let's be honest, even when we demand that kids under 13 years old must not watch our videos, they're gonna do it anyway. I'm pretty certain a chunk of the people in this comment section are 13 and under.

Most of Emp's fanbase is older than 17, if I were to judge it off of his discord server.

Мбн Цринге Бох

@ImmaLittlePip Ah yes, the classic problem with keeping kids out of places they're not supposed to be...

I'm 25 but back in 2006 and 2007 I would watch stuff I wasn't supposed to
And yeah best thing we can really do is have a "are you older than 13 years old to watch this video" button
Because no matter what kids are always gonna get past it

WeegeeSlayer
Hey!

Are you the guy I always see on Mr Enter’s videos?

Damn, caught my little bro I'm watching this with,It's technically his 13th birthday, but he was born later in the day.


"The right man in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world" - G-man Half-Life 2


A guy so fixated on this topic like he was, yeah I’d check his search history.


This video should be seen by mainstream media


Channels like Pyrocynical have made videos combatting child endangerment.

"I used the child predators... to destroy the child predators."

i mean we can say pyro is a true furry degenerate but its still unsure to call him a predator right?


"There's some kind of Glitch in the Algorithm"
"MOM I deleted the VIRUS!!!"
same energy

@bah7789 I can always count on jojo fans

except the glitch guy has a tolerable voice

Centorea 88 What a beautiful

Duwang

chew

@AlinaGray88 pretty much sums up the whole controversy

No I swear I wasn't looking for videos of little girls. It's Youtubes fault for showing them to me

My name is Yoshikage Kira. I'm 33 years old. My house is in the northeast section of Morioh, where all the villas are, and I am not married. I work as an employee for the Kame Yu department stores, and I get home every day by 8 PM at the latest. I don't smoke, but I occasionally drink. I'm in bed by 11 PM, and make sure I get eight hours of sleep, no matter what. After having a glass of warm milk and doing about twenty minutes of stretches before going to bed, I usually have no problems sleeping until morning. Just like a baby, I wake up without any fatigue or stress in the morning. I was told there were no issues at my last check-up. I'm trying to explain that I'm a person who wishes to live a very quiet life. I take care not to trouble myself with any enemies, like winning and losing, that would cause me to lose sleep at night. That is how I deal with society, and I know that is what brings me happiness. Although, if I were to fight I wouldn't lose to anyone.


Matt is a type of a guy who unknowingly or perhaps <b>knowing</b> wanted to kill youtube

Matt is a type of a guy who unknowingly or perhaps *knowing* wanted to kill youtube


the only way to get youtube to do something is to hit them in their wallet, but remember that the companies will care about the children


Love the Doors covers, especially the Alabama Song. It sounded familiar and then I realized they're all Doors songs


Something I noticed that, maybe it's a little minor, but he did that thing that controversial youtubers do where they put the camera close enough it seems like he's mad at YOU specifically unless you're with him. He keeps shouting into the camera, pushing his face in closer like he's accusing the viewer. Really helps cement the us vs them mentality. if you're not with me, you're against me, and if you're against me, you're with them, and that means you're with pedophiles in this case.


YouTube's politics in general is just interesting. It's like a struggling country (economically, political stability-wise etc.) in a way. No one in the leadership can agree on anything, conspiracies arise, and there's a lot of drama inbetween YouTube's leadership, the elite YouTubers and the commentary channels.

@Mantha You mean like "Leafywashere"? That5 video had tons of info on commentary drama.

So it's Boomtown in Minecraft: Story Mode

Honestly, I hope we got a whole new documentary series devoted just to that. I'd love to know the story of how everything went down the shitter.


I believe he's just an irritated red-haired baby who couldn't get money from youtube and got salty


You can tell by Matt's cadence and emphases that he watches <b>way</b> too much Joe Rogan

You can tell by Matt's cadence and emphases that he watches *way* too much Joe Rogan


I mean, I'm all for a good round of big corps bashing, but straight up making up stuff is just disingenuous.


My theory is that he worked at another company like Microsoft or someplace like that and was trying to damage his competitors.


when pyro is responsible for sexually abusive content getting removed, but still hasn't uploaded petscop 2

@hello I'll Eh, it’s alright now. He has an inflation furry fetish and acknowledged he should have been more careful when he was younger. He’s a weirdo, but he’s not a nonce.

@Josie Mizuki Damn it he has promised it for so long.

Dang that meme reaches far and wide, doesn't it?

When you bully Pyro on other people channels...

@mm665 Still haven't watched it ! can't wait tho ngl

@Theo Rior fat cry 3 is good too but we want petscop 2


As a left leaning person, and if Matt's true motives were to target right leaning folk... God damn, his tactics had the same effect as a drone strike... He hit his target, but also everyone else, leaving peeps confused about what he really wanted.<br>There's ways of combating regressive, dangerous and/or bigoted aspects of YouTube... Matt's way is one of the worst

As a left leaning person, and if Matt's true motives were to target right leaning folk... God damn, his tactics had the same effect as a drone strike... He hit his target, but also everyone else, leaving peeps confused about what he really wanted.
There's ways of combating regressive, dangerous and/or bigoted aspects of YouTube... Matt's way is one of the worst

Yeah. The idea that there is a right leaning 'pipeline' that gets ever more extreme is true, but it is also true for the 'left' as well as anything and everything else.

YouTube gives you more of whatever you like. If you like right/left political content it will give you more of that. And the more extreme you like your politics the more extreme your video will get.

Or
200 IQ take:

Stop going after anything you don't like because it hurts your fee fees. Ever thought of that?

Or
200 IQ take:

*Stop* going after anything you don't like because it hurts your fee fees. Ever thought of that?


I'm sure it's not hard for billion dollar companies to manufacture a persona for a few years until they need it for something.


Honestly I believe the corporate plant theory, and the old content just existed before he was recruited.


This is aside from the point of the video, but great choice of music at 6:17 the lyrics in the second half of Alabama Song really fit with the context here, genius!


What I learned on EmpLemon today is:
1. Never trust a ginger
2. There's apparently a badass orchestrial cover of Whiskey Bar that I am now going to be playing on repeat

MITCH I think Emp was referencing the Doors’ version, as an instrumental version of Strange Days plays after Whiskey Bar finishes in the video.

It's not a cover in as much true to the original, which is an opera.


I love that on his hit list of companies, Grammarly was spelt wrong (grammerly)


Google/Youtube is on the same page as all these other large companies; they don't need to fuck over an ally over a few bucks when they both have much bigger fish to fry and have the same agenda anyway.


19:57 Kik decided not to shut down after all. Reference: https://www.the-sun.com/lifestyle/tech/140878/kik-not-shutting-down-as-mystery-last-minute-buyer-for-popular-chat-app-found/
By the way, I had a Kik, but I took it offline in 2016 or 2017, possibly the same year I started it.


Plot twist: He just did this for reddit gold

@UnhealthyPills It’s not a dislike, dislikes don’t change how your comment is displayed and whether it’s shown to people or hidden. It’s a downvote which doesn’t let anyone else have an opinion that’s different. It’s abused and basically hides anyone that has a different opinion.

@JayRain yeah! Because dislikes on websites are bad! Right guys? Right?...

I would argue Industry Plant is the most likely explanation because of the media coverage, and it’s possible that he was a disgruntled YouTuber who was paid more money by industry insiders than he thought he could have made through ad revenue making videos.

What do you think?

@Fries you pay money to give a post or comment a sticker next to it that’s called reddit gold.

And the money he got from the video and his streams. The Reddit Gold and that.

@John Arbuckle dont know if you are being ironic or not but we are talking about reddit gold here

Likely scenario. Reddit is like that. Their users are easily duped

After watching both videos from Emp on the matter, I feel like this is the most plausible explanation. He just wanted to play hero and get rewarded for it.

Matt Watson has given us the wholesome ugandan chungus reeves sticked bugged and everyone liked that cause that’s what heroes do.

I overfed my cat and ultimately killed him from diabetes so I could post him to r/Chonkers and get reddit money for my chicken tendies

The fact that its believable someone would do that is really sad

@L. Pietrobon or like posting a popular opinion in r/unpopular opinions

JayRain <br>Eh somewhat really. But there are some of us who just wants to browse r/wholesome and memes. Really depend on which side you hang out with :D

JayRain
Eh somewhat really. But there are some of us who just wants to browse r/wholesome and memes. Really depend on which side you hang out with :D

Reddit: The place where your opinion gets downvoted and censored if your opinion is different

No a plot twist. It's a pretty tame way of getting reddit gold, compared with what goes on in r/Teenagers and r/Dankmemes

edit: Thanks for the gold, kind stranger(s)!


25:07 just wanna mention Matt speaking into the top of a Blue Yeti, which is cardiod and records from the sides


I don’t know why people don’t just make their kids use YouTube kids instead of allowing them onto the official YouTube app(which is made for people 13 and up) and then get mad when they watch something not age appropriate.


This all comes down the mods were alseep.  Sounds about right.

just imagine, if one malding reddit mod caught him that night, all of this would've been avoided.


EmpLemon is my most trusted news source.


When "Think of the Children!" ends up treating everyone like children, our freedom gets compromised. But that's probably the point.

+Space Sponge
Thank you, I was unaware of this impending violation of my rights.
Their mentality reminds me of the quote from the amazing comic Red Son: "Why don't you just put the entire world in a bottle, Superman?"

ⰏⰊⰓⰍⰖⰂⰀⰕⰋ ⲇⲓⲕⲁⲓⲟⲛ ܩܘܫܬܐ

Sorry to jack this comment, but if you reading this are in the US, please look into EARN IT, a bill that Congress is trying to pass that give the government more power to monitor citizens with the argument of "Think of the Children!"


Wow I forgot about this, great video Emp


I can’t stop watching you. Do I have a problem? I think I have a problem. I have a problem.


Well i guess YT is gonna be just fine now that they can play any ADs they want without the channel being on the partnership program.


that demonitize blur scared the crap out of me like holy cow i wasnt ready


So basically, don't trust controversies in early spring.

Philip Defranco coughed in a video towards the screen and now I have the Corona Virus. We should hit Youtube where it hurts

Think I might just go outside and get some fresh air, what's the government gonna do, stop me?

More like, don't trust controversies ever. There, fixed that for you


Love how when you talked about shitty plans you cut to dark knight rises bane💀


god it is so weird hearing the name "Matt Watson" in this video, what with all the memes on the SuperMega channel.. It's simultaneously frustrating that someone would do this, and absurd that I can't hear the name without thinking of funny boi


My theory is that Matt is a madman who did this for his own amusement.


I thought that Wasp Removal videos were a niche video category on YouTube. I'm glad you acknowledge it, since I really think the videos give great insight into the mostly misunderstood creatures. I'm glad YouTube's promoting the content to wider audiences. I'm generally a big fan of insects in general and I'm glad content like it is getting the attention it deserves.


The music you use as a score in here is fantastic, genius and hilarious! And then the Musak Alabama Song at the end! XD Perfecto👌 Amazing vid!


It’s like finding a nest of rats on a cruise ship and instead of telling any of the crew about the situation, it’d be more effective to sink the entire ship.


Wants to protect his identity.<br>LITERALLY HAS HIS NAME IN HIS CHANNEL TITLE.

Wants to protect his identity.
LITERALLY HAS HIS NAME IN HIS CHANNEL TITLE.


Maybe the real wormhole were the friends we made along the way

@ouch potato worms are a creature that live in ground

god damnit why does this joke always get me

With the context of the use of the word wormhole here this comment is extremely disturbing

i see this everywere but where did this start

Yeah ngl I still don’t understand how I have friends

NotsoJharedtroll23 bruh this comment has like 3 tiers of memes in it

Nah, it’s still was. You don’t say “the skittle were red before we put it in in water”

Who cares? That's besides the point here.

You mean the same once who stabbed you in the back .<br>When you start to question basic stuff .

You mean the same once who stabbed you in the back .
When you start to question basic stuff .

@bubbyberry just one hole, not all of the holes. Funnel provided for efficiency of course.

Maybe Matt Watson never happened and we're really all dead having an acid trip in heaven.

Maybe WE were all Matt Watson the whole time


YT does have a responsibility. I like your content but you have a vested interest in making excuses for YT.

He wasn't saying YouTube has responsibility. He isn't discussing that. He's investigating Matt's true motives for what he did.


Obfuscate, good word. I always love when people say obfuscate. 👍


Am I the only one who frequently comes back to watch this vid just to listen to the music in it?


God bless your storytelling Emp. You’ve got the gift and always have me interested til the end!


"patrolling billions of users content is impossible" so uh, we gunna ignore the fact you cant even describe a gun?


somebody PLEASE link me the full video at 30:26! that sudden escalation is hysterical!


I'm usually pretty knowledgeable when it comes to YouTube drama and controversies...
I have zero recollection of this one. #WTFU, The Leafy/Idubbbz/Keemstar beef, the Logan Paul controversy, YouTube Rewind 2018, I could go on all day about those, but this. No memory of this...

I'm usually pretty knowledgeable when it comes to YouTube drama and controversies...
I have *zero* recollection of this one. #WTFU, The Leafy/Idubbbz/Keemstar beef, the Logan Paul controversy, YouTube Rewind 2018, I could go on all day about those, but this. No memory of this...


20:58 Oh God, have you not seen one of the millions of posts saying “Tiktok and Instagram bad” for real? Reddit moment

20:58 Oh God, have you not seen one of the millions of posts saying “Tiktok and Instagram bad” for real? _Reddit moment_


I liked the part where YouTube gave no warning to the brand managers and brands before making them pay immediately after offering the services for free as an enticement.

It's good to know YouTube doesn't give anyone warnings.

Th-...that actually does make me feel a little better. I still don't think YouTube treats as equal but....maybe we're not as second class as I thought.

Yeah, at least we aren't the only ones being blindsided.


I feel like this is comparable to Kony 2012 in lot of ways


can’t believe matt watson from supermega would do this


You’re literally the best youtuber. Every discography feels even more professional than anything made on this site


Compartmentalization. You don’t gotta keep someone quiet about a conspiracy if they themselves don’t even know there is one or may be a part of one. Just because someone’s within the sphere a conspiracy that doesn’t mean they were a part of it. It’s like with the “did we go to the moon” shit. Everyone says there’s to many people involved someone woulda said something. And they’d be right. Unless all those people involved also believe that we went to the moon. You don’t gotta keep someone quiet when they all they know is exactly what you want everyone to know. And for the record, I do not believe the moon landing is fake. It’s just one of those conspiracies that are so monumental that people usually bring it up when talking about having to keep people quiet. Again, no one needs to keep quiet if they know no nothing. Need to know basis. That’s compartmentalization and conspiracy 101x


Can't' believe Matt Watson of SuperMega would do all of this


Since we're on the topic of "How did you reach this conclusion?!": Can I blame this guy for Raid Shadow Legends? Ads pull from YouTube itself and now favor speaking to Creators directly. Hence the birth of the 3 most annoying words in the English dictionary.

Thinking stupid is my speciality 👌


He looked like an personification of an certain execration that society have.


"Some of you may die... but that is a sacrifice I am willing to make."

@JuanK Gonzalez sick genesis reference, the knife

"We both said a lot of things you are going to regret"<br>-GLaDos

"We both said a lot of things you are going to regret"
-GLaDos

@Stuffed Animal Wars we shall Hollow out youtube of it's problems and make it pure

@Stuffed Animal Wars we shall _Hollow out_ youtube of it's problems and make it _pure_


Plot Twist: Matt was actually an Industry Plant enlisted by Viacom in an attempt to take down Youtube out of resentment for their failed legal battle in 2007


I fucking love how there was a part talking about Political Radicalization and then you started playing JPEGMAFIA lmao


If your job suddenly STOPPED PAYING YOU because a couple of people who you've never met were having an HR dispute, would you be totally cool with that? Because by painting Youtubers as self centered for getting mad about demonetization, this guy is saying you should be totally cool with that.

Frankly it's not their fucking problem if theres some bad actors on the platform, theres bad actors literally everywhere. Not to say that this problem doesnt exist, or doesnt matter, but why are you blaming people who are just trying to make a damn living?


and his lighting had so much potential 😞


The day YouTube stops demonetizing unfairly, large music corporations stop abusing copyright, and the majority of the community likes YouTube communication, I’ll animate a full 12 episode third season of Konosuba in MS Paint. Mark my words.

Thankfully, I’ll never have to do that.

Cesar Alfredo The only things required would be the new version of Microsoft movie maker, Paint 3D, and the translated audio specials. Nothing there takes money, so a Patreon would be fully unnecessary.

My god. This will never happen, yet I yearn for it.<br>If that happens, please create a patreon; we'd help you with it.

My god. This will never happen, yet I yearn for it.
If that happens, please create a patreon; we'd help you with it.

Hopefully, you'll honour your part of the bargain when that time comes

i would like that comment but it already have 69 likes so

If you do have to, start a patreon so I can give you $50 for your work


35:50
I mean, redditors aren't difficult to manipulate.


I watch supermega and hearing "matt watson" thrown around so many times really throws me off


I love how he put doors songs in his videos


Holy fucking shit...why has it taken me this long to watch EMPlemons entire catalogue...this was class 😭

Like a Stateside TRO! Just found EMP as well.

♥💯

Have you seen the Stanislav Petrov episode of Never Ever?

@Based Ring-Squid yeah, it looks to me like one of those videos that put borders with strong colors to try and call your attention, like red circles (like the one on the right) or red arrows, only reason I watched it was because I know emplemon enough to know that the content is NOT dogshit.

Maybe just accomplish the KISS method with just the red face of the guy, and it would be fine. It fills you with intrigue that way.

@B O ꓭ Oh yeah the red border is not a good thing.

@Based Ring-Squid I think the red border ruins it personally

@B O ꓭ Maybe it's ugly for you. But for me, it sticks out of the other videos in my recommendation. There is an air of mystique around the thumbnail.

The thumbnail looks ugly. It's like it's intenting to be about horror and I'm not into horror, so I was avoiding it all this time...


Man, thanks for reminding me how awesome the Ice Climbers music was :D


I dont think it would be hard for someone who fails at making original, funny content to make it big by instead jumping on the trend of Cancel Culture, Outrage Culture, and SJWs. And you dont have to be a creative person to recognize the one thing pretty much everyone would be against would be pedos, and there was an actual issue with creeps commenting on kids videos. I can see someone telling him about that, and then realizing he could re-invent himself as an outraged SJW activist. And videos like that in a climate of people looking for things to be outraged about, its no surprise it went big. I think he left when he realized people were starting to question him, that they'd just continue to question him, and just took the money and ran before he could crash and burn.

Honestly, I dont think it needed a giant conspiracy or backing to pull off. A guy who wanted to be popular, and was angry he wasn't, maybe specifically upset about what he thought was good content that was being ignored in favor of drama and 'exposed' channels, and he decided to find something to make his own drama/''exposed' style video about while riding off the outrage culture (which im sure he probably had run-ins with, due to people being offended by some of the shit in his videos - and was probably annoyed by). Anyways, Im not saying that is what happened, but just that it makes sense and wouldnt be that hard, especially for someone who already had experience making videos.

I dont think it would be hard for someone who fails at making original, funny content to make it big by instead jumping on the trend of Cancel Culture, Outrage Culture, and SJWs. And you dont have to be a creative person to recognize the one thing pretty much everyone would be against would be pedos, and there _was_ an actual issue with creeps commenting on kids videos. I can see someone telling him about that, and then realizing he could re-invent himself as an outraged SJW activist. And videos like that in a climate of people _looking_ for things to be outraged about, its no surprise it went big. I think he left when he realized people were starting to question him, that they'd just continue to question him, and just took the money and ran before he could crash and burn.

Honestly, I dont think it needed a giant conspiracy or backing to pull off. A guy who wanted to be popular, and was angry he wasn't, maybe specifically upset about what he thought was good content that was being ignored in favor of drama and 'exposed' channels, and he decided to find something to make his own drama/''exposed' style video about while riding off the outrage culture (which im sure he probably had run-ins with, due to people being offended by some of the shit in his videos - and was probably annoyed by). Anyways, Im not saying that _is_ what happened, but just that it makes sense and wouldnt be that hard, especially for someone who already had experience making videos.


I've said this since the start of this video. He's a Vimeo employee.


The fact that the background song is “Next Whisky Bar” which features the line “show me the way to the next little girl” is brilliant and slightly disturbing.

As an 18 year old who is a fan of The Doors, despite them being from the 70s<br>i sang along

As an 18 year old who is a fan of The Doors, despite them being from the 70s
i sang along

33:30 is a remixed gary glitter song as well. Original is played in sports stadiums.

I recognized the melodies from the songs

Don't forget about Want You Gone at 49:57 during the conclusion.

Don't forget about _Want You Gone_ at 49:57 during the conclusion.


30:37
He pulled a PBS themed opening on us. Lmao.


Watching this for New Years lol even tho I’ve watched it so many times


Why am I getting the feeling that this was a psy op by a competitor?


The Corporate Plant theory NEEDS to be a movie.

true or not it's a pretty amazing narrative

it would probably be better as a documentary on netflix or something

I think you might be interested in cyberpunk literature.


I wish there was a Where are they now for mattwhatitis.   I had ran into some of his YouTube videos years ago and then this whole incident .woah


you can tell that this guy is really mad when he stayed up all night tryna get his video to blow up


3:27 took me about three seconds of "Hah?" before I clapped my hand to my forehead and wheezed for about 12 seconds straight


Every decision youtube has made since 2018 have been excruciatingly terrible


30:53 can somebody give context to this? Or did Emplemon harrass a girl on the sidewalk?


Tbh seems most likely to me that he was just an idiot who stumbled ass backwards into mainstream popularity and decided to roll with it untill it got increasingly out of hand and then jumped ship


Seeing the down the rabbit hole intro then hearing your voice mixed the fuck outta me<br>What form of power-

Seeing the down the rabbit hole intro then hearing your voice mixed the fuck outta me
What form of power-


Nooo! Matt Watson from SuperMega would never do this! I pay him on Patreon NOT TO DO THIS!


Man, I’ve been on this site for such a long time. At times I feel like I’ve seen everything on YouTube, but emp always manages to bring up interesting points and things nobody ever gives a second thought to on the site. Emp is like a living YouTube archive at this point.


$170 million is nothing. In Australia, an electricity retailer was fined $150 million for door-to-door knocking sales tactics. USA's population is 13x larger than Australia's.


Plot twist he works for daily motion to take down youtube to be the best video sharing service on the internet


🤔 since the “wormhole” is generated by the algorithm then kinda wonder wtf Matt was watching to put him in this “wormhole”


34:04
To be fair not even I am familiar with the monetization mechanism and I've been on this platform since I was a kid, I've been a viewer since I was 8 but I've made videos dating back to 2012.


Emp, you knocked it out of the park on this one. I've been thinking for years that a lot of outrage on the internet was just a convenient outlet for corporate intrigue and this video makes the most plausible and coherent breakdown I've ever seen that makes me feel less like a man putting tinfoil on his head and more like a genuine skeptic who goes looking for an ulterior motive in outrage bait. YouTube Geographic is easily one of my favorite series on the internet and I hope you don't stop any time soon.


Youtube and Corporate Media needs to go away sometimes to just plain never.


Spinning outrage from stigma is easier than prying candy from an infant.


So glad kik is gone. I was groomed into sending nudes at 13 to a grown man on there.


one thing, if this guy comes back, we all know what to do.<br>No Mercy on his ass we basicaly will flood this guy with so many thins he wished he neve went back here.

one thing, if this guy comes back, we all know what to do.
No Mercy on his ass we basicaly will flood this guy with so many thins he wished he neve went back here.

Rafael Andrade Hastenheiter Ferreira da Silva

@G- -stef i know, but this is something from the spot

Emp did a followup video on the guy already. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIYyQEbLtHc
To put it briefly, Matt was actually just really, really fucking stupid. Also, is that an Acceleracers avatar I spy?


Funny how is never the parents responsibility to protect their own children…


Imagine fighting against GOOGLE to take out child predators.


Matt's voice sounds like a less snorty DarkSydePhil.


I'm about nine months late, but could the point at around 20:50 be because the mainstream media is much less threatened by the business model of snapchat, instagram, and tiktok, than it is youtube? Youtube actively incroaches on video-based entertainment that NBC and other massive conglomerates thrive off of, so harshly criticizing them is a strategy for the older type (some millenials, but typically Gen X and older) to hopefully get a negative stereotype of youtube, and therefore default more to Netflix or traditional television. Not sure, maybe gone a bit too deep down a rabbit hole, but I think it could make sense. Snapchat, Tiktok, and Instagram don't have the same purpose or format as Youtube and television, so it could work


I feel like I should be paying for these on a site (but don't pls im poor). These videos are well researched and have such a high degree of quality that I have no clue how you get so many out on your own. Absolutely wonderful content man


I thought it was more about long term censorship goals and advertising dollars dovetailing nicely into each other.


The irony of using an 8 bit version of a Gary Glitter song in a video about exposing paedophile rings


WOULD SOMEONE PLEASE THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!!

EDIT: lol at breadtubers crying about far right propaganda being on Youtube, only they are allowed to hold a monopoly over political propaganda.


If Matt is leftist it explains why his was so flawed. Some of the most common leftist traits include but are not limited to: A completely black and white world view(they’re the good guys and everyone else are the bad guys), cognitive dissidence(specifically an inability to think of certain ideas as being in any way valid or true even when objective evidence for those ideas is presented to them), and a lack of critical thinking skills(never questioning leftist ideals and beliefs even when they make little to no sense and/or deny basic facts). If Matt is a leftist then it makes sense why his plan was so shit. He’d view what he was doing as inherently good because he’s a leftist, never think his opponents had any valid criticisms, think his actions could never hurt people from the groups leftists so often claim to protect and to top it all off he would never question any of what he did or thought about any of this.

Take a shot every time you read the word left in the comment section


So what I'm understanding:<br>January is the least profitable month for youtubers, and February is the deadliest time for youtubers

So what I'm understanding:
January is the least profitable month for youtubers, and February is the deadliest time for youtubers

@MrX At least it's going to be 4/20 for the rest of next month

Thought this comment meant Emp would say Matt was dead.

februrary march deadly virus april comet on its way yep great year

What we can be predicting: the entire year is just shit.


16:16 I don't think is damning, I mean we're all human, I wouldn't focus on smiling when reading something like that, I would just read. Keep in mind I'm commenting this before watching the rest of the video so take it with a grain of salt


this is the 2nd time i woke up to this video for some reason, and i'm having some really strange dreams about McDonalds :/


Its incredible how you use all of my favorite artists ás background music...


Anyone who screams "THINK OF THE CHILDREN" isn't thinking of the children.


19:56 Fact correction: Despite the articles that came out talking about Kik shutting down some months ago, Kik is still up and usable by everyone.

The Sunshine Group you’re the internet 😎

Cartmanbrah ...dude...it’s the internet.

Cartmanbrah where did I tell you I used pictures without people’s permission and sorry I wasn’t aware when I was a child I didn’t know what the underground of that app was

Supplemented Health duh. Don’t use other people’s pictures without permission either.

I had made a kik account years ago with a picture of my girlfriend at the time, we were 16 and when I finally ended up looking at it like a year later, people had sent me loads of the most horrible pictures you could imagine asking for pictures from my girlfriend. Kik is a problem


When you said wasp removal videos i felt attacked


The real shame is that this wouldn't even be a problem if parents actually took care of their kids instead of just handing them a phone.

It happened with TV, and its already happening with phones and laptops.

Parents will always be lazy it seems...


Good Job putting Justice - Let there be light on the background!!


Why does it seem that any controversy has political ties?  It also often seems to use right winged political figures as some scapegoat.  If you do simple research it’s obvious youtube leans left on the political scale and often times punishes right winged content.  If there’s any advertisement issues, it’s the issue of political favoritism.  People who upload content that is “politically incorrect” as comedy are often punished and put in the same bin as right winged people.  Categorizing groups is the worst thing to do. YouTube’s advertisement is clearly flawed, but the only way people hear about the issue is YouTube itself in most cases.  This has made it so those who have issues with YouTube will be blacklisted by YouTube, but if enough left news networks bring it up, YouTube is out of control, so if you want something to become popular, be liberal, be “woke”.  For all we know YouTube could’ve been working with Matt to make them seem more woke by “taking action” after being called out.  Im not certain on everything here and these are my observations, and I don’t claim that any of this is concrete factual evidence, but I do claim it as observations.

i seen more leftist content getting recommending to me rather then right wing ones


i feel like he is just a troll but he didn't know what to do at that point or he failed as a troll and stopped


30:53 the single most comedic sketch of all yime


I have a genuine question. What is your process for writing a video essay such as this? Every video I see by you, despite the extreme variance in topic, is extremely well done - well put together, well researched, well-executed. The quality consistently amazes me and I just want a bit more insight into how you do it.


perhaps the real wormhole was the friendship we built along the way


You know what's really weird

There's a shit fucking ton of videos of babies and kids on YT, most often uploaded with generic "fresh from the phone" titles like MOV [four to six digit number] or AVI.

They aren't necessarily explicit in content, and most of them are just like people who are potentially unknowingly uploading videos of their kids and family. "Foolish parents" etc. These should only really only exploitable by highly dedicated sickos with active imaginations i guess but it's one if those odd things. The platform just reflects the users really


I get the feeling that when it says that YouTube is for “Young people” it means <b>Young Adults</b>

I get the feeling that when it says that YouTube is for “Young people” it means *Young Adults*


"hornet nest removal videos" -Ah yes, a man of culture.

Gotta hate those guys who think hornet is void.


Never trust a man who talks into the wrong side of a Blue Yeti


plot twist it's actually "Matt and Ryan from SuperMega?" combined into basically just Ryan with ginger hair and keeping matt's (Watson) name, before splitting back to their respective body after completing Markiplier's devilish plan...


Matt Watson was just a prophet delivering Montizon’s message.


Can we take a second to agnowledge that this video has a literal banger soundtrack


This is just one big reddit moment right here

Edwardo Franco Okay, first look up Internet Historian, then type 4Chan next to him and you’ll find some of their things

@Predator 20357 I want to hear or watch those legendary stuff I have never heard off

Reddit is such cancer. Even the CEO has admitted to remove comments that didn't align with his political views.

@Xanthopathy We must await until the 2020 elections end to return, as alway in every fucking election of USA

@Xanthopathy yeah, b is full of coomers who try to destroy anything that is not related to porn, is really sad

@Predator 20357 how we can forget when /sg/ called an air-strike on isis

@Predator 20357 But, 4chan is the far better one of the two. You can say whatever the fuck you want and it won't be traced back to you, there's more freedom of speech, and there's no stupid "you need 100 karma points to post on this very exclusive and respected subreddit" bullshit.

@Predator 20357 4Chan can be real scary when they have a motive. Reddit just follows whoever promises them to do "something" like a bunch of sheep. The rest of the time they're both just a toxic wasteland

Zdena Musil 4Chan has managed to pull off shit that was legendary while Reddit is trying to get some of that “we did something factor”

They are so desperate to hear "We did it Reddit!" that they don't really care about what it exactly was that they 'did', just that they did it. Same deal with when they thought they had the boston bomber. Same deal with the dead body in the Hong Kong 97 game. Jumping to conclusions because it's far more satisfying to have a conclusion, even a wrong one, than to have loose ends.


This was just a psyop tbh, I’m convinced


Rule number of the internet:  <b>always be skeptical on the internet</b>

Rule number of the internet:  *always be skeptical on the internet*


Did anyone catch how he said “I concealed my identity BECAUSE, i reached out to buzz feed...” like what kind of diversion nonsese is that😂


Reminds me of when the pizzagate nutjobs on Vidme got super upset just because Vidme's staff didn't remove a video as fast as they preferred.


Moral of the story: blame Reddit for everything

Imagine being basement dweller and admitting that 4chan is superior in every way.

Bruh<br>I just use reddit for video-game community posts the rest is aids

Bruh
I just use reddit for video-game community posts the rest is aids

Reddit is an echo chamber hive mind with who knows how many agencies pushing different agendas. That site is toxic as fuck.

@Officer Sack inhale. <br>And say: OKAY COOMER!

@Officer Sack inhale.
And say: OKAY COOMER!

Felipe Макапагал

@Officer Sack Reddit is perhaps the last bastion of true amateur, indie porn since Tumblr start wearing a rainbow-dyed burqas.

The world would've been better if plebbit had been removed, even 4cuck is 10x better than plebbit.


Matt: "I don't like FOX News"
Gives identity to BUZZFEED
Bruh, what the fuck?

Matt: "I don't like FOX News"
*Gives identity to BUZZFEED*
Bruh, what the fuck?


You know, I'm kind of starting to respect Keemstar.


Maybe he really had no motive, and when he opportuniny stroke, he tried to milk it, and to not get caught and get exposed as a fraud or a villain, he just backed off with his money. How much money he could have got? $100'000? That is pretty a lot. Of course, he could milk it even further, but since he wasn't a real professional he just backed off and continued having a normal life.


i love the tf2 memes and refrences in his videos


Yet nobody wants to talk about that exact same problem happening but way worse on twitter


18:40 this is also a violation of Reddit's site wide rules regarding vote manipulation. He should have been banned from Reddit as a whole.


Matt was the very definition of someone who didn't actually have good intentions and was just angry and wanted to take everyone down a peg it seemed. He wanted to be a hero it's hysterical


"The computers are EVIL!!!!" in a nutshell


9:22 how the turn tables, oh right he's innocent, damn there goes my joke.


i think i vaguely remember seeing something like this in my recommended back then


When he said he doesn't know how to turn the monetization off, man, I laughed so hard. I said "haha, okay, okay, nope, <b>NOPE</b> that's enough man, haha"

When he said he doesn't know how to turn the monetization off, man, I laughed so hard. I said "haha, okay, okay, nope, *NOPE* that's enough man, haha"

@Alienrun but surely he needs to put credit card and stuff

To be fair its on by default.

but even then its still super funny!


I didn't expect "Le Roi des Rats" on your channel to be honest ^^


I have an old channel, if someone paid me to make videos i'd probably actually make videos. So they industry plant theory sounds decent imo.


when he said nestlee instead of nestle i died


honestly, it is pretty creepy how everything about the video was perfectly planned to make it go viral as big as possible, from the self reddit post , using current subscribers to bump it to the front page, the clickbait thumbnail and title to choosing a theme that quickly makes people angry and makes it very hard for anyone to speak against the video without recieving alot of hate.


Funny, there is nothing in the news about him possibly being an industry plant


When a creator of youtube poops says your videos are strange, they are extremely strange.


For a second there, <b>I honestly couldn't tell if Keeps was a real thing</b>

For a second there, *I honestly couldn't tell if Keeps was a real thing*


38:12 That is an amazing way to censor words that will demonetize the entire video, the way it worked with the pace of the video and the tone of the moment was perfect. Who was the editor on that part too? I kind of want to know, I can't tell if it's EMP, but this seems like a colab with another person.

@a rock Great work, thank you for your contribution to this video.


wasn't this the guy who single-handedly caused the adpocalypse and was scorned by everyone innocent in the whole drama


Was not expecting a documentary on a random flash in the pan to get spun into a roast of YT's shitty communication. It just feels like rhetorical whiplash.

I mean the subject matter isn't exactly unrelated...


I agree, there should be a far left wormhole too, just to be fair.


Who the hell uses battery acid for their hair?


Almonds are hyperactive. Broken AI algorithm leads to creators getting shit soup.


After watching this, the world seemed to get a lot darker...


this is just a youtuber getting offended about someone attacking at their source of income


I'm more pissed about how Matt talks straight into the mic


I don’t know about you guys, but I have never once seen an ad for Apple or whatever on a video and thought ‘hmmm yes, Tim Cook personally advocates for this Steamed Hams edit and I now want an iPhone’ or vice versa. I don’t think anyone but <i>maybe</i> boomers care about what content soulless corporations advertise on.

I don’t know about you guys, but I have never once seen an ad for Apple or whatever on a video and thought ‘hmmm yes, Tim Cook personally advocates for this Steamed Hams edit and I now want an iPhone’ or vice versa. I don’t think anyone but _maybe_ boomers care about what content soulless corporations advertise on.

Google really needs to hold a Yes/No poll on their front page asking that question<br>So they can tell the Buzzfeed and Trash Online Article crowd to shove off

Google really needs to hold a Yes/No poll on their front page asking that question
So they can tell the Buzzfeed and Trash Online Article crowd to shove off

not even corporations really care about this, the news could be reporting on a mass shooting but yet they still have adbreaks.


i skimmed through the comments before watching the video and i thought the matt watson other commenters were mentioning was the sweet baby boy from super mega 😂


How does he have so many different desks and camera angles


"muh monetization" no, Matt, no; it's actually "my livelihood is under attack"


The way he positions that blue yeti at the wrong angle and way too close to his mouth without a pop filter tells me everything I need to know..


I can’t believe Matt Watson from SuperMega would do this,,,

No don't worry, you're thinking of Matt Twatson.

Ah, so this is what he had to do to get Twitter verified.

Ryan: MATT WTF
Matt: *Demonic screeching*


So what you're saying is that we need to do a #YouTubeWakeUp scheme on music licensing monopolies?


can we talk about the fact that Justice, still alive from portal, and GT4 menu music all made an appearance in this video? I just thought that was neat


You know, thinking about it, this probably led the FTC to slam YouTube over the head about COPPA.

I remember when they first implemented that and it basically fucked over half of the platforms gaming channels


I think the truth of this ordeal lies between all possibilities. Heres my speculation towards the whole thing :

-Matt started his channels as a way to combat the politcal/"extremist" influencers by means of making satirical videos as a way to take them down a notch.

-At some point, matt quit everything as his slow growth in comparison to the people that drew his ire was something that bothered him.

-At a later point in time, Matt's content is discovered by someone in a high place and he's later contacted by them. In exchange for his cooperation, he gets to help implement a massive change on youtube that directly hits the very people he despised, with all of the "child predator" stuff thrown into the conversation to make him see it as both a morally righteous obligation as well as a means to exact something of a petty revenge against his "enemies"

-Matt forever changes the platform by being directly responsible for making youtube an unsustainable job for non-left youtubers while feeling like a champion for "saving the kids" despite ultimately having being used like a pawn by the corporate elite who only sought cheaper advertising and the final nail in the coffin for the only kind of people thatd bother to bring unfortunate truths regarding the elite and their business practices to the public

@Massimo De Grazia You, too, need to work on your reading comprehension before you insult other people's intelligence.

@Tuffluck Can you say "strawman?" <b>Centrism</b> has mass murderers under its belt. I'm more concerned with praxis than theory. Mass murder is bad praxis, unless your goa is mass murder, in which case, I don't care what flag you fly under, you're not a comrade, and you're probably an imperialist, left, right, or center.

@Tuffluck Can you say "strawman?" *Centrism* has mass murderers under its belt. I'm more concerned with praxis than theory. Mass murder is bad praxis, unless your goa is mass murder, in which case, I don't care what flag you fly under, you're not a comrade, and you're probably an imperialist, left, right, or center.

I mean, EmpLemon pointed this out, that Leftists got skewered, too. And honestly, if he had only made it hard for the far, far right to make it, I'd be perfectly fine with that, because agitating for mass murder should be illegal.

Bad take: "Matt forever changes the platform by being directly responsible for making youtube an unsustainable job for non-left youtubers"
This take me cancer. My favorite left wing video is censored on Youtube. Even people who are only slightly left wing have trouble monetizing content. Right wingers aren't an oppressed minority.

*Bad take:* "Matt forever changes the platform by being directly responsible for making youtube an unsustainable job for non-left youtubers"
This take me cancer. My favorite left wing video is censored on Youtube. Even people who are only slightly left wing have trouble monetizing content. Right wingers aren't an oppressed minority.

@Sam Price My exact thoughts on the subject. Sometimes people outside the status quo get coopted into serving it, (which is obvious, but needs to be on the record, here.) And furthermore, its not uncommon for Neoliberalism to use various radical groups to control each other, to pit them against each other. Some of my fellow leftists have argued that fascist movements are often fed by Neoliberals or Classical Liberals specifically to combat Leftists in the field without having to commit state resources towards keeping us in check.

Matt really proved his political incompetence more than anything here. He has no understanding of one of the cornerstones of Leftism; worker solidarity. He was so concentrated on destroying YouTube, because he saw it as "problematic", to the point where he fucked over his fellow workers (YouTubers)...

@Spinnis You realize Patreon has a political bias.

It's not that right wingers are getting demonetized more, they just scream the loudest. Most left wingers also get constantly demonetized which is why they have to rely on patreons.

“Unsustainable for non left creators”

I thought the LGBT community on YouTube got demonetized when they mention any related words to sexual orientation? Honestly any politics is what  made Youtube garbage.

Antiyoukai the political right(auth n lib) has been fucked over by YouTube for a long time

"unsustainable for non left creators"

Lol


those catcalling clips in the car were soo cringy. Like I know it happens unfortunately but I can't imagine what the hell is going through peoples' minds when they do it


Matt: is gone
Video length: 55%

Me: how

Matt: is gone
Video length: 55%

Me: how


The song "whiskey bar" was expertly  integrated to this video just wanted to say


Youtube Geographic video
Squidward sets up lawn chair
55 minutes
Squidward puts lawn chair away

Youtube Geographic video
_Squidward sets up lawn chair_
55 minutes
_Squidward puts lawn chair away_


Long live the Emperor of the Lemons and his documentaries!


After learning about Operation Mockingbird nothing would shock me.


As far as Matt Watson's identity, I do hear a Canadian accent.  Maybe that could be a place to start.


he did sponsorship warfare with youtube itself before keem and h3 fought


Interesting... mostly how I've never heard of this guy at all.

I remember when that video recommend to me, but I didn’t watch because I thought it was about the whole elsagate thing, but turns it was something worse.

I've only heard of him because he has the same name as Matt Watson from supermega

1,000,000 subscribers for no reason? Yeah. Somehow the entire drama went over my head.


The algorithm is really "forgetful", something that I think really worsens the platform. Regardless of subs and the weight of your past viewing habits, your feed quickly becomes unrecognizable based on one or two videos, and the feedback loop just reinforces it. I never had the cp sketchiness wormhole but from history videos to gun stuff to right wing 2a shit throwing, sure. Likewise with conspiracy theory stuff, outrage over any given subject, even demonology/supernatural stuff after watching some creepypasta stuff. It might be indiscriminate but the potential for seriously gaslighting vulnerable people is undeniable, exacerbated by the tendency for mentally unwell people to isolate and do things like sit on youtube. You'd think some of the engineers would try to balance the need to optimize for clicks with concerns for users' wellbeing and the general quality of the experience, but the metrics don't necessarily tell that story


That instrumental version of Alabama Song was awesome.


wait, did "CP voilation" (the song from half life 2) uploads also get targetted? cause that would have been hillarious


I love the Strange Days remix by The Doors in this!

Edit - ALABAMA WHISKEY BAR


He did this, then he left game grumps. I can't believe it.

@Liquid Mike oneyplays is like if game grumps was injected with pure autism and I love it

@Evan Larson thank jeebus we still have Oneyplays

Supermega’s editing was the last vestige of funniness on Game Grumps. Now they’re gone, and so is the humor

@kaivitee15 Matt Watson is also the name a member of the Let's Playing Comedy YouTube channel SuperMega.He also used to edit for GameGrumps then he left


I'm sorry emp but bald people are proven to be 1000% more powerful


Every time I hear Matt Watson I think of Matt Watson from Supermega


alright the last third of the video devolved into crackpot conspiracy theorism but i get the point


"Glitch" is a stupid word. The algorithm operates exactly how it should.

@Varangian af Scaniae code works however it was written, wether or not it was written correctly according to the user’s intent. Bugs come about because of crappy coding, coding that’s been written improperly.

Not how it should but how <b>it</b> works

It may not work in a good or reasonable way, but it’s safe to say the algorithm works as intended.

And yes, these are the same questions as with the Electoral College. “Is it working?” “Is it working as intended?” “Are its intentions good?”

It may not work in a good or reasonable way, but it’s safe to say the algorithm works as intended.

And yes, these are the same questions as with the Electoral College. “Is it working?” “Is it working *as intended?”* “Are its intentions good?”

Pardon me for straying from the subject of your original comment, but this is how I feel about people upset at the Electoral College.

@Varangian af Scaniae Sounds more like an exploit than a glitch. Exploits are using mechanics as intended to produce unintended consequences; glitches are unexpected mechanics with unexpected consequences.

@green of tree black of blue exactly. just because something doesnt work as intended does not make it a glitch.

@Varangian af Scaniae What is the glitch then?

@Varangian af Scaniae Technically not a glitch.

That is a stupid statement. When ever have code worked perfectly? There are and will always be bugs, glitches in any code written by fallible people.


Let's be honest, even if he was 100% correct, nothing would change.


Would the current reddit ban fiasco be just a continuation of this?


Matt dyed his hair and went back to being Jon Bois


As usual, the truth is a mixed bag.

It seems obvious to me that matt was a disgruntled youtuber that wanted revenge on the platform. Thats how he started it. He had the knowledge to get that final bit of content viewed, and thats where his influence ended.

After he makes and posts, an opportunist looking for a corporate advantage took advantage, scaling the video well past where it wouldve originally gone. People blame the reddit hivemind for everything, but the reality is that default subs are sold to the highest bidder, and that reddit itself is so deep in the stink (and profits so immensely from the process) that they have no real ability or reason to change that. A few thousand bought upvotes later, and the (coincidentally) excellently timed controversey is now the big thing on reddit.

From there, its a wink and a nudge to a couple affiliate news networks to push the story wider, regardless of what the crrator did or didnt send. Once it becomes mainline newsworthy, the remainder of the media follows suit because modern news outlets are lemmings. And of course, no interviews are necessary - matt himself wants networks to be the loudspeaker for sharing, not the platform to share on, and the networks are happy enough to satisfy their hate boner for youtube without needing any further info, so why would they pursue an interview?

Bing bang boom. One unremarkable coincidence later (the video's publication relative to convenience for marketing budgets) and you have your manufactured controversey.

@Asuka Langley Soryu Honestly that sounds kinda dumb , an ad pocalypse would hurt everyone equally.<br>And is not like the carlos maza thing were the outrage was stricly political

@Asuka Langley Soryu Honestly that sounds kinda dumb , an ad pocalypse would hurt everyone equally.
And is not like the carlos maza thing were the outrage was stricly political

What about the "ridding right wing reactionaries of their platform" narrative? What about the points emplemon brought up: Matt clearly had knowledge on how to promote content, why not use that knowledge to make better content and change his channel around?

My theory is that Matt wasn't a "failed youtuber". He was simply doing youtube for fun, he never intended to "make it". But he felt more and more dissatisfied with anti-sjw incel types getting attention on youtube. Seeing as he didn't really care about his own channel, he decided to use it to fake this controversy and then abandon youtube.

didnt read that, but you're right - the truth is almost always a mixed bag.

Is there any youtuber that doesnt fit your initial description ?


This series is litetally Jon Bois' Pretty Good but for YouTube Geography


31:28 im confused, keeps is a real hair loss thing. Is this a real ad or some sorta meta joke? its so consistent I can't tell


he might not have been planning this, but he may have been approached. Just some e-mail or maybe he met someone at something where people who politically think the same might meet and then he just offered himself as someone who could pull it off as he already had a youtube channel.

would explain the sudden appearence and disappearence and his attitude perfectly, if it was sheer hatred for youtube than he would react to youtube tweeting out an apology like it was a gotcha moment instead of a reaction more resembling being scared or surprised. Like he is not allowed to display his emotions but his mind went like "oh shit this might not work".


47:07 this music also appeared in a hidden mobile game gem called datawing, mayor nostalgia flashback


Personally, I am under the belief that it was started to hide something since things could be readily ignored in front of a larger controversy. Without a doubt, I can bet you someone had put him up to this; who remains a mystery. The fact is that people will question him and not really who is behind him. If you consider the fact he had already been on the platform that would leave a trail to follow. The fact of the matter is that trail is a dead end other than the fact of raising questions. Most likely someone saw that he was not too successful at first and seeing that he wanted a way up most likely financially someone took advantage of a face. What I figure happened is someone coordinated his stunt for him as in his live streams and videos himself he seems very obvious when trying to explain away something that would contradict his statement. The other genius moves at very well placed times and the right topics seem almost too good for his person unless someone was telling him what to do.


Spring is coming in 2021, waiting to see if some new notable controversy about Youtube advertisements and the algorithm pops up again...


you know pretending to save kids while actually seeking to make money is quite a common thing now that i think of it


6:15 holy shit the backing music is Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar) by The Doors
I love this channel
Edit: 54:00 THERE IT IS AGAIN


9:26
He betrayed his own kind
Except not really


Always be cautious of those who say "WHAT ABOUT THE CHILDREN!?"

Like video games..... Children are very good Scapegoats.........


Anyone wanna do a group sacrifice of Matt to the algorithm


Really love the Doors man loved the video


Let me tell ya it’s pretty easy to blend in with a common name


"influencers"

kinda cringes me when I think how we casually refer to popular people online as if they were like, social prophets or something ngl


the funny thing is this was probably meant to be more of a current events video as he was writing the script, but It became a history video by the time it was published.

Well, looking at this Excel spreadsheet with the whole timeline, it's not unlikely. However, even if that was the case - it's for the better that Emp has put the video on the back burner and waited for the situation to develop (because Matt's following absence is also a factor here).


Remember when wars were fought with sticks, stones, steel and even shooty sticks instead of pieces of paper and numbers and people on a screen


Youtube controversy: Forgettable as Disposable<br>That'd make a good thumbnail

Youtube controversy: Forgettable as Disposable
That'd make a good thumbnail


Love the high quality editing of these vids. Its honestly what keeps me coming back.


Okay. Im in love with all the doors covers. Links. Now 🤲


Google gave Matt 10 million, signed a gag order, and Matt said f them kids I’m outa here.


Video: “predators were using instant messaging services to communicate directly to children”
Audio: Mr sANdMAN BRIng mE a DreAM

Video: “predators were using instant messaging services to communicate directly to children”
Audio: *Mr sANdMAN BRIng mE a DreAM*


Serious question. Why do you switch from claiming youtube "doesnt make the big bucks" to citing 15 billion in revenue?


I know you’ve heard this a million times, but I really like your style of editing. It’s shit post levels of insane, but somehow you have my attention and I take you incredibly seriously when you do your videos.


20:52 I just noticed this, what is with the police man's hand that looks like it would hurt


I don’t know why people don’t understand that mass flagging works because it does


"It was a trade between the corporate elite, a trade that YouTube tried to hide. A trade, if known about, would set in motion the collapse of the site." -A quote copied from Browny Mapping


Yo that 8-bit remix of rock and roll part 2 is actually fire


Emp can you fix the pastebin? Miami discarded you used is the uncut version


This script seems to have the stench of YouTube PR.


Ive watched a ton of emp lemon and this video is probably my least favorite it ignores the entire purpose of child endangerment and instead somehow manages to drive off a cliff on everything emp lemon is supposed to stand against.. Its using selective clips to drive a narrative? Somehow that narrative becomes he's a corporate plant lol? Advertisers should care about the .001% of content their brand appears on? At the end of the day he promoted site wide change at a temporary hit to  creators wallets. Finding fallacies to shit on him doesn't change anything. Being mad that this issue was pointed out to no change before is just stupid. It got pointed out and it changed systems in place why are you downplaying this because he's a moron? Who cares? I saw his video when it was released and I didn't go tweet at advertisers. Just because someone advocates extremism doesn't mean their point is invalid. As to saying his entire purpose was to lower ad rev costs... Jesus man.... honestly just a disappointing hot take


Funny how this spring we have a Keemstar/ H3 ad controversy...where H3 <b>subtly</b> attacks brands for who they represent...

Funny how this spring we have a Keemstar/ H3 ad controversy...where H3 *subtly* attacks brands for who they represent...


Youtube? An invaluable tool for financially unstable people to "have a voice"?
*Laughs in 21 subscribers*

Youtube? An invaluable tool for financially unstable people to "have a voice"?
**Laughs in 21 subscribers**


Holy shit the first 16 seconds of this video. Great opening


This guy was literally just a master troll.


Anyone know what the music at the end is called? The music that intensifies at 54:39?


I feel like his entire statement / bid for attention was a deep, desperate Freudian slip and subconscious cry for help.


Did Matt fully write the e-mail at 15:41? Because he hilariously misspelled Grammarly.


Is it Youtube's fault tha....

yes, yes it is.


my head snapped from my laptop to the tv screen as soon as i heard that 1 second clip from :the game:


I cannot believe you actually did this to someone. Im fucking laughing. 3:47


funny that the lyrics to the song you played when you showed the huffpost article goes: "well here we are again"


My man sounds like a mix between chills and the scout from tf2 lmao, great content though


My favorite wormhole is the wasp removal wormhole


Now here’s my question is how come I’ve never seen this video before


25:04 "no matter what your politics are"
"I don't like the fox news"

"This is about CHILDREN"


so what your saying is that this man was a failed youtuber working a sabotage mission for the behilnd the scenes... are we in a movie?


Lies and deceptions always end you up creating hell. Beware all for every action has its consequence.
The corporations will pay sooner or alter.
May your life be for the pursuit of heaven. Try your best and God will reward your heartfelt actions. The Lord is merciful and He just wants what’s best for you if you let Him work with you. We all choose heaven or hell ultimately.


Trying to forcing an ad boycott is like gun control it’s going to punish anyone but the criminals


YouTube makes an enormous amount of money. Unfathomable would be a better word


Why is this not the most popular series on YouTube. It is so high quality. It gives me chills.

Because the avarage viewer would rather watch a man with a branded chair play video game and give base level reaction


He sounds and looks like Calhoun from VGHS, if anyone even remembers that show.


Reddit by its own creation was kind of destined to be a hole for propogandists as soon as it went mainstream. Social media in general is made to serve millions as a pose to being a place to share things with friends and family. because the latter has very little profit to it compared to the former. The entire internet has had to cater its content to offended small minded chumps with low attention spans simply because of the wide mainstream breadth of it. Its very much like walking into a walmart now, where the content is shaped in a certain way. The problem is unlike the walmart, where they want to sell you nerf soakers and chicken, social media has bad faith actors who want to capture your attention with headlines, or completely reshape the public understanding on stuff. You kind of start to realize that what all these websites share in common is that they give the most power to the original powerful people i.e. hollywood, politicians, and journalists. It kind of stinks of a conspiracy, but I think these things are so well known now you'd be hard pressed to call it that.


Something I’ve notice is individual user carry more weight than other channels meaning someone like pewdiepie who watches a video or likes/commons gets booster more than if I’ve done the same my channels could be a basic 1 where pewdiepie would be a 10, providing a system that is very similar to “people who like ... also watch...” fill in the blank. There are many systems behind closed doors however it’s actually more apparent than the average viewer could relies however someone who spends 12+hours a day on YouTube can start to see the strings behind the act. I’ve been experimenting with this for years and actually got more involved the past couple years by making several accounts and tracking how they serve content most importantly never make more than one account on one device in order to get actual data I used my local library and used different computers and noticed patterns when using multiple accounts on one computer.


Love the adult swim "adult swim" reference


I love this kind of content, almost an hour of entertaining and informative content. keep those high quality videos up.


Great video, this guy was just one big advertisement


He just trolled Youtube.

Rusty would be proud.


Should have been called operation red hairing......get it?


Is this why I can't comment on any goddamn disney songs or spongebob episodes? Impressive. Can only hope to one day get an idea for a breakthrough video with a similar impact. How about "youtube facilitates fascism"? Find some ultra-conservative and racist videos and comments, rile people up, get conservative youtubers kicked out, profit? /emThinking


WAIT, so I'm not the only one who's found himself on the Wasp Removal side of the internet by accident???

@Alack i thought it was a euphemism for something else... lame. But then i watched, cool as hell

I remember finding it from a video by moistcritical and ive enjoyed it so much since then it's so weirdly satisfying and interesting

theres is one guy who does the nest removal and then takes out all the wasp larvas individually and feeds them to his chickens, it sounds disgusting but its oddly satisfying/ interesting. I think it's also more interesting because its not like a normal big youtubers video where who knows how much is scripted and its the same jolly act, this is just some real ass dude working a real ass job doing his thing and uploading it.

@Drew Insur <br>Basically exterminator vids occasionally get recommended and then we spend 30 odd minutes watching wasps nests getting wiped out.

@Drew Insur
Basically exterminator vids occasionally get recommended and then we spend 30 odd minutes watching wasps nests getting wiped out.

Hold on, are you talking about those videos where people use makeshift flamethrowers to burn them out? Those are pretty rad not gonna lie

@Drew Insur Don't know but I think when they remove wasp nests

Sorry my peasantry, but what is this "wasp removal" thing the gentleman is talking about? Made me curious, i like internet lore too.

Everyone stumbles across it eventually, plus it's also quite interesting so it's not annoying when it does happen.


Was there any mention of “Punishable by Law” ?


Sounds to me like a guy with serious bipolar disorder who just had all the right ingredients cooking for him when he was about to go off.


Theory: Matt Watson is a comedy channel
This was all a FUCKIN JOKE!

Theory: Matt Watson is a *comedy channel*
This was all a FUCKIN JOKE!

@Anonim nobody said all comedy channels are funny tho


The guy got probably caught and had to act outraged


"You just care about the money" as he simply makes a monetized and controversial video that affects others when he could have easily contacted youtube with this.

I SELL SALT What kinds of salt do you carry?

I SELL SALT <br>Can I buy some salt please

Have you ever tried 'simply' contacting Youtube? LOL
As reported in the video, YouTube is an anonymous entity itself with no spokesperson or face.

Have _you_ ever tried 'simply' contacting Youtube? LOL
As reported in the video, YouTube is an anonymous entity itself with no spokesperson or face.


I believe Matt is the CEO of Dailymotion


He nuked the moon just to find out what was really at the center of it,


20:49 Uhh dude, predators can use all of those to view and communicate with minors


I can't tell if i've already watched part of the video or not!


it’s like if someone vandalized a billboard and then people tried to arrest to the billboard manufacturer for “giving them a platform”

It's almost like inanimate objects aren't too blame fit the actions of people using them.

@ivybloomz you just call can't put 1 and 1 together.

There' wouldn't be a visible, above the line vandalized property without the billboard, so in the most strict and literal sense, yes the billboard owner has to own to it, and clean it or remove it paying their pocket.


Pyrocynical trying to combat child endangerment... ironic


but like, why was he even watching little girl videos anyways?


Incredible as always emp. I’m so glad that you’re willing to do the deep dive on this kinda stuff. You easily are one of the best content creators on the platform.


a band named the Garbodors? amazing. pokemon rules


This is the first I’m even hearing of this lmao


he looks too much like the wholesome science air dude Tom Stanton. this makes me sad.


There’s a thin line between villain and anti-hero, and MattsWhatItIs drew a squiggly line over it all the way to the finish line. And it was a fascinatingly weird ride for YouTube’s community.


And he can't even use a blue yeti properly


That dude Matt Watson not only looks & acts creepy af but he is creepy af.


I KNEW that was a very, very fishy person behind that whole entire thing, I didn't know it was <b>this</b> fishy. Thanks for clearing and exposing much more stuff than I would have looked into!

I KNEW that was a very, very fishy person behind that whole entire thing, I didn't know it was *this* fishy. Thanks for clearing and exposing much more stuff than I would have looked into!


Why isn't this video named operation. Red hair-ing SMH my head


Matts voice sounds disturbingly similiar to DarkSydePhils...


Alternative Influence; because God FORBID someone publicly expresses a political opinion that isn't the exact same as yours


Aka: Emp finally explains to Mumkey and Rusty the problem with Reddit.

Also damn that's a lot of LCL.

As awful as reddit is, it should still exist for containment purposes at the very least. Remember what happened to tumblr?

Emp’s attempts to articulate why Reddit sucks were toe-curlingly awful, even though I agree with him that it does.

@John Byerly I'd say it was both this and also Emp not being the best at explaining his points on the spot.

Smaurf maybe they are now but in the original SOTY podcast series mumkey and rusty displayed an innate and frustrating misunderstanding of reddit and Redditors. Some real boomer tier shit

@Tanner Lindberg I'm confused, I thought they were already in agreement about this


Just realised the third song is 'show me the way to the next whiskey bar' lmao


emplemon attacks youtube, emplemon defends youtube


A lot of people dislike YT for various reasons. I think that the silent hate carried it further. I know a lot of people who knew better, but went along with it because f-goog or f-yt (for very varied reasons). I think less people were 'fooled' than you imply here.

The problem of "Help a reporter out" where people can write your own "news" copy is one worthy of its own video (and congressional inquiry).


Oh so this is why they decided to punish everyone instead of just saying "YouTube kids is right here and we aren't accountable"


Emp, love your casual insertion of "Whiskey Bar", hilarious and quite relevant!


didn't this video come out way before march 27? is this a reupload? or am i just loosing all grip on time and space?


me: plays ssb online
literally everyone I go against: 31:45


You used cyber lords in the video which is my second favourite song made by papa garbodor


What is the song that's played at 31:10 during the add for Keeps?
Been trying to find it for a hot minute!


Incredible video Emp. This one stands out. Your content demands a higher level of critical thinking than most are willing to use as a youtube viewer, while supporting your claims with visuals absolutely masterfully. This video really streched my mind muscles out and made me think. Thank you for making what makes you happy, it makes all of your real subs, as opposed to those pesky "empty subs", very happy as well to recieve mentally enriching content from their fav former pooper. Keep it up. I look forward to all your future content.


Matt isn't a media shill, or a failed youtuber, no, he's a lot worse than that... He's a redditor.


Ironic to have a Gary Glitter song playing in the background (34:00) of a video about child exploitation


You never stopped making YTP, you just improved them till making them an art


EXCUSE ME, DID YOU JUST USE GARBODORS MUSIC HOLY SHIT


I hate to say this but, at 30:26 that is a lot like the tirades & tangents I use go off on, when I still drank. The pills made of poppy would make me like that as well, glad that's over.


dude, i was on TikTok one day and there was a pfp of a little girl stripped I'm not gonna get in detail but shit that's nasty as fuck and horrible and there are no mobs I see more pedos on TikTok duets its nasty as hell its sickening i deleted TikTok and all social media and I just uses text


Dudes gonna wake up with a horse head in his bed and a note saying "Susan sends her regards"

Prof Yoshie what mob movie is that from anyway, kiddo?

I forgot it’s some weird good shit.

Tony_ δυτικός αμυντικός


I tried to focus on the content of the video but kept finding myself head banging to the rad polka rendition of the Alabama song lol


My theory is that Matt was just an idiot looking for fame and pulled out after seeing what he had done


I 11 days between announcement about Youtube pulling out additional funding and start of campaign is way to low for such big plan to be made. Even assuming someone knew earlier, like month earlier. 70 articles at once? Thats a lot of people to push.<br>I Wonder how much my view is Different because of not being affected by usa history with corporate propaganda

I 11 days between announcement about Youtube pulling out additional funding and start of campaign is way to low for such big plan to be made. Even assuming someone knew earlier, like month earlier. 70 articles at once? Thats a lot of people to push.
I Wonder how much my view is Different because of not being affected by usa history with corporate propaganda


He reminds me of the main character of that Yik or Yif game. I think it was Yik. I already knew he couldn’t be trusted based on that

It's YIIK. Two "I"s, because that's so artistic.


This video is astoundingly convincing. You're a great writer, congratulations for making something as well produced as this.<br>Also, having to be on the same side and relying on Keemstar really shows how that Matt dude cornered YouTube. Damn.

This video is astoundingly convincing. You're a great writer, congratulations for making something as well produced as this.
Also, having to be on the same side and relying on Keemstar really shows how that Matt dude cornered YouTube. Damn.


49:10 yeah but this reminds me of the viacom thing when they almost had their $1B but they did that stupid move


I heard Matt Watson and immediately thought this video was about SuperMega until I saw the picture of the guy lol


If it's not their responsibility, why are they claiming it is to shut down certain political views. YT is a bunch of hypocrites at the end of the day. ijs


Dr. Spiral is my nephew.

Good to see him doing something semi-useful with his life. 👍🏿


guy was either manic or delusional or had some sort of power fantasy. can't blame the one loonie for causing an uproar, blame everyone else who bought into it without doing any sort of due diligence or even consulting common sense


36:16 Ugh, don't I ever know it...

I just want a consistent viewerbase, just a small following like I did before but even that's too much to ask for these days...

36:16 Ugh, don't I ever know it...

I just want a consistent viewerbase, just a small following like I did before but even _that's_ too much to ask for these days...


Lovely Video. Just one little thing, 21:01 You portray it as if Reddit never outrages on Instagram or TikTok. To this I can only say, my friend, have you ever been to Reddit? As far as I know, the Hivemind hates no apps more than TikTok and Instagram. Most Redditors wish for the death of TikTok there are so many memes about it on r/memes.  Maybe you just didn't know but if you did... that's a weird choice of background there.

@C.I.A. Yeah ik, the choice of reddit there was just very ironic to me.


Bruh that Mike Mozart snip during the ad got me


I favor the "butthurt failed youtuber" hypothesis.

@LoboCharity I don't see why it can't be both, either.

@Dom Klatt a failed YouTuber who got a call from a buddy in a big company

Darkinin I was also a fan of Matt’s. From a couple years ago. Towards the end of his videos he was producing less and less content. Think he was just falling out of love for it or maybe even the depression was getting to him. There’s so many reasons if you knew the type of person he was.  Oh and ppl are saying he was paid by corporations lmao. No not really. At that time he pretty much had left YouTube. But he came back with this one video that blew up and I guess it got to his head

@Antony Chigurh I'm curious why he disappeared then. I don't think the corporate plant thing is impossible. I actually thought that he failed first, then just happened to be picked up for that job. Maybe he was a corporate plant from the get-go, and wiping his channel was just a requirement for the job.

Either way it's a shame. 100k a video is awesome. I would've killed to get a thousandth of that activity back when I tried streaming. They must've made him an offer that he just couldn't refuse.

I actually stumbled on Matt's videos way back in March 2018. I was pretty depressed, getting into "self-help", and was actually recommended one of videos after watching a Tony Robbins Ted Talk lol

I can't remember if I subscribed to him (I was using a different account at the time) but I DO remember he had a loyal following and was averaging about 100,000 views per video (which I consider to be a decent view count when you're a fringe channel).

I remember when the YouTubeWakeUp video showed up on my home page and actually didn't watch it bc I remembered not really liking his pseudo-alpha-anti-fap schtick and honestly thought it was just the YouTube algorithm recommending me one of his videos a year after I had initially found his channel.

I was honestly shocked when I found out how big it was because I literally found this guy when he was making  anti-porn videos filled with erratic rants, but like I said, he had a pretty loyal following.

He was anything but a failed YouTuber. A bit of a strange guy, but he wasn't a failure. That argument never made sense to me.

Why not both ideas they see this guy wasn't too successful and they pay him to start this lol ?

@ProGremlinPlayer yes me too and its impossible thats its a coincident that he came right after the thing between youtube and advertisers with the comtracts

It makes most sense that it’s a combination of failed YouTuber and Corporate Plant

I think the "paid by corporations to fuck up youtube" makes the most sense to me. It explains why he disappears all the sudden.


Welp, this video just became relevant again. #PickASideYouTube

@AK Also google news doesn't seem to have the hashtag in any big news outlets. Only buzzorange (which isn't in English) and ghanafuo

#PickASideYouTube seems to be legit motivated. I've heard MamaMax is actually actively working with law enforcement to properly clean up YouTube. The call to action on the other hand... Yea it looks pretty disingenuous (and people don't care much for the discount Punisher shtick). It's weird really. Least he's not going after the advertisers.

there are lot of similarities between the two, I wonder if EmpLemon will make a video about it


Pewdiepie really thought he started the adpcolyps lmao


i just realized the title is also referring to matts hair color


Whoever this guy is paid by, he sure seems to hate the little guy


Wow can’t believe Matt Watson from SUPERMEGA would do something so convoluted... 😳


big love for the boards of Canada sample


EmpLemon should write Netflix documentaries

I bet the paid more than YouTube ever will.


This is off topic but the beat at 16:30 was a beat my brother used in a song he made. This made me call him and now my day is 10x better.


This guy is definitely a journalist trying to hurt youtubers.


This dude is just salty he could never make it on youtube


POV: You're watching it first for context


Defo a plant doing too much to prove he’s one of us


failed opportunity to call it red hair-ing


>News outlets
>Buzzfeed

By far the funniest shit in the video


Dude your music list is a GOD SEND. Please never remove this life saving information!


holy moly is that a<br> F R E D E R I C  K N U D S E N reference?

holy moly is that a
 F R E D E R I C  K N U D S E N reference?


I can't believe Super Mega would do this


Even 4Chan can't get information about Matt. Smh


There's something dark behind this guy's eyes, I get the feeling that hypocrisy is the least of his foibles...

Oh uh, looks like we got a potential predator in the form of Matt Watson! 👮🏿♂🚔


Big fan of the orchestral “Alabama Song”, Chief


I Like How The Title Looks, is Emp a King Crimson Fan?


what if he was just bored honestly i feel tha would just make more sense


I am only 7 minutes in. And i do want to continue watching but I gotta say this:
Let’s compare youtube to a newspaper since both publish and in some capacity or other broadcast content.
If the newspapers just had guidelines about what it can or not publish and then editorials or adds break those guidelines you bet that the newspaper will be held accountable for publishing that.
In the case of tech companies and youtube it doesn’t work that way, but perhaps it should. Perhaps they should be held accountable and these billon making companies should put more effort (even if that is manual human moderation and takes longer to publish something) in enforcing their rules.

how do you expect them to manually check the hundreds of hours of video that are uploaded every second? its just not possible to do with humans and its already being done with AI

but that often makes mistakes

Attacking the bottomline of the company  is actually a great way to make them react and change their system.
The argument of “instead he should direct people to report videos” is weak, again think newspaper:
Newspaper says oh i published that because nobody reported on it if people does then i will recall and reprint papers and all along not be responsible of what was published.
Weak weak argument.

Sure it is not like youtube is actively seeking to encourage this behavior as Matt says but to say it is impossible to moderate is what I am against.<br>Youtube is trying to patch the issue with silly rules that cost pennies. But the content could be truly reviewed and moderated more effectively even if that costs more if youtube would be made accountable of what happens

Sure it is not like youtube is actively seeking to encourage this behavior as Matt says but to say it is impossible to moderate is what I am against.
Youtube is trying to patch the issue with silly rules that cost pennies. But the content could be truly reviewed and moderated more effectively even if that costs more if youtube would be made accountable of what happens


Didn’t know EmpLemon was a big Doors fan


Wait a minute
Wormhole...
Spiral...
A YouTuber disenfranchised with the site... Perhaps someone who's ytps suddenly weren't doing well.
And we never knew his true identity you say?

Well we’ve seen Emps face, so not likely. Not impossible however


Can't believe Ryan McGee is best friends with this guy


Theory: Matt just wanted to get more karma on a throwaway account on Reddit cuz he was bored one night and decided to make up a controversy

SalmonAniminim by make up I meant that a bunch of people had already talked about it and he decided to pretend that no one talked about it

"Make up" isn't how I would put it since the problem of child predators getting horny over these videos of children in compromising positions was very real, but if his intention was to generate a ton of attention/reddit karma from that situation then he definitely smashed that ceiling lmao


Whenever I hear C.P I just think of battlefront 2 (the good one)


A yes let's defend YouTube the same website .
Who made dezmon is amezing .
And onsion
And the amezing athiest and his body count.
And the same company that got under hot water .
When the coppa story happened .
And every YouTube's start to shills for something they don't care about
Not like YouTube will even care about them .


Holy shit, its Matt Watson from supermega.


The amount of editing and research you do for these videos is astonishing. I came across you when uploaded "Leafy was here" video and I binged watched your entire channel after. I'm very happy I subbed then you are what YouTube needs, quality editing, attention to detail, memes and good writing. I'm very excited to see what you cover next, you keep amazing me with your consistency for quality content. Keep working hard emp.


I don't really like the take here tbh.
It doesn't really matter what the intent of Matt was, at least for me, or if he had any ulterior motives.
These kind of things that the algorithm of youtube facilitate are absolutly horrific, and we can't allow companys to hide behind the "Oh it's just the quirky algorithm uwu" excuse at all, ESPECIALLY if they themselfs developed, tested and shipped that algorithm and it's their most precious recource as well.
It's not "the" algorithm, it's "their" alogrithm, they human developers working for YT wrote it. And yes, cases like child abuse and child pornography that are a direct product of their algorithm they should be held responsible to the same standart as if they wrote any other piece of software that facilitated the same kind of exploitation.
I'm a software developer myself, working in a company that heavily utilizes AI and these kind of "black-box" algorithms and I can say with confidence, it's not going anywhere.
This issue with algorithms will be ever increasing and we need to start holding companies responisible to much, much higher standarts, before it is to late. This instace might be downplayed, but we have to pick up the fight and start somwhere and this could have been it.
Algorithms used to in the health care or car inssurace sector are using racial profililing to determ payments, even if things like "skin color" are not part of the data being fed in.
Modern, trained algorithms are findishly "smart", and we impart every bias we have into them, when we train them.
This is a not a issue of of child exploitation or of youtube themself, it's a much much bigger issue that will affect the entire world in the coming decades.


>voices ignorant “opinion”
>pretends to care
>over all hurts YouTube
>refuses to elaborate further
>leaves


I wonder which one of those Matt Watson's is the one from SuperMega


I love so many of your videos but it always makes your videos worse when you go on centrist rants against the "mainstream media". Like in your video about trump you railed against the main-stream media not giving trump any credit for the North Korea summit. It didn't work at all, they knew they shouldn't have given him credit because there was a precedent showing his actions wouldn't work. Then in this video, your entire section about leftist youtube having a theory about the right-wing rabbit hole led absolutely nowhere, and just felt like a disjointed rant against something you don't personally enjoy. Why did you mention the three arrows video? You said there was a reason but included nothing.

Once again, love like 90% of the runtime of all of your videos, but next time you're complaining about left-wing bias or SJW's or Trump-hating, maybe examine your own biases. It would make your videos a lot more entertaining for a much wider audience.

Tons of media is biased and toxic and straight-up wrong, but (i haven't seen all of your videos so correct me if i'm wrong) you only seem to focus on fringe-left wing positions while ignoring the dangerous and widespread fringe right-wing positions and groups.


You sound like a more energetic Madseasonshow


Humans are disgusting

let’s all just get an ice cream 😔


40:49 I feel gaslit, wtf is going on here? Why is "intel" censored? I know it's fallen from grace lately and everyone is on the AMD bandwagon (I've always been there cause I'm poor) but that's a bit extreme.


I dm'd him [Matt] on reddit lol. I wonder if he'll respond


Nestlé pulled out? Lmao ironic because they love using children to make cocoa<br>Edit: oh... this was already addressed in the video lmao

Nestlé pulled out? Lmao ironic because they love using children to make cocoa
Edit: oh... this was already addressed in the video lmao


So much for all those theories, maybe he was just an idiot like H3H3 and didnt care about the ramifications of his actions.


f i was a company looking for cheaper ad rates,i'd definately pick a guy with a questionable youtube background. that way,when everything blows over, he could act as a scapegoat and most people would believe he did it to get revenge on the community


This is like burning a Forest to kill  some spiders


Plot twist, Matt got too close to the wormhole’s event horizon. That’s why he went missing


38:12 Naw bro I started by watching Shapiro and ended with SMG4: Mario Gets His PINGAS Stuck In The Door

basically the same content


If people are gonna use TF2 clips at they better make this shit popular again because valve won't update it


Is PC Principal from South Park based on this guy? The way he talks is uncannily similar


...a universally scorned activity

Sure, that's why the internet is a den of iniquity

_...a universally scorned activity_

Sure, that's why the internet is a den of iniquity

Ρгοηαtoг тεηdoη


I still hate never being able to see any of the comments on any of my favorite childhood videos or songs. I wish they would let you see and comment on all videos if you are over 18

@Wasted They're capable of recognizing specific games, even ones nobody's heard of ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qRCzIj9QEo ) so I THINK the goal is ContentID will categorize things too.

Sadly the fact that any kid can perfectly lie about their age kinda ruins that....

Youtube doesn’t seem to understand the difference between “videos FOR kids” and “videos WITH kids”. I can see how there may be pedophiles time-stamping under a video of a little girl dancing, but there certainly are no pedophiles lurking around in the comments section of “Kung Fu Panda - Oogway ascends”.

Hell, I saw duck man videos that were calmed to be child friendly.

@Wasted I've seen a few GTA videos marked as for kids as well, i can't even listen to some  classic video game music on my phone in the background because it gets flagged. We might not have had the COPPAcalypse everyone was losing their minds over but it still hit the site really hard, not to mention someone i know LITERALLY UPLOADED CROPPED FURRY HENTAI and it got flagged

There some South Park and The Boondocks videos marked "for kids". Actually most videos marked that way don't even deserve to.

That's because the vast majority of would-be commenters on videos made for kids, is underageb&


cool thumbnail i wonder what the thought process was...


Dont know if anyones mentioned it, i really dont want to scroll down in the comments to check but shout if you heard his epic music selection of The Doors :D


Interesting brass cover of “Whiskey Bar” by the Doors.


Wait a minute that’s not meant to be red spy


I mean come on they picked a guy that looks like PC Principal


These are like HBO style documentaries, they’re so damn good


Theory 3 sounds like some <i>Mr. Robot</i> type shit or like the plot to SCP-5555

Theory 3 sounds like some _Mr. Robot_ type shit or like the plot to SCP-5555


11 mins in and i'm just realized that the music is the doors :D


I wanna go down the Wasp Removal wormhole.


Honestly, my hypothesis is human stupidity. Some idiot nobody had a manic episode, concocted this weird plan to fuck YT over, the media took advantage of it and the situation spiraled out of control. The industry plant hypothesis is now discredited as he came back and no other hypothesis can fully explain all the factors. For me, its a combination of disillusion with the platform, anger towards the right-wing and human error. The media and advertisers then took advantage of the situation to score a goal against YT and give advertisers the perfect excuse to demand higher premiums upon returning. Unless Matt one day comes clean, we will probably never know his true intentions.

Considering his history of satirical content, perhaps the whole thing was meant to be a giant, sick troll, a parody of YouTube, or at least his perception of YouTube, itself, and the whole thing got out of hand. As said, we will likely never know.


Rick Mays was a great voice actor. His voice acting work has appeared all over the web including in the intro of this video. Rip Soldier


You're just jealous because he has more subscriber.<br>-Leedal Alejandro Lee, 2022

You're just jealous because he has more subscriber.
-Leedal Alejandro Lee, 2022


The Doors AND Boards of Canada in the background? Good stuff


Every time you hear wormhole take a shot


Yikes the pyrocynical part has definitely turned sour


Matt seems like he's an SCP who breached containment

steve cooper He’s one of the physiological manipulative scps. As he’s able to draw a crowd and convert people to his side despite flaws in his “research.”


God dame, Matt is the fucking Joker. LMAO; bro no one knows who he is, his true identity hasn't been discovered, and he fooled millions into some elaborate scheme. Dame, I don't know if I respect it or what, but it's funny as hell to me at least.


The theory👆 is that Matt was hired by some person or corporation

But which one?🤔


Ngl, for a random redditor who wanted to change a platform he had little connection to, he sure had an extensive list for contacting advertisers that partnered with YouTubers


The guy yelling about K-Pop during the ad break is exactly how I imagine the stereotypical Redditor to look like.


He is the gman because he caused chaos on a whim, then mysteriously disappeared under the cover of the said chaos.


Why did you have to do the bald thing, man :[


maybe matt watson isn't even his real name


excellent video, could it be possible that the truth lies somewhere between theory 2 and 3?
matt couldve been using a fake alias for his channel and ultimately had a political goal in line [that sounds like the most factually consistent theory to me], and perhaps using his proffesional connections with companies and news media, he agreed to keep quiet and delete his edgy content as a small price to pay for potentially ceasing the funding of everyone, inclduing far-right youtubers [the "lesser evil" so to speak].
Or the company simply used this random that stumbled by for their corporate gains. Guess we'll never kno at this point


me when i hear the nexpo music
gets hot chocolate and blanket

me when i hear the nexpo music
*gets hot chocolate and blanket*


sick boards of canada jam at about 40:08 lol
gyroscope is the title for anyone wondering


google's plant to exert more control over content


To quote the dukes of Hazmat theme song "everyday is my brithday "


It's always a treat when EmpLemon uploads.


I know the algorithm is garbage, if you watch one single meme video about alex jones, it'll start fucking recommending you jones's entire channel


Im starting to think emp is a The Doors fan lol


He was a channel centered around nofap before he made those vids. The channel in which he posted the “YouTube Wake Up” videos on was his original channel. That “first channel” is his second one. You can just go look at how old the two channels are. It’s crazy cause I’m the only one who knows this cause he deleted all of his old vids and no one dug them up at all.

Funny. Almost like Matt is trying to hide something