it really is scary to see how fast things have changed. how so many great YouTubers have faded away and been replaced with "advertiser friendly" / "business driven" content. I often find myself surprised when is see a channel that still has integrity on youtube and that shouldn't be the case at all. youtube is heading for a crash though after the adpocalyse and maybe once it does crash and all the fakes leave because there's nothing left for them here. maybe just maybe we will rebuild the viewer-base and creator-base of this site and see good content rise to the top once more. that's an unlikely hope but the alternative is that youtube continues its journey into TV like garbage and succeeds, killing off the reason they had a viewerbase, to begin with.


such a great video, you've managed to put my rabbit hole metaphor for youtube miles better than i ever could.


IT'S ALL TRUE! <del>cries in Millennial</del>


Amazing video. I love that you can make interesting long form videos like this while still creating funny carefree content. Keep up the great work.


The downward spiral is contagious it is spreading from one YouTuber to to whole site. We must get in our bunkers before it spreads to us


I'm gonna report this so YouTube has to watch all of it


i think i should use someone else as background noise...


Holy shit, now I realized that I've become one of the zombies. Shit, from the Never Ever videos to this? Thanks for slapping my face right up. Now I remember that I used to watch those simple fan made movies. I used to watch those poops. I used to watch quality content. I guess there's only so much I can do now.

P.S.: You deserve more subs for this.

Holy shit, now I realized that I've become one of the zombies. Shit, from the Never Ever videos to this? Thanks for slapping my face right up. Now I remember that I used to watch those simple fan made movies. I used to watch those poops. I used to watch *quality content.* I guess there's only so much I can do now.

P.S.: You deserve more subs for this.


This is probably the greatest video I've ever seen on this garbage website. It's sad that we've come to this. Even though you said that nothing's gonna change, I believe there's a chance. We all need to openly criticize YouTube and Google at every opportunity we have. We need to let them know that we won't take this shit, that our creativity is being held back by a single corporation's lust for money. We should all make at least one video like this one on our channels, and then maybe we'll have some sort of fighting chance if we get enough people to argue for our cause. I may be talking out of my ass here, but I do believe that as more people are aware of the shit-tier algorithm of this once-great site, YouTube will be forced to make at least some changes.


Your use of progressive rock in this video has made me nothing but happy


greetings from the future.
the YOU in Youtube is dead.
even comments get vanished.
we have become our own gulag.

@Kurt Shame that you get so upset by simple facts.

@Rappa Kalja All you did was say "UR PRIVILEGED".

Low effort bait, bgl

@Petey Nutt You just proved my point, bud. See you in 2 months.


y'know, its really sad that talented youtube animators, such as jaltoid, egoraptor, and oney, quit animations, and start letsplays.<br>Its such a waste of talent

y'know, its really sad that talented youtube animators, such as jaltoid, egoraptor, and oney, quit animations, and start letsplays.
Its such a waste of talent

Fork Guy i do enjoy oney's lets play videos immensely, but the fact that it is his primary source of views and income now is kinda sad.


Its not a spiral its just a fall straight down


Lets all be honest, At this point EmpLemon has one of the most powerful voices of Youtube in my opinion. Everybody should hear his voice and be inspired.


Just so you know. I am an advanced Normie, I get involved before the horde of normies join ..... Am I am here ..


I'm thinking my 11 years of search history keeps me from seeing most of this nonsense you described.

Wish I had 11 years of search history I used youtube since around 2009 and I didn't make a channel until around 2016 terrible fucking mistake


spread this like a damn wildfire especially with Youtubes new updated algorithm that now blacklists any video featuring a gun (so almost every lets play) and now FUCKING SWEARING. Not excessive swearing, now ALL SWEARING. Seriously FUCK Youtube trying to force PC content

It has gotten to a point where even pewdiepie, yes PEWDIEPIE is editing out swearing in his videos.

YouTube is trying to be like the old days, where even the MOST EXTREME CONTENT THAT WOULD'VE PASSED ON JETIX is not advertiser friendly.

MR. Bucket YouTube is trying to appeal to advertisers so they can make more money and have a stable business. But when they do that people are mad since they won't be making any money so they get mad. It's a lose lose situation for Youtube


i didn't sub to anyone new in 3 years, last one was EmpLemon


when i was younger i wanted to make ytps but after i saw how hopless the art form was i just gave up halfway through on my unfinished ytp and stopped watching ytps. but i love ur channel

too cringey
I didn't know you could make videos private..
Deleted a video of my dumb self dancing in front of the webcam.
I fucking hate myself


I relate with you 100% I have been on this site since 2008 and understand everything you say.


This is still very relevant. Great job as always emp!


This is a wonderful video and I can totally agree with you. I've watched the whole video and it gave me nostalgic feelings due to what I use to truly love; YouTube poop. I hope the message spreads all over and maybe there will be a glimpse a hope, an open hole through the tunnel of this dark icky mess, we will achieve what we want YouTube and everyone to be; creative, original and inspired. This same guide on taking advantage on YouTube's algorithm will die out soon like a candle, so I know that YouTube might return to its bright golden years where everyone can broadcast themselves!


Behind the meme is memes nowndays just lame and cringe


Almost 3 years later and this has aged like wine


Man this video is so Amazing,it May be hands down the Best video  I have seen on this website.
I never tought a video could be so interesting,explicative,informing and entertaining as this video was.
Good job emplemon, really good job.


It only just clicked in my head who you were.. Was subbed to you on an old account I haven't touched in year.

Time to fix this issue.

Also, this old YTP OST is filling me with nostalgia.


I Remember seeing this way back when and thought that this was your last video, just because of how much effort and passion you had in it; although I’m very happy that wasn’t the case.


I'm younger than you, and I've watched an 80 minute video all the way through. Your long videos also keep my attention. That is the sign of a good video, like a good video game; something that can keep you entertained all the way through.

When I was (really) little, all I watched was people putting their game consoles in the microwave...

ZXKW me too when I was younger i remember watching some video called "how to turn your ps2 into a PS3" and it was just some random guy putting his ps2 in a washing machine and putting a cut out number 3 on it then closing it opening it and it was a PS3 instead obviously fake but it was hilarious at the time


go watch tier zoo you might get a breath of fresh air


ive man watching youtube since 2008 and i could saw its getting bad a little maybe.............................................what am i even saying


I remember before, to watch a video i just had to go to the subscription tab. Now i dont use it at all, just being trapped knto the algorithm

I wrote this 2 minutes before you talked about this


I remember seeing my firsts memes on Flipnote DS


It's sad that many people won't watch half of this video because "it's too long"

edit: how tf i got more than 2 likes

Leozin I've been a little interested before, might try it at some point (at least the first several episodes lol)

Jwkl vs the Universe I suggest wathcing it, i'm sure you will be interested

ArchieGamez I don't even watch it tbh, seems a little overhyped

I gotta admit i treated this vid like that to, but thats because i was taking a half time break from pornhub

Why should I keep watching if it doesn't entertain me

Allanbuzzy, you're right. YouTube has become too big for migration. Abandoning YouTube will mean abandoning years worth of amazing content that's been built over the years, chances for true fame and maybe even splitting apart from an entire community. In 2016, there was basically a crash for YouTube for a while and everyone was panicking, but without the community, the whole platform of video sharing would've died.<br>If we could easily just migrate to a new website, then why don't we? It's because YouTube has been a massive pillar too many people are proud of building. We can't just destroy it and make a new one. YouTube holds too much content for that to just happen. We just need to ask everyone else to fix it.

Allanbuzzy, you're right. YouTube has become too big for migration. Abandoning YouTube will mean abandoning years worth of amazing content that's been built over the years, chances for true fame and maybe even splitting apart from an entire community. In 2016, there was basically a crash for YouTube for a while and everyone was panicking, but without the community, the whole platform of video sharing would've died.
If we could easily just migrate to a new website, then why don't we? It's because YouTube has been a massive pillar too many people are proud of building. We can't just destroy it and make a new one. YouTube holds too much content for that to just happen. We just need to ask everyone else to fix it.

Leozin, you know how EmpLemon ragged on about normies just consuming the video mindlessly? Well I kinda apply that same method to his videos whenever I have too much time so that I can be interested without having to force myself to.

The attention span of a YouTube zombie has rapidly slowed down and de-graded to the point no one will actually watch the entirety of this video. I'm sad that this is what YouTube has become. I'm not going to be one of those stupid people who are like "DUDE THERE'S THIS SITE THAT'S SIMILAR TO THE OLD YOUTUBE COME JOIN [insert alternative video site here] PLEASE WE'RE DESPERATE" because that'll just make yourself look pretentious and stupid. Everyone has turned into mindless filth. They'll watch anything on the site because it's on a site that more people use every day. We can not do a single thing about it and we'll have to deal with it until YouTube crashes into a wall and then we have to find something else to get popular with. And to those people who actually read this entire comment, do NOT try to pander to anyone of your fans or anyone that forces you to do this specific thing, just do your own thing and never let them ruin your life and your content.

Just a low attention span because they're twelve.

Jwkl vs the Universe Game Of Thrones is overrated.

Leozin Exactly! If people can sit through an hour of Game ofThrones every week, I'm sure they have the time to watch this, or even listen to it while doing something (I know GoT is a series with an ongoing plot and this is just someone talking about YouTube, but for this at least it's fully scripted and well done/thought out content)

I've watched this video like 2 times now, trying to do my part


Ugh, list videos... I don't understand the popularity, they are so dismally shallow and predictable that, if it's a list, I'm not interested in even looking at it. That goes for any web page, not just youtube or even videos. If your article is titled as a list of any kind, I have to assume it's worthless clickbait. Even if it's not, I'll never know, because you warned me off by making it a list, which is inherently subjective anyway by definition. What do I care what WatchMojo thinks is the Top Ten Whatever? Even if I did care, I can't endure the gratingly vanilla pseudoseductive narration voice anyway. Whatever is the big enjoyment in viewing WatchMojo lists will forever remain an enigma to me.


After too long watching annoyingly safe, dumbed down content, I come back to this video


my search results are nothing but Irrelevant mainstream media vids..  YT makes no sense


The age of edgy content is over, the rise of the shitpost status has begun

@ayy lmao you don't have to attack me in front of everyone
Cries

@ayy lmao you don't have to attack me in front of everyone
*Cries*


Contents gotten worse because YouTube started paying people


Emp, I started watching you from Cars poops, and I've been on YouTube since 2006, and the days of Super Mario Bros. plush vids and Mario 64 youtubers like Fleshjherkta, ehh, whatever his name was, and all I can say is that you are both wrong and right. While the quality of videos in general as well as yours has gone down, it's still possible to find things you like. Search for things you want, click on what looks good, ignore what looks bad. It's simple.

He's talking about the gullible minds that don't know what a search bar is


The saddest part is that nothing has changed. In terms of the Smash community, I’ve seen bland channels like Introspektive, Alpharad, Aaronitmar, etc. rise to huge popularity and act all smug because of how popular they are. Even though they make some boring, bland content that anyone can make. It pisses me off seeing how a game that is celebrating so much gaming history is being represented with these fucking guys, seriously if quality was a big factor again on Youtube, these guys would be absolutely DESTROYED and left in the dust by actually talented and passionate creators.

I mean atleast intro brought some people to smash

i still remember when alpharad uploaded interesting content, not the best but still genuinely interesting. now he's just another guy in my sub box who i keep for the chance that he uploads something interesting


Luckily you created Never Ever and it has undoubtedly been the best content you have ever put out. It took time to get to this point, but you finally found your niche and I look forward to every new video you put out because no one else delivers narratives or has masterful editing skills like the Emp!


I made it to the end of the video and hearing EmpLemon rant with such passion and fury to inspire and inform even the laziest of viewers. When I heard him tell me to watch those who inspire and empower me. Watch those who will produce content worth watching. Watch those who didn't succumb to the horrible algorithm. This man with those very inspiring words has earned himself a subscriber that will stay for a long, long time. And hopefully, many others.<br>I know this video was made three years ago but DAMN, it still holds up to this day. Youtube is still a huge mess, and it's my personal belief that if people were to actually take the time to watch this video from start to end, from zero seconds to 49 minutes, YouTube would be a MUCH better site than it is now.

I made it to the end of the video and hearing EmpLemon rant with such passion and fury to inspire and inform even the laziest of viewers. When I heard him tell me to watch those who inspire and empower me. Watch those who will produce content worth watching. Watch those who didn't succumb to the horrible algorithm. This man with those very inspiring words has earned himself a subscriber that will stay for a long, long time. And hopefully, many others.
I know this video was made three years ago but DAMN, it still holds up to this day. Youtube is still a huge mess, and it's my personal belief that if people were to actually take the time to watch this video from start to end, from zero seconds to 49 minutes, YouTube would be a MUCH better site than it is now.


This is the video that made me stay with Emp and it's still my favorite video.


I just ran into your channel and feel compelled to say your content is brilliant and I’ve never felt more understood. The music taste. The memes. Dunkey. The Macintosh ad. You truly cut through the shit. Thank you.


you will, in my heart, always be a hero to me.

im not joking.


If I could like a video more than once, I would do that here. I’ve actually had the same observations here and I haven’t even been on youtube for that long, only 5 years, yet I’ve noticed how corporate and just terrible a lot of things have become. Its not about fun or quality anymore, its about advertising and racking views and subs. I honestly love this video as I’ve thought about this for a while yet haven’t seen a lot of people talking about it so when I watched this I was ecstatic to see someone shared the same views as I did. Nothing was even softened down or lightened, this was genuine and I enjoy that. I really wish Youtube would become YOUtube again and not just whatever it is now.


Bruh, I have ADHD, and I sit through long videos all the time. In fact I enjoy though the most, because it has to be GOOD for me to watch it. So, if it has heart and effort in it. Then it shouldn't have to be 10 minutes or less.

@give me your fukin cookies damn didn't know trying to connect to people similar to you who you don't meet often outside the internet was trying to be cool and hip

@give me your fukin cookies whine harder

I have it too, but I’m not gonna be bragging about my mental disorder. Stop trying to be hip and cool


You know EmpLemon, the way you talk about old youtube makes me happy that I put most of my creative efforts into fanfiction, because I've noticed a lot of parallels between old youtube and ff.net
1. Rags to Riches (Not money-wise, but popularity-wise, easily possible)
2. Exceptional people could excel (yup.)
3. Curiosity and Discovery (Anybody who stays on ff for long will tell you how hard it is to find a good, original fic, but they use the same methods you mentioned, following and faving a person who wrote a story you liked, checking out THAT person's favorites, wading through crap tons of weird, bad, or unusual stuff, and so on)
4. Animation Excellence (Um... not really equivalent. Most writing sucks on ff. But hey, that just makes the well-written gems stand out that much more.)
5. Personal Personalities (Most ff writers just speak their mind in their Author's Notes if they're talkative, or let the story speak for itself. Again, not really equivalent.)
6. Creativity and Originality (*sighs* Maybe I was a bit over-eager to make this comparison. But then again, I'm sure old youtube had plenty of unoriginal content as well. Still, the most popular things are usually both creative and original.)
7. The ultimate television alternative (or in ff's case, the ultimate published book alternative. No ten bucks per book, no barrier to entry, can be used anywhere with an internet connection,  you get what's there, you can do it yourself, and you can easily interact with your favorite content creators.)
And since I don't see fanfiction going corporate any time soon (or ever, really), I don't have to worry about any downward spirals in the near future. Thanks for helping me realize I've set my sights on the right heights. Unsubscribed.


At the time I didn’t realize how much worse it could get


This video is still going to be relevant for as long as YouTube's alive


I remember finding someone with 3k subs and their content was so good sad to see their gone now beacause of the change


I appreciate how passionate and caring you are about the platform, but the video comes of as bitter and hateful to the whole YouTube audience for them not doing what you want them to do. This whole thing has happened simply because Youtube has gotten more popular and attracted more people, it just isn't niche anymore obviously. I sorta see a comparison to be made with politicians and Youtubers: say things and make content that can appease as many people as possible without making enemies. But asking people to change because you just don't like how it's going and your utopia of Youtube has changed just seems self-centered and missing the point that people are putting out these videos because they work, don't hate the players hate the game. And there isn't much Youtube can do except give people what they want.


God 3 years later and he couldn't possibly be prepared for what's happened to YouTube


I dunno how exactly I feel about this in 2020. I really loved his style a few years back but maybe I’ve just taken a step back from this site for a few years and I’ve loved his new take on YouTube videos as of late. But it’s weird seeing him so heated and pissed off in retrospect but YouTube still sucks, just in different ways.


There's an essay by Linds Redding called "A Short Lesson in Perspective," which was written a few months before he died of cancer, aged 52. In it, he details the golden age of working in advertising, and then it became far more work and less creative. Sounds just like YouTube.


I appreciate your honesty and being genuine


I really love your use of music in most of your videos. Achilles worked really well with the mood of the video.


youtube is just like the stupid RAID: SHADOW LEGENDS sponsorships all over the website. annoying, unskippable, and in the way of the content you want.

And missleading too
I bet you havent played raid shadow legends but i have and let me tell ya

Its boring and they constantly try to get you to buy there shitty in game currency


Emp is real pissed I have never seen him this pissed but what he said is true.


Well shit, I legitimately feel bad for the YouTuber pandering section. Thanks for this video EmpLemon, I came for the jokes. But alot of what you said makes me want to rethink alot of what I thought. Thank You


I feel you, I fondly remember the old days of abridged dubs and anime rips. But to me Youtube has simply become too big, too broad, and too unwieldy to manage. All of what is said is a consequence of YouTube being beyond mainstream.


I'm around the median age of 15, and I definitely am not okay with watching those low effort videos and am perfectly fine, maybe even like more than normal, watching long videos on things like this.


Fun Fact: the downward spiral part is actually the infamous endless staircase from Super Mario 64


The word normie is used so often that even when i hear it used in an acceptable context i recoil and picture a neckbeard rick and morty fan slapping a keyboard with his ten greasy, cheeto dust drenched hot dog fingers.


Apparently you dig Emerson Lake & Palmer, and Edgar Winter.... you got my 'vote'.


You're giving breath to my thoughts. Thanks Emperor. Long may you reign.


You know, I’m going to make a list tomorrow of what should be changed about YouTube to both bring it back to glory, and protect everyone from others malicious attempts properly.


The fact that this is 3 years old and still accurate is terrifying for this platform.


YouTube creators who are actually good don't get enough credit for their research and diligence.  People often don't even regard YouTube as a legitimate source for information and opinion.

I beg to differ, in a world with so many bought out corporate drivel in our newspapers and tv shows.  It's refreshing to hear from a good ol' average Joe YouTuber with great reporting skills and unique production quality.  YouTubers might not be experts, but their perspectives are more grounded.  Even so you can still find many qualified experts on here if you know where to look.

I think there is still a bit of the sense of the Wild West on YouTube, not nearly as much as it used to for sure, but the good and hard working content creators here aren't in it for money, they're in it because they want to express themselves.

That has been gutted pretty bad sure, but I like to think that there is still a unique, and more human touch to content on here that keeps us coming back


I first looked at this site in 2011, and even though I’m not on this site the longest like 2005, I can still tell YouTube has gone down a downward spiral.


And then youtube saw the video and decided to change their ways. And everyone lived happily ever after.


It seems you've forgot how old youtube looked, and calling youtube poops "high effort" is... brave


I use to always watch YouTube now it's hard siphoning through all the forced bs and ads not to mention the things smaller content creators have to go through. It use to feel like a free frontier, even with all the Rick rolls and poorly edited videos now it's reactions of reactions and tiktoks pretending to be youtube.


This man might run for president or something... after all, his speeches are unparalleled by anything i've ever heard before...


The acid test for great content is if you would want to watch it again in a couple of years time.
I keep thinking about how much of what I see is kind of disposable - designed to be viewed once, at the time, and then forgotten by viewer and creator alike. But this stuff isn't actually "disposed" of, it just sits here like landfill and we wade amongst it.
But everyone has a few of those special channels that they're subscribed to (no one had to ask them) - the ones where you have to be patient. You wont get an upload every week, maybe not every month, perhaps only a few videos per year - but they're GOOD!! It's worth the wait and you want more (but you know quality means production time so...) You can live with the filler - so long as you get one of these every now and again.
I just wish YouTube was better incentivised toward helping these creators out. Because if they crawl out of the trashpile and go elsewhere - I'm going with them...


Thank you, that seems like a really good point, I will do my best to help YouTube better!


Looking back YouTube’s single biggest mistake was making a system that favors creators with more uploads. Like who comes up with that. Have they never been told that quality is better than quantity.

Spread the word, let's move to VidLii. That place is literally old youtube.

GAMP: Sicker than your average kigger nilller


You are truly the emperor of lemon great video keep it up


Every time I hear "downward spiral" or see that green and purple spiral in other places I can hear it ringing in my head, over and over again for a couple minutes, "downward spiral"<br>This video ruined me

Every time I hear "downward spiral" or see that green and purple spiral in other places I can hear it ringing in my head, over and over again for a couple minutes, "downward spiral"
This video ruined me


As someone that watched all the way through, I agree


Still watching this from start to finish on occasion. I'd love to hear you shit on Guinness for being on a downward spiral too https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIbeF0bf1Gk


I miss old YouTube, I'd much rather go back to watching Zelda cdi and hotel Mario ytps than the diarrhea this site gives us nowadays. At least those videos were always creative and reflected their creator's real personalities.


I really felt the alternative to TV part. When I first got into YouTube it was because ninjago was on hiatus between season 1 and 2 and I would watch Lego stop motion animations and it was cash


You could have showed me the claymation stuff and told me it was from Aardman and I would have believed you.<br>Can you say a modern YouTube channel's stuff could pass as a professional product? To quote Elastigirl, "I don't think so... I don't think so."

You could have showed me the claymation stuff and told me it was from Aardman and I would have believed you.
Can you say a modern YouTube channel's stuff could pass as a professional product? To quote Elastigirl, "I don't think so... I don't think so."


When you found EmpLemon through the algorithm.

@Doom58 Speaking of ytp. Had never heard of “Sky Had a Weegee” so I looked it up.

I’d have to disagree with him on that one, I enjoyed it.

When you found emplemon because of his decade old ytps


Meanwhile emp has gained so many subs and Behind the meme still has about 800k, never ever will we have another emp lemon


Emp: “stop hating youtube poops and saying the old videos were better!”

Also Emp: hates YouTube and says the old videos were better

Emp: “stop hating youtube poops and saying the old videos were better!”

Also Emp: *hates YouTube and says the old videos were better*

No it's not about that. The old  popular content was better. There are still Videos as good as back then or some are even better but the problem is that the stupid algorithm doesn't anyone let them see it


I watched the whole thing twice. Astounding.

3 times! Get on my level n00b!<br>😜 (is this how the current YT demographic is talking?)

3 times! Get on my level n00b!
😜 (is this how the current YT demographic is talking?)


This is far too relevant to be not taken seriously. As someone who was thinking of trying to make it big in YouTube, I have done some research after seeing this video, and it all matches up. thank you for enlightening me on this subject and helping me not waste part of my life struggling against a dying system

I always wanted to be a awesome content creator too but now that dream is dead along with all my other dreams with being in the entertainment industry


‘The Algorithm’ and ‘Shit Show’ are now synonymous with each other


It really makes you <b>Feel</b> like a downward spiral

It really makes you *Feel* like a downward spiral


That’s funny to me because I almost only watch long videos. If I click on a video and it’s like 10 minutes I go ”man, is it even worth watching?”

I run out of good content pretty quickly though, but that’s probably good since that makes me waste less time here.


Watching this after the Leafy ban. God this website has fallen. Emp is one of the last true youtubers in my opinion.


Its ironic how the subscriber shoutout has comeback but in a different way. Youtubers now use the statistic of % of watchers who are subscribe to rise monumentally. Dream is the greatest example of that. Using the couple shootouts he had he used great skill and design to make an empire of over 2 mil in 6 months


Still relevant, I've been regularly watching youtube since around 2015 and I've regularly watched channels like Internet Historian, Whang!, Fredrik Knudsen and Lemmino for most of that time, but was never recommended this one until a few days ago.

Honestly even then I'm tired of those channels back then other videos existed that weren't commentary


Does anyone else kind of despise the idea of a YouTube channel being a job? Ever since I was young I always saw YouTube videos as a thing to do for fun, but ever since ad revenue was incorporated, videos have increasingly been designed with the intent of making money rather than to be creative.


Do you think BitChute will be the one to take out YouTube given time? They're "Website focused on user voice over ad revenue as a competitor to YouTube" #328 but they seem to be going steady.<br>You can even keep the "poop" nomenclature, just call them PoopChutes.

Do you think BitChute will be the one to take out YouTube given time? They're "Website focused on user voice over ad revenue as a competitor to YouTube" #328 but they seem to be going steady.
You can even keep the "poop" nomenclature, just call them PoopChutes.


man when remembering a youtubers nickname was a big deal


Youtube is basically sonic cd
Past is when youtube had few content. Or that one zoo video
Present was old youtube, where there was a lot of good content, Honest youtubers, etc. Though it wasn't all great, it was a simpler time
Bad future Is youtube today, or new youtube, where the good times that old youtube gave dried up after many things that have shook youtube hard.

The good future youtube doesn't exist. Since youtube has no good future from the looks of it.


Downward spiral of YouTube is similar to the settlement and taming of the wild west in terms of emotions.


This is the best motivational video i've seen.


i havent been on yt long, but ive seen clay world, and tbh, its great. it got recommended to me once and been watching it ever since


The first video of yours I saw was "The Quest for the Blue Check Mark", and that was posted yesterday (7/2/2020). After a few videos, I see "there will Never Ever be another Melee player like Hungrybox", which talked about Smash Melee and the FCG. Then I see this which mentions that Reaction Videos at their heart are soulless cash grabs and attempts to stand on the shoulders of others' YT Videos. I then immediately see Armada (From the Hubgrybox Video) Reacting to your video on my recommendeds. Unfortunately, I cannot heed your advice at the moment, and am going to watch said video.


We need storyfire to succeed to show youtube it needs to improve.


idk where i commented about how bad youtube ads have gotten but its been several months since then and i just feel like i get tv-style ads  its so bad. then i actually watched tv for a moment and i remembered how long those ads were and i'm not sure wether those are worse or more frequent shorter ones on youtube are.

EDIT: Youtube ads are at the point where they now have just ads for shows on TV pretty often, at least in Aus, and I'd be really curious to know if its the same in America

Secondly, I have come to the conclusion of TV ads being worse, the long stretches interrupting other stretches of actual content are much more distracting and difficult to tune out. At least YouTube ads I honestly get numb to.


4:58 yo, we got some Electric Lights Orchestra shit in here


This was inadvertently a course on how to be successful on YouTube


TMNT song had me jumping I played the shit outta that game back in the day


Man... old youtube... downloading low quality music to convert to mp3 after swearing to never touch limewire again, damn I miss the old times.


your statement is very convincing I shall now go through my subscription list and unsub to all the bad creators


C’mon man, Behind the meme has to play that royalty free song every video it’s high quality


The days of touhou and minecraft songs were great, after 2012 it slowy declined.


It's been 3 years and this is still the same

Its been this way since 2014. Some say since 2012 but I didn't notice much until 2015


3 years later... and it still isn't outdated.


I always told them, “Don't ever make EmpLemon angry. You wouldn’t like him when he’s angry.”


Welp, time to weed out my subscriptions list.

Great video


I know you probably won't see this, Emp, but please can you upload the Downward Spiral vortex meme template in high quality so I can use it for a video?


Good to know we've advanced in the ast few years. Weve added video essay to the list of youtube skill treez. Up to 4 people!


I know it's like a small thing, but nobody does earrape better than EmpLemon


Ever since that video with that guy at the zoo, this website has been on a downward spiral.


Behind the meme done right is the channel lessons in meme culture


Dude its not that serious. If people think thats what it is, laugh, embrace, prove wrong. YTPs are iconic for spaghetti dinner as gen 1 is for pokemon. You cant fault anyone for that but try to introduce them to how the medium has changed.


37:33 is Achillies' last stand by Led Zep


One of the gaming classics of YT is Chuggaaconroy


The Algorithm has taken a more downward spiral of hot garbage don’t you agree?


i would say commentary and gameplay videos take infinately more effort the a 5 minute list video rating nothing. Atleast with commentary and gameplay you can actually be interesting instead of making "top ten most poisonous foods" or "top ten strongest anime characters" for the 100,000th time


Seneca thought we take too much time worrying about trivial issues.<br>What would he have thought of commentary channels?

Seneca thought we take too much time worrying about trivial issues.
What would he have thought of commentary channels?


Now That Its 2020, Unlike The Year Where I Know The Rest Is Gonna Be Shitty ,IDK If Its Coming Back (Unlikely) Or Still Going Down (Likely)


ok imma be honest, i agree with everything he says here, but tierzoo is a super new channel that got famous INSTANTLY, but it’s just because the right people found and appreciated him. he just got lucky...

A year late to this, but if I remember correctly it's also because he had a decent following on Tiktok already as well.


I saw daft punk's discovery, and now I'm happy.


why does the volume change!!!!! FFS!!! THIS GRINDS MY GEARS!!!


*EmpLemon complaining about people complaining how long his videos are*: REEEEEEEE<br>*me who watched both EmpLemon's, and Armada's review of the HBox documentary*: These are some good cheezits

*EmpLemon complaining about people complaining how long his videos are*: REEEEEEEE
*me who watched both EmpLemon's, and Armada's review of the HBox documentary*: These are some good cheezits


yo did anyone else want emp to move outta the way so we could watch the videos in the background


Jacksfilms be there taking one hour of trailers and getting featured on trending with fidget spinners hell yeah


"poops nowadays are better than they have ever been"-Emplemon-


Is that the Tracer vs Scout instrumental? No wait- It's Mercy vs Medic


Achilles Last Stand was an inspired music choice


Im watching this July 2020 and it make me drowning in my own tears. 😭<br>JUST REALIZE I WAS A ZOMBIES WATCHING DIGITAL TV. 👨💻

Im watching this July 2020 and it make me drowning in my own tears. 😭
JUST REALIZE I WAS A ZOMBIES WATCHING DIGITAL TV. 👨💻


I spent 15 alone minutes trying to find a video so I could eat my Doritos and watch,


The mainstream content on YT is boring, simplistic, braindead and short, thats why i dont fucking watch that kind of "content", cant even call it that way, is more like filler for adds. I like long/medium length original and creative shit, bonus points for moderate toxicity. Unique channels are always going to be a thing, bcz there are ppl like me and pretty much everyone in this comment feed that enjoy that kind of actual content


21:10 I shared my channel with a few friends and they clodnt find the power to press the videos tab in my channel page so they think I've only made like 2 videos, but I have literal hundreds of streams and cats that no one, not even the people I know are definitely going onto my channel page, can find them, those two extra clicks really changed how well you can find a channels videos.


As of june 21, 2020 i think this is my 3rd or 4th time watching.


oh my fucking god.. this video is 11 minutes or more! I'm not gonna check because I am a brainlet who watched tv before thinking that a 3d intro was necessary, and i don't have enough brain cells to click the subscription tab and see content i want to enjoy! i am going to watch this channel i dont like more, too because the blessed a l g o r i t h m  has placed this within my click zone, upon autoplay.

in all seriousness, though, EmpLemon this is one of my favorite videos you have made, and I love watching your lengthy content. Keep on going, my guy.

oh my fucking god.. this video is 11 minutes or more! I'm not gonna check because I am a brainlet who watched tv before thinking that a 3d intro was necessary, and i don't have enough brain cells to click the subscription tab and see content i want to enjoy! i am going to watch this channel i dont like more, too because the blessed *a l g o r i t h m*  has placed this within my click zone, upon autoplay.

in all seriousness, though, EmpLemon this is one of my favorite videos you have made, and I love watching your lengthy content. Keep on going, my guy.

Too bad he became the thing he was against


Youtube is only good for  watching videos about how to fix your vehicle or build things.  Im not much for the interwebs other than that.


Anyone know the origin of the clip in the background at 46:06 ?


I HAVE SEEN SOME OF THEM and it's 100% bizzare


Slight aside, I see you comment on Vsause a lot, and while Micheal did create some great content, most of it was a little bit clickbaity and he didn't seem like an expert on anything he talked about.  To make matters worse, he switched all his content to Youtube Red so people can't watch it without paying.  Not trying to hate, just saying :P


this video was suggested to me by THE ALGORITHM>>>


16:51 what song is that, i swear i've tried to find, i heard it so many times, i hate my brain


YT be like: I hurt myself today. To see if i still feel


I wonder how many people watched all of this


46:05 yup it's about time i purge my subscription box


I want to be an animator on YouTube... but sadly me making Ramen Noodles gets more views.


Well, while I don't like btm saying his videos are bad because he's "just doing something" well that's kinda what history is, granted, history YouTubers usually do animation but what are you going to do with memes, other than showing what it is and giving a summarized of its history, "just doing something" doesn't mean laziness, consistently doing shitty research is either laziness or a bad reaserch system

Having said that I'm going to stop watching the video of an old beef between a channel I don't care about and a memer of a subgenre of memes I don't care about


I love this video but it does make me sad that I'm making videos now instead of ten years ago


I wonder how many people actually listened to this video


They have recently gotten rid of custom captions aswell.


i used to watch youtube when i was 4<br>not many memeories but i only watched nursery rhymes so...

i used to watch youtube when i was 4
not many memeories but i only watched nursery rhymes so...


I love the channel and I'm born in the year 2006


Anyone else relized that they should find smaller channels


Yeah, I used to make Youtube Poop but I stopped because people take them for granted,
so instead of giving up, i turned to my hobby and that's what i do now.

All I can say is, do something you love doing, don't expect much, and good luck with your channels :)


God talking about the golden days of YouTube animation really got me nostalgic. There’s still a lot of quality, artistic content being made but you gotta go out of your way for it


Opening and YTP Resolutions: 0:00 - 6:47
The Subject at Hand: 7:32 - 9:11
9:11 Greatness > Ungodly 16:51
9:14 Rags to Riches > Rags to Rags 17:11
10:13 Exceptional People Could Excel > Exceptional People Are Ignored 18:32
11:02 Curiosity and Discovery > Constraints and Delivery 20:30
12:07 Animation Excellence > Animation Extinction 23:02
13:06 Personal Personalities > Corporate Corporations 25:57
14:22 Creativity and Originality > Cloning and Oversaturation 31:05
15:17 The Ultimate TV Alternative > The Ultimate TV Copycat, and Everything Else 37:28
16:30 The Shift From Great To Godawful
46:51 The New Awakening of YTPs


Emp you should watch hazbin hotel it is long but good


funny enough, I found this video in my home section. I don't know if it was because I've been watching strange videos lately but I decided to watch it, the WHOLE 49 MINUTES, simply because the majority of people already know that youtube is seriously in a bad state at the moment. honestly this is one of the best videos I've watched in months, very thorough and pretty funny at times too, it kept me watching the whole time.

anyway... I like watching what most people call "weird" videos so all my (irl) friends think I'm strange or crazy for liking content like that, which is fine but the content creators behind those "weird" videos have such creative minds. people in the comments come up with theories and meanings that actually make sense so it's incredible when you think about it. the general audience just doesn't get it because it's wacky, not in the norm, and doesn't fit their normal standards of a video, or what was called "the algorithm." for example, last year I discovered a strange looking animation on my explore feed on IG and was curious as to what it was called, I found the name of the video and looked it up on YT, and it turns out it was a pretty popular video at one time during 2013, but I never knew about it, hmm I wonder why... alright, so I watched the video and LAUGHED bc that's just my sense of humor, anything strange looking to me is immediately funny. I watched the vid several other times, laughing occasionally. keep in mind that the animation is around 1 minute long. as a viewer, I thought the animation was strange and funny so I checked out the creator's channel. it turns out that 1 minute clip was also from a series the creator had made around the same time, so I decided to watch the whole series that same day... and I was amazed, what I watched was quality youtube content, just casual creative content. I checked out the other series the creator had made and I instantly got HOOKED. other people were saying great stuff about this guy's content so I didn't feel alone. now when I watch this 1 minute animation, I can't even laugh at it (unless I show it to my friends because they don't even know what I'm watching and I find it hilarious that they're watching something they wouldn't normally watch) because I took the creator's content seriously. I've long since subscribed to him and admire his work, and I get very excited whenever he uploads a new creation every few months. I'm glad.

anyway, the whole point of my huge paragraph is that you don't have to be that one kid who insults a creator's work because it's "weird" and not in the norm, always commenting "CRINGE" or "what the hell did I just watch" and that you can be someone who will eventually admire a creator's work because you took the time to understand their style of production and creativity. hey, even a fan from the guy's channel said his work reminded him of what youtube used to be like, and how it should be. even now, it's hard for me to find videos I'd want to watch because the content is same as any other person. I usually watch a few seconds of a video, find out how it's gonna turn out to be like by reading the comments, and just stop watching the video. for now, my favorite thing to do is spend maybe an hour reading youtube comment threads, the results can be outstanding. oh, and if you can guess the channel I was talking about, you're pretty cool too.


Man, EmpLemon did a good job on this one. I also like how he put Easter Eggs all over this video! Gotta catch 'em all!


He
Told
Me
The
Truth
When
No
One
Else
Would


You know what I like? Good YouTubers like you and a few other YouTubers. YouTube can change, but it will take some time. Nothing we can do. Oh by the way, thank you for opening my fucking mind. Thank you... just thank you.


Fuck, my own MOTHER, who plays Candy Crush clones, realized how bad Youtube videos are nowadays.


Youtube has forced oney to make a lets play channel. But at least its better than quitting youtube altogether


FUCKING BRILLIANT.

WELL DONE, EMPLEMON.

FUCKING BRILLIANT.

WELL DONE, EMPLEMON.


ughh youtube used to be better when I was four waaa now that instead of 1% of youtube videos being bad is 2% it might aswell not exist waaa


And it's all happening because of these kids


EmpLemon Is The Only Channel I Watch Everyday Cuz It's Real Content Not Dumb Downed  Bullshit That Makes Me Dumber Every Second. I Love You Emp Daddy


Funny you mentioned game grumps cuz I actually stopped watching them for the reason you described.<br>Thanks for the quality 40 minute analysis, Emp 👌

Funny you mentioned game grumps cuz I actually stopped watching them for the reason you described.
Thanks for the quality 40 minute analysis, Emp 👌


Emplemon has a good taste in music and really good video structure. I realy enjoy your content keep it up!


Is it bad that this video gave me a headache?<br>Not because I didn’t understand it though; because I did

Is it bad that this video gave me a headache?
Not because I didn’t understand it though; because I did


I agree with pretty much everything you said, but the whole "everybody selling dollar shave club and whatnot" is more of a symptom of the newer Youtube algorythim and how the site works now unfortunately. Otherwise most people wont make hardly anything off their content.


It’s 2020, and I think it kinda got better. Kinda


Am I the only one who is genuinely happy to see long videos on my feed (either sub or recommandations) if I like the creator's content?<br>Heck, it's even a plus for choosing rant/essay videos to watch (a clear soft spot for me).

Am I the only one who is genuinely happy to see long videos on my feed (either sub or recommandations) if I like the creator's content?
Heck, it's even a plus for choosing rant/essay videos to watch (a clear soft spot for me).

Same, I love long videos. But really only if they're talking about a particular topic, so rants, essays, etc.


NGL indian youtuber is stuck in a 2012 loop


Too long????? * this* is exactly what I love about you're videos: they're long and informative/funny. I love listening tk someone talking about something that I love or that makes me interessting in things in new things wich is why I love your type of video!

Too long????? * _this_* is exactly what I love about you're videos: they're long and informative/funny. I _love_ listening tk someone talking about something that I love or that makes me interessting in things in new things wich is why I love your type of video!


I miss the days of youtube when angry video game nerd silent rob armake21 where the kings of youtube they where my favourite i also like Ramboraph4life razorfist black lord of fenrir solidus skully makemebad35 alphaomegasin spoony before he went of the fucken rails leafy filthy frank


Thank you for speaking out, my brain seems to have snapped back to reality and I went and visited all the subscriptions that are on your channel


Reminding people to subscribe has been shown to increase subscriptions actually


This is a great, informative video. Problem is, nobody's going to watch it, because it's not a 10-minute reaction video.


This is literally so true, and I see what you mean, I made a couple reactions to goanimate videos and now I feel locked in to making reactions since anything I try to branch out into gets many fewer views, and whenever I try to ask for requests of things to react to... it’s virtually always goanimate, so it basically makes innovation of any type exceedingly difficult.

And yes, I too few the pressure to conform, because I’m always worried that if I go too far with something that I’ll offend people... this really is a fucked up situation, and while there isn’t much I can do about it, I will post this to my feed


Dont even get me started on Spanish content...
Im Spanish and I REALLY preffer the quality that english has or could have, over clickbait after clickbait after really bad video after "life hacks".
Its just that full of s%#t that I changed to english content.


I mean... lets make a new video platform made by youtubers?

Thanks now al we need to do is convince everyone to go on one of those platforms

Sure. Vidlii? It's basically old YouTube. I really mean oldtube. So old there's still stars.


I love that “YouTube will financially sandbag you” that’s a good line though


I've never had a problem with watching 30+ minute videos, but I know I'm in the minority with that

Sofia R I much prefer long videos like this because often times it’s 20-40 minutes of genuine content that took a lot of research and time to produce. 2 minutes of these kinds of videos are more entertaining and full of content than a 15 minute reaction video.

I love long videos. I put them on while I'm drawing or playing a game or if I just want to relax and not have to go find another video to watch every 10 minutes. I could watch long videos all day lol

Every time I see a video over 30 minutes long I'm way more tempted to watch it

Sofia R YouTube at its best is an extension of my documentary diet- it can be hard to find a great documentary experience, but when you do it’s really rewarding and enjoyable

Me too. As long as it's good content, it can be 5 hours long for all I care

I have even watched a few hour long videos before XD

as long as they are entertaining, i WANT long videos
am i insane for wanting that

yes, yes i am


Dope video but I wonder if you had your time back would you have not featured Gavin Mcinnis


I knew Youtube is f’ed up when I was so bored I started to rewatch the “liked” playlist

Борис Охлаждай

Каждый день пересматриваю

Каждый день пересматриваю

Find new talent. One decent way I've found to discover talent is to just ask people. It's the only way small creators get ahead.


I miss old youtube more and more every day. I remember unique creators telling me to leave 5 stars and hit the big yellow button... now it's lifeless. <br>Love your content tho, but then again you feel like a real human and not a pandering company or robot

I miss old youtube more and more every day. I remember unique creators telling me to leave 5 stars and hit the big yellow button... now it's lifeless.
Love your content tho, but then again you feel like a real human and not a pandering company or robot

@Jordann Edwards They are doing something, specifically on Newgrounds. Not long ago Tumblr kicked out 80 percent of it's users. Newgrounds took them in. If you make animations, upload them there first.

Also maybe you could try getting people on You-tube who make animations to put them on Newgrounds. We have to slowly sap You-tubes strength. They're too large to kill outright, but if we're persistent, over time, we could weaken You-tube to the point where they can be beaten.

@Tom Hill New Grounds. I've tried.

Also, why aren't people doing something?

Newgrounds. It's only animation and games, but it's still like old times. Go to them.


I hate how by the time I even learn about a meme it's been dead for about a week. Thank you everyone who ruin memes by spamming them causing them to only last for about a week at most.

cow moo You are what's wrong with 4chan.

@Brian Mcnicholl and I hate how when I try to post a meme that I either know or don't know is dead a bunch of stuck up normie brats scream at me "DEAD MEME STFU LMAO"

Brian Mcnicholl

I remember when memes lasted a week.  2019 was nuts.

@M N Alright maybe i might be a fucking  ancient boomer dinosaur who pretends 4chan is still in the 2014 golden age, as accepting the reality means that all the sacrifices ive made to my personnel life and mental health would account for nothing

@Lucas F
Nobody:
Everybody: These nobody memes suck

Nobody:
Nobody:
Nobody:
Nobody:
Nobody:
Nobody:
Nobody:
N o  b o d y:

Nobody:
Nobody:
Nobody:
Nobody:
Nobody:
Nobody:
Nobody:
_N o  b o d y:_

@i don't check my notifications<br>You know what's worse? Those stupid "no one on Earth:   me:blablabla" comments. I swear to God I see those on every video I watch

@i don't check my notifications
You know what's worse? Those stupid "no one on Earth:   me:blablabla" comments. I swear to God I see those on every video I watch

@Benjamin Muthafuckin King /pol best. /pol #1

I am honestly fed up with "wait, that's illegal". I don't even have a joke, it was just never a good meme, and the normies overused it fast, and yet it still sticks around.

@Viprskreen What alternate universe are you in where reddit are the creators of good memes

Some of them stick around for years and in the end you start to hate it


I just unsubbed 300 channels. I am tired of them all falling to clickbait and unoriginality.

I made a new acc just to avoid that shit


This was one hell of a ride, but I agree


not to mention people like chris hansen abusing parts of the system


You're one of the most entertaining people to watch and listen to in the background, Emperor.<br>I'm really grateful for the work and effort you put into your videos.

You're one of the most entertaining people to watch and listen to in the background, Emperor.
I'm really grateful for the work and effort you put into your videos.


Oh boy. This vid was made before the whole demonitization era. Dear August 2017 EmpLemon, things are much worse now.

RareSox whhhhaaat? I thought google owned yt?


Why is YouTube trying to become TV?

The same reason WWE launched its attitude era by taking ideas from WCW and ECW - to become the single most popular source of the product.

+jason scully ill see if i can check it out, thanks

+jem due the lack of vodka in that sentence disturbs me

As the Tsar of Russia at the First World War would say :
" Looks at giant, piss-weak & underpopulated country "
"Seems Legit."

As the Tsar of Russia at the First World War would say :
" *Looks at giant, piss-weak & underpopulated country* "
"Seems Legit."

noxic. That's a good question, a guy named saberspark has a really good video answering that, he's also really under appreciated so I highly recommend the channel. Look up what's ruining YouTube, that's the name of the video, hope this helped:)

The price of CS:GO skins isn't necessarily Valve's fault, that's just the market itself, but it's not really a monopoly, monopolies own things that a high amount of people own, need, and/or want you don't really need a CS:GO skin for hundreds of bucks to function in life


so that's the only valid thing I can make


This video actually inspired me to go back to my old reliables, TomSka, Corridor Digital, and Brandon Rogers. Also many old channels. 2010 has become my source of content now.


its 2020.
nobody listened to lemon.
youtube is dead

It's 2021. Almost 2022. You can't even publicly express negative feelings about videos anymore. This site is spiraling.


DOWNWARD SPIRAL DOWNWARD SPIRAL DOWNWARD SPIRAL DOWNWARD SPIRAL DOWNWARD SPIRAL DOWNWARD SPIRAL


Watched it all the way through. Good video overall but there's no way back for youtube. Advertisers want the site to be as it is and it will never change. The comments section on youtube is much like /b/ back in 08. Overly populated and filled with complete trash. I can't wait to see what you make next.

I think you missed the key word in that sentence. trying. Also, I'm kind of confused by your definition. If I'm not mistaken, you're saying that liberalism is separate from being on the left, which is true. But then you kind of go on to bash liberalism which is where I get confused. Perhaps I'm misinterpreting it.

I'm under the impression, correct me if I'm wrong, but in the US most left-wing politicians as well as common people consider themselves liberals. Not all, but a lot. Some of the core concepts of Liberalism by its definition are tolerance, liberty, and individualism. Why I say "far-left", is because a lot of those people don't actually believe in a liberal ideology. SJW's (who were definitely a target audience for the Clinton campaign) don't actually follow the ideological beliefs of liberalism, just like Hillary doesn't. I would consider ANTIFA, SJW's, and so on to be "Far-Left" because they don't actually believe in Liberalism, they fall more into the radical progressive category. The moment you say "kill all the fascists", I wouldn't consider you a very tolerant or, in other words, liberal person on the matter. When you say that everyone should use pronouns in a certain way to prevent people from getting butthurt, I don't think you care much for individualism or freedom of speech. I consider myself a liberal, but I hate Hillary Clinton. To me, Hillary Clintons public (keyword there, public ) campaign was about appealing to an audience that's so in over there heads about progressive ideals, that they won't notice how terrible her policies are. That's why I'm using the term "far-left" to describe those people. Hopefully I haven't fallen into a "No True Scotsman" fallacy, but I think I've done a good job of explaining it.

I think you missed the key word in that sentence. *trying.* Also, I'm kind of confused by your definition. If I'm not mistaken, you're saying that liberalism is separate from being on the left, which is true. But then you kind of go on to bash liberalism which is where I get confused. Perhaps I'm misinterpreting it.

I'm under the impression, correct me if I'm wrong, but in the US most left-wing politicians as well as common people consider themselves liberals. Not all, but a lot. Some of the core concepts of Liberalism by its definition are tolerance, liberty, and individualism. Why I say "far-left", is because a lot of those people don't actually believe in a liberal ideology. SJW's (who were definitely a target audience for the Clinton campaign) don't actually follow the ideological beliefs of liberalism, just like Hillary doesn't. I would consider ANTIFA, SJW's, and so on to be "Far-Left" because they don't actually believe in Liberalism, they fall more into the radical progressive category. The moment you say "kill all the fascists", I wouldn't consider you a very tolerant or, in other words, liberal person on the matter. When you say that everyone should use pronouns in a certain way to prevent people from getting butthurt, I don't think you care much for individualism or freedom of speech. I consider myself a liberal, but I hate Hillary Clinton. To me, Hillary Clintons public (keyword there, *public* ) campaign was about appealing to an audience that's so in over there heads about progressive ideals, that they won't notice how terrible her policies are. That's why I'm using the term "far-left" to describe those people. Hopefully I haven't fallen into a "No True Scotsman" fallacy, but I think I've done a good job of explaining it.

just out of curiosity what does alt right mean? I have no idea why leftists use it all the time

"trying to appeal to the Far Left" This is still a dishonest way of putting it.
Liberal =/= leftist
Most liberals, even though they often claim to be socialists, still support mostly right wing economic systems. There's more to being a socialist than supporting Bernie Sanders. Kinda hard to appeal to the "far left" when you make it apparent that you think Bernie Sanders is some spooky radical communist.

JohnCenaAteOutMyMom Damn son, you exposed me haha. But nah I guess I could've worded that better. Clinton was trying to appeal to the Far Left, but as we know from the emails she'll basically say anything to get a vote. I guess she would technically be a centrist, if anything.

>The Clintons are far left
Funny how far left people hate capitalism and are communists but are simultaneously corporate sellouts who benefit from the exploits of a capitalist system who thought Bernie Sanders was too radical for them.
inb4 "it's not real capitalism"

just find a specialized board in something you're actually into. I got some guns a while back so I went to /k/ and discovered what board culture actually was, after spending most of my highschool years browsing /b/ only. /b/ is cancer

Noah  Vanmullekom lol "alt-left." Please get real bro, there's no such thing. Name me an "alt-left" youtuber, public speaker or website. I'll name you 3 alt-right ones:
1. The Daily Stormer
2. Lauren Southern
3. Richard Spencer

There is "far-left" (ANTIFA, The Clintons, SJW's, etc.) but Trump just made up the term alt-left to defend the race riots in Charlotesville. I respect you since you're an Emplemon fan, so I know you have to have some level critical thinking. Had you ever heard that term purported by ANYONE until Trump
said it?

Be unbiased. It's what society needs right now.

/b/ is still overly populated and filled with complete trash it always been and it always will be


I once used the trending tab...

IT WAS HORRIBLE

『Ghiaccio's Gently memes』 the trending tab is a joke

@RandomAlienFromMars 0 Curiosity killed the cat.

why would you people do that to yourselves? Who hurt you..

Old Random Computing

Remember kids trending is manually controlled by YouTube.

*Old Random Computing*

Remember kids trending is manually controlled by YouTube.

@Man Of Crazy sometimes i look at it how many videos are there cause of money  cause they have like 10k views and are in trend .    wierd while pewdiepie makes one 1 hour 1 million views

Old Random Computing I once used the trending tab and I barely made it out alive.


ill agree with your distaste of fanboy and chum chum, but cmon... jonny test kinda slapped


How is this still relevant three years later

@Arcade Jaguar what? I feel the algorithm is working better for people that want good content but it dosent feel like its being phased out

YouTube isn't all to corporate anymore. With smaller creators making the rounds and big corporate YouTube channels being publicly shamed. YouTube is on his way to being just as good as it was back in 2012!


Lessons in meme culture is way better than behind the meme


The nostalgia, man... made me miss the old youtube. Incredibly well-made video, still relevant 2 years later obviously.

its been relevant 3 years before this video even came out


Never before did I think I’d hear Emerson Lake and Palmer as the background music for a YouTube video, let alone anything off of Tarkus. Phenomenal album, great video, brilliant insight, keep up the good work


I saw this all the way through. And I agree. That's why I have always been picky with my videos. I have subscribed to some big channels, some small ones. In the end, it's about creating an entertaining video. That's that. Or, it should be that. I remember being cooped up in a house we were staying in cuz me and my sister were sunburned for two weeks, doing practically nothing but watching this amazing thing called 'YouTube'. When I found videos like Salad Fingers, gmod and the original NC videos (I'm an old woman, geez) I used to watch vids with my best guy friend, Cosmo. YouTube has lost the whole point of its existence; To be interesting and different. Which is sad, but I can't do much about it. : /
Que Sera, Sera.
(Whatever will be, will be)


I love coming back to this video every once in a while just to see how little has changed. It's honestly sad.


That moment when I've watched this video 3-4 times in the last past few days; just to listen the things you talk about; it really bounces in my head

It's nice to be back for the fifth watch


I have a dream. That one day every person on this site will control their OWN content. A platform of the truly free, dammit. A streaming service of creativity, not effortless trash, ruled by fun, not popularity! Where the content changes to suit the creators, not the other way around. Where laughs and jubilance are back where they belong: IN THE HEARTS OF THE PEOPLE! Where every man is free to think - to create - for himself! Fuck all these limp-dick rich kids and copyright claimants. Fuck this 24-hour Internet spew of trivia and celebrity bullshit! Fuck mob mentality! Fuck the media! FUCK ALL OF IT!

YouTube is diseased. Rotten to the core. There's no saving it - we need to pull it out by the roots. Wipe the slate clean. BURN IT DOWN! And from the ashes, a new YouTube will be born. Evolved, but untamed! The lazy will be purged and passionate creators will thrive - free to make videos as they see fit... they'll make YouTube GREAT AGAIN!

In our new YouTube, people will post and enjoy what they love! Not for money. not for fame. Not for what they're told is right. Every man will be free to construct their own community!


thb i really like the long videos, (mainly because it practicaly ensures quality, but still) I've only recently seen your channel, but it's super well put together, funny, and informative. Plus,  it gives me less need to click, so that's a plus. But for real, you make great content and wanted to tell you that.


watching this video three years from its release date I must say youtube is much shittier . But while this pandemic has gone on, if you find GOOD content to watch. The bad is really really bad, and the good is the best content I've seen in years. Things since this video have only got progressively worse. idc to project my political views because no one cares, nor should anyone care if someone has a different political stance, but Conservative content is so covered up its crazy. I am subscribed to people like Steven Crowder and I rarely ever get my notifications from his channel, yet am shoved trump hate and ridicule in my face every day


Hi! Newcomer here, damn I love your videos ! Plenty of work, passion, and common sense ! Yep, I've gone this far as to watch the entierty of a 50 minutes rant from mid 2017.
Guess Covid-19 isn't enough a cataclysm hahaha.

I can't agree more with what you have to say ! We are fortunate enough in my country to have plenty of wonderful creators that make us laugh and learn things, sometimes even without fancy cameras and microphones. Pretty much In the same style as Vsauce, The Elemental Maker, Nile Red, Smarter Everyday etc. But I also watch an enormous ammount of english speaking content.

Ultimately, as with IRL, we, the audience, are the ones who have to act in order to make things better. It's funny when I say to my friends that I use the "subscriptions" tab in order to see if I missed a video from someone I like. Most of the time, people are unaware it exists. Same goes for the "community" tab. I never clicked a bell, but am up to date with my subscriptions. It's not magic, just a way of using Youtube that requires a tiny amount of extra clicks, while allowing me to discover new stuff every now and then.

We are so deep into the notification dogma, that even people like me, who are struggling to keep proactive attitude when it comes to finding new stuff, look at our phones when we hear rumbling, as if we received a notification. Guess what, my phone notified me on some social media while writing this, and I felt the urge to check. It was just a remainder that some of the people I'm following posted stuff. Pavlov's dog! (you can check out "classical conditioning" if you don't know it and are interested)

Some guy at national TV in my country said quite a few years ago : "We're not entertaining people, we're selling available brain time to advertisers". This kinda shocked everyone for a while, but quickly enough, life went back to normal. Nowadays, TV people keep getting a better and better idea of how the internet works, and are conquering our "soils". This quote is true here, on Youtube, for quite a few years also !

Keep up the good work man ! I'll be digging deeper into your channel. Maybe see you in an even older video ? Hahaha


Brilliant video. Whilst I can empathise with your frustration over the decisions YT have made over the years, I do feel it is worth at least attempting to consider things from their perspective in a business sense. I've seen a number of videos from YT creators who are understandably upset with the way things are going, however I see little discussion regarding the business of YT and the cost of running such an enormous infrastructure. @ 36:55 you show a screenshot highlighting Google's valuation of approx $498B at that time. I appreciate that is a rather large and abstract figure, however it does not reflect the value of YT as an asset within the structure of Google. From what I have seen, Google have infamously been very cagey in regards broadcasting how much money YT actually makes. In February 2020 they announced that in the fiscal year of 2019, YT made a revenue of $15B...however, it would not provide figures on how much profit (if any) YT made within 2019. In short, we basically have no idea if YT is even a profitable venture. If indeed it is haemorrhaging cash then it would at least provide some explanation of why YT has made increasingly desperate decisions in tinkering the website to ensure maximum watch time in order to maximise advertisement consumption.


Hey, just wanted to say that I actually deactivated the recommendations on youtube for this reason, I wasn't happy as a "consumer", everything was fed to me, it was addictive and in the end, a near-total waste of time even tho I was watching sciency videos and not some brain dead shit, but either way, finding what I call golden nuggets was actually extremely difficult to achieve. So that's why... Also, this video is more than relevant today, it's really getting worse and worse to be honest, even veritasium went into a gigantic downward spiral lately by making his videos clickbaity... I don't even click on them anymore even tho the subject could be interesting, what a bummer... Also, GradeAUnderA is a great example of a youtuber's community that didn't want him to grow technically because of the fear of him becoming "commercial"... like, dang 0_0...

I mean, you can just explore the comment section in his videos if you want content


Emp, I've never been scared by a person hundreds of miles away from me before today.

Emp, you are scary when you're upset.


Shout out to Emp for using some actual Prog Rock bangers, glad to see ELP and others getting some love


the end of the vid really inspired me to do something that doesnt have to be with a trend or to copy off a youtube channel thank you


Thank you EmpLemon. We need these type of videos, YouTube is way worser in 2020 as you may know. thankk you so much, this system is shit.


Not gonna lie,I think I probably wouldn't be okay with the videos back in the older days,but I could understand why others enjoyed it and the ways it's more beneficial for creators than whatever the hell we have now.
Also,I think you should've also talked about the YouTube burn out,notably with animators...also I think you might want to relax with this.
I understand your points,but you might want to understand that they're decent people just trying to making it.Like you said,they gotta suck the cocks of YouTube in order to be worth a damn,so you gotta numb your personality in order to get those subs and attention.
It really be like that all the time.
No wonder Leafy hated this place and thank god I didn't make a YouTube channel or else I would be stressed out as everyone else creating content for this place.


Yea he makes good points, but how could this have been avoided and what could realistically be done to solve it. It’s essentially just an “I miss the good old days” complaint that everyone has about pretty much wverything


At first i thought he was kidding with the "mental downward spiral" and "losing it completely" but after i saw this, i realize that he <b>has</b> lost it completely

At first i thought he was kidding with the "mental downward spiral" and "losing it completely" but after i saw this, i realize that he *has* lost it completely


Gee it feels great to know that there is people that also has a IQ level of 144 just like me.

I APPRECIATE HOW THE VIDEO IS EDITED WHAT THEY SAY AND HOW THEY SAY IT. SERIOUSLY HAVING A BIG BRAIN IS JUST HAVING A OPEN MIND ABOUT OPINIONS  AT THIS POINT.


me: watches stuff that i like<br>Emplemon: WAKE UP SHEEPLE

me: watches stuff that i like
Emplemon: WAKE UP SHEEPLE


YouTube needs more based videos like this, outstanding


I'm thinking that the most important thing he said in this whole video is not actually in this video, it's in the description.

"See, this, this is power. This voice is power. In anybody else's hands, this is just a microphone, in my hands, it's a pipe bomb.
"
- EmpLemon, 2017


This feels like the Smells like Teen Spirit of YouTube, sadly not in it's influence for change, but in the sense that it's just a non-stop battle cry of anger and frustration at the current and future scene of YouTube. Some of it might seem a bit over-generalized, but a lot of it is far too accurate to be comfortable with.


this video really is dope af ive seen it like 3 times already and im still enjoy it


Holy crap.I agreed with what he said and enjoyed every second of this video. Quality stuff, You earned a new Unsubscriber


If I'm being honest its wonderful that video sharing sites exist,
because for some people it's the only window to the outside world.
But the fact that Youtube is basically giving the middle finger to their creators, makes me really doubtful about this sites future


This was a phenomenal video, I will say with the tv is better argument could be the fact that the grass always looks greener on the other side, YouTube’s have way more creative freedom but I understand your point.


Jeez, I thought this video was uploaded recently.   Then I looked down and saw that it was uploaded three years ago.  The year is 2020 and YouTube has only gotten worse.

Anyway, I wanted to say that you make a lot of sweeping, definitive statements in this video, which is kind of just asking for an angry comment section.  But, I really appreciate how genuinely you express your opinions here.  This video hits too close to home.  I have had pretty much the same experience with YouTube as you--as a viewer, anyway.  Lied about my age to make an account back in 2005, had fully switched over to YouTube and dropped television by 2009, and have watched the site get worse and worse each year.  It's a real shame.

I miss how fucking AWESOME YouTube used to be.  Something you didn't really touch on was that YouTube used to be a much more social experience.  You had a friend list, you could post "bulletins" that your friends could see and respond to, there were stream / chat rooms where you and your friends could watch a playlist of videos together--like, each person could add videos to the queue and you could watch them together.  It sucked watching all of these features get phased out and replaced by this new YouTube.


I believe since 2017 YouTube has gotten a lot better. Animators have finally found their footing with story time videos and animators like The Odd1sout and Jaiden animations have risen to fame and it seems their genuinely funny people who care about what they do. Not to mention you mentioned Pyrocynical in the video complaining about how you keep getting recommended his content. Well most YouTubers like him including himself have become pretty tolerable and produce actually funny, well written original commentary content now. Also the let's plays kinda died to be replaced by a more funny, original,well edited kind of gaming video like ones made by Jacksepticye, Pewdiepie, CallMeCarson and more. I've also noticed a lot more kids watching animated content from youtubers like the Odd1sout and Jaiden animations and youtubers like Jake and Logan Paul as well as Ricegum have had their channels virtually die. It's also been around a year now since Fortnite was really popular and I haven't really seen too many cringy trends in a while and some celebrities such as Jack Black or Will Smith have actually come to  truly understand and respect Internet culture in a way that in 2017 probably wouldn't have been seen possible for a celebrity. Also most of the other (cringier)  celebrities have moved over to stupid ass TikTok. I don't think it's perfect but It's getting better. One step at a time.


I don't know how to illustrate this all in a YouTube comment, but you bring up a lot of good points here. You said you read all your comments, but I doubt that that applies here on a 3 year old video with over 15,000 comments as i'm writing this. Regardless, I hope you see this. Looking at the top of this comment section, I haven't seen anything as thought provoking or as passionate as your video. If I saw some comments at the top that were giving meaningful commentary to the situation/video or were giving thanks to you for spending hours of your life passionately making this, I probably wouldn't be writing this one.

     I'll start this off by saying iv'e never been as emotionally or philosophically impacted by a YouTube video as I have here. I felt a need to write a comment expressing my thanks and showing my thoughts on the matter, despite the age of the video. For the past 9 years, since back in 2011, YouTube and the internet as a whole have been my main source of entertainment. I haven't been around for as long as you have, but I like to think I have good judgement on the state of YouTube and internet culture. Even if I haven't been around as long as some, I think Iv'e been around longer than most people consuming content on YouTube right now, even more so now in 2020 than when you uploaded this video.

     This video makes me feel something. It makes me think something. This video is thought provoking and insightful, as all of your content is. I try to support individual creators as much as possible, but I need to do better than I have been. You inspire me and remind me of the time long past where individual creators reined supreme. You make me want to do better and you make me happy that people like you still exist and are on this shit storm of a platform. YouTube is the worst and best website on the web. I can't think of a single site that has as much varied and questionable decision making as its content creators while simultaneously having some of the best people and content on the planet. People like you remind why I stay here and why I hold hope in humanity in general. Sometimes it can feel so fucking shitty to live on this planet with all these shitty people making shitty decisions, but it can also feel amazing to live amongst great people like you. Videos like this and people like you are the reason to keep going amidst this shitty year and amongst these shitty people.

     In conclusion, thank you, EmpLemon. Thank you for continuing to put in the passionate effort needed to make every day worth  it. It means so much to me that great people like you would take time out of your day to share your feelings and opinions in great and entertaining ways. I don't know if you need to hear this or not, or if this really matters much to you, but you mean a lot to me. You are my favorite youtuber, and a reason to keep going. Thank you for everything.


This is such a complaint I have. I want to find small artists and creators on YouTube by its difficult to do so. I've actually googled small content creators for YouTube and went through several pages, websites, Reddit communities, etc. And found basically nothing.

It. Sucks.


Good job on telling up and coming youtubers trying to make something at least decent that their content sucks. (Talking about the end)


Hey Emp! I am watching this about 3 years later. Is there any plan for updating the information here? I have heard about a lot of recent Youtube controversies over the last few years but no one has put everything together in one place like you did here 3 years ago. Or at least no one to my knowledge has. If so I would love to be pointed in there direction.


My favourite part about the algorithm is that the up next is GUARANTEED to be something I've already watched. In the case as of recently, I was watching one of your other vids, clicked on another, and my up next was the video that I had LITERALLY JUST FINISHED WATCHING.<br>The algorithm is the hottest pile of shit. Change my mind.

My favourite part about the algorithm is that the up next is GUARANTEED to be something I've already watched. In the case as of recently, I was watching one of your other vids, clicked on another, and my up next was the video that I had LITERALLY JUST FINISHED WATCHING.
The algorithm is the hottest pile of shit. Change my mind.


It's been almost 3 years now, would you say that everything in this video still applies?


15:05 seeing that clip of mordecai combined with you saying “sure” gave me the thought that you would make a great mordecai voice actor.


had videos been rated in the algorithm using watch time percent rather than raw watch time or view count, wouldn't animations have had a chance of surviving?

also, had youtube never publicized ads, had youtube been possibly a lot better?


It certainly has "improved" now that the site is even feeding me countless mainstream news sources so that I can hear their side of the story on any given pandemic talking point instead of hearing from everyday people like Sargon of Akkad, Rageaholic, Count Dankula, Black Pigeon Speaks, or even Computing Forever because why would I want to hear from someone well-read who doesn't take government money when I can instead hear from an organization like CNN who let Elizabeth Warren talk over everybody, including the moderators, multiple times during a debate without even once cutting her mic off, while jumping straight to commercials the moment someone like Tulsi Gabbard tries to call her out on it.


I fucking loved clayworld thank you for reminding me of that. I’m not gonna pretend I’m a great editor, but the reason I made videos as a kid was seeing YouTube and thinking it was the funniest shit ever


Subscribed for the inclusion of Tarkus. That shit is literally my all-time favorite song.


I’ve been around on YouTube since 2010. This account since 2016, but I was 9 years old finding new crazy things to do on Roller Coaster Tycoon in 2010. One of those videos was my first ever, and I remember when subscribers and views were on the top right corner on a black bar. Those were the good ol’ days. Then the last 4 years have been very odd. Watching my memes rise and fall, as well as my Nintendo videos on my older channel, it was hard to grasp how youtube started to work. I hate the algorithm. You can have a great community and audience, that says “you deserve way more subscribers” but it’s not till the algorithm sees a pattern in your retention and click ratio that you will get views. Often clickbaitey ones. I try not to do that. All of my thumbnails literally are part of the video, but I choose what would be a good pick for my videos. I wish I could go back to 2016 and before when it came to Youtube itself. Never give up though. Keep doing what you love ❤


I wonder how this video would have changed if it was made after COPPA was put into place. Probably not much, everything he said here is still very true over 2 and a half years after this was made (typing this at the end of May 2020).


I have no problem with people asking me to subscribe, cause it's legit been proven that youtubers get more subscribers on days they actually tell people to sub. Faze Jev is a good example of this.


I don't comment much, man, but you said you read like every single comment and I hope you read this: you're the most fucking punk rock youtuber on my sublist and I have watched a fuckton of your videos and many have inspired me, most have informed me, and all have entertained me. Idk what to say about critique ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ but I wanted to leave a word of encouragement and gratitude 💗🙏🏼✊


Reminds me of one of my favourite games in 2018, Rec Room VR. The game was fucked over in almost 2 years.

Edit: looking back in 2021, the game just got worse and worse


He won me over with the Genesis tune and WWE jokes


Don't forget to mention people that actually look deep into games, or movies and take apart it like an art form. People like Ahoy, Ralphthemoviemaker, IHE, Raycevick. They get fucking punished for trying to create content that can challenge the way viewers look at entertainment, or try to look at the entertainment we all get in a different light.

Nah, here on YouTube, we fucking punish creators who try the slightest to create unique content and promote the same fucking shit like Minecraft & Fortnite, because those are all popular.

And don't you even dare try talking about an underrated game or movie you enjoy or something your passionate about, because you get fucking punished or your viewers won't even give a slight shit on what you like, they'll see it and go "Nah, I ain't watching that! I wanna see the funny maymay"

God, I hate this site at times.


ok dude dont blame EVERYTHING on us, we dont all like this type of shit. Is it also not weird that some people dont want to spend 1/48 of their day on you. great vid


I wish I could grow my channel, but I refuse to make it a business. To me making videos is a hobby that I'd like to see more people enjoy.


i dont know how much times i have rewatched this video in the background, but god damn is it still amazing


12:07 and that transition song bit hit me like a truck


Cant believe I was also 15 when this came out.


2 years later and this is still relevant


This is why i have a set of rules for when i make my gaming videos.

1. No Trending Games. I'll play what i actually think is fun and interesting, not a piece of shit like Fortnite, PUBG, CS:GO, and COD.
2. No Misleading thumbnails. Stuff like giant arrows pointed at random shit, things that don't even appear in the video, and random bits of shit like "OMFG, SO SCARRY!!!!1". I just take the weirdest shit from the video, make a background of something from the game, paste them into parts of the screen, Place the game title,  and that's it.
3. If the games story mode/campaign has been completed, add some mods. Build onto it. Make the game more expansive, add different storylines, new quests and locations. A good example of this is my current series on Black Mesa, where i'm attempting the Hidden Hat achievement, but with mods that fuck with the game's dialogue, textures, etc. Or my series of Fallout: New Vegas, where i didn't even start out with the original storyline for the game, but with Fallout Who, a mod that adds elements from the world of Doctor Who into the game.
4. Actually comment on what's happening in the fucking game. Don't talk about some random shit, like you pointed out in this video.
5. No Intro, only an end card. make it humorous, don't oversaturate it with bright colors and annoying dubstep music in the background.
6. If somebody claims my video, i'll verify if it's actually copyrighted material and if it's fair use. If it goes against fair use, i'll let the video remain demonetized. Or, if the company/party who claimed it has either ignored the Fair Use Guidelines, or it's just some retard who doesn't even own the rights to whatever it was that got my video claimed, I'll dispute it.
7. I'll try to make my videos at least 15 minutes long, not because i want it to be monetized, but because i think longer is better, there's more stuff to work with, making it more fun for me to edit. Some of my videos could range from being 8 minutes, to being almost an hour & 1/2 long.


When Emp is in Leefy rant mode, my pipi is hard. Lovely video and so true. .. its even worse in 2020..


So apparently youtube mobile considers this music because i cant watch it in minimized, lol


watched the whole vid. great thoughts and made me think too. first found your vid/documentary on hungrybox and smash bros. loved that too.  earned a subscriber out of me (unsubscriber?).


Even now hearing the intro music it’s a blast to the past with DDR Supernova


Actually i am here since 2016. But i still can find good stuff, leveluplifting as an example. Also in my language (german) if you search you find great content. The problem is that the algorythm is puting normie content above creativity. So if you dont know it exsist you cant find it.


I just noticed you used Dancing with the Moonlit Knight in this video. I never thought I would ever hear a song like that in a YouTube video.


22:41 Granger Smith: I’m a country artist

Emp: Oh I don’t think so


I think I'm one of the few ones that has decent recs, since I joined around 2013 and watched videos much before that.

also holy shit the part about gaming kicked my ass royally


The title of this video is still true today


This is so depressing, and it's because it's true


And it's even deeper than what it was before.


OK yes charmx in 2017 wasn’t that Exciting but nowadays he’s doing much better being more talented and funny and add comments onto the original work instead of a laugh at funny scene stereotype that most reaction channels do.19:49


hearing what hes talking about with old youtube feels like deep ifunny


Honest channel recommendation: This Old Tony.

machining, welding, and dad jokes.


Watching him talk about animation reminded me of battlefield friends :(


Good Video. Explains a lot. Lots of Spirals.


Oh jeese no wonder people used to hate you. Even when you were right you were insufferably hostile.

idk maybe this is just what YouTube drama was always like back in 2017 and I blissfully forgot lol


This video sums up why I'm subbed. Fucking fantastic dude. Long form but quality filled vids are the best.

If there's anyone who needs music for their vids get ahold of me. I don't know what my music will go with but I'm down to help someone out that's doing cool shit.

@Doom58 I guess I can see where you're coming from. Everything is becoming overwelmingly meta. But it's not too bad for me because I watch alot of music production stuff and tutorial videos.

@Floating Door i'm just sick of commentary video being the only salvageable content on this site its so boring there's nothing else to watch

Too bad its now like all of the other commentary channels


I first started watching YouTube all the way back in 2007 or 2008, when I was 6 or 7 years old. Then by 2009, I discovered YouTube Poops.


2:51 Same goes for videogames. Really hurts me


I remember having to skip 30 seconds of every video to not hear them say "LiKE, suBSCrIbE aND hIt tHe BeLl NoTIFicAtIoN!" It was so fucking annoying, and I'm so god damn glad everyone stopped doing that shit.


Just a note: The Youtube algorithm took me from Cheese reacting to the new 16-Star Super Mario 64 World Record, to The History of the World's Highest Jump (cool vid) to this.  :p

But you ain't gonna find his TanktheRewind hashtag


JEEZ, this video is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO long that I can't even watch it! And I can watch a movie.


On 9:34 you said that John Cena was in the movie, even though I can't see him. I can't believe I am lied to


the flying to mcdonalds on a paramotor one is still there...


>Claims his videos aren't too long.<br>>Plays entirety of Achilles Last Stand in the background.

>Claims his videos aren't too long.
>Plays entirety of Achilles Last Stand in the background.


making content on this site is very demotivating to me, I’m working on a review of dark knight returns and becuase you just have to upload daily to make it somewhere on this site, I’ve had to make shitposts. They got claimed and I know the video I’m working on is going to be claimed too, I’m disputing the other claims but last night I worked for about an hour on a 80 second clip. This is really the first time I’m putting real effort in my editing. I never ask for subs it’s really annoying, I olny sub if I like the content, not if you ask, if you ask I’m probably not going to sub. I’ve been fimmilat with making content with this site since 2016, my first channel olny got to 60 subscribers before I started this one. To be fair, the videos on that channel are actually shit and there wasn’t much effort. I like making videos, I want to be a filmmaker and edit and I think this is a good start up with the content I’m doing.  I’m proud that I actually wrote a video and it’s over 2 minutes long (dkr review is going to be around 20 minutes) and fully edited. I use ytp techniques becuase I think those are the best techniques, the one I use the most is “sentence shifting” I try to be original, but when you have 4826295726373 videos uploaded a second it’s a little hard, I want to be like the next Ralphthemoviemaker or you emp, content creators that really raise the bar in my opinion. Now my content it’s not the best in the world, but it’s certainly better than Jake a Logan Paul. Great video emp!

To say 'Jake a Logan Paul' is meaningless, since any video that last for only 25 seconds (or less than 10 minutes) is better that that garbage.


Don’t watch this while high out of your damn mind

Requires 'understanding of youtube Community', 'youtuber experience' and 'Basic Knowledge'


This guy reminds me of John Wick, except his dog is the YTP format.


Someone's got juvenoia. But for real. I've never seen the old YouTube but I know for sure that the new youtube sucks.


I would love to see you update this video in 2020.


When Emplemon named college humor buzzed at 22:34 that made me wheeze

It’s sad they’ve gotten so bad to the point that just BuzzFeed.


it's funny how emplemon vids are the only rewatchable thing i have except vsauce or exurb1a. Nothing is rewatchable anymore. These are the ONLY videos ive watched more than 3 times and all the fucking algorithm has to do is GIVE ME SOME NICE STUFF I ENJOY. but no i keep getting recommended things that ive never evn wanted to watch because god vorbid i only watch emplemon and vsauce monthly uploads and not all day fucking long


It's funny how he doesn't get why someone would watch people game rather than game themselves, showcasing the same level of ignorance as when people don't understand why people make/watch ytpoops


I did watch the video a 10th of the way through, thanks lemon.

"Disgusting. Absolutely disgusting."<br>- Emplemon during a stream reaction

"Disgusting. Absolutely disgusting."
- Emplemon during a stream reaction


Oh shit the 8bit music at 9:20 is the same one used in a large chunk of his WWE video


It's 2020 and until checking the description I couldn't have figured this video was from three years ago


years later i now see emp is a complete morron who was worng about some things but i`ll admit he was right about the commatary community


46:19 is a perfect example of me not caring for the iDubbbzTV shitstorm


The largest example of the idea of 'broadcasting yourself' dying off was our last hope, pewdiepie losing the crown after 5 FUCKING YEARS TO<br>A  M U S I C     C  O  R  P  E  R  A  T  I  O  N

The largest example of the idea of 'broadcasting yourself' dying off was our last hope, pewdiepie losing the crown after 5 FUCKING YEARS TO
A  M U S I C     C  O  R  P  E  R  A  T  I  O  N


well now they ripped of spotify with youtube music, but worse


Good video emp. The first thing i personaly did after getting account setup, was to delete ALL of the home page garbage the algorithm wanted me to watch. Now my home page consist mostly by vidos of chanels i had subscribed to.


The sections he "hasn't even mentioned" are now as follows:
Failure to protect creators: YouTube Copyright Metagame &YT Geographic: Viacom
Lack of Transparency/Refusal to Communicate: Operation Red Herring & YouTube's Next Great War
Pointless and Confusing Changes: YT Geographic - Neutral Response

Believe he's taken jabs at it in the past, though I can't remember exactly when


i hope youtubes system strikes charmx's channel during covid, maybe he'd try to do something interesting


Hate to say it, but Youtubepoop was pretty lame most the time. The start of this video came off as whining from an old internet shitlord. Thankfully, your history vids are much better.<br>But in the end I started agreeing with you.

Hate to say it, but Youtubepoop was pretty lame most the time. The start of this video came off as whining from an old internet shitlord. Thankfully, your history vids are much better.
But in the end I started agreeing with you.


It would have been nice to scroll down to the comments and seeing people exchanging great youtubers. My recommendations would include Lemmino, ChubbyEmu, MedLife Crisis, Nexpo, yeah stuff one probably already knows :D


subscribes and sets notifications to all on a youtuber I like
youtube:
So, yeah, we'll not show you the next month of fucking content

*subscribes and sets notifications to all on a youtuber I like*
youtube:
So, yeah, we'll not show you the next month of fucking content