This is the YouTube equivalent of "I'm mad as hell and I'm not gonna take it anymore!" You know, I've been here, not under this name, since YouTube was brand new. Even on night shifts and with ages of homework and endless studying and making the insane length/detail outlines that I made when university taught me I needed to study, I was here when I could be. I must be the single human being on the planet whose attention span was lengthened by YouTube. Or maybe it was three hour classes. Who knows? Either way, a video under 15 minutes is insulting unless I really like a particular person or what they create. I'm going to hold the creators I focus on to a higher standard. I get so many notifications I just brush off and never watch. Why put up with that? That's cancer.

Thanks, my guy. I'm riding out the storm watching your channel. I'm really pleased with what I see here. You're deep, thoughtful, and insightful. You also have a way of communicating that is above and beyond anyone I watch. You incorporate sound, image, and the spoken word into every frame with artisan skill and an edge of your own. You're pretty different, or maybe I've just gotten used to it. I'll say this. I'd have never guessed you were so young. That's a good thing. I used to get annoyed when people said that. Don't. People like you are the future. Now if we could just get an army of equally as talented, careful people, and they actually thrive.

Oh wait this is YouTube. What am I, retarded? Well, almost no one I like has over a million subs, and one person that I like just as a troll has much more. I'm happy with that. I hope you stick around.

This is the YouTube equivalent of "I'm mad as hell and I'm not gonna take it anymore!" You know, I've been here, not under this name, since YouTube was brand new. Even on night shifts and with ages of homework and endless studying and making the insane length/detail outlines that I made when university taught me I needed to study, I was here when I could be. I must be the single human being on the planet whose attention span was *lengthened* by YouTube. Or maybe it was three hour classes. Who knows? Either way, a video under 15 minutes is insulting unless I really like a particular person or what they create. I'm going to hold the creators I focus on to a higher standard. I get so many notifications I just brush off and never watch. Why put up with that? That's cancer.

Thanks, my guy. I'm riding out the storm watching your channel. I'm really pleased with what I see here. You're deep, thoughtful, and insightful. You also have a way of communicating that is above and beyond anyone I watch. You incorporate sound, image, and the spoken word into every frame with artisan skill and an edge of your own. You're pretty different, or maybe I've just gotten used to it. I'll say this. I'd have never guessed you were so young. That's a good thing. I used to get annoyed when people said that. Don't. People like you are the future. Now if we could just get an army of equally as talented, careful people, and they actually thrive.

Oh wait this is YouTube. What am I, retarded? Well, almost no one I like has over a million subs, and one person that I like just as a troll has much more. I'm happy with that. I hope you stick around.


You should really do more stuff like this, this was really good and honestly was some well needed commentary on the current state of YouTube.


I miss when "Unforgivable" was the funniest shit on here


8:06 "those aren't pancakes! Those are landmines!"


It's been particularly difficult to keep asian street food and pet videos off my recommendations lately, and YouTube can't tell the difference between a quality gaming video and a lets play.


34:00 I appreciate your rant about movies being "over 30min long" is after the 30min mark 👌🏿


28:51 We should be asking people to unsubscribe.


4:58 Based ELO Discovery album art
11:05 “Look Gary there I am again!”


This video will forever hold up until a change is made


4 years later on the dot since this video was published and it has never been more relevant


More people need to see this this should be add campaign like that dude Matt

From what I've heard, Matt'swhatitis helped to create the adpocalypse.


This is why I never close YouTube and keep it always on subscriptions


3 years ago feels like the good times now


"This video is looooooong".

*Pyrocynical's 7 hour Utopia video appears*:


4 years later, YouTube is now TV and Instagram' child-


At least there are still funny and creative youtubers like Gus Johnson and Eddy Burback who inspired me to do a skit of my own with my friends.


Your editing game is on point! Seriously the most visually stimulating video essay I've seen since horseshoe finale. You got quality.


I don't know if I should go with "Ok Boomer" or "someone ate the member-berries"


Does anyone think YouTube will never recover?


I subscribed at the screaming for subscribers part


Half of the channels I watch regularly, as in binge daily, I'm not subscribed to.


Emp I hope you see this and if you do I want to say, that I completely fucking agree. Fucking effortless toy reviews and fidget spinner videos get more views and subs than actual fucking good content which is awful. I started watching your videos in around 2013-2014 and loved them and when you started doing rants I still loved them, because I can really relate and completely agree to what you have said. I honestly love the change of content you did because of how interesting these videos are! Emp thank you so much for making this and I can't wait to see more of your content.


ThIs ViDeO iS tOo LoNg

49 minutes and 2 seconds is 2942 seconds. That's waaaay too long, bro.

We gotta get that down to about 5-6 of em.


i can't find the timestamp, but i want there to be a next carykh, or jan misali. true variety channels that introduce their audiences to different topics they may not have been interested in. i didn't care about conlangs at all until jan misali, and now i'm really interested in them


Youtube forgets its a Social Media.

Not a TV Conglomerate


To be honest i would legit watch a goldfish play tf2


*_More than two years later, and this video is still relevant, especially when the COPPApocalypse is coming soon._*

@Holy_Crusader Of The Holy Land I guess people forgot about how Youtube can put ads on your videos and take all the money for themselves and not to the creators, thanks Susan

@MiX3K any other similar site would have to follow the same rules.

You redditors do this every single time a new law comes into play on YouTube. Remember NET NEUTRALITY? Yeah exactly.

@4nt You can't comment memes on SpongeBob vids anymore! And comments on year-old videos have been nuked, and even stuff NOT MEANT FOR KIDS like "Kermit it's not a Cookie" have been marked.

@Danny Caracciolo what makes you think that every over 50 old has done something wrong

A different apocalypse is gonna happen in 2020 bro

i am from the future. i have come to tell you that coppa didnt change anything and we were shitting our pants for no reason

Let's be real......... We would need the fucking infinity gauntlet to instantly just erase everyone over 50 and have them replaced by our generation that understands this shit and why it sucks in order for any change to have

@Mewbat 79 not to mention how few false positives there were

@Mewbat 79Yeah, removing comments isn't really threatening the integrity of yt

You mean besides all the videos that you can’t comment on now

I have come from the actual future to say coppa hasn't done shit

I have come from the future to tell you that coppa has (almost) ruined youtube

@Red Physical I hope this will lead to the popularisation of alternatives. <br>Also, this will not kill YouTube. There are too many channels and corporate entities and fans of those sources for YouTube to just suddenly become a ghost town.

@Red Physical I hope this will lead to the popularisation of alternatives.
Also, this will not kill YouTube. There are too many channels and corporate entities and fans of those sources for YouTube to just suddenly become a ghost town.

I'm betting (and hoping) that this will actually kill Youtube.


I joined YouTube to make gaming content. I had to start doing meme videos to get viewers and those got THOUSANDS of views but the gaming content that I enjoy making barely makes TEN


Charmx was the only good reaction channel and nobody can change my mind


Youtube has become a huge sellout now, there's really nothing we can do. This was bound to happen, wasn't it? As more and more people visit youtube, a site now owned by google, a colossal corporation, it'll want more. More money.

I honestly can't stand these annoying people, talking about fidget spinners or whatever garbage trend is circling right now, I don't like it. There will be less of the content I like, and more of the garbage content that is spewed out daily and forced into our brains. I am in a school where I'm surrounded by unfunny kids who try too hard to be cool, talking about the latest trend that most people don't really care about. That school is just a conglomerate of stereotypes that no one but me seems to see. While they talk about fidget spinners and snapchat/instagram, I just watch them and just keep thinking about how they can talk about that stuff without being disgusted themselves. There's really no one in this school who breaks away from that norm, it sucks. I probably sound like some raging old guy, but I don't care. Youtube and the society we're in is just filled with garbage content, Buzzfeed, and fidget spinners, and emojis. You can't forget the Emoji Movie.


Has the dawn ever seen your eyes?

Have the days made you so unwise?

Realize, you are.

Had you talked to the winds of time

Then you'd know how the waters rhyme

Taste of wine

How can you know where you've been?

In time you'll see the sign

And realize your sin.

Will you know how the seed is sown?

All your time has been overgrown

Never known.

Have you walked on the stones of years?

When you speak, is it you that hears?

Are your ears full?

You can't hear anything at all.

The preacher said a prayer.

Save every single hair on his head.

He's dead.

The minister of hate had just arrived too late to be spared.

Who cared?

The weaver in the web that he made!

The pilgrim wandered in

Commiting every sin that he could
So good...

The cardinal of grief was set in his belief he'd saved

From the grave

The weaver in the web that he made!

The high priest took a blade

To bless the ones that prayed

And all obeyed.

The messenger of fear is slowly growing, nearer to the time

A sign.

The weaver in the web that he made!

A bishops rings a bell

A cloak of darkness fell across the ground

Without a sound!

The silent choir sing and in their silence

Bring jaded sound, harmonic ground.

The weaver in the web that he made!

Clear the battlefield and let me see

All the profit from our victory.

You talk of freedom, starving children fall.

Are you deaf when you hear the season's call?

Were you there to watch the earth be scorched?

Did you stand beside the spectral torch?

Know the leaves of sorrow turned their face

Scattered on the ashes of disgrace.

Every blade is sharp; the arrows fly

Where the victims of your armies lie

Where the blades of brass and arrows reign

Then there will be no sorrow

Be no pain.


Im gonna come and rewatch this when i loose motivation on maling videos briefly


Remember when Emp was almost always this angry?


I agree, youtube has a victorian class system as you said, we've already gone through the industrial revolution of youtube. there's so many parallels you can draw if you look deeper. see, before the industrial revolution people used to just make stuff for themselves and the people around them. when factories came around allowing the means of production (i sound like a communist lol) to fall into the hands of only a few factory owners, they became mega powerful and the little guy was put out of business not because he was inherently bad, but because the factory owner with his big factory could drown out whatever the little guy made. now replace the "factory owner" with "big youtuber" and replace the "little guy" with "poor dude with less than 100 subscribers and half of them don't even watch his videos anymore" and replace the "factories" with "the algorithm" or "mass-produced videos" or "ad revenue to support a videomaking lifestyle" or "clickbait" and you got youtube's slow descent into late-stage unadulterated capitalism with an unhealthy obsession for growth, money, and competition

@dragonsder yes this is capitalism working how it is designed. Late stage capitalism is always imperialism. That is why big companies alway move into new markets to dominate once they learn how from the original “frontier people”. All wealth people from old systems plantation owners, feudal lords, etc still dominate capitalist markets today. Open source technology aka common ownership is the only way to be liberated.

Unhealthy obsession with growth and money, yes. But competition, no. Competition is less prevalent on YouTube than it ever has been. That's one of the biggest, if not THE biggest, problem with YouTube today. No competition. For the exact reasons you've listed here; YouTube has grown to massively favor the big guys and all the small channels have completely fallen by the wayside. They can't get traction or exposure unless they're very lucky or EXTREMELY industrious.

y know, this isnt even a problem with youtube anymore, this is a problem with society as a whole.

"late-stage unadulterated capitalism with an unhealthy obsession for growth, money, and competition" thats exactly what were missing that made youtube great back then


I know this is an ancient video, but... at 28:48, the answer is because of the Home tab. I get videos of people I want to watch all the time, only to click and find out that - either by glitch, mysterious unsub that youtube does sometimes, or genuine forgetfulness - I'm not subbed to them.
The Home tab has erased the usefulness of the subscribe button, but the subscribe button is still the metric that determines whether your channel is worthy enough for the algorithm to acknowledge. That's why people have to ask their audiences to subscribe; because you don't have to anymore, and most people just don't now.


I was laser focused all 49 minutes and 3 seconds.


I like how many times he said the word "poop" in this video.


Its gotten so much worse lol back in 2017 I was able to ignore it mostly but now its literally everywhere.


Watch the whole video before commenting. All 49 minutes. All the way through. In order.

You won't, but it's worth a try

Watch the whole video before commenting. All 49 minutes. All the way through. In order.

You won't, but it's worth a try

I've seen the entire video more than 3 times today, it was so spot on, even 3 years later it still holds up

I've seen the entire video more than 3 times today, it was so spot on, even 3 years later it still holds up

49 minutes ain't that hard or movie theaters would be having a real problem on their hands. Granted most people zone out in theaters anyways. But nice video, and sadly still applicable today which is unsurprising. While I understand the immense passion and effort into YTP's, I typically don't watch them as they are not to my taste, that being said there are still dozens of other great types of content out there that require similar creativity and effort if not more than the average YTP as you mentioned in the video. Also, that callback to the EDM 3D intros was pretty hysterical and brought back so many memories. As dry and dull as they were, it feels like one of those things that's so bad it's good in a sense of having humor about how stupid it was, because I guarantee hardly anyone actually watched those videos and thought to themself "What a kickass intro, I must see more".

EmpLemon i didnt whoops btw this comment is like 10 comments down

EmpLemon i didnt whoops btw this comment is like 10 comments down

...shit, sorry boss. I'll do better next time.

...shit, sorry boss. I'll do better next time.

ive wtached it like 10 times over because its well researched and i love your editing

ive wtached it like 10 times over because its well researched and i love your editing

I did and I’m glad to hear that at least one YouTuber gets it!

I did and I’m glad to hear that at least one YouTuber gets it!

OH NO! I ONLY WATCHED 48 MINUTES AND 59 SECONDS OH NOOOOO

OH NO! I ONLY WATCHED 48 MINUTES AND 59 SECONDS OH NOOOOO

I don’t know if I have already commented, but I did. YouTube needs to get their act together.

I don’t know if I have already commented, but I did. YouTube needs to get their act together.

I scrolled down and saw your avatar and thought it was an imposter because it wasnt pinned

I scrolled down and saw your avatar and thought it was an imposter because it wasnt pinned

so we can skip the 2 seconds at the end?

so we can skip the 2 seconds at the end?

I don’t have brain I like reaction channels.

I don’t have brain I like reaction channels.

it was refreshing to watch more than 10 minutes of something.

it was refreshing to watch more than 10 minutes of something.

That's where you're wrong kiddo <b>fingerguns</b>

That's where you're wrong kiddo *fingerguns*

i re-watched this and enjoyed your use of smooth mcgrooves acapella

i re-watched this and enjoyed your use of smooth mcgrooves acapella

I did. I actually watched it multiple times

I did. I actually watched it multiple times

EmpLemon it was a great video watch it all I miss old YouTube ;(

EmpLemon it was a great video watch it all I miss old YouTube ;(

this stuff is why youre my favorite channel, and i only like pyrocynicals videos in the same vein as petscop. keep making your amazing content dude, there are still people with multiple braincels

Luckily Emp I’m a very patient guy so any that’s long I can sit through so you found the right guy

Luckily Emp I’m a very patient guy so any that’s long I can sit through so you found the right guy

I've watched the full video 2 times now.

I've watched the full video 2 times now.

I've watched this video at least 6 times now start to finish

I love all of these rant videos cause they're so well put together basically all of your long videos are the best

thank you for supplying us quality content

thank you for supplying us quality content

I watched it, good stuff. I agree YouTube was much better before.

I watched it, good stuff. I agree YouTube was much better before.

Been sitting here. Listened to it all. Beautifull video.

Been sitting here. Listened to it all. Beautifull video.

I remember pre2012 YouTube. Those days people cared about what the made. Nowadays it’s the trend of the week.

I remember pre2012 YouTube. Those days people cared about what the made. Nowadays it’s the trend of the week.

Challenge accepted. realizes I commented 4:30 into the video.

Fuck!

Challenge accepted. *realizes I commented **4:30** into the video.*

Fuck!

I did. It's the best video I HAVE EVER seen, right next to JO ThumbsUpMaster's "Banjo's Birthday" and Nostalgia Critic's "Fox Kids" episode. Bloody brilliant.

I did. It's the best video I HAVE EVER seen, right next to JO ThumbsUpMaster's "Banjo's Birthday" and Nostalgia Critic's "Fox Kids" episode. Bloody brilliant.

Only 0.1% of people in the WORLD can watch ALL 49 MINUTES of EmpLemon's video! CAN YOU?!?

I did. It was very well constructed and presented, both the writing and the visuals, plus some excellent choice of background music to fit the theme/mood of the section it's playing in. The whole video was very engaging and I enjoyed it a lot, I'm glad to have discovered your channel recently. Keep it up man. 8)

Hey so I watched the whole thing and I love your analysis. When you yell however can you actually yell?
 It sounds like you're trying not to wake up a pet or something.
Also sorry I lied I didn't finish it but I will.

thank you for including an instrumental version of achilles last stand :)

thank you for including an instrumental version of achilles last stand :)

I feel like an odd one out for watching an almost 50 minute video after being told that most people don't even make it past 10 minutes...

I feel like an odd one out for watching an almost 50 minute video after being told that most people don't even make it past 10 minutes...

See now Vsause, Vsauce 2 & Vsauce 3 don't ask to  S U B S C R I B E

See now Vsause, Vsauce 2 & Vsauce 3 don't ask to  S U B S C R I B E

EmpLemon I’m a new viewer on YouTube and I don’t really like ytp but I feel like so many high effort videos are swept under the rug in favor of people who can pump stuff out on the daily.

Just put it in the background, like a podcast

Just put it in the background, like a podcast

One of the greatest things I have ever seen. Shame you're not more successful, and that it took this long to find your shit. But that's 100% part of your point. Keep it real my brother, I'm inspired to just talk about shit on YouTube now.

I watched the whole thing; even tho you repeated a few points...a tad bit.

But i got thru and saw that square; memorable red button and was like.

HA!  G O T C H A   B I-

But it said unsubscribe instead; well fk...now i have to actually provide insight.

Same happened to television; take MTV for example; it used to be about MUSIC; shocking i know, and even high production  value of what kids nowadays refer to as AMV.

What will happen? It will gradually fix itself as YouTube dies and people move on.

There will come a point the next generation sees it as an "uncool" thing "old people do" and just like that simply stop watching.

And well; Corporate business models always ruin good things by favoring quick returns at the cost of destroying a healthy market.

I think people with great content still exist, is just hard to find them now
In a media full of shit, just my recomended acount, and similars like the people of this comment section exist
maybe we should just make a list of channels worth it, and put it somewhere to see it

Baaaah. I honestly make videos for me. I make what I want when I want when I feel like it. And my channel growing? GOD DAMN YOU PEOPLE. Now I feel obligated to make videos when my channel doubles in the course of a month...Because a bunch of people subbed over a video where I'm talking about being betrayed by a friend. But when I make serious videos or pour my heart into something...Nope. When I made videos that had nothing but the gameplay of hardcore PVP where I'm literally being the king of the arena...Nope. Go fucking figure. People love drama more than heartfelt content. I love your channel because you don't give a flying FUCK what we think, but put your heart into what you produce, and that I respect. So from one unknown bitch to another unknown bitch, keep making videos for you.

EmpLemon THAT ENDING WAS AMAZING I AM FULL OF EMOTIONS I HAVE NEVER FELT BEFORE

EmpLemon THAT ENDING WAS AMAZING I AM FULL OF EMOTIONS I HAVE NEVER FELT BEFORE

This is legit a great video, I watched it all

This is legit a great video, I watched it all

@EmpLemon That's actually really funny. <i>Sad but truuue.</i> ♪♪♪

@EmpLemon That's actually really funny. _Sad but truuue._ ♪♪♪

This is quality content and im surprised it hasn't been censored by youtube.

This is quality content and im surprised it hasn't been censored by youtube.

This reminds me of google docs right now! Jajajajaja lols

This reminds me of google docs right now! Jajajajaja lols

Don't worry, will do. Usually this is what I do, but thanks for reminding  people to watch an entire video before commenting, though that should be obvious in the first place.

Don't worry, will do. Usually this is what I do, but thanks for reminding  people to watch an entire video before commenting, though that should be obvious in the first place.

Well my channel is 400 subs. From my experience, it is extremly difficult to even get half of the subs to get in. The quality may have improved, but reaching to new heights is nothing more than a dream now

EmpLemon      While I do want to look for the amazing, awe inspiring, unbelievable talents that are scattered across this website, I can't say that I really know where to start. Is there a starting place that you'd recommend?

EmpLemon please do a commentary on Cartoon Network's shittiness too!

EmpLemon please do a commentary on Cartoon Network's shittiness too!

EmpLemon I did it. Almost. Got to 38:21 then decided to go unsub from all the garbage channels I'm subbed to and got distracted.

EmpLemon I did it. Almost. Got to 38:21 then decided to go unsub from all the garbage channels I'm subbed to and got distracted.

EmpLemon thank god watch momjo is dead check her views now and then check her sub count which is almost 20M BUT, gets like 100k views on average.

EmpLemon thank god watch momjo is dead check her views now and then check her sub count which is almost 20M BUT, gets like 100k views on average.

I never even look at the comment section of a video before finishing the video itself

I never even look at the comment section of a video before finishing the video itself

I watched the whole thing, I couldn't look away. I love your editing and you were speaking teh truth. it was cathartic.

I watched the whole thing, I couldn't look away. I love your editing and you were speaking teh truth. it was cathartic.

I cant, I must say that this is great, before the end

I cant, I must say that this is great, before the end

Video is very good, has a very good message, and is very inspiring. Thank you for making this.

Video is very good, has a very good message, and is very inspiring. Thank you for making this.

I did and I care. Let's start a new site?

I did and I care. Let's start a new site?

And I miss it to I miss toby from annoying orange you know that guy the human I miss his youtube channel people falsely said he raped some people so he's channel got weak at least he's still making videos

But just like just a robot another youtube channel I love these cause it makes sense I sub to all of these

But just like just a robot another youtube channel I love these cause it makes sense I sub to all of these

EmpLemon aw I wanted to get big of animation

EmpLemon aw I wanted to get big of animation

its OK you'll get better at it when your older.

its OK you'll get better at it when your older.

being GAY is the greatest thing in the world FACT.

being GAY is the greatest thing in the world FACT.

then go watch a shorter video. your short attention span is not needed here.

then go watch a shorter video. your short attention span is not needed here.

its your fault if you don't learn anything.

its your fault if you don't learn anything.

thank you!!finely someone who's not a garbage watching zombie!

thank you!!finely someone who's not a garbage watching zombie!

I did it, then I searched "greatness" on YT

I did it, then I searched "greatness" on YT

EmpLemon I know you won't read this, but how can I look at the reasons why YouTube used to be fucking great if they start shaking when the Downward Spiral music starts?

Oh wait

I failed. Whoops

Even the outro with your media and all that?!

Even the outro with your media and all that?!

EmpLemon I did tho. I barely realized what had truly happened to YT because I've only used it for music for the past several years, I just turned a blind eye to the corruption and refused to watch things I didn't like. But seeing all the screengrabs of the old layouts helped bring the glory days of watching the earliest Poops as a tween back into my conscious awareness. Even if such days are never to return, I thank you for that.

Hey man, thanks for helping people see the truth. This needs to be seen by normies now.

Hey man, thanks for helping people see the truth. This needs to be seen by normies now.

EmpLemon a couple of my students in the middle school and high school recommended me the lazer collection I searched <br>from my friend little Sy recommended me Charlie the Unicorn I also saw from my middle school animator vs. Animation

EmpLemon a couple of my students in the middle school and high school recommended me the lazer collection I searched
from my friend little Sy recommended me Charlie the Unicorn I also saw from my middle school animator vs. Animation

EmpLemon This was(no sarcasm) the best video I have seen all year, because I was blinded by the wishy-washy cop-out content. I'm currently in the process of deleting every subscription that I don't need, and I thank you for it. This video felt like a heavy fog being lifted from my eyes, and I fully support the entirety of this amazing piece of content. I watched the whole way through, and was not disappointed in the slightest. Keep up the good work, and maybe I'll see you in the future.

EmpLemon I'm at 20 mins now and not planning to stop

EmpLemon I'm at 20 mins now and not planning to stop

EmpLemon Did you intentionally put College Humour in the Buzzfeed category on trending?

EmpLemon Did you intentionally put College Humour in the Buzzfeed category on trending?

I did. Where's my EmpLemon medal of honor. Joking aside, you spoke the truth.

I did. Where's my EmpLemon medal of honor. Joking aside, you spoke the truth.

I watched it all. And it was the best video I have ever seen, just for how thought provoking it was.

I watched it all. And it was the best video I have ever seen, just for how thought provoking it was.

90% leave after 5 minutes
9% leave halfway
1% watch all of this quality content

90% leave after 5 minutes
9% leave halfway
1% watch all of this quality content

I did the impossible...I WATCHED THE WHOLE VIDEO!

I did the impossible...I WATCHED THE WHOLE VIDEO!

EmpLemon you actually can see the videos a YouTuber has liked

EmpLemon you actually can see the videos a YouTuber has liked

I watched the entire "Important Videos" playlist in one sitting. B*tch if I can't finish this video I'll step on a 2x 4x Lego.

I watched the entire "Important Videos" playlist in one sitting. B*tch if I can't finish this video I'll step on a 2x 4x Lego.

EmpLemon I watched the whole thing about five times and I still can't get enough of it
I WANT MOAR!
GIMME MOAR!
but take your time, content is good when it's thoroughly made

EmpLemon I watched the whole thing about five times and I still can't get enough of it
I WANT MOAR!
GIMME MOAR!
but take your time, content is good when it's thoroughly made

EmpLemon looks like you unlocked the crate of kids. They seem underage down there.

EmpLemon looks like you unlocked the crate of kids. They seem underage down there.

I have watched the whole video and I agree 100% agree with everything you said. It's sad to see this site turn to shit.

I have watched the whole video and I agree 100% agree with everything you said. It's sad to see this site turn to shit.

EmpLemon Why do you not talk about Sir Pelo for animation example ? He hit 1 million just a week before !

EmpLemon Why do you not talk about Sir Pelo for animation example ? He hit 1 million just a week before !

Chronic youtube viewer here. Watched the whole thing, and it's pretty sad.

Chronic youtube viewer here. Watched the whole thing, and it's pretty sad.

EmpLemon Too late. But i at least commented about the topic you altready talked about. Not the whole video i didnt even fully watched.

EmpLemon Too late. But i at least commented about the topic you altready talked about. Not the whole video i didnt even fully watched.

I watched every bit of it and I'm gonna do what you said all of your points are accurate and you're a good channel all in all I've been subbed for a while and you're making me love your channel even more nice job man

EmpLemon You used the Remastered Cave Story theme I love you

EmpLemon You used the Remastered Cave Story theme I love you

I did, am I less of a zombie now? :D<br>(also, how come you only have a li'l over 2000 views on this'n? What the heck?)

I did, am I less of a zombie now? :D
(also, how come you only have a li'l over 2000 views on this'n? What the heck?)

I've done it and I love you EmpLemon. For the music too.

I've done it and I love you EmpLemon. For the music too.

EmpLemon yeah I agree 100000% that YouTube has turned into shitty tv and it can't be fixed and it's going in a downward spiral into shite

EmpLemon yeah I agree 100000% that YouTube has turned into shitty tv and it can't be fixed and it's going in a downward spiral into shite

EmpLemon i also watched all 49 mins give me a gold star please thank you

EmpLemon i also watched all 49 mins give me a gold star please thank you

EmpLemon thank you for making this. This is the most clear, concise, and eye-opening video about YouTube's DOWNWARD SPIRAL into monotony and greed and I hope bigger channels that have referenced your work in the past acknowledge the points you made in this video

EmpLemon -I have done just that. I'm no zombie, although I'm sure there's plenty of zombies in this world that are no better. Thanks for making this video man, though you're a little late to the party.

+emplemon all your criticisms are completely valid, i came to youtube to escape tv, and look at the state of youtube now

+emplemon all your criticisms are completely valid, i came to youtube to escape tv, and look at the state of youtube now

You also even got me started for content creators every collab you do gets people to watch others I haven't had a fucking clue who pie pivot 0 meter or goop videos were before your shrekoning collab

EmpLemon you really moved me and you killed that normie behind the meme thanks. I remember oneyng he was the best animator back then it is great what you are doing

EmpLemon you really moved me and you killed that normie behind the meme thanks. I remember oneyng he was the best animator back then it is great what you are doing

If you could, please put time stamps for the music you put in the description.
Whatever is at 31:12 is cool and nostalgic and i cant remember its name even though it's an undeniable fact that it's hiding right in my face.

Damn this is amazing. I'm a small YouTube channel busting my ass to make and write great content. Thank you so much for speaking up.

Love: Jackson

Damn this is amazing. I'm a small YouTube channel busting my ass to make and write great content. Thank you so much for speaking up.

Love: Jackson

idea: find breaks in youtube's new policies. rip its head off until youtube listens

idea: find breaks in youtube's new policies. rip its head off until youtube listens

EmpLemon I did and agree fully, sadly there are many original creative channels the creators abandonned ship on because it is pointless.

EmpLemon I did and agree fully, sadly there are many original creative channels the creators abandonned ship on because it is pointless.

EmpLemon I actually was planning to and am

EmpLemon I actually was planning to and am

EmpLemon eyyy I'm 14 and I watched 45 minutes in before commenting this

EmpLemon eyyy I'm 14 and I watched 45 minutes in before commenting this

EmpLemon I 100% agree with u i loved youtube when I was a kid now it's all fidget spinner click bait trash

EmpLemon I 100% agree with u i loved youtube when I was a kid now it's all fidget spinner click bait trash

I did watch it all the way.

And the video made me sad.

I did watch it all the way.

And the video made me sad.

EmpLemon YouTube will be better when Half Life 3 comes out 😧

EmpLemon YouTube will be better when Half Life 3 comes out 😧

This was honestly a really good video. Although I think normie vs woke is more of a range and less of a binary.

This was honestly a really good video. Although I think normie vs woke is more of a range and less of a binary.

Good video. And the message at the end is sometimes everyone should hear.

Good video. And the message at the end is sometimes everyone should hear.

Don't worry, I did, I saw the unsub button at the very end, which was a reference to your earlier complaint of how people are begging for subs instead of the other way around.

EmpLemon you've literally been like my fav YouTube pooper so obvs I watched it all ;-P

EmpLemon you've literally been like my fav YouTube pooper so obvs I watched it all ;-P

EmpLemon <br>all in favor of vidme? It feels like old YouTube

EmpLemon
all in favor of vidme? It feels like old YouTube

EmpLemon I'm really glad you made this video. I've been going through a heavy bout of depression for the past week or so, for multiple reasons. This video didn't lift my spirits, it didn't brighten my day or encourage me. It made me angry. Right now, I am fucking FUMING at the state of the world, at my family, at my own ineptitude, and at the complete loss of integrity that YouTube has gone through. I might not know how to deal with my issues, but I can't let myself stand by while the world tears itself apart around me. It's good to know that other people are just as fed up as I am. (Sorry if this comment seems weirdly emotional, btw. It's been a long day/week/year for me.)

This was one of the best YouTube video's I've ever seen, and I say that without a single trace of humor. Thank you so much for making this. It was truly a masterpiece.

This was one of the best YouTube video's I've ever seen, and I say that without a single trace of humor. Thank you so much for making this. It was truly a masterpiece.

I have to say Emp, you have a good taste in music.

I have to say Emp, you have a good taste in music.

You sir have hit the hammer on the nail that others have been missing for years... Thank you!

You sir have hit the hammer on the nail that others have been missing for years... Thank you!

EmpLemon you just described how people think about valve!

EmpLemon you just described how people think about valve!

I did.<br>And now I feel like shit because of what YouTube has become.

I did.
And now I feel like shit because of what YouTube has become.

EmpLemon  Thank you for finally standing up for the people well the viewers  who can't. Thank you PapaEmp

EmpLemon  Thank you for finally standing up for the people well the viewers  who can't. Thank you PapaEmp

dude props to you for all the editing ;o

dude props to you for all the editing ;o

You have put an ASTOUNDING amount of effort and thought into this video. I've been on YouTube for quite a while, and despite the bad things that are happening, I STRIVE to watch only the highest quality videos that I'm actually interested in. In spite of the crap, I, along with you especially, keep the core values of what YouTube is dear to me to this day. I commend this video and your efforts over the years. Your voice is a voice of reason! PRAISE BE UPON YOU! PRAISE!<br>Also can we talk on Skype or something? I've always wanted to talk to you and ask about the stuff you made and make, and gather answers from the horse's mouth.

You have put an ASTOUNDING amount of effort and thought into this video. I've been on YouTube for quite a while, and despite the bad things that are happening, I STRIVE to watch only the highest quality videos that I'm actually interested in. In spite of the crap, I, along with you especially, keep the core values of what YouTube is dear to me to this day. I commend this video and your efforts over the years. Your voice is a voice of reason! PRAISE BE UPON YOU! PRAISE!
Also can we talk on Skype or something? I've always wanted to talk to you and ask about the stuff you made and make, and gather answers from the horse's mouth.

EmpLemon i watched the full vid and i <b>STRONGLY</b> agree with your points. Today channels are usally oversaturated corprate run steaming shit. small channels i know are great in animation. I was a zombie but you have opened my eyes even farther then before.

EmpLemon i watched the full vid and i *STRONGLY* agree with your points. Today channels are usally oversaturated corprate run steaming shit. small channels i know are great in animation. I was a zombie but you have opened my eyes even farther then before.

Managed to watch this vid before I knock out 👌

Managed to watch this vid before I knock out 👌

EmpLemon thank you. Thank you for this video. I've been waiting for someone to finally bring up all this shit. Every other youtuber simply says "fuck the adpocalypse" and that's it. They never go in depth because they are too afraid of big bad team youtube. I can't say it enough. Thank you.

EmpLemon were you bashing on charmx or were you sorta praising him?

EmpLemon were you bashing on charmx or were you sorta praising him?

EmpLemon I really like what you said about YTPs being videos people make for fun. Not for business, not for views, not to be relevant, but for fun. We need more videos like this, videos that are actually creative, clever, original, and just good.

I watch 48 minutes and am now commenting.

I watch 48 minutes and am now commenting.

EmpLemon Quality content, and I'm not being sarcastic in the slightest. I absolutely agree with the message being displayed here, and it is sad that there's nothing that we can do to change it. But at least there ARE people, like you and I, who at least try to fight the system. In short, it's the legacies of those who fight for YT justice, that will go down in history.

I did it. Do I get a cookie or something?

I did it. Do I get a cookie or something?

This video only cements the reason why I chose to stop being nonpolitical
It's all their rhetoric and filth
Emp and I would be great friends in person lol

This video only cements the reason why I chose to stop being nonpolitical
It's all their rhetoric and filth
Emp and I would be great friends in person lol

This spreads beyond the scope of YouTube, for whats its worth, the whole of internet is a shit field covered in people looking for gold

This spreads beyond the scope of YouTube, for whats its worth, the whole of internet is a shit field covered in people looking for gold

thank you emplemon, for a good god damn explanation of youtube.

thank you emplemon, for a good god damn explanation of youtube.

EmpLemon I watch all 49 minutes don't believe me I tell you what's at the end it a unsubscribe button with [ ]

EmpLemon I watch all 49 minutes don't believe me I tell you what's at the end it a unsubscribe button with [ ]

I just finished watching it.  I agree, don't force yourself to watch a video because you feel like you should, question if you are actually enjoying it.  I didn't enjoy watching this video, but at least the creator knows that and reminds you that a unsubscribe button exists.  Some people are fucking morons, and think that content is good when it really is just garbage.  I'm not one, but it's hard not to be considering this video is right about everything it says.

<b>video gets demonotized for not being ""advertiser friendly"</b>

*video gets demonotized for not being ""advertiser friendly"*

I saw the full thing, and although my mind is overwhelmed by all the negativity of the state of today's world, I cared just enough to hear people like you speak out against the zombie system that failed to learn from its consequences.

What if you were never in a downward spiral, but instead youtube's downward spiral had an affect to your channel?

What if you were never in a downward spiral, but instead youtube's downward spiral had an affect to your channel?

I will. But my comment is contradicting my claim

I will. But my comment is contradicting my claim

Seriously dude, this is a great video and I agree with most of the points being a long time youtube watcher.

Seriously dude, this is a great video and I agree with most of the points being a long time youtube watcher.

you actually found and used a Frankenstein midi for your video, thank you

you actually found and used a Frankenstein midi for your video, thank you

Speaking of fame on YouTube, you are almost at 200,000 subs

Speaking of fame on YouTube, you are almost at 200,000 subs

i had to , cant just go past the old animations and not react dude

i had to , cant just go past the old animations and not react dude

EmpLemon I see you're a fan of ELO 🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂

EmpLemon I see you're a fan of ELO 🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂

Billy doubting you watched the entire video. It's been out for only 20 minutes

Billy doubting you watched the entire video. It's been out for only 20 minutes

DisGuy OvahEere Jimmy Davis made one, WATCH IT!

DisGuy OvahEere Jimmy Davis made one, WATCH IT!

EmpLemon isn't it a coincidence that after behind the meme deleted the woah meme video he made (because of all the hate) Stephan was cured of cancer.

EmpLemon isn't it a coincidence that after behind the meme deleted the woah meme video he made (because of all the hate) Stephan was cured of cancer.

EmpLemon this is the slickest way to earn ad revenue

EmpLemon this is the slickest way to earn ad revenue

I've been watching you, poops4theworld, and the guy who made sponge ed edd'n eddy and a couple other cartoons fight a giant satanic rabbit

I've been watching you, poops4theworld, and the guy who made sponge ed edd'n eddy and a couple other cartoons fight a giant satanic rabbit

The fact that you could find enough issues to make a video this long basically shows how far down the spiral youtube has gone........................friendly cat videos to this

EmpLemon Your editing is God-like. I'm a big fan.

EmpLemon Your editing is God-like. I'm a big fan.

Παναγιωτης Τσαραφλης

EmpLemon I already watched the whole thing

EmpLemon I already watched the whole thing


10:00  the only reason I knew this was a Johnny Test episode I watched in like 2011. Also Vine in 2015 and TikTok in 2019 had similar trends of everyone getting their 15 minutes of fame.


James Lee, exurb1a, Nexpo, CGP Grey, Joel Haver, Will McDaniel, Melodysheep, Artifexian, Tier Zoo, Nerd City, Kurzgesagt and Medicurio are the channels I have found so far to be above average in one way or another. Go check them out please they have some quality content, all of them work on the principal of quality over quantity.


Remember when youtube was an alternate world, an escape from the world's problems. Now it shoves them up there


Remember when his videos were controversial as fuck? And now people are watching YouTube become entirely for Corporations


They should make that liked videos thing an option, like public subscriptions is now but better


I'm glad I grew up with the lazer collection.


Dang this dude has changed a lot in the past 3 years lmao. So much cursing


I was about to argue with the, everyone on this app is 15, and then I remembered that I was indeed 16 when this video came out. I-


On the reminding people to subscribe thing, it's a psychology thing. The call to action triggers a reminder to do so, be they know to do so or not, and this causes more subscriptions, especially in those where the video is average instead of amazing (and sometimes even if it's bad, but that's a weak will/children thing) where your first instinct isn't to subscribe without the reminder. It's actually the self conversation thing you mentioned, but it's so quick and hidden from the thinking you actually notice that you don't realise that's what your brain is doing. Doesn't take away from the point of the video, just clarifying why everyone does it.

@Piechew Community I agree but how does that relate to my reply

@Bingles Praise yeah let's ban lootboxes

BUT THATS EVEN WORSE BECAUSE ITS LITERAL MANIPULATION-


I'd like to point out that EmpLemon's computer name is KFC.


46:59 well, so a cataclysmic event happened, who'd knew???


>Kitty0706
When I saw his content on the video, I literally had an emotional downward spiral of my own. Kitty was one of the oldest and most legendary gmodder on this site who got me into Garry's mod. Now he's gone and we'll never get anymore God tier gmod videos from him again.

It hurts, it really really hurts sometimes.

I'm on a lookout for videos, and I'm putting them on an archive channel.

I select videos to reupload based on if the creator cares about reuploads or not (automatically disqualifying Unus Annus), and if it's currently up (disqualifying Kitty).

You think that stinks, most of the videos from my childhood have been deleted (I admittedly wasn't as active then as I am now, but still)!
SpongeBob YouTube Poops were in a category all their own.... funny thing is, I watched them as a kid and was better for it! Now YouTube thinks they're too "scandalous" for "feeble young minds"... give me a fucking break.
Remember the Wingardium Leviosaaa videos? The full versions were taken down. Had to be censored if they wanted to stay on YT.

Adam Pixel It's even more sad when you watch the ending of his first Elliot goes to school vid.

Phillip Hernandez lalve, delak, and great dictator are the best

It's even more sad when Kitty0706 passed away. He will be missed.

InSaNe Engi 132, yeah man, i miss him, but I DO recommmend Dr. Lalve though


The best thing about finding behind the meme was looking in some of the comments and finding this channel


The more someone tells me to subscribe the less likely I am to do it. Kinda like with the YouTube ads I hear making me less likely to use the product.


YTP is great for YouTube!
And for creators and viewers. The humor and style continues to evolve.

And after hearing everything about YouTube in this video, it hit hard. Like several other content creators, YTP is what finally allowed my channel to pick up some steam. I started doing YTP for fun, and my first one ended up getting 100,000 views. But even though I had a decent run with one YTP, I'm not able to keep up and make the amount of content that's expected of the modern day YouTuber, especially when my videos still get an average of around 100 views. But it was never about the views. I make meme videos and video essays because it's fun. But sadly, fun and creativity ain't really a priority on YouTube anymore.
The sad part is that I'm not alone. So many small channels end up never picking up enough steam, especially when trying to be original. And this isn't a "come subscribe to me" comment. This is just one story from the many small channels out there.

I've been watching Emperor Lemon's videos for a while, and I only now just came across this video. What a great watch! You've earned another subscriber


man, emp was hella preachy.

not wrong though


Hey, it's okay!  You can't have a let's play channel now, either!  Unless you talk about drama and special interest offenses over it, anyways.


Yeah, that algorithm, huh?

RIP JCS Criminal Psychology. Deserved better.

oh damn thanks for reminding me that channel


im fucking glad your behind the meme video got popular, i really like your opinions and arguments about youtube


Ah, the origin of <b>The Downward Spiral</b>


Ironically enough, this video was recommended to me by the algorithm


This was definitively a very important and necessary video for youtube. Thank you EmpLemon.<br>TOO BAD YOUTUBE WONT LISTEN

This was definitively a very important and necessary video for youtube. Thank you EmpLemon.
TOO BAD YOUTUBE WONT LISTEN


I'm new, so this might be a stupid question... but do you have a video that explains the unique aspects that make YouTube Poops funny, and how their style has changed over time?

I'm at the 8:00 minute mark; I just realized this video was release before YouTube Rewind...


I dont like to think when i watch youtube, but i like to listen to someone with good opinions, who is going to think before making content, i want to be interested and turn my brain back on because of the cideo, fuck videos that be boring


You like Pink Floyd annnnd Emerson, Lake and Palmer? My man you have some good taste.


Honestly it's too late to fix this problem, we need a new website.

Fucking thank you. It's the only way to get away from this. TV and YouTube are both swinging so fucking fast into corporate cookie creating. Rick and Morty and WLIIA may be allowing a few views for CW and CN, but it's not enough....

It's not enough...

Free like OJ all Day we will need css html java sql, ect good luck

you and abouit half a billion others

but then again without ads you wont be able to sustain the ssite at all for longer then a minute

I already have an idea for it, but I don't know how to host it.

Let's put that new website on the Darknet, so there will be less of a chance of invasion by the normies.


slaps roof of YouTube
This baby can fit so much cringe in it

*slaps roof of YouTube*
This baby can fit so much cringe in it


The real artists behind it are Emerson Lake and Palmer, they were big in the 70's. I heard in this: Karn Evil 9, Tarkus, The curse of Baba Yaga, and many more


A catasysmic event did happen

People barely turned their heads


Wow. Few things have made me want to stop doing YouTube videos as much as that midsection. Yikes


pff i just laugh at that intro warning because i freaking love long videos that are edited. thats like my absolute favorite kind of stuff to watch!

and you are incredibly good at it!

It really has been 3 years since you uploaded dang

bocodamondo are you going to upload any time soon? I love your content


How does this video have so many views? Ussualy love Emp's content. But this was an assault on the ears.


The Jim mora drop at 20:55 lmao what a touch


mentions subscribing has been shown to increase the percentage of new viewers subscribing from a video, despite how dumb it sounds, it works.


Emp, u are truely a meme revolutionary. Also I believed that ytp never died and still enjoy LOADS of ytps


I dont know about u but i think yt got a lot better in mid 2020 because of mr beast i think he brought back people making videos for the fun of it. im not even a huge mr beast fan but his work has changed the platform in a good way and its only getting better from here


aight, let me tell you a story.<br>youtube started out in 2005. it was a small yet simple site dedicated to sharing videos. in 2006, it was bought by Google for over a billion dollars. over time, it evolved into a site where anyone could upload anything they wanted, and the creative potential was limitless. by 2008, youtube was the perfect site. this is also when i got into the site, at a mere 6 years of age. (i'm young. you do the math.) the very first videos i watched were things that interested me, and then i delved into the cool shit. hell, i watched the ultimate showdown before it blew up. both myself and this site have grown up together. we evolved together. now, we come to the present. i have just realized the amount of stockholm syndrome this site has on me. i hate this site, i hate what it has become, i love emplemon's video and agree with it, yet, i can't leave. youtube has me by the balls. it is my only source of entertainment. in my poor family and my shitty life, youtube is the only thing that keeps me SANE. when this site falls, so do i. i want this site to get better and i constantly have to hope and pray that it will. but i doubt at this stage it will get better.

aight, let me tell you a story.
youtube started out in 2005. it was a small yet simple site dedicated to sharing videos. in 2006, it was bought by Google for over a billion dollars. over time, it evolved into a site where anyone could upload anything they wanted, and the creative potential was limitless. by 2008, youtube was the perfect site. this is also when i got into the site, at a mere 6 years of age. (i'm young. you do the math.) the very first videos i watched were things that interested me, and then i delved into the cool shit. hell, i watched the ultimate showdown before it blew up. both myself and this site have grown up together. we evolved together. now, we come to the present. i have just realized the amount of stockholm syndrome this site has on me. i hate this site, i hate what it has become, i love emplemon's video and agree with it, yet, i can't leave. youtube has me by the balls. it is my only source of entertainment. in my poor family and my shitty life, youtube is the only thing that keeps me SANE. when this site falls, so do i. i want this site to get better and i constantly have to hope and pray that it will. but i doubt at this stage it will get better.


just want to say, I like your longer videos. You manage to take a topic that, from the outside, seems so uninteresting and boring, and turn it into something thoroughly entertaining and worthwhile. The quality, structure, and presentation that's best shown in your Never Ever and Youtube Geographic series - is admirable. I'll never tire of you picking apart all the things wrong with this website in how poorly it treats its creators and users


I don't know how many feel this way, but your choices of videos to put in the background really resonated with me.

Been on the site for long time, and seeing all the dumb (but also great) YTPs of 2009 and the great  animations of 2010 - 2011 in your video gave me such a nostalgic feeling. I feel like a part of something much bigger.

Thank you


Damn I feel like I’m getting insulted but I’m not straight facts bro👍


46:06 I'm listening Emp, we still exist on this site!


14:41 Tune 88?! Wasn't expecting to hear that


It's quite simple really. YouTube doesn't care about it's creators, and never will again. It's a corporate entity. It's main objective is to make as much money as possible, not giving the people what they want.


Its simple. If i find a bad video, i click off, and vise versa. FYI im watching this video currently at the 46:26 second mark


So you're telling me that in old YouTube I may have done a bit better?


0:02 bruh i think i have no life, like since i looked at that 8 hour documentary about a show i didn't even know existed, videos like this seem to take like only 10 minutes to finish


before I saw you, I never even knew YouTube Poops existed


Who remembers starting at a random video and trying to get to the “dark side” of YouTube haha

I do, was one of the best parts of old youtube


This is why i like fact feind with ya boy carl smallwood he dosent care about youtubes algorithm and only sponsers personal products and has multiple videos making fun of raid after they wanted a sponsor and stuff


The Rant I never though I needed in 2021.


at this point the universe is going down a downward spiral


YouTube has became a platform of work rather than hobby. Many popular channels simply have the intent of profit rather than creative integrity. It used to be all about fun and originality but now it is all about algorithms and money.


You could sub in movies, videogames, TV news, music etc in place of youtube in many of the points made here and it would still be applicable


the same companies also have the exact same art style that the know makes them look high quality but its not it looks like 3 people need to make something in like 5 min and its true that I'm from the younger generation but I like good content (kingK who does in depth retrospectives on older games, SilokHawk who is a gamer and a animator who makes great content and caddicarus who is so hard to explain but good my favorite game is 13 years older then me its chrono trigger a rpg for the snes I also don't have the attention span of a fly ) so don't blame us all also you spend like 4 hours to look for 1 good channel or join a super small community that makes good content


It's bad enough when they all have to ask you to subscribe, but I can guarantee that if you tell me to "smash" that like or subscribe button, I will do no such thing, just on principle


I love you man, you're YTP roots really shows and it really keeps the whole video really engaging as you discuss these amazing topics in depth!


If YouTube was bad in 2017. Wait til you see how much worse it has gotten since COPPA interfered


31:05 Dat Hoenn Elite Four Theme Remix tho


I am sad I wasn't able to see this earlier.  I was really wondering where the longer videos went.  RIP.


I still come back to video, baffled that nothing has changed and has actually gotten worse. literally everything in this video is perfect. this video should play the instant someone makes a youtube account.
29:07 still my favorite part and i hate to say this, but fucking thank you for saying it.


Not surprising that YouTube recommended me this


Youtube 2021: cramming 3 ads into the beginnings of videos all the time
Youtube: NEED MORE MONEY NOT ENOUGH ADS

Youtube 2021: cramming 3 ads into the beginnings of videos all the time
Youtube: *NEED MORE MONEY NOT ENOUGH ADS*


Didn't notice that i watched This whole video in 144P, thought IT was meant to look like this


34:29 but ur not supposed to bite the hand that feeds u


i feel like your point can be applied to comments, too.
the most liked comments are never more than a sentence or two long, and dont actually tell anything about their opinion on the video.
just like Youtube videos, the Youtube Comment metagame promotes no effort and no harsh opinions.

im looking at you, NeonBunnies.

@lostime and most of the top comments are mostly bots

@lostime is that because the comments are sorted by only newest and most liked and not also oldest and most replys and the replys to comments are not next to the comments🧐

@lostime ohhh ok... yeah, it’s really annoying to see YouTubers who attempt to push their way to the top by blowing up everyone’s comment section, posting clickbait or just making low effort, low quality “news” videos, thinking people would find that garbage entertaining to watch.... I feel as though when those types of YouTubers do actually become successful, they’ll soon begin to release that everyone’s already tired of them before they even had a chance to shine their true light with their talents, and that they took the lazy & disingenuous route for no reason at all... But maybe they deserve it because, well... Their content sucks.. After all, no one likes clickbait (besides zombie children who’ll mindlessly take anything that’s that’s shown to them), “News” type content is wayy overdone and just outright lazy.... And it’s made even worse due to the fact that you could’ve just gotten whatever information that was presented in the video in a quicker and more efficient manner, without any filler or any “DoN’t FoRgEt To LikE aNd SuBcRiBe!” Bullshit anywhere else on the internet.... So that means The news genre of YouTube has no reason to exist... Honestly, I feel like clickbait -y type YouTubers aren’t even happy with their jobs, but they still do it anyway because... It’s their only source of income that would sustain them for life, regardless of how tarnished their reputation is in real life, or the internet.... And just hearing that sentiment.... Kinda withers my soul... It’s depressing really, that YouTubers who bank off of Terrible but profitable videos are doomed to live with the curse that they created.... The curse of the way they were brainwashed into thinking was correct.... The curse of not being able to escape..... The curse of modern day YouTube.🌀

Modern day YouTube

Modern day YouTube

Modern day YouTube

Modern day YouTube

  Modern day YouTube

Modern day YouTube

Modern day YouTube

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              Mod Ê r n d a y Yo u T ubE

m o d e r n d A y Y o U t u b e

    m o d e r n D a y Y  o  u  T u  b E

Modern day YouTube has stolen our souls.

@lostime ohhh ok... yeah, it’s really annoying to see YouTubers who attempt to push their way to the top by blowing up everyone’s comment section, posting clickbait or just making low effort, low quality “news” videos, thinking people would find that garbage entertaining to watch.... I feel as though when those types of YouTubers do actually become successful, they’ll soon begin to release that everyone’s already tired of them before they even had a chance to shine their true light with their talents, and that they took the lazy & disingenuous route for no reason at all... But maybe they deserve it because, well... Their content sucks.. After all, no one likes clickbait (besides zombie children who’ll mindlessly take anything that’s that’s shown to them), “News” type content is wayy overdone and just outright lazy.... And it’s made even worse due to the fact that you could’ve just gotten whatever information that was presented in the video in a quicker and more efficient manner, without any filler or any “DoN’t FoRgEt To LikE aNd SuBcRiBe!” Bullshit anywhere else on the internet.... So that means The news genre of YouTube has no reason to exist... Honestly, I feel like clickbait -y type YouTubers aren’t even happy with their jobs, but they still do it anyway because... It’s their only source of income that would sustain them for life, regardless of how tarnished their reputation is in real life, or the internet.... And just hearing that sentiment.... Kinda withers my soul... It’s depressing really, that YouTubers who bank off of Terrible but profitable videos are doomed to live with the curse that they created.... The curse of the way they were brainwashed into thinking was correct.... The curse of not being able to escape..... The curse of modern day YouTube.🌀

Modern day YouTube

Modern day YouTube

*Modern day YouTube*

*Modern day YouTube*

  Modern day YouTube

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              Mod Ê r n d a y Yo u T ubE

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*Modern day YouTube has stolen our souls.*

@Exo i was thinking of the wrong guy, i meant neonbunnies. he comments multiple times on the same video and tries to get top comment with overused memes. he sometimes does.

True, and who’s pixelcraftian, and how does he relate to this issue?


I was growing up when youtube was becoming shittier site. I wish I was born earlier to watch the good old days.

I was here during both the Gold, silver, and actual poop era


im never gonna see youtube the same again


This is one of the best videos on Youtube.


12:06 HOLY COW AN ULTIMATE SHOWDOWN "REFERENCE IN A VIDEO AFTER 2010!!!


You got Achilles Last Stand too??? An equally edgy video to that of pre-modern YouTube with my favorite songs??? YES FUCKING PLEASE


I admire that you didn't take the opportunity to put 20 mid-roll ads on this video.

Because sometimes it is more than 1 minute and even more than 5 minutes

what is the problem with that anyway? money is good...


the fact that after 5 years of development the algorithm is still shit


Yes, the floor here is made out of floor


I cant agree with you more. i need to go at least 15+ pages to actually find a small youtuber with good content. all i ever see is giant corporations, or music media, news and stuff produced on tv always in my face. we dont have tv anymore because we hated that we were shoved media down our thoughts,  always trending in mass marketing. they have their own websites for this stuff. or at least minimize their content down to only if your subscribed to them or actually searching  for them should the pop up.

i want to see the old days when you could actually browse freely and find amazing things to send and talk about with your friends. we dont even get that anymore. were just force fed things and it sucks. why do we have a ton of stuff. that  never gets watched. and why is so much of it just regurgitated media from tv?

take this for instance. i watched 1 clip of the simpsons  and now i have 10 videos of simpsons and family guy in my feed of reposters. that just uptune the video and put in the description  and thumbnail is the video from tv. why???? gah

agree with you on lots of subjects. and wish the algorithm and system actually pandered to the creators and such that does not pander to the people that have corporations or are reposting tv or daily uploads on the trending channel.

Maybe we should just have a completely new algorithm, and make YouTube pick videos at random by default.

CommanderFluffy exactly look at my comment below yours


Man i got PTSD form the TTT report sound in the beginning.


I think the fact I'm seeing this in 2022 says a lot.


I almost  forgot that this video is over 4 years old


I hope when I try to be a YouTube channel I just end my videos with "Don't subscribe. Bitch." So I can utilize reverse psychology and also hurt their feelings combining into free encouragement and also to protest me hurting their feelings to subscribe.

Infact I can just outline how to make a YouTube and maximize profits by a plebian nobody if somebody wants me to.


Watching this in 2020 has reminded me that we are still spiraling down this funnel. All the good stuff is getting sifted out for lifeless bullshit. Every single commentary channel covers almost the same topics, regurgitating similar rhetoric. I've stopped watching let's plays and list videos almost all together. I'm subbed to a good amount of channels, but it's hard to even keep up with everyone. I wasn't around for the pre-2010's of youtube, but I must've missed out on a lot.


yt became the very thing they sought to destroy


Back in my day we made things cause we wanted to, not to make money off good people. Its how things are with most things, games, youtube... porn. Its sad thats why i just watch what I like throw a like and move on. One day it will be better just not today is all.


Goddamnit Lemon....Your So Right....ill go To Hollow knight and be sad just sad....
And Yes i did watch your Entire vid i even paused it
if i see something so clickbaity i dont click
Example decino is one of the Amazing Youtubers i can list Many many more Closely releated is Zero Master A Doom god not the only one Of course but Defintly one of the best doom players of all time I watched his full nearly 3h doom vid If  ITS QUALITY i watch it full

Back then i enjoyed shitty funny memes to Mlg Vids were so popular i remember Just mice spamming foxys Mlg vid from i cant spell the name every time i got a 360 noscope in a private lobby on ps3 bo3 u know I seen how far youtube has fallen mainly bc of you and a few other Youtubers


Man I’m glad I stumbled upon you’re channel. You’re channel is a culmination of everything I like, and the kind of content I will gladly watch for the 40 or so minutes it takes (I swear I’ve watched that Earnhardt video like.. five times.) Keep doin what you’re doing.


Emerson Lake & Palmer - Karn Evil 9 (1st Impression pt. 1)
<br>i thought i had my spotify running, nice.

Emerson Lake & Palmer - Karn Evil 9 (1st Impression pt. 1)
i thought i had my spotify running, nice.


Emotional damage right at the start huh? I like you


It's weird because the videos I actually edited have less views than clips that I hardly did anything with


SMG4 is really the last remnant of old YouTube.

I would give that title to Sr. Pelo as he doesn't own a COMPANY because SMG4 owns Glitch Productions while Sr. Pelo is more like OG YouTube


I started watching this video and didn't stop until the end. Great essay. Eloquent and well-edited.


This comment section has been on a downward spiral.


When to manlits fight <br> about ego never ends well

When to manlits fight
 about ego never ends well


I both love and hate how true this video is.


Considering the state of YouTube, I’ll recommend some channels for you to subscribe to

Ant Dude
Sagan Hawks
Totally not mark
DiamondBolt
BonBunFilms
TheUnluckyTug
Uncle Dane
Organization XVX
Hyuns Dojo
A+Start
MLDKF
Schaffrillas Productions (He’s pretty big, but he makes good content, most likely because he was called out by Matpat, which reinforces Lemons point that you have to be pointed out by the bigger people than you)
Saberspark
EpicLinkSam (He makes nice extensions of Death Battle Songs, which is another good channel, but they’re pretty big already, so If you wanna listen to some good music for at least 10 minutes)
Bloopersploof1
NJGW
Weeby Newz

If you like those channels, and the eventual channels that get added to this list, My job here  has been successful


YouTube isn't about broadcasting yourself anymore. It's all about being TV <br>2.0

YouTube isn't about broadcasting yourself anymore. It's all about being TV
2.0

proven by funny haha jimmy kimmel orange man bad on #1 trending

It's not like TV was trying to be radio 2.0... right?...


old youtube: Brethe of the Wild<br>new youtube: Skyward Sword

old youtube: Brethe of the Wild
new youtube: Skyward Sword

old algorithm fierce deity link new algorithm shadow link


I wonder how he sees Virtual YouTubers...


This is why I'm not making a YouTube channel. I am not dealing with this shit. However, that doesn't mean I'm going to participate. I wish the best luck to you EmpLemon! It makes me happy that you've gotten this far!

@Pom Tubes You don't have to point out the obvious.

@Pom Tubes That is true, bud. Although, please remember that I haven't made any videos

Bu-bu-bu... yoour account IS a channel, sooo...

@Doom58

I completely agree now a days!!!

David Blanchard I don't blame you for not making videos in fact I was going to make good content at one point but I don't see why it's worth it


I realised so much I was born at a <br>W R O N G  T I M E

I realised so much I was born at a
W R O N G  T I M E


I started watching Youtube when I was Three, that was 2010.


You were wayyyy ahead of the curve with this one and I’m 4 years late lol


I guess I am the only one who has never been to the trending page, has only found subscriptions by searches or recommendation and has kept a tightly curated his subscription list the entire time.

Youtube is still a great experience for me for the time being. What's everyone else's excuse? This wasn't hard to pull off. My sub box is full of new and interesting content everyday. A high percentage of it gets watched. Don't be lazy. Follow EmpLemon's advice. Cut the shit from your sub box and go find worthwhile channels.

Yeah, I hardly look at trending either. Sometimes I do out of morbid curiosity but other than that no. The only time I watched videos that were currently trending was with Internet Historian's Rainfurrest video and when Gorillaz's new music was trending.

Maverick <br>pretty much though internet historian was trending once so it wasn't so bad

Maverick
pretty much though internet historian was trending once so it wasn't so bad

I have Youtube Plus and only go to the Trending page to blacklist some more channels

Jakugen No, you're not alone in that. I never go to the trending page, either.

Good advice but all that is going to change if this just goes on. They are probably going to shove those trending pages down the consumers fucking throat anyways. So even if we ignore every crappy youtuber on this website and become completely inhumane by just forcing yourself to watch a few "interesting content" YouTube channels. Of course everyone has a different opinion on what is interesting content and what is not.

Jakugen, you hit the nail on the head with that one. I've been subscribed to a lot of artists over the years and even built a conversation with some, heck maybe even a connection even if they're big content creators and most of the time, it's found from suggestions related to the content I'm watching, so I kinda exploited that and exclusively watch the content I like, as EmpLemon said he used to and does.

Sometimes content that gets spoonfed to me is something I watch because I don't know any better, but it does take time for me to realise that these videos are just bland and instead of just passively intake it, I try focus more attention on the content I like, which is sometimes just as easy to digest after a month of seeking.

Good content can only be given to those deserving, and it shouldn't be enough to complain about the lack thereof when you haven't put the work into finding it.


I’m actually going to disagree about your point of youtubers asking people to sub. You’d be surprised by how many channels are out there that have a video or two with millions of views that only have maybe 10,000-50,000 subscribers. It’s rather heartbreaking to see sometimes because their other videos that didn’t get the millions are often also just good. But because, like you said, many people are too lazy to actually look into their channel via the multiple clicks to look at them, people simply don’t subscribe.<br>I agree, I find it very annoying when a large, long running channel keeps asking “hey, subscribe”, but for the smaller guys, I find it completely understandable.

I’m actually going to disagree about your point of youtubers asking people to sub. You’d be surprised by how many channels are out there that have a video or two with millions of views that only have maybe 10,000-50,000 subscribers. It’s rather heartbreaking to see sometimes because their other videos that didn’t get the millions are often also just good. But because, like you said, many people are too lazy to actually look into their channel via the multiple clicks to look at them, people simply don’t subscribe.
I agree, I find it very annoying when a large, long running channel keeps asking “hey, subscribe”, but for the smaller guys, I find it completely understandable.


Oof. The call to action is real.

AND IT WORKS!!!!


0:00 Intro

9:10 YOUTUBE USED TO BE F**KING GREAT

 9:13 Rags to Riches
10:13 Exceptional People Could Excel
11:02 Curiosity & Discovery
12:06 Animation Excellence
13:06 Personal Personalities
14:22 Creativity & Originality
15:16 The Ultimate TV Alternate

16:35 D O W N W A R D  S P I R A L

17:10 Rags To Rags
18:33 Exceptional People Are Ignored
20:31 Constraints & Delivery
23:02 Animation Extinction
25:56 Corporate Corporations
31:04 Cloning & Oversaturation
37:35 The Ultimate TV Copycat / Conclusion

Edit: holy actual shit 225 likes, that's amazing, thank all of you, you guys actually rock :D

@bundleofthxughts jesus chill, stop with the toxicity, i made this for A. timestamps, and B. for other users ya dunk

@Lyander Zaharik yeah, like damn, so gosh darn toxic like damn 😷🤢

11:02 Curiosity & Discovery

You forgot about that one.

@bundleofthxughts not sure if this is ironic but if it isnt, just stop. You're acting immature and said what you said because the The guy in the video said something like "most people who don't watch the entire thing are mindless zombies."

And Thats Why He Made This
For Others
And Probably Personal Use Or Logging


6:30 BRO THATS EXACTLY WHAT i WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT THIS CHANNEL.


And youtube rip youtube shorts from tiktok 38:34


8:49 i like the bottom second from the left, its a masterpiece


unfortunately aged like wine and not milk.


YouTube is slowly becoming a corporate wasteland, where channels such as us create new passionate content and Jake Paul dabs and plays with fidget spinners. It's honestly really frustrating to put so much effort in to making shows with there own custom art work and theme song, but we're overshadowed by the corporate shills. With the way YouTube is going, we may never get as big as some of the powerful titans that pump out garbage on a daily basis. But we sit and work hoping that we may reach that level of popularity.

I usually use youtube as a way to store music I have done and other stuffs I know im gonna forget in the feature. lol

where do we go now, let's just make a new place for old school youtube stuff, somewhere between 4chan and dedicated wikias


28:00 The whole subscribe thing is just there to inform me to press the thumbs up, thumbs down, add to playlist, and share so I can increase the interactivity for the algorithm.


with everything going on in the world it makes the guy from the hatred game look based


Even better since 2021 they've been regulating comments very much. I've been on youtube since 2005 and in 2021 alone I managed to be banned twice!


this video had many valid points about issues with youtube HOWEVER i feel like it comes from a place of nostalgia and it overlooks the numerous problems with old youtube and the improvements made in some aspects, the anger poured into this video prevented it from being fair and alot of it comes across as "i miss the OLD youtube" . that being said alot of youtubes problems portrayed here are real and as a wannabe youtube struggling to think about how i can make my content stand out i feel for you.


3 years later this still relevant because its the same way


does covid count as a cataclysmic event?


I like how C(Emp) Punk has put on a pipebomb 3 years ago


I have no idea if this is serious or not, but its funny as hell how serious he's taking "poops"


My god this was amazing. I'm a small short film channel focused on experimenting with all kinds of styles of videos. These short films take a very long time to produce and each video is meticulously hand crafted. Of course, YouTube doesn't really approve of this and therefore I have to endlessly promote my videos on social media and leech off of my larger channel with a completely different type of fanbase to get any views. It sucks that this type of content isn't welcomed anymore. This is the type of stuff people should be watching. But thanks for the video. Glad it's getting attention.

A Level 1 Kappa “Rebellion Under Pressure” Alert has been declared.


Watching this made me realize something
He's a fan of Pink Floyd
And yt is a shit hole
But pink floyd tho


the first 2 points don't <b>really</b> count. it's a consequence of youtube getting big. with the exception of reaction channels. i really don't like reaction channels.

the first 2 points don't *really* count. it's a consequence of youtube getting big. with the exception of reaction channels. i really don't like reaction channels.


"SQUIDWAAAAAAARD! the SKY had a POKEMON!"


You deserve the YouTube Gold.

To claim, watch 5 top video list videos, 2 TTS Wikipedia video, 8 reaction videos, 6 pop songs, and a 60 minute long pirated documentary recorded on a shaky cam with the person sneezing.


I support someone called GreatnationHD who makes GTA 5 movies around the theme of Christine without any dialogue but he puts a good amount of work into it and i only discovered it through watching fast and furious scene recreations.


Personality I think you get the gaming bit rather wrong. I'm poor. And I use my dad's computer to watch gaming videos since I can't afford them myself. I'm sure there are people who just watch them play and not play it themselves, but I think a good amount of people who can't afford games like them.


This video made me angry not because of what he said about the braindead people, but because I know hes absolutely right about youtube being shit in its current state, and it probably isn't going to get better any time soon.


19:46 GradeAUnderA's video shouldn't be on that collage, that was a video essay on how much reaction videos suck and it's actual good content


the part at 26:42 is also like the state of the algorithm in 2021


Who els feels like just going on newgrounds and playing flash games for hours so you don’t have to find shit you could not care less about on YouTube when your looking for actual quality content


and now people who make youtube alternates that is youtube but a whole lot better get ceased and desisted into the ground


Just figured out emplemon likes tf2! Eh my man


fuck i just realised that pewdiepie became all three of those youtube “classes” after the nazi incident


Now you get me Closer to God. I'm your new subscriber for you.


How tf did you get away with putting a Led Zeppelin song in your video?!


My favourite ytp creator is the creator of Mario eats pasta diagnosed with HIV.


Didn't age at all in fact it did the opposite


I don't like long videos if I'm not interested,but this is just straight facts


This is like the fifth video I watched but I forgot to subscribe until the subscription reminder rant


little counter-counterexample : I'm 15 and i just know how to find good content


This is a comment from 2021, Thom Tillis’s lawful act has been set up and innocent creators will get arrested just because they played copyrighted music in their videos for barley 0.0001 Planck times. It just astounds me how ignorant and greedy people can be. Now, all that matters in the world is how heavy your wallet is.

A law like that would be unconstitutional. It's destined to fail.


Ngl, the ending of this video was inspiring as fuck


There I was watching a classy video and then an advertisement for free Vbucks pops up.🤣🤣🤣

God bless normie culture.


Wow, you're near 200k subs. That's an achievement. I respect your YTPs and even your SCREW series because they're not the stuff I normaly expect. It was different and disrinct to your style. May you have another year in the downward spiral with all of your non empty subs.

Sincerely,
Nerd with 20 subs and 2 bad TF2 vids that were a YEAR OLD. With NO EDITS. I was lazy then.


2100: “13 second vid”<br>Me: ok let’s watch this clip OMG 10000 HOUR UNSKIPPABLE AD I GUESS ILL PLAY MINECRAFT OMG MY COMPUTER IS LOCKED! Ok fine ill play IPad roblox- are you serious. It locked me into youtube

2100: “13 second vid”
Me: ok let’s watch this clip OMG 10000 HOUR UNSKIPPABLE AD I GUESS ILL PLAY MINECRAFT OMG MY COMPUTER IS LOCKED! Ok fine ill play IPad roblox- are you serious. It locked me into youtube


I have formed profound thoughts based on  this video, I am not going to share them though lol. good video funky lemon man :sunglasses:

46:30 really hit different, its why i unsubbed from pewdiepie and game grump etc


27:45 you know... you'd think that you made a great counterargument... however statistics show that if you dont choke your video with constant reminders to subscribe to your channel, you actually dont get as many subs... and im not kidding here. ask any of those channels that cram sub notifications down your throat to not do it for a few videos, and you'll see that they dont get as many subs. i wish it wasnt so, however unfortunately your point is invalidated by the stupidity of the average person. sorry emp.


When algorithm only shows you stuff it wants to show you, it's not much different from typical TV broadcasting. I need to manually search for shit and check different channel's subscription's and related channels in order to find anything new. Certain content I can't even find with searching for it with 100% correct words, even 1 typo won't show you some videos on search results.

Regards: Person who replaced TV back in 2010 with youtube, and used it since before google bought it.


Still relevant today. Man, present day YouTube.


YouTube blocks some of these videos from Playing in picture in picture mode lots of your rants will just not play in picture in picture no matter what


I watched all 49 minutes of this and I want anybody who says "Oh, the video is too long" to grow a few brain cells and man up! Watch all 49 minutes and the Deleted BTM skit, you won't regret it one bit!


The irony is that this hate is all over Youtube similar to how it is in the video. I'm just worried about the kids that don't know about this stuff if anything...


THIS IS A LEGENDARY VIDEO!!!!!

Does anyone know of a new website thats more reminicent of early Youtube? Thats actually upcoming and where content and creators are actually able to share and create content?

Any competition gets crushed and destroyed or burn themselves out of money so no there is no other platform


I am 15 and I watched YouTube ever since 2012


Does anyone remember back when youtubers could have custom backgrounds


I don't like nowdays ytps much, they're too chaotic and most of the time confuses me more than anything, old ytps were funny and weird...<br>And I stopped watching behind the meme long ago due to his poor research, if you're too lazy to research, don't do it.

I don't like nowdays ytps much, they're too chaotic and most of the time confuses me more than anything, old ytps were funny and weird...
And I stopped watching behind the meme long ago due to his poor research, if you're too lazy to research, don't do it.


@SpeedySteedy watch I’m done making good videos by video game dunkey


Woop Woop<br>Ok Thank you for throwing away My time

Woop Woop
Ok Thank you for throwing away My time

WOOP WOOP
grammar police here. I'm here to inform you that you've committed a crime against grammarmanity.
Crime: saying teached instead of taught
Sentence: having to read this overly long, drawn out, unfunny comment


im still gona give it a shot, i have an interest in what i call entertainment quality, i have some plans and they need setting up


Damn, this video brought back so many fond memories of early YouTube. That More Vidoes button had completely slipped from my mind.

I'm scared of profile pictures with females in them.


The downward spiral has gone on a downwards spiral


Wait... Isn't it possible to just create a new platform that would basically go "so remember the wild west days of YT? Yeah, that's what this is. No copyright claims if you don't upload whole movies, no real restrictions on video's that don't show any illegal stuff and just... Pure creative freedom. No censoring, no banning of weird stuff just because it's weird. Just... Chaos and see what works. And we do it all for free. You can't go earn money with it, but in return, there are no ads and you can upload whatever you want within reason!" like... We won't replace YT, but instead give people the option to go back to those days of the place where you could occasionally find some freaky shit that keeps you up at night, but you could also find the most funny or interesting thing ever, never even being able to imagine how the fuck you got there!

Can't we do that?