Worst Things That Ever Happened to YouTube
Here's a list of the worst things that happened to YouTube.YouTube was once a great site, but eventually, like many things, it went downhill, and not only that, it went downhill like nothing else, it went way downhill too far.
I was 13 years old when the COPPA update was announced in September 2019. I find it extremely stupid that it applies to all users 13 and older as well as those 12 and under. I seriously thought I was going to get fined $42,000 just for having a YouTube channel.
I get that they were trying to protect kids from bullying, but you shouldn't really have a YouTube account under 13.
Worst thing YouTube could ever do.
What a day when YouTube's greatest legend, Lucas Cruikshank, the guy who did Fred, made a horrible decision. He sold the Fred Channel to a bunch of little trolls just to make money. He wanted to be rich. How much stupider can he get?
Some of us find Fred annoying and obnoxious, especially with his high-pitched and squeaky voice from when he sped up his videos. However, he had tons of creativity and imagination. He was like no one else, creating a vivid character and becoming the first YouTuber to do many things: get a million viewers and subs, make TV guest appearances, make movies (even in the form of a trilogy), and make TV shows. He did all of that because he had talent and creativity.
But then, on August 28, 2014, he sold his Fred channel with a video uploaded on that day. At first, you feel glad that he's returned, but then you realize that you're wrong. He says he turns all those trolls into Fred, and he is "gone."
Saddest tragedy ever to happen to YouTube, and ever since his "death," YouTube has been going downhill. He became too greedy, and that's why he sold his Fred channel. He didn't even make a finale. Why end or cancel something without a finale?
So we all mourned the tragic loss of Fred. I wanted to kill myself. He was doing many greedy and stupid things like many YouTubers nowadays. But then, without expectations, he brought Fred back. You guys won't find him easily, but I'll help you. Go onto Lucas's channel, and you'll find a few new Fred videos. He made one 2 days after Christmas (the first Fred video in 1.5 years), and another one on Valentine's Day. He even admitted his biggest mistake at the same time, which is something most people don't do these days. He had the guts to do it.
They might just be follow-ups or encores for the fraction of fans who miss Fred the most, including me.
I was lucky enough to go on that channel after he sold his Fred channel. Trust me, it's not family-oriented like the Fred... more
It was stupid to remove comments on family videos. It's not the same without the comments.
This is not fun. It's not the same without comments on family channels.
Remember when YouTube was such a great place, full of awesome videos, people, games, and searches?
It was very fun to go on.
But not anymore.
Since 2013/14, it has become infested with worthless trolls. People make stupid videos just for shock value and money. They talk about and make fun of sexual content and drugs, show off their body parts, make sexual or drug stories, and make stupid food-eating videos. Their "food" is usually barf. It's the worst kind of food you'll ever find.
No wonder they're so greedy. Drew, Joey, Jenna, Shane, Sam, Jenny, and others.
Those stars were once good and funny, but now they've messed up. And this is only a fraction of the total trolls out there.
I can't go to any Sword Art Online-related video without seeing two or more annoying hate comments about the anime series! I don't need a Frozen treatment!
Duo Cartoonist literally deleted their entire channel because of this! Thanks a lot, COPPA update!
I am not looking forward to this change! It's going to ruin my subscriber who makes family vlogs. They sometimes do kid-related things.
YouTube's Sam Pepper was once thought to be an average YouTuber until he sexually abused people, making sexual videos while raping people just for his "experiments" and "pranks." He's such a mean troll. He even got in trouble for that. He also made a video called "Killing Best Friend Prank," and he got into trouble for that too. When he apologized, he never really meant it. It was a joke. He did all of that because he chose to do it for money. What an @$$ (censored to stay clean).
Thankfully, at least he gave up and left YouTube. Hallelujah.
People have been telling dirty jokes online. It is not okay at all.
Personally, the dislike button can be useful when it comes to expressing opinions on not liking a certain video.
Besides, removing this feature is quite pointless considering there are some people out there who are not going to like a certain video.
This makes me so angry. Even thinking about it now, how will we know which videos are clickbait? Or maybe the real question is what will YouTube do next? Remove the like button? How about removing comments? Oh wait, that sorta happened already. OH I know, removing all the videos ever posted!
Advertising is one thing to get attention, but too much advertising during a video is getting out of control. There are stupid ad strikes and ads that even involve drugs, porn, and violence. It's just ruining our minds with garbage and interrupting our videos. Why look at stupid ads?
It's so annoying to see ads in the middle of the video. It's fine if they are at the beginning or the end of a video, but in the middle? Also, there are unskippable 30-second ads. It's annoying.
As if ads before videos weren't bad enough, now we have ads during videos!
YouTube was once a great place to visit. Even vlogging was great back then. Eventually, people started making stupid vlogs and acting foolish just for money. They used to be creative, but not anymore.
Everyone now is just so toxic. One time, jzboy deleted his animation when the comments section was so toxic and full of people forcing haters to not hate. Like WHAT? Everyone is so immature and just needs to learn to live. All you have to do is post a comment, and someone will be mean to you. Literally everyone learned to not bully, but it turns out 80% don't listen.
"Mean comments". Do you mean opinions? Or ad hominem attacks on arguments?
This should be called demonetized comments that should be moderated.
Having to deal with one ad before June 2019 was bad enough, but now there are double ads on YouTube. It's even worse when they're both unskippable.
It was all fine until she came along. From harassing innocent YouTubers for making fun of a shooter to introducing the COPPA policy. Let's not forget defending the Paul Brothers, not doing anything about animal abusers, and demonetizing innocent content creators for saying hell in a livestream because it's not FaMiLy FrIeNdLy.
Tell me a GOOD thing she's done. Before that, likely all of these things will happen:
Susan Wojcicki steps down as CEO (already happened)
Nicki Minaj will make a good song (already done. It's "Starships")
Jake Paul will stop being a scumbag and make good videos (the world will end before that)
and finally...
People will stop hating Justin Bieber for a song he made 13 years ago that isn't even that bad (never).
One of the best VTubers in the world, Amano Pikamee, received a lot of hate due to her announcing that she would play Hogwarts Legacy.
It didn't help that she was taking a long break due to her mental health.
Because of this, she ended up graduating (quitting/retiring) on March 31st.
She did, however, return in June or July under the name Henya afterwards.
Is this what YouTube has come to these days? It was once great, but then some trolls decided to make up stupid "challenges." They're unoriginal, stupid, boring, and nonsense. Sometimes, they're even abusive.
Even those who were legends are doing these stupid "challenges." They do some of the grossest things on the planet and harass one another.
Why watch stuff like the Condom Challenge or Charlie Charlie and things like that? People have become so stupid (no offense) and have lost their creativity.
They're doing all of that stuff because they are just too desperate and hungry for money. Money isn't the most important thing in life, although it's one of the things that keep us living. But still, greed is just the wrong thing to do. Greed ruined YouTube.
Google+ is a good reason why YouTube started to decline. It was shoved in our faces for half a decade. You needed a Google+ account to comment, and you were constantly asked to use it. Thankfully, Google listened, and they aren't merging that crap with YouTube anymore.
Google is great, but Google+ was one of the things that messed up YouTube. YouTube was pure gold, but Google+ caused the quality to decline.
Videos became less entertaining, and people started making mean comments. What's wrong with humanity?
Who would upload something like that? Logan Paul should be ashamed of himself for making fun of a dead body and uploading it to YouTube.
Why does that place exist?! What I should be saying is why did Logan Paul do this?