Viewers Question YouTube Content Creators' Ethics
10 posts across 2 communities in the last 60 days; 90% from r/youtube.
“Recently my YT algo started to put this guys videos on my feed. He admittedly has a good cadence of talking and seems pretty chill. I don't know a lot about him tbh, but he mostly seems to chat to the camera while smoking a cig and/or taking a drink. Fun to listen to and…”
“I agree with part of your point, people sending him alcohol or whoever got him hooked on duster deserve to rot in hell. His subreddit was also a complete cesspool. The people phoning bars he was at or the guy thay got him fired from Wendy's are worth less than the worms in a…”
“Title is the main point. I found the "The Lore Lodge" channel a few days ago and have binged a lot of his videos. I think he does incredible research, does the hard job of admitting mistakes in previous pieces, and seems to be very genuine. However, with his clickbaity titles…”
Users express concern about content creators prioritizing profit over genuine education or awareness. One user criticizes a creator, Tyler Oliveira, for intentionally provocative and inflammatory videos focused on trending topics.
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“Title is the main point. I found the "The Lore Lodge" channel a few days ago and have binged a lot of his videos. I think he does incredible research, does the hard job of admitting mistakes in previous pieces, and seems to be very…”
“What is the appeal It's "easy" to agree with him, because he essentially has no real takes. He only comments in concrete terms with super non-controversial stuff. His streaming persona revolves around non-committal answers to essentially every hot topic; either he actually doesn't really think much about these things, or imo the more likely answer is he's been extremely good at separating his streaming persona from who he is as a person and his actual views. Of the takes he”
“Recently my YT algo started to put this guys videos on my feed. He admittedly has a good cadence of talking and seems pretty chill. I don't know a lot about him tbh, but he mostly seems to chat to the camera while smoking a cig and/or taking a drink. Fun to listen to and interesting to say the least. The only potential problem I see is that young people or people in general might get encouraged to drink and smoke cigs because of him being cool and chill. It doesn't look like he advocates”
“Like, christ, dude was a debater and a podcaster. Of course people are going to have a lot more to say about him and his takes.”
“Every video has the same structure, the key-dangling "mouse click" effect, "interviewing" researchers (actual insights ngl) and his friends (who state the obvious) over a zoom call, with a conclusive observation that was plain obvious from the start. submitted by /u/ArtGroundbreaking186 [link] [comments]”
“I believe it, the propaganda has always been strong. The American dream is dead and the American owner class killed it. The problems that we're facing are systemic and they will only get worse unless we make some serious changes.”
“Isnt this guy a grifter paid by the russuan government and some far right authoritarian people?”
“This is not Journalism, this is pushing a harmful and hateful agenda. the way Tyler frames these videos is incredibly exploitative, he provokes reactions for content, and to further back up his detached world view. It breaks my heart to see that people like this are sitting comfortably in the mainstream. This goes way beyond politics. I genuinely hope that one day people see him for what he really is: someone who seems more interested in making money off human suffering than actually helping the”
“I agree with part of your point, people sending him alcohol or whoever got him hooked on duster deserve to rot in hell. His subreddit was also a complete cesspool. The people phoning bars he was at or the guy thay got him fired from Wendy's are worth less than the worms in a dog's asshole. While a lot of people did laugh at his antics it wasn't only hate watching, a lot of people felt he was kind of the spirit of old youTube since he never really changed his content. He also had a lo”
“He'd give off conspiracy theories, opinions, and his own personal views instead of being open-minded. He would talk without doing any research or gathering information; he would just babble on and tell people watching what they’d love to hear. He would talk about anything from politics (hatred of both sides) to conspiracy theories, job experience, and stories about his life. Looking back now, it just seems like he talked gibberish just to tell people who were desperate or vulnerable what the”
“I used to watch Tyler Oliveira when I was politically uneducated. Then I realized his content, as educative as he claims it be, is nothing but provocative and thus, profitable. From his thumbnails to his topics of choice, Tyler is a grifter farming views and engagement. His videos are about topics that are popular at the time rather than genuinely educational or awareness raising. He posted a string of "Indian Invasion of America" around the time the "Indian street food" tren”