didn't age bad just cause he doesn't do them anymore


Back in about the summer of ‘07 my brother who was about 8-9 at the time showed me YouTube, and that’s how we spent that summer vacation, until my brother showed me s dumb Barney video that scared me, so my mom said no more YouTube, of course as a kid you try to go on the forbidden things like adult swim and watch family guy or whatever, so I went back on, about 08 is when I started using it regularly but it wasn’t until 14 that it replaced television, with so much edgy content like filthy frank, idubzz, and gaming centered people like jontron and avgn, and the fact that I now had a console that I could just watch YouTube on anytime, it didn’t make sense anymore, edgy content has moved from YouTube to places like ifunny where if you ban the n word we’ll make slang for it (then ifunny Corp makes it an app that tries to be like YouTube despite the fact that it name derived from a racial slur but whatever) which is why I think we should just drop all this crap about idubzz and leafy already, like seriously it was what like 3-4 years ago? If you want edgy content YouTube isn’t the place for it anymore, it’s still alternative and I still use YouTube everyday, but I won’t deny its changed, and edgy content has changed so much with it, so leave the past in the past


It helps that you are one of the original watchers of this site.


Holy shit ELP, when is tarkus gonna be in a video?

Edit: Holy shit. I just read the whole thing DAMN


can money be supplied

if yes, those motivated by the money devise a strategy to maximize its profit, creating “bland” content.

if no, there is no prime motivator and instead less artists with smaller fans will use their talent to create “diverse” content


Sometimes I think about boycotting YouTube, but where would I go?


To be fair Pyrocynical doesn't upload meme content very often.


This is why I subbed to you (because its true)


i fixed the algorithm by clearing and pausing my search/watch history so it literally can't recommend me anything (because there's no history) except for trending vids and subscriptions


when i was growing up i watched tomska but he went down hill


22:27 do you like this so called popular band because i sure do :)


I have been watching youtube since the late 2000s.


Man you sound like if leafy and Funke had a children.

Edit: also, i cant belive this video is still relevant in 2020. Almost nothing has changed for the better,  but for the worst


For anyone clicking new. This is where you'll find non-PC & non-elite channels. Though it will take time.


3:50 what kind of montage parodies were there between 2004 and 2008 for there to be those little spikes?


Default autoplay + “skip to next video” has to be the worst combination.


Great video, never did subscribe and never will


While I agree with most of your points i think you are generalising most of your points.(I know this is a rant i know the point is to be angry)

With time, the points he made seems to get more legit


there needs to be an alternative to youtube


What is the movie clip at 1:15? I have been trying to find this movie for ages and I haven't seen it since I was a lot younger.


It's too late for youtube now. Nothing but a miracle can fix it's state. Eventually it will die but not instantly. It'll be a slow and painful one

Or it'll just be a 'ad app', basically promotion of big bois


I feel like this is beginning to change either that or what I watch has changed so much that I don't get recommended shit anymore and I mostly get recommended quality with the occasional shit.

@Doom58  Doom58  Watch longer videos and certain genres I guess, I have some animation channels that I like, also I get tons of history videos and longer documentary style videos like this and I'd assume it's from watching those genres. Looking at my home page I found a historical video from a channel subscribe to and haven't watched, I got a video from a small Youtuber I subscribed to and another 2 videos from 2 moderately large channels I subscribed to, one just yesterday. And I usually end up living these videos.

Edit: looks like all my recommended except one is my subscription, and this 1 video is from a channel I havbe never seen before.

@Davis how do you get the algoritum to get you good content?

@Doom58I mean the algorithm is better at giving me good content, YouTube still doesn't financially support certain things very well like it used to so shorter high quality stuff definitely gets cucked.

How? I can't find any good animators like the ones back in yesteryear


Think of YouTube as nascar, then you will see it


YouTube isn’t about you anymore, it’s just Tube now


Well behind the meme is gone now so... thats good?


big fan of all the wish you were here references


It’s become so corporate. Money is the main goal of people who wanted to become YouTubers now instead of wanting to show off your passion.


Beginning of video: YouTube poops <br>End of video: YouTube is poop

Beginning of video: YouTube poops
End of video: YouTube is poop


I miss the old YouTube, when people didn't steal the same opinion from each other to stay relevant, or write the same comment someone else wrote in hopes to get more likes. Our world is approaching a dark age.

"Our world is approaching a dark age" because of "stolen opinions and likebaits".

My dude, get off this planet.

Canthro the Canthro And even now, there are only embers...


This video is pretty much in my understanding a short documentary about a YouTube, not just a video rather an essay into how much they at google truly cared about the epsilon’s down below them at the time. It would probably be a good idea if a part two was made but it’s unlikely that will happen because it’s been almost two years and it’s wore out its welcome to a certain extent

Either which way these days it’s preferable for google to cover there tracks up with freedom of speech and that often leads to insult and injury towards content creators.

Despite being two years out of date I still think it’s one of the best documentary type videos on the website

(Yes I might be a bit late to the comment section party but at least I remember it when it was stuck at  1,000 views )


Thank you EmpLemon! You have nailed it this time! You have inspired me to start experimenting with new ideas if I ever start uploading videos! Thanks!


I still find it absurd that those Fortnite highlights have millions of views while there are completely original sketches with no more than a few thousand views.

This video was made before Fortnite Battle Royale was released. Oh god, EmpLemon was right that this website was declining.

*cough cough* door monster *cough cough*

There are poor small good content creators that get like 20 views while fucking Fornite gets 500,000 views.

@Gazda Alimpije you got a good profile picture aswell

@Your Neighbour Thanks! See you sometime soon!

@Taser Tag Someone could shoot a reality TV show with your name idea you better copyright Taser Tag lol

yeah this is the main reason why i only use youtube nowadays for music


This could be sort of fixed with some kind of youtube worker's union


I watched the whole thing. Billionaires like Bill Gates could restore this, they could also restore club penguin.


You should be able to like and dislike the ads


Press F to pay respects to the Memes BHTM made videos of

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f machine broke<br>understandable have a great day

f machine broke
understandable have a great day

FamSquad Squad he calls wumpa fruits peaches. Frickin PEACHES

KeyKayKuck With a Kay undestandable have a good day

Your friendly neighborhood Ratchet <b>FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF</b> WHOA

Your friendly neighborhood Ratchet *FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF* WHOA

Keith Macer btm removed his woah video ahahha


If you need any more proof, just look at the featured/popular/trending section that Youtube has.

It is either movie/game trailers, Top 10s, Reacts, lets players, unboxings, talk shows, and generic music videos.
I admit it has gotten a lot better than a few years ago where it was all toy channels. But if you are new on Youtube that is exactly what you see. You don't see the few good content creators out there, you see the people that spam out videos like they are nothing but a generic formula to maximize the length of videos with minimal effort.

Everything good eventually dies, hopefully we all move on from youtube to something better so the cycle can start again

If you need any more proof, just look at the *featured/popular/trending* section that Youtube has.

It is either movie/game trailers, Top 10s, Reacts, lets players, unboxings, talk shows, and generic music videos.
I admit it has gotten a lot better than a few years ago where it was all toy channels. But if you are new on Youtube that is exactly what you see. You don't see the few good content creators out there, you see the people that spam out videos like they are nothing but a generic formula to maximize the length of videos with minimal effort.

Everything good eventually dies, hopefully we all move on from youtube to something better so the cycle can start again

12171010011010 I personally think we are in too deep in YouTube to leave it. I have tried many other sites but they aren't just the same and kind of clunky.

To add, its almost as if Youtube is turning into TV. (said this before watching the whole video, i could only afford to watch half an hour)


Thanks for this video mate. I know you probably won't read this comment, but if you are, then can I say thank you. I know that I'm an intelligent person and I feel like YouTube is no longer something for people to be challenged with, or somewhere where you can be entertained and feel happy. Now the content is so shit I feel like I could do way better than the retards making millions and I'm not even an adult. I am one of those people that has the attention span to read really long comments, to watch really long videos and the challenge my brain, but there is such a scarcity of this stuff now. I do watch mainstream channels, I do watch stuff in trending but I hate it. I can't find anything good here anymore and I'm loosing the creativity, intelligence and spark that I used to have. I am amazed at how millions of people can watch these same- mind numbing videos. I don't know wether they like it or hate is as much as I do. And I will never really know.

YouTube isn't the only thing that is being affected by this epidemic. There are so many other things, music, news, even fucking adverts that are becoming bland, uninspired, easy to make and easy to understand. I feel like everything around me is targeted to idiots. No one in the entertainment industry is willing to step out of their confit zone, their routine, to make something original. No one will take the risk to do something different. And if someone does- if someone has the balls to make something good and original- most people will love it. Then it will be milked by companies and make it shit again. This is due to cowardice and only caring about money.

My dad works is market research- his job is to calculate exactly what the masses want. He knows about how anything new has to be tested and nothing about entertainment really cares about the individual.

This all sickens me. Just like it sickens you. And I know that pretty much no one will be reading this comment- or even reading it this far in- but if anyone is reading- I hope you can agree with me.

I want to work in the entertainment industry to bring creativity and to show how a bit of risk can pay off- but I know that if I were to ever try, everyone would stop me and I wouldn't succeed because in the end, everything is about money. No one cares for anything else than money. That is the sad truth.

Thanks for reading this.

Ditto man, I feel ya. I read the whole thing, and I agree that everything around us is just... Clickbait. Take mini... Minio... sobs FUCKING MINIONS for example. The new Despicable me isn't even Despicable me! It's HEY LOOK AT THIS WE HAVE MINIONS IN THIS MOVIE HAHHAHA LOLLOLOL SO FUNNY GO BUY OUR MINION STUFF. And the worst part is... IT FUCKING WORKS.
It makes me angry beyond any reasonable measure...

Ditto man, I feel ya. I read the whole thing, and I agree that everything around us is just... Clickbait. Take mini... Minio... *sobs* FUCKING MINIONS for example. The new Despicable me isn't even Despicable me! It's HEY LOOK AT THIS WE HAVE MINIONS IN THIS MOVIE HAHHAHA LOLLOLOL SO FUNNY GO BUY OUR MINION STUFF. And the worst part is... IT FUCKING WORKS.
It makes me angry beyond any reasonable measure...


YouTube has been on a downward spiral for a long time, but I think that the COPPA stuff might be the final

chapter to YouTube as a platform. Think about it, over the past week content creators have been worrying

about this because of the vague terms that define "children's content", and how the new bot that will ultimately

determine if your videos are child friendly or not. Also the fines from the FTC if they think your content doesn't

match what your saying it is.

It's not surprising that EmpLemon was able to predict about YouTube getting worse from the day of this video

being uploaded to now. This video still holds a great deal of water in the discussion about how YouTube has

continue to have gotten worse 2 years later.

Ultimately it's still up for debate on if YouTube is going to survive the enforcement of the updated

version of COPPA in January 1st of 2020. As quoted from @Ryuko_OVA's comment "COPPApocolypse is coming soon.".  All we can do is wait until the start of the new year to see how things progress then, and see what the state of YouTube will be like in the new year.


try to type the chinese characters for "communist bandit" and your comment will be instantly deleted.


This video autoplayed after a No Man's Sky video. Isn't the algorithm great?


your videos honestly deserve to be on trending. people need to see this more than shitty cringe compilations and mine craft let's plays.

Tanukii but they won't be because EmpLemon can't afford to bribe Youtube to put his videos on trending.


"A lot of creativity and patience."
Proceeds to make the YTPs that typically are comprised of only distortion effects, sentence mixing, and ear rape.
"CREATIVITY."

Seriously though, I'm just giving you a hard time. I love your content, old and new, and I realize how much work it takes to create it, even if the result is utter nonsense (which is why I love it). I mean if it takes gaming YouTubers who do somewhat significant editing 3-4 hours to edit their videos, I can't imagine how long it takes to edit together your YTPs. Especially with all the effects you use. The amount of time you spend on each video must be near unfathomable.

"A lot of creativity and patience."
Proceeds to make the YTPs that typically are comprised of only distortion effects, sentence mixing, and ear rape.
*"CREATIVITY."*

Seriously though, I'm just giving you a hard time. I love your content, old and new, and I realize how much work it takes to create it, even if the result is utter nonsense (which is why I love it). I mean if it takes gaming YouTubers who do somewhat significant editing 3-4 hours to edit their videos, I can't imagine how long it takes to edit together your YTPs. Especially with all the effects you use. The amount of time you spend on each video must be near unfathomable.


Huh. I if I've been making Youtube  worse, I guess I'll just stop feeding garbage channels by just stop watching Youtube.


This is why I watch youtube with adblock; as much as this hurts the youtuber, it hurts youtube more. It's gotten real bad in 2020, and this vid is still relevant. We're getting better at giving the source of content being shared elsewhere (or call them out if they didn't.) Worse yet, this isn't just localized here on youtube; EVERY SOCIAL MEDIA IS SHIT! But, as someone who wants to make content, I'm going to use twitch, but I'm not going to follow trends; I'm going to play the games I like when I want, and commentate the way I want, whether that be by myself or with friends. But, anyways, you gained a sub today, keep up the good shit!

not sure why you'd bother doing that as YouTube isn't exactly profitable for Google...

We need a good subreddit for taking youtube down without the idiots of r/youtubesucks that complain for the wrong reasons and spread lies


Maybe youtube could make a small channel trending page


You just inspired me to unsub from Davie504 and MasakoX.


I don't like people who swear in videos. I was watching a video, someone in the video said the N-Word when I was in public transport. I don't like shitty lets plays, I used to watch them, now they're garbage. Top 10s are not fun to watch, it's just seing as you greatly explained, someone mixing stuff and making it to the 10 minute mark. I'm more into music, horror genre gameplays (Only from one guy) And adicted to animations or documentaries, or both of them mixed together (I love your Dale Earnhardt video btw...) And Possibly no oned cared about the video you spend days making. Thanks for taking me into the dark truth of YT 👍


Dear Emplemon,
Thank you for apologizing to BTM.
This hate has gone too far.
Telling someone to kill themselves because he is a normie is just uncalled for.
Behind the meme is unoriginal sure, but he doesn't deserve this shit.
Thank you for being a man and apologizing to him.

In all serious-ness, please do not tell people to kill themselves seriously. It's just not funny and it's harmful not only to the people you are hating, but also yourself and the community. Just stop. I don't care aout your age.

TheVideoIsTheKing dear god, why are On this part of YouTube? “ don’t tell people to kill themselves” good god man, let us have our fun, while you and your Normie lit fam squad have your fun.

PooDoo DrillDick I know that he shouldn't be the icon of his hate<br>But he accepted that it was partially his fault and apologized

PooDoo DrillDick I know that he shouldn't be the icon of his hate
But he accepted that it was partially his fault and apologized

TheVideoIsTheKing i feel like he got whats coming to him but lemon shouldn't be the icon to btms attack


markiplier has said that he watches youtube poops all the time, wish he'd shout some out


3 fucking years later and all this shit is still relevant, at this point I believe nothing will change, everything will he the same or get worse here, and there's no fucking competitors, people are fucked here forever

We need to migrate. Spread the word about Vidlii.

GAMP: Sicker than your average kigger nilller


I can definitely relate to this. I've been trying for nearly 3 years to get off the ground, but nothing seems to work. I put out quality, weekly content but my videos still get hardly over 500 views.

Furby Man Well I don't have answers to these problems, the only thing I can suggest is to produce as much as possible to get better quicker and maybe you'll gain popularity.

I think YouTube shouldn't be relied upon as a source of income unless your popularity is already firmly established.

That said, you should still continue to make videos if you love doing them, because people will always recognize passion and appreciate it.

*Furby Man* Well I don't have answers to these problems, the only thing I can suggest is to produce as much as possible to get better quicker and maybe you'll gain popularity.

I think YouTube shouldn't be relied upon as a source of income unless your popularity is already firmly established.

That said, you should still continue to make videos if you love doing them, because people will always recognize passion and appreciate it.

Yeah, but the problem is that there are many other people who make content similar to mine, and they get 10x as many views as me.

The problem is that YouTube barely puts my videos in the related videos section. I've only ever seen my videos appear in the related videos of a few videos. The only time I get any sort of views is when I follow a popular subject, but I don't want to do that.

<b>Furby Man</b> Your videos don't get too many views because you've restricted the content you make to a very niche subcategory that many can't enjoy. Open up your channel and create diverse content.

*Furby Man* Your videos don't get too many views because you've restricted the content you make to a very niche subcategory that many can't enjoy. Open up your channel and create diverse content.


really trying to get beyond that 10 minute mark smh my head


Watches entire vid

Goes straight to Tiktok

*Watches entire vid*

*Goes straight to Tiktok*


The Kitty0706 made me warm and fuzzy inside. I wonder what he'd be doing on youtube if he were here today

I'll leave an F to respect him. (The one time I don't use this as a joke.)
F

I'll leave an F to respect him. (The one time I don't use this as a joke.)
*F*

If he was still around, which i would really fuckin enjoy, i think he’d end up like emplemon did. someone who put all their heart and soul into something for a long time, but eventually switched over to a commentary and rant style channel.

Bill Clinton on Elliot Goes To School: "Woah woah I smoked to many DOOOBIIIIIEEESSS!"

As someone who personally knew the guy; he definitely wouldn't have given a shit about the state of YouTube. He avoided drama like the plague and laughed off shit that sounded retarded.

Wish animation was popular on YouTube again now it's either commentary or storytime videos and it sucks

Wesker rebirth yeah he would of probably die by that if not by lukemia

may that magnificent bastard rest in peace, he will eternal be missed

papertrain saving YouTube animation but he doesn't need to see the laziness of Storytime animation channels I think he'd faint

He probably would’ve left or been indirectly removed by YouTube’s format...

He'd probably be making more animations. But more random and actually even better than Team Fabulous 2.

He certainly did. I remember on the memorial video to him (I think its on DasBoSchit's channel although I could be wrong) One of the people talking in it mentions how Kitty hated being in the hospital because he had no access to his computer so he couldn't do any animations.

It’s a damn shame that the world took him away from us so fast. He could’ve been so much more. He could’ve done so much more.
It sounded like he enjoyed his works, and put his heart and soul into it. And so many people loved him.

What the hell can you do, though? Fuck, I feel bad now.

His vids will live on at least. Remind people of a better time of youtube.

I didn't know he was gone until I first discovered Team Fabulous 2..feels kinda bad that I wasn't in his audience before.


Today i nostalgia'd hard and saw a bunch of lego stop motion animations, which is a genre that is almost dead at this point, and i struggled to find out most of the old lego star wars animations i saw when i was a kid, way back in 2007~2009... Feels bad man :(


BTM was good for one thing: allow a chance to attack him to change people's views of YTPs


14:18 lol what was with that random jpg of jon?


The more i watch this video, the more i realize how true you are. I'm kinda ashamed that i am subscribed to WatchMojo, cause you put up a lot of valid points about Youtube and their crappy channels. Thanks for telling the raw barebone truth man. I'd honestly want to have someone tell me something I'm doing wrong so i can fix myself, besides having some shitty youtuber telling me to subscribe to their shit channel. Thanks man, and keep up the great work. EMPLEMON IS THE BEST!!

Steinsline Ok What made him sound like a sheep?

If Anyone Want the old youtube back then <b>DOWNLOAD F**KING VIDME</b>

If Anyone Want the old youtube back then *DOWNLOAD F**KING VIDME*

Steinsline Ok Call me whatever you want, my dude. But ultimately, I'm just another guy who just likes to watch good Youtube. But thanks anyways. I see myself more as a Lion, in my opinion, at least IRL.


The only fix to youtube is... do your thing.

no, really, do what you like. If youtube is going to implode you are going to atleast be happy you did what you liked in there. If other people follow your example, better. Do what you love, enjoy what you do. and if youtube is gonna fall, atleast you know you did your best, and that you were yourself and not some corporate toy.

That's not much of a fix. Truth is, there is no fix for youtube, because Google wants it to be profitable-- which it never was. And, in their pursuit of profitability at the expense of all else, they've killed the site-- or at least are well underway in doing so. The only thing one can hope for is that something better comes along, or somebody gets up enough cash to fund something better being made.

Still, it's a nice sentiment. I kinda wish more people actually did their own thing. Lord knows I miss seeing animation on here, and stuff that wasn't just background noise for more engaging activities.

Somecooltoad Couldn't of said it better myself, my dude!


How boring of a person do you have to be in order to enjoy WatchMojo?

@L X96 More like a hispanic version of buzzfeed, but much lower quality. (I never thought I'd say that)

Or badabum (is a hispanic version of watchmojo)

i really want to see someone that wears the watchmojo shirt unironically to see how predictable he is

Valkarie Stoze Nah, most of them have a decent or great story with a combination of decent gameplay. You just need to put a lot of time and effort into MMO games. It doesn’t mean it’s boring just very time consuming. Now shitty puzzle games from the App Store however...

You have to be the kind of person who plays mmos


Scott the woz would heavily disagree on that.


honestly why i choose to make content on tiktok than youtube


Congrats on a million views. This video should have so much more exposure than it does now.


for some reason it told me this video was uploaded an hour ago


I can watch this long videos I watched I binged icarly from quinton reviews


Can I just say that the music has been completely on point this entire video. Also, well spoken.


I love referring to old YTPs as “Weegee toast pingas dinner”

@Doom58 Is that a Homestar Runner profile picture I see?


So I've just been going through your videos (really enjoying them btw) and I have a theory. I think YouTube has either been creating multiple algorithms or allowing the algorithm to differentiate between different types of users. I doubt it's intentional on the part of management, and I think it's probably either the AI getting enough feedback to fix itself or smart engineers having good insights. I say this because I keep coming across high quality channels with a large backlog of good videos, and the algorithm is actually recommending videos from that backlog to me. I still have to scroll past vapid content, but the optimist in me thinks there might actually be some hope if YouTube is able to simultaneously give the normies their bread and circuses while still preserving higher quality channels for people that are interested. I don't know if / how the problem of introducing new channels of the same type could be fixed, but hey, it's at least some progress.


YouTube is gonna turn out in one of two ways. One is that this extreme business shill gets to the point where everyone sees past their get rich quick scheme, and it'll be their downfall thus the site viciously losing relevancy. Or learn from their mistakes and incentivize to take critical feedback. Extensively rework the algorithm taking cliff notes off of the older variants. Include an extensive audience rating instead of just simply having: "Age restriction" I'm an adult and prefer to watch mature content. The way YouTube is going will probably cut out mature viewers extensively.

Maybe they should do it the way Valve does its store page. Exclusion means less profit but to a reasonable extent. (Referring to pure asset flips as surpassing that "reasonable extent")


and now the COPPA issue is a thing LMAO sorry emplemon, it seems like youtube was the hero to the common video creator that lived long enough to see itself become the villain

This whole COPPA thing wouldn've ever happened if YouTube and Google wouldn've stolen kids' data.


16:54 I love how you applied visual filters to the new YouTube logo to show its demise, even though it's forbidden in the YouTube press kit.


This Video is still a well edited and very well written Masterpiece.<br>The worst thing i can take away from this Video is that Youtube somehow has gotten even worse.

This Video is still a well edited and very well written Masterpiece.
The worst thing i can take away from this Video is that Youtube somehow has gotten even worse.


Great there are still good things and YouTube. And honestly, for me the Algorythm works actually well. Got linked to this video for Example and found a lot of my favorite Channels - None of them do let's plays, "pranks", commentaries, or the worst of them all, reactions. Many of them make a living of YouTube, but oh boy, I wouldn't wanna switch, because since they don't make effortless Bullshit, it often takes weeks of research, experimentation and all fo that Nonsense to make a single Video. It often takes them all in all 50+ hours for a single fucking video.

Therefore I am really really not mad, that all of them rely on  Patreon and at least most of them on Sponsorships. YouTube Clicks alone can't feed you and your family, if you do quality and can't shit out 2 hours of Bullcrap Content every single fucking day. Most of those good channel that make a living out of it create one two maximum two videos (only rarely more) a week, (with the work they put in, more is also not possible) with "minimum" views compared to Shit like commentaries. Seriousyl, the fuck is wrong, why the fuck is watching some Asshole reacting to some Video getting views like crazy, for the most effotless content ever?
Well at least the Algorythm is good to me there either. I have NEVER been recommendend any of the Popular Bullshit. Most of the times just shit I'm generally interrested in.

You're lucky, I'm getting shit shoved down my recommended section's throat.

How long until YouTube FORCES that on EVERYONE!?


TierZoo truly is a marvel of modern YouTube. Amazingly edited, researched content with a compelling concept. That channel truly is a sign that YouTube and it’s creators still has potential.


I really do miss venturing into the weird side of youtube and then conversing with others who also fell into the hole in the comments. <br>It was really something special.

I really do miss venturing into the weird side of youtube and then conversing with others who also fell into the hole in the comments.
It was really something special.


What an awesome video. Keep up the great content.


Honestly one could draw many parallels between the current state of youtube and many other big tech companies. I started independently contracting for an unnamed online delivery service that I don't feel like giving out free advertising for because reasons  late last year and it's been on a huge downward spiral. My workable full time hours have become part time hours and I get paid much less for those same hours as when I started. This is impossible in any contemporary job that you excel at. The very notion of being paid less year over year for doing the same job at the same level of competency is sickening, but it doesn't matter what the fuck I think because there is a sea of other more desperate and less competent idiots that will take my place in a literal heartbeat. There are other self-inflicted reasons why I'm stuck working for this shitty company, but that's irrelevant. As far as I'm concerned, these big companies that fuck over their independent workforces need to be regulated the same way the normal job market is. The content creators that are the actual lifeblood of this website deserve to be paid a bigger piece of the pie if not a majority of the pie. If it wasn't for their diligent work, this website would be completely ignored by the vast majority of the internet.


How does YouTube just keep unsubbing me from you Emp? It's been like 5 fucking times lmao. You are still one of my fave YouTubers nowadays. Rewatching your vids are really great and still entertaining to watch. I love waiting for your new vids, it's just always a treat to find out you uploaded a new vid.


This video has aged well. There is still a lot of good content underneath the surface. Pamtri led to a rebirth in youtube animation.

MeatCanyon is another great animator everyone should check out!


this is so fucking satisfying to listen to, finally someone knows what they're talking about


I love how much music from Wish you were here you used in this video, it is my favorite Pink Floyd album. Anyway back on topic, yeah as a small content creator myself I can say YouTube and its audience is getting worse every day, I can’t deviate from my old content (which was basically me copying other channels) without losing my audience, and once I lose that I have to go to square one, and once you’re there again, if you have become unique enough, you will be forgotten and you will never get back up without bending to the algorithm.


Personally I've always wanted to make a channel where me and a few of my friends just play some games and fuck around, basically what we already do for no reason other than I wanna see how fast our humor gets taken down


At this point it’s not even YouTube that’s fucked. It’s the whole goddamn internet. Not gonna lie, I wanna find an alternative to the internet where we have much more freedom than here.

Anybody got any ideas?

It sucks. I agree with you.

To be honest I've found the best thing to do is look for old and obscure forums. It depends on your tastes but, while these are very obvious forums, start with GFaqs and Neoseeker, seriously. If you're willing to put yourself forward and try to make friends then you can make friends of friends. And you can still see a lot of old web culture in them. They aren't just cleaned up, GFaqs especially is a beautiful mess.

Its still difficult and its not the same as the old net- I know the overall problem is way bigger- but its the best approach I've found. And people there can lead you to their Discord servers and stuff which may be more agreeable than servers you find otherwise.

Also check out The Backloggery, it's surprisingly still active and easy to just find people via the front page, you can see what they enjoy by looking at their pages and libraries, the site has good profile customisation, and a lot of people will actually reply if you leave a message.


The only way to make YouTube great again is if they:
Bring back the star based rating system or at least implement a system like the star based rating system,
Change the default tab to subscriptions
Change the algorithm to promote quality over quantity (I.e. View count matters more than watch time),
Get rid of the rewind or at least be more honest with the rewind,
Make sure YouTubers can see their subscriptions like their videos or rated their videos 5 stars ,
Make tabs meaningful again,
Enforce their policies equally to everyone in the website,
Add YouTube Poop as a category,
and handpick High effort videos (like they used to)


After what had just happened will you make a sequel to this Emplemon?


I’m so sick of Youtubers being obsessed with being “advertiser friendly” and YouTube itself trying as hard as it can to pander to not just 4 year olds, but the dumbest, cloned 4 year olds they can find. Frankly I wish monetizing videos wasn’t a thing so that people would make things they like and really express themselves, rather than being greedy<br>I make the stuff I wanna make but I don’t think people are really interested in scambaiting- either that or my thumbnails and titles aren’t attractive enough.

I’m so sick of Youtubers being obsessed with being “advertiser friendly” and YouTube itself trying as hard as it can to pander to not just 4 year olds, but the dumbest, cloned 4 year olds they can find. Frankly I wish monetizing videos wasn’t a thing so that people would make things they like and really express themselves, rather than being greedy
I make the stuff I wanna make but I don’t think people are really interested in scambaiting- either that or my thumbnails and titles aren’t attractive enough.


Emp is the Joker of Youtube. He can predict stuff that a lot of people play into and is generally seen as a funny man when he cares about the youtube s o c i e t y.


I can't believe to this day that youtube channels are still asking you to subscribe and hit that notification bell. I don't think in the over 10 years that I've been on this website have I ever subscribed to someone's channel because they told me to. I subscribed because I enjoyed their content and wanted to see more of it in the future.


I just watched a ytp for the first time in 5 years after watching them as a kid, still funny as shit


I feel like the only reason that my recommended feed isn't complete trash is because I've been using the site so heavily for so long. I've had a YouTube account since I was 9 years old, back in 2009, and while yeah I've changed accounts many times since then we all know that Google's spying transcends what account you use so they still kinda know its you, but hey that's just my theory. Basically, I feel like at this point the algorithm would be sweating to find a way to shove garbage among the type of content it knows I generally like and watch consistently.

But yeah. New people have near zero chance of discovering actually good and original content these days. It's a sad state of affairs really, my younger brother who is 11 has been acting extremely "normie-like" and cringy lately and I feel like it's because of the kind of shitty, AI-generated YouTube content that the algorithm has been spoon-feeding him over the past 2 years. I try to recommend better channels to him (educational channels like LEMMiNO and CGP Grey I think would be particularly beneficial to someone like him) but he won't have none of it because I'm just a fat, weird "Aspergers Kid" who still lives with his parents at 19, despite the fact that I'm in uni studying CompSci and I'm actively trying to get out and pursue an independent life. I'm only 19 ffs, in this economy its hard enough finding cheap housing. He's just too lazy to seek out good content and just sits back and soaks up more schlock like Jake Paul and those fuckin reddit text to speech videos with autoplay on without clicking a single button. And always on his phone too, never in a traditional desktop setting which is what I grew up with, will always prefer and imo is just better suited in terms of design/layout to what YouTube was originally all about. And over the years I've learned to keep autoplay turned off.

OK well this just devolved into a personal rant but hey ho that's just how it be sometimes. Like Emp said, there is still tons of good content out there. Like him, I only watch content if it's good and I still watch a shit ton of YouTube, so I still have some sense of hope for the site even in the new incoming post-COPPA era. Thanks for listening to me ramble, but hey I guess that's what we all came to this video for isn't it; to listen to someone ramble.

He probably does not know what Aspergers is (a form of High Functioning Autism, I would know because I have it).


· This is the main reason I've hated this site and it's really discouraging to want to make my own content.

I don't want to make basic gameplay videos - despite how much I love gaming - but making something original despite my lack of skill and uncertainty only to have everything working against me makes it feel like I'm being strangled just because I want to make something people enjoy.

· Just to clarify: I'm not saying YouTube is the only reason/problem with this; I'm definitely feeding into it as well. I'm just saying that often it seems that YouTube has morphed from this small light to cherish and help grow, into this massive shadow hanging over you as a creator or potential creator.

That's because YouTube does hinder original content.

If you're not Jimmy Kimmel or Logan Paul, they'll come down on you.

And now they're gonna be rating videos and channels based on "advertiser friendliness."


There hasn't been a good youtube poop in years. It's all just earrape now.


Gee I really like this YouTuber, I wonder if there was a way to make it easier to know when he uploads.   I mean subscribe doesn't even do anything anymore.  I keep having to search his channel manually. The algorithm disagrees which my choices I guess....


I like how you ended the vid with the final couple minutes of Shine on. Super awesome.


Been using Youtube daily since 2006 and I approve of this videos message


This literally still applies to YouTube now and it’s upsetting


YouTube is going down when they have to advertise on their own platform for more content


it took me 2 years for me to realise emp watches jerma. Mission accomplished.


Holy fuck... did you make the Greatest Anarchy Speech(30mins) on YouTube?? Sounds like you!<br>Love it

Holy fuck... did you make the Greatest Anarchy Speech(30mins) on YouTube?? Sounds like you!
Love it


i'd be able to watch game grumps if there were grumps and not one grump and his nice friend


you didn’t have to go off on charmx bc he legit enjoys the content and gives full credit and puts in his own input


I wish there was some feature that would let me see this person's videos when they post them. It is unfortunate that I do not know of such a feature... If only I were reminded or something, IDK.

yeah, ive been wondering this too. Maybe if there was just a button, say, a doorbell you could click to get notifications. nvm thats never gonna happen


"I watch EmpLemon and he makes good videos!"


You are the best YouTube on this platform


But Emp, I thought <b>you</b> were on the downward spiral?

But Emp, I thought *you* were on the downward spiral?


I used to think YT was a silly idea and i would avoid visiting it. Now I MUST WATCH ALL OF THE VIDEOS.


MAN... i miss the "weird part of youtube" just mashing the recommended video button over and over until i was watching some half naked dude banging a metal bar attached to his crotch to another bar... or something similar, sometimes i could come across pretty need if pointless Lego inventions- and found a lot of cool channels this way


my guy literally talking about new and old ytp and uncovering forgotten memories from the deepest darkest corners of my mind


Holy shit I heard the Genesis in the background and just assumed it was on my laptop... good taste m8


ah, 2017, a time when you could say fuck in a video and not get throttled


this video still relevant in 2020 smh. its so hard for me to enjoy youtube.


Funny that I've been recommended this by THE ALGORITHM. I don't get elsa or fortnight, reaction videos, top 10 compilations, 5 minute crafts or (much of) PewDiePie in my recommended, I must be doing something wrong /s.

For real though, algorithm works as intended, problem is with people, and not even that. Original audiences are still there, they are just drowned in absolute numbers and only shrinking through people growing out of it.


speaking of long videos, that's how i found your channel because i like longer videos


Remember when EmpLemon was cynical jaded Leafy wannabe... he used to be such a Squidward


Holy shit I lost it at 28:40 thats hilarious xDDD


22:33 Tom Scott a quality youtuber: Couldnt agree more.


I'm very upset that you are right, and I'm even more upset that you're still right


34:58 i watch almost every video i watch to the end and this includes this one.


22:39 One is under the control of a facsist dictatorship, and one is in a trade war with Japan.


Emperorlemon:Be Inspired and amazed when watching a video! Me:be scared when watching creepypasta videos!


Okay dude as for let's plays...I don't watch any of the people you mentioned...The first gaming I watched was minecraft related...and since then I've tried to see the best of every type of video...I'm not going to succeed but I'LL TRY MY BEST!!!


Jesus fucking Christ this was made in 2017? Its scary how little has changed


46:38 best thing I've hers on YouTube in a fat fucking minute.  👍🏻


This will most likely be buried under many other comments (including my own comment, I guess) but if you’re reading this, here’s some recommendations for some amazing and underrated Youtubers:

TheKing35: A pixel animator who’s created the Undertale DDD series, they do high quality and detailed animations that deserve more views and love

RynoGG: A pixel animator who’s created the Underfell series, the Other Worlder series and much more, they deserve a lot more notoriety

Jimmy Davis: A highly talented Youtube Pooper who makes incredible “Poops”, you should really check them out if you enjoy YTP

Kleric: A youtuber that creates videos looking into challenges, tricks and glitches of Zelda: Breath of The Wild, if you’re a fan of the game you should check them out, their content is very interesting

Element Animation: It’s likely that you’ve heard of this channel since they are quite popular but they are popular because they’re really good animators, they’ve created many minecraft animations and have made the The Crack series

Mark Haynes: The creator of an amazing sprite animation series called Super Mario Bros. Z

I know most people won’t check any of these channels out but if you do
Thank you!!!


I haven't heard the word "normie" in a long-ass time


I only watched Buzzfeed cause of Buzzfeed Unsolved and etc cause i really like the personality on that show, The ghost and etc are just the subject but the people on that show i find entertaining


YouTube is still on a Downward Spiral...


Ol Godzilla was walking around, Tokyo city like a big playground!

Ah, the ultimate showdown... Good times. Better times.


Does anyone know what that clip from 30:33 is from? I think I remember it in a music video or something


you know, ytp are less funny than THOSE EDITS


At 37:37 he is playing Achilles last stand in the background


At 26:27 he mixes  "There's nothing wrong with"   and   "I have no problem with".   I have nothing wrong with that.


this video made me go back and watch the ultimate showdown on newgrounds lmao https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/285267


"Bernie Sanders Looks Forward to Beating Donald Trump" Oh boy that headline sure didn't age well! XD


me neither everything else should be taken with youtube


I watched the whole thing and listened to everything


Its gonna take a cataclasmic event-

Coppa:


holy crap so much good music in your vid holy shit


YouTube...hear me...I just subscribed to EmpLemon after watching this video...ALL 49:03 OF IT...Do I care about YouTube Poops specifically? Not really...sooo, why did I watch this and subscribe?

BECAUSE I DEMAND QUALITY CONTENT!

I am a VIEWER and I DO NOT LIKE TELEVISION...TV is formulaic, TV networks have all lost their creativity and a number of them have even betrayed their original premise...I AM one of those disenfranchised viewers that YouTube was CREATED for...it is MY clicks that drive the ad revenue...MY clicks bring videos forward within the algorithm...

It is TIME THAT YOUTUBE RECOGNIZES THE POWER OF VIEWERS!!!! I will support the channels that I choose to support! YouTube...YOU HAVE NO SAY! YOU are the provider but I am the customer...which makes ME and EVERY OTHER SUBSCRIBER OUT THERE YOUR BOSSES!

YouTube...LISTEN TO US OR SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES!!!!!

YouTube...hear me...I just subscribed to EmpLemon after watching this video...ALL 49:03 OF IT...Do I care about YouTube Poops specifically? Not really...sooo, why did I watch this and subscribe?

*BECAUSE I DEMAND QUALITY CONTENT!*

I am a VIEWER and I DO NOT LIKE TELEVISION...TV is formulaic, TV networks have all lost their creativity and a number of them have even betrayed their original premise...I AM one of those disenfranchised viewers that YouTube was CREATED for...it is MY clicks that drive the ad revenue...MY clicks bring videos forward within the algorithm...

It is TIME THAT YOUTUBE RECOGNIZES THE POWER OF VIEWERS!!!! I will support the channels that *I* choose to support! YouTube...YOU HAVE NO SAY! YOU are the provider but *I* am the customer...which makes ME and EVERY OTHER SUBSCRIBER OUT THERE YOUR BOSSES!

YouTube...LISTEN TO US OR SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES!!!!!

You’re not gonna achieve anything Google is’t listen to you.


And <b>ALL</b> of this became ascertainable just a year after this video with Pewdiepie vs. T-Series.

And *ALL* of this became ascertainable just a year after this video with Pewdiepie vs. T-Series.


I Watch this video from time to time to remind myself to care about the people i susbcribed to.


Ironic how xVideos’ hud is more intuitive than YouTubes’.


I really forgot CollegeHumor made that matrix runs on windows XP video. I think I was responsible for half of those views haha


If I were the person who made youtube algorithms I'd rather tell people I was a member of a racist group, I'd be less likely to get my ass kicked.

Unfortunately in the circles' Youtube coders are around if you told them you were a Black Panther you'd be worshipped as a god.


Im 16 and I grew up with charlie the unicorn and all that shit, content just isnt the same anymore

All we can do is archive what we like and wait for Youtube to die off

and yet no one will do anything about it.


ive finely tuned my vids over about 2 years. moving subbed channels to other channels.


OH SHIT THE LAZER COLLECTION HOLLY SHIT I FORGOT ABOOT THAT


48:37 how very foreboding for the current state of youtube in 2019. also good luck trying to make youtube poops now


Emplemon is the best YTPer in my opinion. He should make another one

Oh.... That's why he's not gonna make another YTP


Fuck it, I'm reuploading buzzfeed videos without ads until they go bankrupt. Obviously I'm going to download them though YouTubeRed just to add felony to injury.

They'll probably end up DMCAing your entire channel


We need to do this now more than ever the website is a god awful garbage fire and that's being nice


7:39 Hey does anyone know what the original image or video of the toilet is in. I need it


YouTube is a giant soulless corporation.  If you wanna really be creative upload your shit somewhere else. YouTube is clearly not going to change.


Bruh I appreciate your use of Dancing With The Moonlit Knight


Charmx bit is outdated because COPPA came for his soul


oh please, " all you ever do is <b>complain</b> "

oh please, " all you ever do is *complain* "


Can you do a video on wtf is a 'youtube poop'? Do you already have one? I have no idea what this is about, but i'm curious

YouTube Poops are essentially videos that are designed to be heavily edited remixes of original content, mostly for comedic purposes.


well i watch <i>___</i>  and they make good videos

well i watch _____  and they make good videos


"obnoxious 3d intros"

as an chill intro maker this is a little offensive but ok sure

"obnoxious 3d intros"

_as an chill intro maker this is a little offensive but ok sure_


ironically your message to search for someone came to me as i found you

doesn't make youtube animation come back


7:30 if you want sth to hate

OH HELL YEAH XD


And thanks to coppa youtube animation is actually dead along with a bunch of other things


here is my question.... wernt youtube poops called youtube poops.... because its suppost to be a pun on the idea that they are "shitty videos" (by a pun i mean  youtube poops arent shitty they are making fun of people calling them shitty)


you're right but stay away from my boy, pyro

Like Pyro is pretty alright but you gotta admit he's part of the problem at times.


28:08 comments at "me at the zoo" in a nutshell


this is even before the whole coppa shit this needs an update


The worst part is, literally nothing he says is  even and exaggeration. I used to do this cookie cutter bullshit before I got bored and quit. We are fucking dumb asses.


TheLonelyGoomba used to have the edgiest jokes, but has succumbed to time and became an example of what YouTube's algorithms are doing to content creators


GOOD SHIT. it's good to finally realize that I'm not going insane by thinking I'm the only one hating on every other clickbait youtuber or whatever because its "cool." I see stupid shit all the time in my feed that has NO correlation to anything I've ever watched. I even made a second account and the FIRST thing I saw was a clickbait video about some guy acting like he can levitate with "5 easy steps." And it's put me into this perspective that all the original Youtubers are gone because I'm never recommended anything half good or original.

Codeblue6 well said brother. I hold those exact same opinions. Can't stand the clickbait/shit content anymore.


Long Video? It wasn't even 1 hour long....


How to become famous on YouTube:

1) take a facecam

2) watch a creative and funny video of someone else

3) overreact

4) make a clickbait title and tumbnail

5) done!

I don’t have the prettiest face. I don’t play FFS. I absolutely hate click bait. I’m so fucked

Update:

Reupload a video in a compilation

Done

Pabelotski 1102 This one is more updated

How to become famous on YouTube:

1) Play Fortnite

2) Done

I have a more efficient version. How to become famous on youtube:

1) Create drama

Done.


Holy crap this is so right, and in fact it’s so accurate I discovered this a year late but it’s still as accurate as ever


Here after the Leafy Content Cop got taken down...


*_F*ck that last line at was inspiring, thanks @EmpLemon, hope you do well on this game_*


Youtube: To be successful, make 10 minute long gaming videos talking and yelling about something simple to understand<br>Me: I'm gonna write a short ridiculous song about Sloths that for some reason people love!

Youtube: To be successful, make 10 minute long gaming videos talking and yelling about something simple to understand
Me: I'm gonna write a short ridiculous song about Sloths that for some reason people love!

Well sloths aren't people, they are sloths. That objectively makes them better

To be fair, that song about sloths is pretty fucking great.


I hope youtube (and the videogames) will have a crash, like the crash of the videogames on the 1983, because I'm sick of how youtube and the videogame community is going foward on a bad way

Same with Hollywood, and every social media

Francesco Bertini Agreed. Empty box made a video on how bad the sim community is getting claiming that their favorite game is the only good game out there. Need I mention the trashing of less realistic games by them?

R Linders those are mario spin-off

Sorry for the late reply

R Linders I don't care a whole lot about Mario Party, but Mario Kart constantly gets new features. But they do make some bad business decisions.

Francesco Bertini Really? How are the Mario Party games different from each other? And all the Mario Kart games?

Crispykrisp channel how much does it cost to buy a fucking toy and cable?

R Linders actually most mario games are very different

nothere I think that video games will crash again, namely because of how most video game companies, particularly Nintendo and Konami, have been exposed as being pretty much evil.

Never mind that many fans and critics are now blind to how many games today are dreadful, like constantly recycling the same premise (like almost all of today's Mario games - though Super Mario Odyssey looks like it will change all of that) or just relying on incredibly dated graphics, poor gameplay, and bad storylines (I'm looking at you, Sonic Mania).

Videogames are far from crashing at this point, considering that they now rack in millions of dollars in a matter of a week or two.

I also have my doubts YouTube would crash soon considering it's got an iron grip on the video viewing medium.

But that doesn't mean we can't fight off the bullshit they've pulled off.

Yan Moura Some modern parenting skill that is... How much is it to hire a nanny today?

Yan Moura not to mention the fandoms on the entire internet, they're so obnoxious whit his favourite videogame/cartoon

Thing is, parents are giving mobile devices to their kids as a way to shut them up. What do the kids do? They watch shitty content because they don't know any better.<br>I believe the same thing can be said about videogames. A default father buys a console for his kid with the latest Call of Duty to have some peace. Next day the kid goes to school and tells his friends how he killed 20 people with a quickscope.

Thing is, parents are giving mobile devices to their kids as a way to shut them up. What do the kids do? They watch shitty content because they don't know any better.
I believe the same thing can be said about videogames. A default father buys a console for his kid with the latest Call of Duty to have some peace. Next day the kid goes to school and tells his friends how he killed 20 people with a quickscope.


Great video, about time someone takes the time and effort and talks about how seriously wrong the algorithm is.


You know what? Not only is Youtube falling down a downward spiral,  it really feels like the whole world has been on a downward spiral

Pyromancer yeah dude trump has been doing some great things lately decreasing unemployment, enforcing the Mexico-USA border and brexit was good so the United Kingdom doesn't become shitty like the other EU members

LeCoolFace trump becoming president is a good thing? And fucking brexit? Wtf man


I would just like to say that’s you aren’t alone, I remember the good old days of YouTube and on occasion I will even quote memorable phrases with siblings and unsuspecting friends.


I've watched YouTube since 2009, I am 13 years old, YouTube was one of my favorite sites on the internet. It's now a clickbait-y mess which most people want "fame" and want ad revenue. YouTube is a fucking mess that has become a site for advertisements and profit. YouTube has lost its heart and has become a repetitive mess of infinite laziness.

I've watched YouTube since 2009, I am 13 years old, YouTube *was* one of my favorite sites on the internet. It's now a clickbait-y mess which *most* people want "fame" and want ad revenue. YouTube is a fucking mess that has become a site for advertisements and profit. YouTube has lost its heart and has become a repetitive mess of infinite laziness.

Ah yes, the intelligent watching of a 5-year-old

Dylan Ryan in the mess, good content like markipler is our salvation

I half-agree with you but don't toot your horn that much. I don't think you know much of anything about clickbait yet.

Dylan Ryan same here man, I too am 13 and have been watching since 2009

A rather sensible 13 year old, also nice picture.

Yeah. Now I just stick to Google+ and mspaintadventures.

no noah im the same age and got on youtube in 2008

I'm the same way. Although I just watched Mario Kart Wii vids.

Dylan Ryan that is exactly what I was going to say! you even got the age right!

Dylan Ryan I started watching YouTube in 2011 I'm not special

Yeah, it just sucks. How about going to other websites where it's better than this like vidme or newgrounds where tons of talented people posting their creation.

I've been watching Youtube since 2008. 2008-2012 were the best days of my pathetic life and I'm only a sperm.

Im gonna Be 14 tomorrow and I also remember that

I actually made a Lego stop motion video in 2010. I turn 16 this October, too. I was an original watcher of both Fleskhjerta and Freeman's Mind.

Dylan Ryan Um im 8 but youtube is so cool i dont no why you guys dislike it

no noah no no, I just turned 14, and I remember the YouTube videos like lego stop motion and YouTube poops


youtube has been commercialized to hell, and there's nothing we can do about it


Worst part is
That the new generation grows up with this garbage
Thinking that this is how youtube will always be


After months of listening, after countless views, after every "DOWNWARD SPIRAL", you have done it. You have finally convinced me to unsubscribe. <br>HEY DON'T GET MAD AT ME HE TOLD ME TOO!

After months of listening, after countless views, after every "DOWNWARD SPIRAL", you have done it. You have finally convinced me to unsubscribe.
HEY DON'T GET MAD AT ME HE TOLD ME TOO!


So the gyst of this video is that alot of lazy videos are popular now making people who want to put in the work to not be rewarded to make a entertaining video


Fuck, dude. That was really eye opening.


Watched in full on 12 January 2019, half before work and half after.  Video is still entirely accurate as far as I can tell.

As much as I've been trying to get YouTube's needlessly relatively new algorithm to understand, I am still seeing majority-clickbait, grating-thumbnail-videos on the homepage.

You've validated the feelings many of us are having.  Let's not forget all the features YouTube has done away with.  I never thought websites would ever have less features as time progresses!

Didn't YouTube remove roughly 52 million videos a couple weeks ago?

Thank you for making this video, and thank you for being detailed in doing so, including listing the music in the description.  Quite a few bits brought back memories and I am happy I don't have to ask for what music was played at a specific timestamp.  But I'm sure there will still be someone who won't read the description.

Anyway, I did subscribe to you.  You're now among about a dozen or so channels which fit this category for me.  Much like you suggest near the end of the video, I hope to find others similar to yourself.  May your video remain on YouTube for all to watch forever, so people have the potential to learn about the spiral, even if few can find you.  All I know is I'll be linking to this video whenver appropriate.

Cheers.

Watched in full on 12 January 2019, half before work and half after.  Video is still entirely accurate as far as I can tell.

As much as I've been trying to get YouTube's needlessly relatively new algorithm to understand, I am still seeing majority-clickbait, grating-thumbnail-videos on the homepage.

You've validated the feelings many of us are having.  Let's not forget all the features YouTube has done away with.  I never thought websites would ever have less features as time progresses!

Didn't YouTube *remove* roughly 52 million videos a couple weeks ago?

Thank you for making this video, and thank you for being detailed in doing so, including listing the music in the description.  Quite a few bits brought back memories and I am happy I don't have to ask for what music was played at a specific timestamp.  But I'm sure there will still be someone who won't read the description.

Anyway, I did subscribe to you.  You're now among about a dozen or so channels which fit this category for me.  Much like you suggest near the end of the video, I hope to find others similar to yourself.  May your video remain on YouTube for all to watch forever, so people have the potential to learn about the spiral, even if few can find you.  All I know is I'll be linking to this video whenver appropriate.

Cheers.

I watched this video when it first came out, almost two years ago. it's just as accurate now as it was then. it's sadly incredible


Who else watched the entire video? I want to know who cared enough to make it past the 3 minute mark

Who else watched the entire video? I want to know who cared enough to make it past the 3 minute mark

I watched the whole thing and it was great

I watched the whole thing and it was great

DalekSupremeWithCheese i keep rewatching this video i love it

DalekSupremeWithCheese i keep rewatching this video i love it

I think I’ve watched this video more than ten times from the start to the end now

I think I’ve watched this video more than ten times from the start to the end now

I love videos like this, so you bet I did.

I love videos like this, so you bet I did.

I watched the whole thing, now that I recently discovered this channel. I'm so affraid of clicking on anything that isn't my usual (subscribed) stuff that I fear the algorithm is going to shove down my throat any pos available in the front page. I also started questioning wheter I'm really watching good content in Youtube, even though the channels I follow aren't celebs or corps (a.k.a. LazyPurple, Taliesin, Hazelnutthy, UncleDane...)

I watched the entire thing, I feel like your comment is sarcasm with how he talks about people who complain about how long it is.

I've watched this video all the way several times

I've watched this video all the way several times

I’m cultured I watch the full vid every time

I’m cultured I watch the full vid every time

Watched it a 3rd time now. It's still completely relevant.

Watched it a 3rd time now. It's still completely relevant.

Second time I’ve watched start to finish

Second time I’ve watched start to finish

@Cryo Ape thats what we call a conclusion bud

@Cryo Ape thats what we call a conclusion bud

Theodore Baker as our boy Emp puts it, there is no escape from the spiral, and they’re aiming for the fucking bottom

Theodore Baker as our boy Emp puts it, there is no escape from the spiral, and they’re aiming for the fucking bottom

I just watched it in 2020, and the downward spiral is still accelerating.

I just watched it in 2020, and the downward spiral is still accelerating.

Here here, I'm so surprised one of my favorite poopers growing up is capable of stuff like this, it's awesome

Here here, I'm so surprised one of my favorite poopers growing up is capable of stuff like this, it's awesome

Oh yeah, watched it to the end since I got nothing better to do

Oh yeah, watched it to the end since I got nothing better to do

I watched it to the end. All of it. I agree with him and I hope you see this because I care

I watched it to the end. All of it. I agree with him and I hope you see this because I care

You know I used to think I was a normie, but thanks to this video I remember that I too grew up watching Charlie the unicorn, clay world, and the lazer collection

I've watched this video and many other videos about 2 times each, it's like watching re runs, the videos are great

I've watched this video and many other videos about 2 times each, it's like watching re runs, the videos are great

Incogneko I watched youtube during a different golden age, corresponding to the golden age of animation. The golden age of minecraft. I started watching in 2012 and am still watching today.

I always watch the entirety of these types of videos.

I always watch the entirety of these types of videos.

This is my third time watching the full video, the cut scene AND reading the comments bc I can't find better stuff on this goddamm website

DalekSupremeWithCheese this is like, my 4-5th time watching this

DalekSupremeWithCheese this is like, my 4-5th time watching this

@Incogneko dòn't be depressed just be neutral and D O SOMETHING ABOUUT IT don't be sad anr do nothing you just doing what emplemon says

49:03 in length...stayed for each and every second...not looking back...now subscribed...

YOUTUBE FEAR ME!!!

49:03 in length...stayed for each and every second...not looking back...now subscribed...

*YOUTUBE FEAR ME!!!*

i watched it several times as background

i watched it several times as background

I watched the entire documentary on the wild Youtube Algorithm...

I watched the entire documentary on the wild Youtube Algorithm...

...you dont know how many times i watched the ENTIRE video...

...you dont know how many times i watched the ENTIRE video...

@Incogneko Try Newgrounds, not much has changed there. Animation is still prevalent and pretty good.

@Incogneko Try Newgrounds, not much has changed there. Animation is still prevalent and pretty good.

The entire thing was great and very eye opening about the past and the future of this platform

The entire thing was great and very eye opening about the past and the future of this platform

watched the whole thing the site has got worse.

watched the whole thing the site has got worse.

DalekSupremeWithCheese 40 minutes in and I’m just now checking the comment section

DalekSupremeWithCheese 40 minutes in and I’m just now checking the comment section

I could only make it to the 49 minute mark, such boring slock.

I could only make it to the 49 minute mark, such boring slock.

I've watched this like, what, five times now?

I've watched this like, what, five times now?

I really cared and watched the entire thing and I really loved the part of 47:48.

I really cared and watched the entire thing and I really loved the part of 47:48.

@BURDEN I also watched the video all the way through

@BURDEN I also watched the video all the way through

This has so much history that I watched it. I completely relate to a lot of it because I was a child when I saw YouTube growing into the cesspool it is today. It was a genuine experience

the first parts are pretty boring and i clicked off the first time i watched so few days later i clicked again and i loved it and watched all.

I watched it whole now make sure to-

yeah I’m not gonna say it

I watched it whole now make sure to-

yeah I’m not gonna say it

I did. Lemon makes good stuff. Worth it.

I did. Lemon makes good stuff. Worth it.

I have re-watched this video a couple time just because Emps videos are actually fun to watch and also because I have no life

I have re-watched this video a couple time just because Emps videos are actually fun to watch and also because I have no life

Iv seen this atleast 20 times all the way through

Iv seen this atleast 20 times all the way through

This is my 5th watch because

A. Good video
B. i personally like content thats not 30 min of reddit or gaming videos

This is my 5th watch because

A. Good video
B. i personally like content thats not 30 min of reddit or gaming videos

I watched the whole thing and it was so honest and true

I watched the whole thing and it was so honest and true

Well obiously a ton of people. If you dont like the content dont watch it. But shit content should not ignored.

Well obiously a ton of people. If you dont like the content dont watch it. But shit content should not ignored.

Me, all 49 minutes and 2 seconds of it. He said some things that I agree with and sort of already knew. Like how Youtube caters too often to simple-minded things.

Emplemon should really be a public speaker. The ending really stuck to me about how I should watch actual content instead of the crap every channel pumps out everyday.

Ive watchrd this vid at least 3 timem emp reminds me of YT when I was a kid and I miss it. I saw Potter puppet pals. Charlie thebunicorn. Daneboe. Ashes retarded adventure the lazer collection

I watched the whole video two times in a row. As a small YouTuber I needed to see this. EmpLemon is what this site fucking needs.

I watched the whole video two times in a row. As a small YouTuber I needed to see this. EmpLemon is what this site fucking needs.

9th hit - I get something new out of it each time :)

9th hit - I get something new out of it each time :)

This video is so good it didn’t even feel that long

This video is so good it didn’t even feel that long

6 times & counting, had to show it to some of my homies

6 times & counting, had to show it to some of my homies

I watch all of his shit from start to finish what you saying bruh

I watch all of his shit from start to finish what you saying bruh

I've watched it more times than an actual movie. ._.

I've watched it more times than an actual movie. ._.

Not once, not twice, but thrice!! AND counting

Not once, not twice, but thrice!! AND counting

DalekSupremeWithCheese It really speaks to me, how everything has changed into stale content, revolving around everyone’s brain cells committing suicide every time they click on a stupid video. I only hope for change in the future...

I'm always logged out iirc but I do fully rewatch it once in a while. I was just logged out and just did it again. Good video great music

me and i rewatch it as playing game as it play in the background.

me and i rewatch it as playing game as it play in the background.

this is my fourth time rewatching it. And yes, the entire video.

this is my fourth time rewatching it. And yes, the entire video.

as a normie, i thoroughly enjoyed it but made me kinda sad because i remember watching charlie the unicorn on my ipad. :-(

as a normie, i thoroughly enjoyed it but made me kinda sad because i remember watching charlie the unicorn on my ipad. :-(

I watched this entire video at least 3-5 times

I watched this entire video at least 3-5 times

some parts of the video I can quote word for word

some parts of the video I can quote word for word

I've watched the video several times now. When I first watched it in 2017, I did it bit by bit (had some stuff going on that day so I had to pause it a bunch of times), but still watched all the way through and thoroughly enjoyed it.

emplemon is love emplemon is life i watch all his videos all to the end

emplemon is love emplemon is life i watch all his videos all to the end

I cared to watch and UNDERSTAND the video. I think many would watch this and let everything he says go in one ear and out the other.

I watched the entire thing. I can't sit through even a minute of typical fortnite clickbait.

I watched the entire thing. I can't sit through even a minute of typical fortnite clickbait.

I watched the entire video multiple times over I'm actually thinking about changing my channel because I was trying to do gaming and whatnot I'm semi okay at it but I'm terrible behind the camera I always fuck up what I want to say

@Jeremy Borman calm down fam, they kill our moms faster but no need to call a crusade. Our purpose is to make memes for them, it's a pitiful existence but people will always make memes, and they'll always get overused by the common public.Also the era of montage and shrek wasn't as good as you think, that's just nostaliga.

i wach all of it, am very smart and non-fake human plz acept me

i wach all of it, am very smart and non-fake human plz acept me

same, and oh god I don't want YouTube to die I remember the good old days from this site. =,(

Yep and as a small youtuber I'll fight back also.

Well I already knew this was gonna happen but there is still hope it is only a rather of can society change. LOOOOOOOOL not gonna happen since we love to hide from the truth but I say let's watch what we truly like rather than trends. I also watched the whole video.

DalekSupremeWithCheese I watched the whole thing too.

DalekSupremeWithCheese I watched the whole thing too.

I've watched more than 10 (or even more) times brah

I've watched more than 10 (or even more) times brah

DalekSupremeWithCheese I'm gonna watch it all

DalekSupremeWithCheese I'm gonna watch it all

I've watched the entire video and realized how subjective Youtube is now. Only a few years ago, Youtube had videos for everyone of all ages and tastes. Now, most Youtubers that were popular back then are only making videos targeting the younger audience. I noticed that the younger audience usually only ask for the same videos, I've never seen a comment from them suggesting something new. Now all we see are just videos related to trends.

I watched the entire thing. I have some hope.

I watched the entire thing. I have some hope.

i watched the entire video, quality content is not to be wasted.

i watched the entire video, quality content is not to be wasted.

At the time I a typed this, I'm at the 38 minute mark. Almost done

At the time I a typed this, I'm at the 38 minute mark. Almost done

glad to know there's at least more then 500 people who care.

glad to know there's at least more then 500 people who care.

DalekSupremeWithCheese I watched all 49 minutes of this video! I learned a lot about YouTube's change over the years!

DalekSupremeWithCheese I watched all 49 minutes of this video! I learned a lot about YouTube's change over the years!

I wonder how many children clicked on this video and left some type of rant XD

I wonder how many children clicked on this video and left some type of rant XD

Could've just liked and moved along, but I'm commenting as well. I watched/listened to the entire thing and absolutely agree that youtube's gone to total sit.

It's worth mentioning that I've gone out of my way to teach youtube not to recommend anything from Buzzfeed and the like.

Could've just liked and moved along, but I'm commenting as well. I watched/listened to the entire thing and absolutely agree that youtube's gone to total sit.

It's worth mentioning that I've gone out of my way to teach youtube _not_ to recommend anything from Buzzfeed and the like.

I watched all of it in my first sitting, and I'm pretty angry at how true this is.

I watched all of it in my first sitting, and I'm pretty angry at how true this is.

I watched all of it but I didn't watch all of it in a one sitting

I watched all of it but I didn't watch all of it in a one sitting

I did. Been wanting to start an animation channel, and he covered pretty much all the concerns I currently have with the state of the site today.

Me. Now I know because of the horsesh!t algorithm, I can't achive my goal of becoming big on this site.

Me. Now I know because of the horsesh!t algorithm, I can't achive my goal of becoming big on this site.

DalekSupremeWithCheese I watched it to the end

DalekSupremeWithCheese I watched it to the end

XML5678 Cinematics Are you sure bout that

XML5678 Cinematics Are you sure bout that

DalekSupremeWithCheese I watched the full thing

DalekSupremeWithCheese I watched the full thing

I did, I agree with many points of this video. I hope that one day Youtube will realize that they need to get their shit together and fix this.

DalekSupremeWithCheese
I watched about 49:03 of the video

DalekSupremeWithCheese
I watched about 49:03 of the video

clicked a like and rolled straight into the comments :)

clicked a like and rolled straight into the comments :)

DalekSupremeWithCheese I'm at thirty, guna finish the video,  then watch it again.

DalekSupremeWithCheese I'm at thirty, guna finish the video,  then watch it again.

I'm here to watch it again to let it really sink in, then im going to start a fucking youtube channel. Wish me luck.

I'm here to watch it again to let it really sink in, then im going to start a fucking youtube channel. Wish me luck.

I watched it all in one sitting. I'm used to watching 1hour+ videos such as stream reuploads or in-depth analyses of vidoe games, if the video is less than 20 minutes long I rarely watch it... Having a long attention span feels good :)

DalekSupremeWithCheese I did watch it to the end but the last 10 ish minutes are just repeating prior statements

DalekSupremeWithCheese I did watch it to the end but the last 10 ish minutes are just repeating prior statements

I watched the entire thing and don't regret it

I watched the entire thing and don't regret it

watching creepy pasta video has made me able to watch videos hours long without breaking a sweat. That being said, I find it sad youtube's Ad friendly policies have managed to fuck over horror channels in a similar manner to animation channels.

DalekSupremeWithCheese I did and I left with a different point of view of YouTube

DalekSupremeWithCheese I did and I left with a different point of view of YouTube

I watched the whole video and it was surprisingly good.

I watched the whole video and it was surprisingly good.

I wished I watched this sooner, this kept me entertained the whole video, that speaks volumes about this level of quality YouTube needs

Tears of joy because this video is so true to home, hell I made a ytp on my other YouTube channel called BiggumsRTMC Games called
"Diary of a Disturbed Child," a Diary of a Wimpy kid ytp, I had to tell my sub v sub friend with 100 sub v sub subscribers to not react to my fucking video because the last video I made was about an earrape music video for fun because some dumbass from my school made a soundcloud rap song I decided to turn it into a yt video, edit it a bit make it cancerous, but my friend stole about 70 views from me (this is a high school YouTube channel the view count is gonna be small) I got mad because his video made me feel like he is the reincarnation of jinx, because his videos consist of minecraft, sub v sub, and reaction videos. I just never thought he would react to my content, s t e a l  my content.

Anyways moral of the story is I hate the spiral and I hate how I have to use the little connections I have to prevent myself from losing views.
As for the ytp I made, Greg Heffly dreams about becoming a school shooter XD

I watched all of it in one sitting and loved every second. There's something about EmpLemon's editing style that's just so captivating.

It was well-structured enough that physical <b>length</b> didn't matter, everything flowed very well in a way a lot of long-ass YouTube videos don't.

It was well-structured enough that physical *length* didn't matter, everything flowed very well in a way a lot of long-ass YouTube videos don't.

I did. Very informative and personally think this video should get all the attention it can.

I did. Very informative and personally think this video should get all the attention it can.

also the video made me feel kinda shitty, because i have watched watchmojo here and there just to see what was someone else's opinions on what the all time whatever game/genre/somethng-game-related is and is a way for me to possibly come across some game or something in a game i've played before that i didnt know about. I wont lie to say I've watched a behind the meme video before. Watched 1 all the way through, but then i open another and clicked off. The video made me feel shitty once more cuz i've been planning on uploading videos again, but I just have to not do it for popularity/status/whatever fills my ego. Reason why i stopped in the first place because i wasnt making stuff that I like, but rather something i knew would get views. Constantly a fight against myself.

I did and i didnt expect to be filled with thinking as weird as that is to say. So many lengthy videos I've watched doesnt do that unless it's thought provoking or filled with information you have to actually listen to all the way through out. Kinda like what happens when i try to learn math.

I watched the whole thing and now I'm depressed. I grew up with YouTube, back in the golden 2007-2012 era, and I miss the great, original animations, particularly from Oney and FilmCow.

I hate this vapid shit we get now, and as he said in the video, I can't do anything about it, I just have to lean back and watch it fall. When this site eventually dies, it's going to hurt a lot of people.

DalekSupremeWithCheese No one. Not one person.

DalekSupremeWithCheese No one. Not one person.

DalekSupremeWithCheese it honestly didn't even feel that long

DalekSupremeWithCheese it honestly didn't even feel that long

I watched the entire thing from start to finish and loved every bit of it.

I watched the entire thing from start to finish and loved every bit of it.


"Snow halation, doing what you love out of your own heart, not anybody elses."<br>-Chad Warden

"Snow halation, doing what you love out of your own heart, not anybody elses."
-Chad Warden


YouTube switched from being a meritocracy to an oligarchy. Kinda like real life.


Sadly this video will change nothing because the only peoples that watched this video to the very end are already watching only quality content.

What WILL change shit is the competition, which will scare YouTube into changing shit for the better.


Google has gradually taken the "You" out of YouTube. It has slowly morphed into becoming, simply, "Tube", simply television.

I've never seen a product with so much potential get so misused. It's actually sickening to think about.


If anyone is looking for good modern-day content that has been hidden from sight by YouTube, might I suggest "Literally Hitler" by YouTube animator Joe


the status and general progression of youtube, in my opinion, represents culture as a whole. there was a time in western civilization where you were consistently told throughout childhood and adulthood that hard work pays off, and were not only required to put effort into things, but outright *required*. if you didn't put any effort into anything, you would be broke, homeless, and barely scraping by. there was reason to do work, to put effort into things, and any average joe could be better than an average joe if they put the time and effort into doing so, even if what constituted an average joe continued to go up and up.

around the same time that non-effort began being rewarded almost as much as effort, and the people who looked to be successful got punished for it, we ended up with the same situation we have now on youtube. a stagnant group of elites who learned to abuse the now-butchered system of effort-reward stay at the top while anyone who wants to get to the top by their own creative thinking and true, honest to god elbow grease are stomped down by the systems in place specifically designed as a misguided attempt to level the playing field for everyone. and now that those people are in power, and get REWARDED for their LACK OF INGENUITY, what can the commoners do? nobody outside the little circlejerk of elites can influence the system, nor can they influence those who can. the poor stay poor and the rich stay rich.

that's not just why apple, microsoft, and sony have been at the top since the 90s. it's also why watchmojo, buzzfeed, and arguably pewdiepie have been at the top for far too long as well.


Ruin has come to our website. You remember our venerable Youtube, opulent and imperial, gazing proudly from its stoic perch behind the screen? I lived all my years on that ancient, rumor shadowed site, fattened by decadence and memery. And yet, I began to tire of... conventional content. Singular, unsettling tales suggested the Website itself was a gateway to some fabulous and low effort content. With camera and revenue, I bent every effort towards the creation and popularization of that low effort content, exhausting what remained of our ad revenue on paid editors and quality cameras. At last, in the salt-soaked crags beneath the lowest foundations, we unearthed that damnable algorithm of antediluvian evil. Our every upload unsettled the ancient earth, but we were in a realm of repetitiveness and normies. In the end, I alone fled laughing and wailing through those unchallenging videos of inoffensiveness... Until consciousness failed me. You remember our venerable youtube, opulent and imperial? It is a festering abomination! I beg you, return home, claim your ad revenue, and deliver our website from the ravenous clutching shadows... Of the Darkest Content.

Someone needs to make a mod that replaces all the characters in Darkest Dungeon with YouTubers. Final boss is YouTube itself.

That's a nice speech you got there my kind sir. And I like to say that your comment has given me a simile to a Dystopian Cyberpunk future where you can't say anything. Kind of similar to Nineteen Eighty-four by George Orwell or Charlie Brooker's series, Black Mirror.


<b>standing ovation</b> Bring back the 5 star system and get rid of the algorithms. Bring back CREATOR FREEDOM. Make Youtube Great Again!

*standing ovation* Bring back the 5 star system and get rid of the algorithms. Bring back CREATOR FREEDOM. Make Youtube Great Again!


i remember back when i first watched this video a year ago and instantly subscribing. 1 year later, it is still therapeutic to watch.


7:33 - 8:22 is the truest shit. In my opinion, YouTube has generated more content focused on ad-revenue, rather than creativity. So much clickbait, and low-effort content.


I know this video is like, old and whatnot, but it pretty much sums up how I feel about everything in life. Everything is like this now. I remember a time when this whole place was nothing but cranberries... And now those cranberry fields didn't just die... They were murdered...


Emplemon is subbed to uncle dane and jerma<br>Now this guy has good taste for content

Emplemon is subbed to uncle dane and jerma
Now this guy has good taste for content


I don't hate you.  I get it.  People hate or dislike things they don't understand. When someone calls something "stupid" it's their way of saying "I don't understand it" without realizing that their inability to understand it was what the problem was the entire time.  I like to study things, even things I hate, just to understand them better.  A lot of people tend to tell me "I hate you" right to my face and I'm okay with it, they're just words, and it's usually because I said something like, "You could have summarized that entire video in a few sentences but you got over dramatic and took it too far just for the fun of it, didn't you?"

But I'll admit... I only watched the first four minutes before commenting......


The only good part of the shitty algorithm was bringing me this


That written description you posted is just sad. Your fanboys? Really?<br>Yeah - you're so smart and perfect. Hubris much?

That written description you posted is just sad. Your fanboys? Really?
Yeah - you're so smart and perfect. Hubris much?

I should say something nice - I like EmpLemon, and his videos are really interesting. I'm a fan.
I just didn't like the self-aggrandizing/inside joke description, but that's a minor thing.
I'm subscribed to this channel - I would (and probably will) suggest this channel to others.
Some creative and intelligent minds can become arrogant, and it's something to watch out for, because pride cometh before the fall.

@Opal Oh. Well my bad, but I also hate inside jokes that are easily misconstrued by outsiders.


I know this is wired but if electric engineers are reading this sub to zahi hadad he has good videos on circuits


28:00 yeah nigga : V that's me lmfao. sometimes i forget the big red button even exists


I dislike every video where I get told to LiKe AnD SuBsCrIbE


Please make an update, this shit hole needs to change


sometimes i wonder if EmpLemon might be god


I'm goin make a 11 min videos of nothing and up loas it a 1000 times


i have a question and i probably going to google it after post this comment.
What is
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"Cringy"


emp whats good bro why are you so angry?? i watched the whole thing and i dont even get it


isn't the algorithm great
ASTEROID FALLS

*isn't the algorithm great*
ASTEROID FALLS


I'm not even kidding, if you get this on the trending tab Emp, this could make a huge splash in the community. If just ONE youtube employee saw this video, they'd agree with everything you presented here

Just to address all the replies in this thread, i should correct myself in saying that this won't cause youtube to change if it gets popular, but I mean it would really open people's eyes and influence their view of the website if it did

I don't think that YouTube might look at this video. Think about Google's standpoint. They are a big company and are the biggest search engine in the world. They only care about the money and ad revenue their brands make. YouTube tries to make money off companies to stay afloat and build their success, but the community is not happy about this, and it would be IMPOSSIBLE to get the word out to a multi-billionaire company like Google. It's business to make money.

But even then Google would just go full Cultural Marxism on his ass and we'd be back to square one

The Supreme Meme employees may agree but yt won't change anything unless it gets them more money


Just here to tell you that it’s your fault that your highly efforted project was unable to cater to my minuscule attention span


I don't enjoy this tone of video. Not that I don't agree with the subject matter but when someone is getting loud and aggressive I tend to not want to continue listening.


And now the dislike button is being removed well that's what I have heard recently.

@Logan Atkins Not being able to remove the dislike button exclusively.

@Dr Bright that’s been a thing for a while

I’m pretty sure they’re having it as an option for content creators, like disabling comments and disabling ratings.

They were considering it let's hope they reconsider


Everything's clickbait now. I wish it was 2010 all over again.

Just a random person who has a long username. Www.vidlii.com its old yt

Just a random person who has a long username. Theres a site called vidlii


what's that seinfeld ytp that emplemon referrences???


I watched the entire video, all the way through, and I wholeheartedly agree with everything you said.
YouTube has become such a lifeless shell compared to what it was before. YouTube was something unlike anything anyone had ever seen before, and it was amazing because it was exactly what it said on the tin. "Broadcast Yourself". It always has been a video sharing site, but in it's prime, YouTube had something special about it. It had it's own culture, a living, breathing community of hundreds of thousands of creators uploading whatever they wanted in their free time for fun. Whether that was quality reviews of games, comedy skits or YTPs, YouTube videos usually had a high amount of effort put into them. It wasn't like TV, it was a whole new animal with faces we'd never seen. The production quality wasn't amazing, but that was part of it's charm, you could see that it was made by individuals doing it out of sheer enjoyment rather than a paycheck.

Modern YouTube is nothing but people complaining about how their videos are demonetized and how pissed off they are at YouTube. YouTube should've never evolved into what it is now, it shouldn't have become a job. Back in 2015 and 2016 was probably when this was at its peak, when YouTubers like LeafyIsHere would pump out nearly identical videos day after day, raking in millions of views that people who spent months at a time working on long projects deserved instead. Big companies and celebrities have squashed out the competition like weeds in a garden, because they're already famous. Their policy has changed from "Broadcast Yourself" to "Go Fuck Yourself".

Im sorry if my typing is scatter brained and hard to read, I am very bad at communicating with people.


jesus christ that was powerful. Ive never seen you get that mad. This was an amazing video.


I was 14 when this vid came out and I’ve been watching YouTube since 2008. I remember when anyone could become famous with a webcam. I miss the old YouTube.

I'm guessing you started watching YT on consoles like the Wii?


One of the best YouTube videos of all time. Thank you for making it 😀👍


i've said it in another of your videos emp: you have THE BEST commentary videos around these days, bar none. Also, i'm blown away not only by the insane ammount of editing in your videos, but also the AMAZING music selection playing on the background, it's obvious you are some kind of a music nerd, noiiiicee


I know I am well late with this video, but I only just found your channel. As you kept remarking about YouTube audiences just wanting to be doped up on polished family friendly content, I couldn't help but think that a majority of the audience is children. Then I remembered I was probably 10-11 watching the likes of Charlie the Unicorn, Shoes, and Salad Fingers. I think part of it is parents letting their kids sit on tablets all day while we were only surfing the web for limited amounts of time. Companies are pressured to make content less abrasive by public and sponsors. Sad stuff.


Ok so i'ma be honest... he's not wrong, i'm 16, but at the same time i love to rewatch ASDF, Charlie the unicorn or Llamas with hats, and more. I really miss the old 2009-2013 Youtube, R.I.P the creativity of this platform. I'll just add, 6 months later, that I did indeed watched these early YouTube cartoons as a kid/teen, I didn't just find them due to the video.


I actually enjoy hour long videos. It shows alot of effort and interesting content was actually put into the video.. unlike the 10 minute fluff everyone uploads just for the ads /;


28:20 calls to action significantly increas the rate at which a channel grows and gains subscribers and views. Likes and comments help with the algorithm immensely and telling people to do that makes them much MUCH more likely to do that

People forget things Emplemon. Doesn't make em stupid, they're just not always paying attention that's all.


I remember I was 4 and I would usually go on YouTube to watch stuff. I saw all the classics, I was there when YouTube had it’s hay day. It was nice watching videos without crappy mobile game ads playing before the video started, and it was hell of a lot better without all the weird children biased videos on YouTube.


I LOVE long ranting videos! It’s good background noise for when I’m drawing and it’s really interesting seeing people’s points


One of these days this video might just inspire me to do my own Youtube channel just to express my thoughts, opinions, and do any type of genre of content i want hmm


I was watching this and when you were ranting about youtube my brother shouted from the other room “hes spittin hard facts” 👌🏻


Just one of the many things I love that you do is include all the tf2 references, sound effects music pictures all that


Hearing the Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny brought me right back


Alright, I suppose if there is anything I can do to make this site better, it's to just be more critical of the content being shoved down my throat by youtube, right? That's the least I can do to snail crawl against a truck speeding downhill towards disaster.


This video is cathartic to listen to. Our channel started 3 years ago and we haven't even broken 100 subs. I don't expect/want hundreds of thousands of followers or anything, and our content is in a fairly saturated area (gaming), but I know there's a market for what we do specifically and I'm sure we don't do it worse than the "guys more popular than us". It's such a drag because I originally started this channel with the goal of doing charity marathons eventually (Like the Nintendothon and Platformania), but at our size, it's almost pointless. Don't get me wrong, I'm thankful for those who have noticed us, truly, and if our content is actually bad, then we don't deserve to float upward just yet until we improve. Nevertheless, it's difficult not to be disheartened sometimes...


It’s almost 2020, so why not have an update to this topic before the new year starts, I’d call it “The state of YouTube has gotten worse, Much worse.”

Yo turn back, things aren't as good in 2020

@King Charlemagne jesus, youtube is way past hell

@Elite makyr gaming It just keeps getting worse, YouTube is now putting ads on people's channels that aren't even in the Partner Program. The creators in question don't get a single cent.

@LittleMissEevee it's going deeper. Might have even surpassed hell

YouTube’s at rock bottom yet still going deeper


@Clone Trooper  the left has always been the peak of evil.