about. It also spies on your web history and everything you do.

<big>REMOVE THE "?si=1248972456" IN THE VIDEO URL BEFORE SHARING IT.</big>
[[File:Deep Humor under 2 months.png|left|thumb|[https://www.youtube.com/@DeepHumor Deep Humor]'s recent videos list (As of the 21st of August, 2026). All of these were posted within the span of 2-3 months]]
YouTube was created in 2004 as a dating website before later being changed to a video sharing platform after its founders started using their brains. The oldest YouTube video is "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNQXAC9IVRw Me at the zoo]" by [https://www.youtube.com/@jawed jawed], one of YouTube's founders. The platform was later bought out by [[Google]] for $1.65b in November 2006. YouTube's popularity would spike around this time, with some of the first YouTubers starting their channels around this time.

== Early days of YouTube ==

=== Prank videos ===

=== SMOSH ===

=== Google+ integration ===

=== Screamers ===

=== 301 views phenomenon ===
There was a phenomenon covered by Numberphile where when first uploading a video, your video would freeze at 301 views while its being checked for any material that violates the YouTube Community Guidelines and also to see if its being viewbotted. Once that is finished, your video would get more views as normal. As an easter egg and honorable mention to that phenomenon, YouTube freezed the view count on Numberphile's video to 301.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIkhgagvrjI</ref>

=== This is Bob ===
[[File:Bob comments 3.png|thumb|235x235px|An example of a comment section filled with This is Bob spam.]]
'''This is Bob''' was/is a [[Copypastas|copypasta]] that was spread around YouTube comments around 2010 and 2013. Originally spreading as a comment people would spam just for the fun of it, This is Bob was widely considered annoying by the YouTube community. People would often create edits of the This is Bob copypasta, usually in protest of the spam. Although this would backfire as the protests were in of themselves spam. The copypasta would thistle out over 2011-2012 but would later see a return in popularity in 2013, this time used to protest the integration of Google+ into YouTube. Google's response to this mass protesting was sadly not to backtrack and remove Google+ from YouTube, but to instead improve their ASCII art detection algorithms.

== Elsagate ==
''Find the main article on Elsagate [[Elsagate|here]]''

'''Elsagate''' is a type of content posted on YouTube that is both marketed as kid friendly and made to look kid friendly while including NSFW themes.

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== YouTube Rewind / The removal of Dislikes ==
'''YouTube Rewind''' is a tradition YouTube kept from 2010 to 2019 where they would invite a bunch of YouTubers to perform trends that happened during the year. This tradition was originally seen with support from the YouTube audience, but that started changing around 2016 as YouTube Rewinds only started to feel more and more disconnected from the YouTube community. This all culminated in YouTube Rewind 2018, which ended up bombing so hard it became the most disliked video on all of YouTube. <s>YouTube Rewind 2019 does not exist</s>.

It is widely considered that the action to remove the amount of dislikes visible on a video was directly caused by YouTube having the most disliked video on their platform.

== YouTube Shorts ==
''Find the page on Short-Form content [[Short-Form content|here]]''

'''YouTube Shorts''' is YouTube's answer to Short-Form content, with it having become one of the most widely-used forms of social media of all time (~90 billion views per day). YouTube has since intentionally made the Long-Form content scene more difficult and annoying to use in an attempt to get YouTubers to move to Shorts.

== Clickbait ==
[[File:Clickbait.png|thumb|250x250px|An example of Clickbait. Notice the saturated colors, bolded numbers, etc. The video can be found [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxGAZcX8qiQ here].]]
'''Clickbait''' is the act of altering a video thumbnail/title to make it more appealing via exaggerated truths and lies. Many YouTubers use Clickbait to get the attention of children, who are by far the primary audience for Clickbait. Another common practice of Clickbaiters is to saturate the thumbnails to make it more appealing for children, along with bolding text to make it easier to read, having the respective YouTuber's face on the thumbnail of the video, and more.

Another type of Clickbait involves having simple thumbnails with large text and an image/drawing of something representing the topic of the video. The trend of having large - usually colored - text on thumbnails was originally popularized by [[Game Theory (YouTuber)|Game Theory]] who has been doing it for many years. Yet the domino that set everything in motion would be [https://www.youtube.com/@moresus MorePegasus] - a drama channel - when he covered the [[MrBeast]] drama of 2024. MorePegasus' style of clickbait would spread as more and more YouTubers began copying it.
[[File:Morepegasus MrBeast.png|none|thumb|MorePegasus' first video covering the MrBeast drama of 2024. The video can be found [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRj3juNosN8 here].]][[File:In 10 minutes.jpg|thumb|An example of how a "Explained in ___ Minutes" thumbnail usually looks like.|266x266px]]
=== Explained in ___ Minutes ===
''Find a list of Explained in ___ Minutes videos [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBculw1TL2U&list=PLFSqcUUMJ4ySp3Zlj6o2_nr0Nh6I2Cufz here]''

The "Explained in ___ Minutes" video format is a format of video where different subjects are covered in a simplistic manner. This format is popular amongst many YouTubers for being easy to create and not being risky to post. The format was originally created by [https://www.youtube.com/@redeemed_zoomer Redeemed Zoomer], and further popularized by [https://www.youtube.com/@ThePaintExplainer The Paint Explainer]. Videos like this are usually created with AI and may contain inaccuracies

=== Discord DM Thumbnails ===
There was a trend in YouTube thumbnail making to have the entire thumbnail be a zoomed-in picture of a [[Discord]] chat, usually having one person challenge another person to something (usually whatever the video is about). This trend was popular amongst gaming channels around 2021-2022 and has since mostly died out.

== Content Farms ==
[[File:Lankybox.jpg|thumb|the PFP of [[LankyBox]], one of the most popular [[Long-Form content|Long-Form]] & Short-Form Content Farms.]]
A '''Content Farm''' is a type of YouTube channel that focuses on pumping out as many videos as possible - usually targeted towards kids - to make as much money as they can. These types of channels usually focus on trendy topics and video games popular with [[Generation Alpha|Gen Alpha]].

There are different tiers of content farms:

=== Tier 0 - AI Slop ===

=== Tier 1 - Mainstream content farms ===

=== Tier 2 - Imitation channels ===

=== Tier 3 - Fake drama channels ===

== YTP/YTPMV ==
TBA

== YouTube horror content ==
''Find the main article on YouTube horror content, ARGs and Analog Horror [[YouTube Horror Content|here]]''

Horror content on YouTube can vary vastly, going from well put horror series to clickbait 3AM videos.

== The rise of Reaction Channels ==
A '''Reaction Channel''' is a YouTube channel which steals other people's content, react to it, and repost it on their channel. This type of content is one of the most popular types with cheap money-driven personalities given its easy premise and the rules of "fair use". TBD

=== React World ===

=== SSSniperWolf vs. Jacksfilms ===

== Documentary Channels ==
There is a small bubble of YouTubers who are dedicated to documenting and spreading the word about the misdeeds of governments and corporations, and corruption. Unlike with other social media, YouTube has not put in much effort to remove these people from its platform.

=== Boy Boy ===

=== friendlyjordies ===

==== Firebombing incidents & Feud with Australian powerhouses ====

=== fern ===

=== Ordinary Things ===

=== Tor's Cabinet of Curiosities ===

== Experiments done by YouTube ==

=== A-B Testing ===

=== Webdriver Torso ===

== Lawsuits ==

TBD

=== Utube ===

Whwywhwy

2026-08-28T08:56:28Z

TheNiceOne: added more info about whwy

{{Secret}}
[[File:Schjessu Whwywhwy fanart.png|thumb|Fanart by [[Schjessu]].|267x267px]]
WhwyWhwy is a 13 year old [[Fictional Googology|fictional googologist]], prominent wiki editor and [[Object Shows|object show]] fan known for causing nuisances on [[Our World Of Text|OWoT]]. He sometimes spams chat with FG and slurs, which was annoying to the OWOT community.

Enshittification

2026-08-28T08:51:58Z

TheNiceOne: Added 2 companies to the Enshittification page

Enshitiffication is a phenomenon where companies providing flagship services purposely make their platform worse. First they provide services for everyone, then they make services worse for customers while benefiting business customers, and then they make the service for everyone worse, to gain profit. Enshittification usually prioritizes money over users. Shareholders and investors need the money so they do just that, like putting ads everywhere, adding AI features, etc. for them.

=== YouTube ===
YouTube has faced enshittification, usually by putting frequent ads, blocking ad blockers, adding AI features for some regions within the app and website, and also having extremely ineffective AI moderation.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrHf9g5Kz08</ref><ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/1u7jwf9/youtubes_ai_moderation_is_destroying_the_platform/</ref>

=== Duolingo ===
Duolingo is one of the most popular language learning apps to face enshittification. Enshittification of Duolingo was done by changing or removing features like limiting practice for hearts, making users watch ads to earn hearts, frequent ads, and switching over to a new system called Energy. Energy is the worst thing that came to Duolingo, you use energy by getting lessons correct, and you won't be able to do lessons anymore when you use all your energy.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/duolingo/comments/1flnzwh/what_happened_i_cant_practice_to_earn_hearts_now/</ref><ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/duolingo/comments/1l8nmpt/duolingos_new_energy_system_makes_the_application/</ref><ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/duolingo/comments/1iyretg/watch_an_ad_to_earn_a_heart_no_more_practice_to/</ref>

User:TheNiceOne

2026-08-28T08:42:10Z

TheNiceOne: just so everybody knows i would never be deranged

i am not a nazi