https://youtu.be/WixPKzIri3E ...yet another content creator i love is leaving. for fuck's sake. THIS shouldn't be happening. sure, CKN may list personal issues as reasons why he's quitting YT, but notice also how he mentions how toxic the platform has become. ...long post incoming.
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CKN is a metal reviewer. like many creators on this platform, he makes content for a community- an extremely positive and loving community of metalheads. a community that are CLEARLY not made up entirely of young people. isn't YouTube supposed to be for EVERYONE?
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...and no, i don't mean 'YouTube is for everyone' so lets have all the monetised content SFW 'everyone'. i mean YouTube is for EVERYONE. there should be content of all kinds, for different communities and different ages on this platform.
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if you remember correctly, there was a time where this man, amongst many other people, could swear in videos and review bands with NSFW titles WITHOUT getting demonetised. or without having videos reviewed/checked by a BOT.
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creators shouldn't have to dumb down their content or be forced to put up with this awful treatment. they should be able to make whatever sort of content they want. CKN isn't putting up with this, and you know what? NO ONE should. this is all on YOU, YouTube.
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even PewDiePie, your old 'golden boy' of the site, has been forced to dumb down his content. he never swears anymore in his videos, and doesn't even border on talking about controversial topics. i mean, he's practically a fucking MINECRAFT channel now.
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...and you wonder why last year's YouTube Rewind got so many dislikes. the entire site is basically a merger of corporations and clickbait now. for god's sake, the most subscribed channel is a CORPORATION! there's no heart left in the site. there's no YOU left in YouTube.
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like CKN here, everyone should leave this site. that is unless the people at
@TeamYouTube remember what made the platform so unique and one-of-a-kind in the first place: the fact that WE built it. not the clickbaiters who made a channel for nothing but cash.Show this thread -
https://youtu.be/Bk8vhtoouZo back in 2014, JacksGap and some others took part in a debate at Cambridge University about whether 'YouTube would take over TV'. flash forward to now and the site is basically trying to become TV. the outcome of the debate was 'NO'. how accurate.
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YouTube aren't 'taking over TV', they're trying to BE TV. think about it: more promotion of corporate late-night talk show channels and brands, the fact you have to watch or skip two ads before a video starts instead of one, the dozens of poorly made but popular 'kids' videos...
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...but, you see, YouTube, if your goal is to become TV, you should take note of how many mature channels and shows air on it, and how the creators/broadcasters also make money from them.
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this platform is just looking for easy ways to build it's 'empire'. no, scratch that, OUR empire. i've said it once, i'll say it again: WE BUILT THIS SITE. YOUTube. now it's nothing but another money-hungry corporation that treat it's workers like shit.
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remember 'Me at the zoo'? by the site's co-founder? it was a short video, but full of heart and something that lasted for YEARS to come. no money needed to make it.
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meanwhile, today, you get a video like 'EXTREME GUMMY BEAR POOL CHALLENGE', made with stacks of money by people who are already millionaires. no heart whatsoever, just another wannabe jumping on a 'trend' for clicks/likes/subscribes etc.
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remember when i said that 'Me at the zoo' was made by the CO-FOUNDER of the site? this platform was incredible a couple of years ago. full creative freedom for every channel on the site, and for every person who came to watch, they'd discover new, exciting creators daily.
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the people who came up with the idea of this site are nothing like the corporate folk who are in control of it now. they knew YouTube for what it always was...for what we also remember it as.
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@TeamYouTube do you want the respect off your various creators that you're currently cold shouldering? do you want people like CKN to continue doing what they love without censorship? do you want to see smaller creators thrive again, making money for themselves and your company?Show this thread -
@TeamYouTube ...or, do you want to see creators like CKN leave, and just continue letting thousands of clickbaiters and clones clog the platform?you'll continue to recieve money, but you won't continue to be respected. now is the time to show your TRUE colours, YouTube.Show this thread -
@thecoverkiller i wish the best for you in the future, man. you really are one of the most well loved people in the YT music community. i've loved your videos for a long time, and i'm looking forward to what's coming in the next 4 months. \n/Show this thread
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