I'm just now getting a handle on who this Shane Dawson character was and jfc what is wrong with kids these days
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Replying to @Nymphomachy
Parents not being aware of what's going on on the internet, mostly.
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Replying to @BreeThePhoenix @Nymphomachy
I genuinely think "parents have no idea what's on the Internet (and there are no adequate filters or controls)" is 100% the explanation for 2000s era YouTube Like that's it, that's the whole thing It's the worst case scenario that completely came to fruition
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"What if there were no controls on children's media whatsoever and also no real money or other positive incentives, so children's media was just 100% creeps who wanted to exploit children" That's... YouTube Like that's just it, that's a straight description
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It's what Newton Minow meant by TV being a "vast wasteland" but so, so much worse It's not a wasteland it's a midden, it's not mud it's shit It's not just that no one cares about quality, it's that this is where the toxic stuff banned everywhere else comes to live
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For me it's not even the edgey humour in his videos so much as the interactions with ACTUAL CHILDREN that absolutely floor me. Kids watching material they shouldn't? That's not that surprising to me - South Park did the same thing. It's the interaction in plain sight.
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Yup It's because the money back then wasn't that good - although once he really got going he made a surprising, infuriating amount of income from it - but the real reason to be on YouTube was the attention
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And the people who really are in it JUST for the attention, not the money, are Uh Not good
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Replying to @arthur_affect @RogoSprout and
Like it really does bear stressing that money is the less ignoble motivator here People who just want money are less creepy overall Kids don't have money
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