The Nerd City cameo of this video is just a small portion of the testimony he sent to me. You can watch the full video here for great insight on the controversy as it happened: ruclips.net/video/xzWsp7jPTpk/видео.html
theory: mat knew what he was doing and may possibly holds a grudge (worse than most people) and my have tried to damage the site and community due to a immense amount of greed (ironic) and a crave for fame. oh wait
Many streams have been called “The Worst Live Stream of All Time”, and it’s usually an exaggeration. But Matt’s final broadcast where he angrily grinds his teeth as he reads the chat and then periodically calls his viewers “losers” might be the actual worst meltdown I’ve ever seen.
Nerd City Don’t know if you’ll have the chance to read. But I just wanted to say that you make some of my favorite content on the internet. Thank you for the all time and effort you put into your work. I genuinely appreciate it.
Dr. Freeeeeeemaaaaaan.. I realize this might not be the most convenient time for a.. heart-to-heart. But I had to wait until your friends were otherwise.. occupied..
My theory is he was basically sick of RUclips and frustrated he couldnt make a living on it. He knew how it worked, but his content just wasnt good enough to generate. So he started this entire debacle as sort of the last ditch molotov, then called it quits. Reddit, did what Reddit does. His video got huge from that at first, and everyone with ulterior motives began latching on. Advertisers, companies and especially online news-sites who have this constant competition / vendetta against this platform.
I agree with you AlternateHistoryHub. IMO, I think he just got tired of the drama, and just got out of there, since he knew he wasn't getting anywhere. The part I don't get is why his streams were monetized but left when people were still willing to watch him? Maybe he was just mentally ill for all we know and wanted 4 things at the sametime. Honestly, I lack the creativity to come up with a theory of my own, but his actions just don't make sense, and maybe we are looking at it from an incorrect perspective. Maybe his plan, what ever it was, turned out to be badly thought out and fell flat. I don't know, I think I'm wrong myself, I'm just throwing ideas here and there, but one thing is for sure: He was not a good summeritan.
The disgruntled RUclipsr hypothesis doesn't make any sense, in my opinion. This was corporate, how the schedules all line up perfectly is way too suspicious. Watson's bizarre history on the platform doesn't disprove this hypothesis either, and in fact it helps obfuscate the agenda, anyone looking to hire someone for this kind of stunt wouldn't go for a blank slate. There is also the fact that the supposed exploitation was already being heavily discussed on several online forums prior to Watson's video, so there was a non-negligible and very loud swath of the Internet already very receptive to this message. Claiming that this was all about a disgruntled RUclipsr only makes sense superficially, and ignores a huge portion of the story. You can't Occam's Razor this one without setting aside important details.
The most memorable thing about the situation a year ago was when Matt Watson from Supermega was confused as this dude so he was sent dozens of death threats
Yeah his videos on Totally Uncreative were definitely meant to be satire, that's clear enough by him jamming a remote up his rear and saying he's "taking his daily dose of red pill". WILDLY terrible satire though, and even the best comedy isn't really a good enough excuse for harassing people on the street like a weirdo. It's amazing how quickly he came and went. Really makes u thonk.
You know the situation is really fucked when good old Keemstar is the level headed one. Doesn’t happen very often but when it does it’s a great metric for seeing how crazy/shitty someone is.
this is basically like having a leak in your house, so you demolish your entire house down, demolish all the houses surrounding it, and then blame it on the government because it's their fault you have a leak. it's overkill and it's a complete 'scorched earth' tactic.
>"this quarantine was getting boring enough" bro this video was posted like 3 days after quarantine started... how tf did you handle the next like 14 months of it
i love this guy is like "billionare companies are evil and greedy, so i will tell other billionare companies to solve our problems, they will know what to do" which they didnt, they just remove the adds and act like nothing happened.
@Shay Ó Laoghaire no, that is how libertarians and capitalists operate, "woke" people always call the goverment to do stuff for them, not companies (generaly speaking of course)
To me, I feel like Matt got some pretty horrific post-nut clarity and was horrified (and ashamed) when RUclips started recommending similar videos afterwards.
I hate how he tries to frame it as "muh monetization" "They care more about money" If you came to my job and lit the building ablaze, I'd be very reasonably upset. He threatened people's JOBS doing what he did.
Doom58 Even if that is the case, it would be frustrating and selfish to harm the creators who do actually put effort into their videos, like animators and such.
The most suspicious thing about Matt for me is the fact he never left an anonymous tip off to law enforcement. It’s extremely easy to do, very safe, and just common sense. His aim was not to target predators but to target a corporation that predators are leeching off of. The way he so quickly and vehemently shot down anyone who contacted him to even discuss the possibility of a different solution was kind of unsettling. It just doesn’t make sense unless he has a weird ulterior motive. That and his *extremely* inconsistent level of technological competence. That part absolutely reeks of B.S.
If you go to Matt's video the comment section is almost entirely redditors and 37 year olds singing his praise and unironically saying we live in a society. It didnt matter how BS everything is, because when you're appealing to the dumbest of the dumb, you can do anything and make it seem like magic
@Mario I can’t really say I support trying to tear down RUclips either. Doing that hurts countless innocent creators just trying to earn a living while entertaining people and following their passions for video making. Not that I have any love for RUclips the company or google, but RUclips the platform is a different thing entirely.
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!"
+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?"
From what I've heard, I think that's moreso an issue with Coppa. RUclips restricts features on "children's content" because they want creators to lie and say that their content isn't made for children even if it is. That way they can still make ad revenue off of it. Basically: Coppa said "You guys can't make advertising revenue off of content labeled for kids because we don't want you collecting ad data on children.". So RUclips is like "Okaaay we'll just try to force our content creators to lie then, so that way if a lawsuit happens, the individual creators who lied will be held responsible and we won't, and we can still make money." Basically the only way you're able to profit off of kids content now is to put yourself at risk of a Coppa violation.
YTP actually makes people into very good video editors over time and they often have little trouble switching to other types of content... Biodegradable became an editor for TRO, MoBros made anim8ball, Emp's doing this, and just look at some high-quality YTPs like Deliver Us, spingebill faces final judgement, or link: the boy: the movie: the trailer
I like how one of reddits most upvoted videos in the sites history was, in fact, a scam that could be disproven within an hour or less. Never change reddit, never change.
To be fair (although it doesn’t make things better), they were simply acting in mob mentality due to children being involved. Worst yet, I bet anyone who WANTED to disprove were shot down quickly out of fear of being labeled a pedo by the angry mob
Tangentially related but the section about how he got his video on reddit was particularly infuriating to me since I had a video that organically got 80k upvotes on r/videos, but it was removed by the mods because my channel had be blacklisted for supposedly posting my own content on the subreddit years prior.
If this proves anything, is how fragile the Internet is. Honestly I'm not sure how much the Internet is going to further revolutionize society if Matt can manipulate it so easily
@@Fishlord136 that would lead to a dictator of the internet. This famously does NOT go well. Also it's easier to rile up a crowd into an angry destructive mob than it is to calm them into a productive and good team, so I doubt that'd work anyway...
i mean, are we really acting like this is credible? people just don't use their faces to show emotions sometimes. he's a fraud, but saying this proves it just fuels the stigma against autistic folks and others who are generally just less expressive.
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.
The guy basically said "The Principal is abusing kids so shut down the entire school district! All you teachers complaining about job loss just don't care enough about child abuse!"
Time Stamps! EXHIBIT A: Who is Matt Watson? 1:52 EXHIBIT B: Matt’s Wormhole of Deception 2:55 EXHIBIT C: The Strange Agenda 10:14 EXHIBIT D: The Red Tide 16:25 EXHIBIT E: Outspoken, yet silent... 19:14 EXHIBIT F: Corporations 4 Kidz? 24:17 EXHIBIT G: I miss the old Matt... 26:05 EXHIBIT H: We did it Matt! We saved the city! 28:48 Disgruntled RUclipsr Goes Rogue: 33:19 The Bernie Pipeline: 36:59 Matt Watson is an Industry Plant 42:25 Conclusions 49:59
My theory: Matt is just an angry narcissist who wanted to present themselves as a savior of the internet, didn't expect the video to take off, and thus didn't go through any of the trouble of justifying his initial rhetoric or contacting news agencies for interviews
@@Tat011 I think he did try milking it for a bit, but realized nobody was siding with him anymore and he'd be irrelevant after this fizzled out: so he just decided to quit. I mean, what kind of media career can you build when literally nobody respects you?
This is why skepticism is a virtue not a hindrance. You need to look at things like this with an analytical eye to make sure you don’t cause more harm than good
Matt is the ultimate RUclips paradox. He has quite good understanding of deeper internet minutiae, yet fundamentally misunderstands the consequences of his actions. He knows how to rile up a giant mob of people, yet has no interest in talking to the people who could actually help him and his cause. He went through the hassle of submitting anonymous emails to news sources, but had his name and face plastered all over the campaign. It's such a mixture of intelligence and incompetency that it's virtually impossible to try and figure out what the fuck he's actually trying to do. It's incredible in and of itself
If someone holds to misleading counter intuitive intents, maybe it’s to cause the fallacy of “impossible to figure out.” It’s called corporate espionage. It’s been done so many times on this platform for various reasons. Can be corporate, political, or just “for the lols” some people like to “create games” which are actually giant psychological operations where they themselves are the lone gun that causes hundreds, if not thousands of people to lose their mind. Think I’m kidding or making it up? I really wish I was. This simply enough is the evolution of the internet.
It’s no different than the snowflakes who fight racism so strongly then accidentally make fundamentally purely racist comments, or those endorsing autism awareness then making movies showing how uninformed and prejudiced they are about autism. Etc etc. but Imagine googling like ‘illegal murder that I shouldn’t watch’ then making a video complaining about how google is endorsing and condoning murder that you shouldn't watch, and articles being made and millions of people slacktivism -bombing google as murderers who make them watch murders
Scene Selection: 0:00: Opening 1:52: Exhibit A: Who is Matt Watson? 2:54: Exhibit B: Matt's Wormhole of Deception 10:14: Exhibit C: The Strange Agenda 16:25: Exhibit D: The Red Tide 19:14: Exhibit E: Outspoken, yet silent... 24:16: Exhibit F: Corporations 4 Kidz? 26:05: Exhibit G: I miss the old Matt... 28:47: Exhibit H: We did it, Matt! We saved the city! 30:26: And now, a short intermission... 32:06: The Mainstream Narrative 33:19: Disgruntled RUclipsr Goes Rogue 36:58: The Bernie Pipeline 42:25: Matt Watson is an Industry Plant: Part 1 47:17: Matt Watson is an Industry Plant: Part 2 50:00: Conclusions. 54:36: Credits
@@jonathanvamos8636 Maybe not with internet stuff. Fred Knudsen, IH, Whang and WavyWebSurf, and Emp are bigger on internet lore, with Emp's reach extending to multiple topics with Never Ever, and more YT focused content with RUclips Geographic. I feel that TRO and j aubrey are more in the same, in focusing on only YT related drama and history (although j aubrey is more of a wildcard, with essays on Eric Andre, Jon Stewart, Kanye and, most recently, John McAfee).
So because the recommended algorithm is based on the videos you’ve been watching/searching... does this mean that Matt could have literally looked up and watched CP beforehand?
@@lyrawh Was it a blank channel was it not his original channel? You're right but I thought it was his original channel and assumed he had looked this up multiple times before
Ask any worker if he shall give charities to children (Anytime he earns money), if he says 'Sorry but I can't' then call him a selfish greedy sociopath.
The holes in the last theory can be filled quite easily: Matt Watson was always an alias just because he didn't want to use his real name online to begin with; he was specifically selected by advertisers because they wanted someone small and untraceable, but also with an account that had existed previously so as to not arouse suspicion.
Idk, there a lot of small time untracable youtubers who have far less... questionable content, I.E the totally uncreative channel, any company can see that kind of liability a mile away. IDK, i guess its just the corporate plant theory seems a little too farfetched for me.
MrHatoi it would make sense especially because of his previous content pandering to certain tastes that also inhabit a large chunk of Reddit, meaning it would only help him get more upvotes and support and would make people think “this weirdo is a regular guy” which has worked pretty well so far, then just pay him a lot of money and boom, a man who never really existed disappears!
@@alessandrolira4035 You need a provocateur to cause controversy. A small uncreative, unremarkable channel would've been overlooked, whereas, this chucklefuck will probably garner enough morbid attention. E.g. Get an idiot to flail around for a bit and surely other idiots will follow.
Tbh this strikes me as not premeditated but impulsive. Matt probably thought he'd ride in like a hero, saving the kids and getting clout. But he wasn't prepared for any fallback and took even good faith critisism personally
The part about the controversies always happening at the beginning of the year before the Upfront meeting in March is eye opening. But if Matt was a corporate plant, and Matt Watson is not his real name, then surely someone at least recognizes the guy by his face? The whole thing just doesn't make sense. And what you brought up about other platforms being far more dangerous than RUclips is also true. Are those companies not the target of these controversies because they refuse to be bullied by advertisers like Susan is? Where are the campaigns to tear down all playgrounds because they provide a place for predators? There's definitely something going on behind the scenes...
Ultimately I think the butthurt leftie theory is true. It had the least convincing "holes" against it especially considering Carlos Maza did practically the same thing for similar motives. "He didn't mention class" is a very weak excuse because not all progressives talk about it nor is "b-but it hurt leftie youtubers" because again people like him and Carlos don't care about that
I think there are hit pieces against other social media sites before. They just don't have much traction as RUclips's. The one I can think of are The Tik Tok predator, war against privacy on Facebook and Twitter, no 18 and up art on Tumblr, viral fake news on any social media site, Cambridge Analytica scandal, Gab's war against porn, Covington Kids for Twitter, etc.
@@cyberninjazero5659 If he was just a butthurt lefty, why would he not just raise awareness about the thing that he wanted to? It's not like that didn't JUST cause a massive adpocolypse at the time of his expose.
@@Poolboy001 because butthurt lefties are extremely dishonest people. Remember even Carlos had to manufacture outragele against Crowder at Gay month for videos that where out long before that. If he just made hit pieces against the people he hated no one would care/would tell him to fuck off (Because the reasons those videos are/were all of RUclips is because that's the popular viewpoint unlike what he believes) as can be seen from the Conspiracy theory "study" that Emplemon mentioned in the video (which didn't even scratch RUclips). That Study got the same propaganda push that channels like Contrapoints got but it failed to hurt RUclipss pocket book. Matt ABSOLUTELY NEEDED to be dishonest to achieve his goals
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 So they can tell the Buzzfeed and Trash Online Article crowd to shove off
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.
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
I’m actually really glad that you covered this controversy in this video. That flower with “you’ve got scammed sweetheart” after the patreon credit roll is honestly chef kiss material. Well done.
Anyone who acts like child based content that is heavily sexualized isn't a problem not just here but all over social media is probably a predator themself
"It was a trade between the corporate elite, a trade that RUclips tried to hide. A trade, if known about, would set in motion the collapse of the site." -A quote copied from Browny Mapping
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
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
I didn't even know about his video starting the controversy, so Emp basically gave me 3 times the info that any other news source has. Big ups and blessings to you.
the fact that his true identity has never been revealed by someone who knows him irl despite showing his face, makes me question if his entire person was some kind of experiment. maybe the older videos are there for a back story to throw people off of him being a fabrication. sounds crazy but not impossible
Strange.... What would youtube itself have to gain by losing a massive chunk of it's own creators after losing several advertisers? Are the rumors true that RUclips heavily favors left-wing politics, and that left-aligned and neutral channels tend to get easier sponsorship deals (making ad rev less important)? Is it true that "Matt" likes buzzfeed but doesn't like Fox news? Why?Could this be a political actor launching an attack on youtube to eliminate a good chunk of conservative voices? Was there a politically-motivated "adpocalypse" before this? After? What is the emotional selling point of SOPA, PIPA, ACTA, and the EARNIT Act? Why must we always "think of the children"? If we are thinking of the children, what other thoughts must we stop thinking? Could this actor be an employee or working in corroboration with RUclips itself or it's political allies? What about working for a political candidate past, present, or future-proof? How quickly did the advertisers come back? Were there any that never came back? Is it possible that the rabbits hole goes even further down? 2 choices: red pill... this is the bottom of the rabbit hole. You will be blissfully unaware of anything else at play Black pill: you keep digging until you find the ultimate truth, and nothing more.
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.
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.
@@Winasaurus This is why I like to call Reddit the retarded uncle of 4Chan. They can literally change everything if they want to, but they have no idea what the fuck they're doing
@@Predator20357 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
People make fun of MatPat for that? That's stupid. MatPat gave him a copy of Undertale because he thought it was a perfect representation of the gaming community. Which is, honestly a statement that hasn't aged quite like wine.
This guy is the very pinnacle of virtue-signalling, hell, in a way he's also part of the problem because his thumbnail is LITERALLY a kid with revealing clothing. When you're click-baiting that hard, you have no room to call anyone else exploitative and greedy.
I mean he frequents chaptraphouse a subreddit full of tankies and commies. So the farthest Left you can go, its akin to The_Donald, but worse because its not quarantine and it spills over to other subreddits.
@@goinggodmode9463 Except I was more pointing out that he's a hypocrite who hurt RUclipsrs in order to protect children which is kind of undone by his own thumbnail. Also, I could say the same thing about you, especially since you directly brought up likes when I didn't until now.
@@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
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 RUclipsWakeUp 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 RUclips 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 RUclipsr. A bit of a strange guy, but he wasn't a failure. That argument never made sense to me.
I always thought of this guy as the most extreme manifestation of the atmosphere of hostility against YT management among the RUclips community at the time, but taken to a ridiculously irrational and self-destructive level. Though I think it's clear now that there was something more going on.
@play gray 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.
@@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.
@@kaivitee15 Matt Watson is also the name a member of the Let's Playing Comedy RUclips channel SuperMega.He also used to edit for GameGrumps then he left
Matt Watson was an industry plant paid by an unknown company to give a reason for advertisers to pull out of RUclips so they can negotiate lower rates for these advertisers to spend. That was his one goal and he succeeded. He didn't want to consider any other options that made better sense, he was just paid to do one thing and he did it. But what doesn't get talked about nearly as much during this shitstorm was how the hive-mind of Reddit was so quick to promote Matt's video.
People are sheep and child abuse is usually a topic most don't want to argue about or ponder. And if you said what Emp is saying now, you'd probably be accused of being a pedophile justifying things.
@@Yotrymp 'Think of the children!' works everytime, trust me. It's hard to be against it as children are in danger, but there will be times when someone would use it for gain.
When I was a kid there was a couple month span of time when our one and only TV was on the way out, the tint was all messed up and I remember watching a lot of Green Simpsons. Your videos often remind me of that.
I think he's just a useful idiot of some NYC media company. He most certainly comes off as a dime-a-dozen hack who thinks of himself as a champion of the downtrodden and the greatest woman respecter of all time.
The day RUclips stops demonetizing unfairly, large music corporations stop abusing copyright, and the majority of the community likes RUclips 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.
Funny enough this is the tag line of the right wing transphobes that use children as a shield for their bigotry. It turns out, RUclips does enable far right indoctrination of young people, it's too profitable for them to shut down though
Years later still one of the finest put together RUclips videos on this site. The presentation and flow is just so good, people should thank their lucky stars that Emp is just making RUclips videos for the lulz on the internet because clearly he could have become a professional editor and we would have never heard of him again
I have another theory: He had a manic episode, it got out of hand, and other people got involved. His lack of engagement is either a combination of embarrassment and ego, or just plain ego; He's too prideful to admit he did anything wrong, and whether or not he's embarrassed or believes that what he did was right, we'll never know. Dude dipped like some chicken sticks.
I'm not a fan of passing off shitty people and their behavior as mental illness and episodes so kindly refrain from using words like manic or delusion.
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
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
@@wasted6459 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
RUclips 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”.
the reddit hive mind is probably one of the worst things in the internet, the all website devolved into one big propaganda and terrible memes, I miss 2013 reddit
Even our subreddits joking about how much of a hive mind reddit has become hive minds, it awful and I don’t know why I still use the site at this point.
@@jolonghthong i have a liberal dad, and to him, fox news is achilles heel of the right, despite the fact that no legitimate non-neocon right winger actually watches fox news as a main source of info. I think the same applies to watson, just a hunch
@@jolonghthong Certainly adds to either/both of those. If you have a message you genuinely care about, you don't care how it gets to as many people as possible, you just care that it does. Never was about the supposed message, his reactions are quite telling.
We must stop pedophile netflix because we are heroes and that's what heroes do
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No need, they exude victim stench in person and it happens naturally to them every time they leave to attend a poetry slam or get an std check despite being a virgin straight edge.
Tbh when I was little my mum told me all about pedos & their habits (on the web). I was staying away from strangers, mining my own business on the platform (and anywhere else) in it's early days. Imo it's not RUclips's responsability to regulate smth like this, it's the parents.
But RUclips are the ones that host the videos for the pedos. Not defending Matt or anything just saying RUclips should hold at least a little accountability
@@ryancriddle5240 But the videos aren't inherently pedo-pandering in the first place, that's the problem. There's no way to stop perverts from perverting innocent and innocuous things.
@@ryancriddle5240 The videos aren't there for pedos. Just because pedos look at it doesn't make it for them. RUclips is age restricted. All the children younger than this age restriction (13 years old) that are the responsability of the parents. Above 13, it was the parent duty to warn them about online danger and how to protect themself. A teenager may be immature but they are mature enough to understand why some kind of things should not be done if properly taught. Children are the responsibility of their caretakers in public spaces. What you are saying is the equivalent of "malls should have a little accountability for the little children left alone in them." They do take actions to protect those children that have nothing to do on the site to begin with, so even if their actions are not always the best or the most useful, keep in mind that they aren't forced to do it and could just say "you didn't respect the age restriction so it's not my problem".
Workforce exploitation via long hours and multiple jobs for the numerous low wage parents of our 'first world' country feel like an easy way to explain much of the time sinks incapacitating them from doing that very task well. Bit hard to read to your children on a double shift, but a tablet will tide them over for hours, so bandaid it is.
The Nerd City cameo of this video is just a small portion of the testimony he sent to me. You can watch the full video here for great insight on the controversy as it happened: ruclips.net/video/xzWsp7jPTpk/видео.html
EmpLemon just make RUclips a non child site kids shouldn’t be on the internet anyway
theory: mat knew what he was doing and may possibly holds a grudge (worse than most people) and my have tried to damage the site and community due to a immense amount of greed (ironic) and a crave for fame.
oh wait
Thanks for exposing ledditors once again lad
Kik still exists dude
oh no
i was not immune to the propaganda
Many streams have been called “The Worst Live Stream of All Time”, and it’s usually an exaggeration. But Matt’s final broadcast where he angrily grinds his teeth as he reads the chat and then periodically calls his viewers “losers” might be the actual worst meltdown I’ve ever seen.
You my boy! What do you think about the story Nerd? Would like to hear your opinion on the motivations behind this guy.
oh look at this, the regulator is here everybody
Nerd City Don’t know if you’ll have the chance to read.
But I just wanted to say that you make some of my favorite content on the internet. Thank you for the all time and effort you put into your work. I genuinely appreciate it.
Underrated Channel, what was Matt’s true intentions?
watching your videos give me iq points daddy nerd
As Gman once said,
“The right man in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world.”
Jarl Kethesda so wake up mister freeman wake up and smell the ashes.
I bet the ashes where the misstakes
@Zaalt Naerthe how does this not have more likes!
Dr. Freeeeeeemaaaaaan..
I realize this might not be the most convenient time for a.. heart-to-heart. But I had to wait until your friends were otherwise.. occupied..
@@user-bn6vg8ck4t Look Gordon! Ropes!
We can use those to swing over large gaps!
My theory is he was basically sick of RUclips and frustrated he couldnt make a living on it. He knew how it worked, but his content just wasnt good enough to generate. So he started this entire debacle as sort of the last ditch molotov, then called it quits. Reddit, did what Reddit does. His video got huge from that at first, and everyone with ulterior motives began latching on. Advertisers, companies and especially online news-sites who have this constant competition / vendetta against this platform.
That’s an understandable strategy but taking into account his political ideas I feel as though there must have been something else going on
yeah he was definently used by corpos and news articles
AlternateHistoryHub everything seems politically to me about this I just can’t tell why
I agree with you AlternateHistoryHub. IMO, I think he just got tired of the drama, and just got out of there, since he knew he wasn't getting anywhere. The part I don't get is why his streams were monetized but left when people were still willing to watch him? Maybe he was just mentally ill for all we know and wanted 4 things at the sametime. Honestly, I lack the creativity to come up with a theory of my own, but his actions just don't make sense, and maybe we are looking at it from an incorrect perspective. Maybe his plan, what ever it was, turned out to be badly thought out and fell flat. I don't know, I think I'm wrong myself, I'm just throwing ideas here and there, but one thing is for sure: He was not a good summeritan.
The disgruntled RUclipsr hypothesis doesn't make any sense, in my opinion. This was corporate, how the schedules all line up perfectly is way too suspicious. Watson's bizarre history on the platform doesn't disprove this hypothesis either, and in fact it helps obfuscate the agenda, anyone looking to hire someone for this kind of stunt wouldn't go for a blank slate. There is also the fact that the supposed exploitation was already being heavily discussed on several online forums prior to Watson's video, so there was a non-negligible and very loud swath of the Internet already very receptive to this message. Claiming that this was all about a disgruntled RUclipsr only makes sense superficially, and ignores a huge portion of the story. You can't Occam's Razor this one without setting aside important details.
Matt was secretly the CEO of Vimeo all along
This is my favorite theory and my personal head cannon
Zoomer kids don’t even know wtf Vimeo ever was
@@merucrypoison296Yes, they do.
@@elipse371 TZD
@@merucrypoison296 what
The most memorable thing about the situation a year ago was when Matt Watson from Supermega was confused as this dude so he was sent dozens of death threats
Did Matt ever publicly react to all that? The true Matt Watson, I mean.
After that on Twitter he literally called himself "Not that Matt Watson"
Also hey Callan. Weird to see you here! Love your content
I was expecting him to bring him up as the real victim
Also “Matt Watson? From Supermega?”
He’s a sweet boy and I’m glad he will be remembered as THE Matt Watson and not this dweeb.
Homestuck? In my 2020?
This guy basically nuked a bank just to kill the robber.
Designed I feel like it’s more like throwing a 100 pound bomb as nuke implies that the bank no longer exist
I'd compare it to an AC-130, personally.
Pretty much.
and missed
he nuked the whole town
Yeah his videos on Totally Uncreative were definitely meant to be satire, that's clear enough by him jamming a remote up his rear and saying he's "taking his daily dose of red pill". WILDLY terrible satire though, and even the best comedy isn't really a good enough excuse for harassing people on the street like a weirdo.
It's amazing how quickly he came and went. Really makes u thonk.
Daddy has spoken
Thonk
didnt know you had this nice of a taste
Love your streams and videos claw
DeadwingDork dead wing daddy
It’s weird seeing Keemstar being the more rational person lol
You know the situation is really fucked when good old Keemstar is the level headed one. Doesn’t happen very often but when it does it’s a great metric for seeing how crazy/shitty someone is.
Even a clock that has been stripped of all its wiring and shattered on the ground is right twice a day
You know somethings wrong when keemstars right
@@NerdismOfficial you mind if I use this someday?
@@TheKingOfNachosTM hey I won’t be there to care so whatever
this is basically like having a leak in your house, so you demolish your entire house down, demolish all the houses surrounding it, and then blame it on the government because it's their fault you have a leak.
it's overkill and it's a complete 'scorched earth' tactic.
👌🗿🤏
Perfect analogy.
You didn't watch the whole video before commenting, did you?
Welcome to left-wing politics.
Remember that one scene from "if the emperor had a TTS device"? the one with a guardsman finding a lewd image? Yeah that
My boy Emp is back with the top tier internet documentaries, this quarantine was getting boring enough.
Heeelll yeeeaaaah
ZRDR_DelRio meh
And Colossal's gonna upload? Yes
Simp smacker? Lol
>"this quarantine was getting boring enough" bro this video was posted like 3 days after quarantine started... how tf did you handle the next like 14 months of it
i love this guy is like "billionare companies are evil and greedy, so i will tell other billionare companies to solve our problems, they will know what to do" which they didnt, they just remove the adds and act like nothing happened.
"Witch"
so goes the last theory posited in the video.
@Shay Ó Laoghaire But he's not woke, Matt is a mercenary with no motivation beyond whatever he got from Disney and friends for his work.
Quixotes neoliberals are capitalist not left at all
@Shay Ó Laoghaire no, that is how libertarians and capitalists operate, "woke" people always call the goverment to do stuff for them, not companies (generaly speaking of course)
To me, I feel like Matt got some pretty horrific post-nut clarity and was horrified (and ashamed) when RUclips started recommending similar videos afterwards.
Holy fucking shit you're probably right
Probably true lol
Probably
LMAOOOOO
This isn't funny.
I hate how he tries to frame it as "muh monetization"
"They care more about money"
If you came to my job and lit the building ablaze, I'd be very reasonably upset.
He threatened people's JOBS doing what he did.
After acknowledging them as jobs then discrediting them as jobs
Brainlet: “Hurr durr just be an Uber Driver”
hes mad because the site is no longer good anymore and people make dogshit content only for money
Doom58 Even if that is the case, it would be frustrating and selfish to harm the creators who do actually put effort into their videos, like animators and such.
I mean, if you want to burn down my work, I won't stop you. I get severance pay.
RUclipsrs don't, though.
The real wormhole were the friends we made along the way.
Jacob Shultz underrated comment
The only hole is you
This joke will never get old.
660
Plot twist: He just did this for reddit gold
edit: Thanks for the gold, kind stranger(s)!
Let’s hit r/all!
i've won, but at what cost?
now this is wholesome keanu 100 chungus
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
The most suspicious thing about Matt for me is the fact he never left an anonymous tip off to law enforcement. It’s extremely easy to do, very safe, and just common sense. His aim was not to target predators but to target a corporation that predators are leeching off of. The way he so quickly and vehemently shot down anyone who contacted him to even discuss the possibility of a different solution was kind of unsettling. It just doesn’t make sense unless he has a weird ulterior motive. That and his *extremely* inconsistent level of technological competence. That part absolutely reeks of B.S.
If you go to Matt's video the comment section is almost entirely redditors and 37 year olds singing his praise and unironically saying we live in a society. It didnt matter how BS everything is, because when you're appealing to the dumbest of the dumb, you can do anything and make it seem like magic
@Mario I can’t really say I support trying to tear down RUclips either. Doing that hurts countless innocent creators just trying to earn a living while entertaining people and following their passions for video making. Not that I have any love for RUclips the company or google, but RUclips the platform is a different thing entirely.
@Mario I agree
It's also strange that he thought reporting it would implicate him in some way for some reason.
@m RUclips itself was never going to "lose" money. It would ALWAYS fall on the creators.
When "Think of the Children!" ends up treating everyone like children, our freedom gets compromised. But that's probably the point.
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!"
+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?"
I just wanna know why miniplayer is disabled for “children’s content”
RIGHT!?
You also can't enable subscription notifications for "children's content" either.
Don't get it.
You can't add children's content to playlists either.
That's like the most annoying thing ever
From what I've heard, I think that's moreso an issue with Coppa. RUclips restricts features on "children's content" because they want creators to lie and say that their content isn't made for children even if it is. That way they can still make ad revenue off of it. Basically: Coppa said "You guys can't make advertising revenue off of content labeled for kids because we don't want you collecting ad data on children.". So RUclips is like "Okaaay we'll just try to force our content creators to lie then, so that way if a lawsuit happens, the individual creators who lied will be held responsible and we won't, and we can still make money." Basically the only way you're able to profit off of kids content now is to put yourself at risk of a Coppa violation.
Oddly enough, the RUclipsr who used to be known for “RUclips Poops” has some of the highest quality content on RUclips as a whole. Keep it up Emp.
Thank you lorenz
YTP actually makes people into very good video editors over time and they often have little trouble switching to other types of content... Biodegradable became an editor for TRO, MoBros made anim8ball, Emp's doing this, and just look at some high-quality YTPs like Deliver Us, spingebill faces final judgement, or link: the boy: the movie: the trailer
Weird, I just made a similar comment then scrolled down the comments section and saw yours. AGREED. :)
Yo for real tho, a lot of former YTP channels end up evolving into amazing analysis channels. Schaffrilas is another great example
From youtube poops to youtube golds
I like how one of reddits most upvoted videos in the sites history was, in fact, a scam that could be disproven within an hour or less. Never change reddit, never change.
What video?
@@88mphDrBrown bruh
@@88mphDrBrown pov: you commented before watching this video
Reddit has such a superiority complex and is so stupid. Remember that interview with the Reddit mod?
To be fair (although it doesn’t make things better), they were simply acting in mob mentality due to children being involved. Worst yet, I bet anyone who WANTED to disprove were shot down quickly out of fear of being labeled a pedo by the angry mob
Tangentially related but the section about how he got his video on reddit was particularly infuriating to me since I had a video that organically got 80k upvotes on r/videos, but it was removed by the mods because my channel had be blacklisted for supposedly posting my own content on the subreddit years prior.
Reddit moment
Ok
Woah glink with brim!!!
HIIIIIIII!!!!
I feel This situation can be applied to the current coronavirus pandemic
Unsurprising, after all that is Reddit
If this proves anything, is how fragile the Internet is. Honestly I'm not sure how much the Internet is going to further revolutionize society if Matt can manipulate it so easily
We just need to find a good person to manipulate everyone
@@Fishlord136 What do you mean?
@@Fishlord136 that would lead to a dictator of the internet. This famously does NOT go well.
Also it's easier to rile up a crowd into an angry destructive mob than it is to calm them into a productive and good team, so I doubt that'd work anyway...
He wanted to kill the site. That's it. No other agenda.
Its not going to revolutionise society again : internet is like modern society now.
"Some of you may die... but that is a sacrifice I am willing to make."
_Some of you_
_Are going to dieeee_
_Martyrs, of course, of the freedom_
_That I shall proviiiiiideeee_
lol
No cost too great...
@@stuffedanimalwars7692 we shall _Hollow out_ youtube of it's problems and make it _pure_
@@stuffedanimalwars7692 SHAW!!!
When Matt's talking about how angry and disgusted he is, his face is completely unmoving. Not even any passive signs of disgust.
@Mario I audibly laughed at this comment
@@LordTerias same.
“I’m disgusted. ( ._ . )
He’s just reading the script the companies gave him
i mean, are we really acting like this is credible? people just don't use their faces to show emotions sometimes. he's a fraud, but saying this proves it just fuels the stigma against autistic folks and others who are generally just less expressive.
Maybe the real wormhole were the friends we made along the way
Maybe WE were all Matt Watson the whole time
Maybe Matt Watson never happened and we're really all dead having an acid trip in heaven.
you were made to put real worms in ur friends holes? i dont understand.
Maybe what if this is all just a dream?
@@bubbyberry just one hole, not all of the holes. Funnel provided for efficiency of course.
"There's some kind of Glitch in the Algorithm"
"MOM I deleted the VIRUS!!!"
same energy
A new skirmish crate is now available.
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.
No I swear I wasn't looking for videos of little girls. It's RUclipss fault for showing them to me
What is with this comment thread
Phillip Khaing I know right
Anyone saying "think of the children" usually has something else planned.
Of course. People blame children for "ruining everything" but said people freak about kids having any sort of fun. Childhood is now a posh prison
Just like a bill called "USA Patriot" is most likely an attack on human rights.
ruclips.net/video/hcCrpctDeGI/видео.html
Or they’re thinking waaaay too much about the children
@@TheLexiconDevils yeah...
The guy basically said "The Principal is abusing kids so shut down the entire school district! All you teachers complaining about job loss just don't care enough about child abuse!"
The real tragedy is that this man cost the real Matt Watson his twitter verification for years
MunkMan9 Ouch.
Super mega matt?
@@urfork1 i prefer to call him the real matt watson
MunkMan9 a fitting name. I shall enshrine it in the history books.
They get chocolate in a part of Africa where children are used for labour for first world countries.
Beware the suffering you indirectly cause
Time Stamps!
EXHIBIT A: Who is Matt Watson? 1:52
EXHIBIT B: Matt’s Wormhole of Deception 2:55
EXHIBIT C: The Strange Agenda 10:14
EXHIBIT D: The Red Tide 16:25
EXHIBIT E: Outspoken, yet silent... 19:14
EXHIBIT F: Corporations 4 Kidz? 24:17
EXHIBIT G: I miss the old Matt... 26:05
EXHIBIT H: We did it Matt! We saved the city! 28:48
Disgruntled RUclipsr Goes Rogue: 33:19
The Bernie Pipeline: 36:59
Matt Watson is an Industry Plant 42:25
Conclusions 49:59
ElectronicWaffles thanks based catman, very cool
But were is the Furry genocide???
ElectronicWaffles thank you. very cool.
JakeSpacePirate que
Thank u electronic waffles
*Begins with a Down the Rabbit Hole reference.*
Oh, this is gonna be a good one.
I actually opened a seperate tab to check if the
'' Whheeeooouu whhheeeeooouuu''
was the same.
what am i doing with my life?
Ah yes. Quarantine.
I read this as DOOM the rabbit hole
I actually have it looming next to this video lol
HOLY SHIT! IS THAT A *[Down the Rabbit Hole]* REFERENCE!?
true
My theory: Matt is just an angry narcissist who wanted to present themselves as a savior of the internet, didn't expect the video to take off, and thus didn't go through any of the trouble of justifying his initial rhetoric or contacting news agencies for interviews
this is the only theory that matters
I mean this theory has the problem that he disappeared and didn't try to milk the attention he was getting as much as possible
@@Tat011 I think he did try milking it for a bit, but realized nobody was siding with him anymore and he'd be irrelevant after this fizzled out: so he just decided to quit. I mean, what kind of media career can you build when literally nobody respects you?
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_5156 The god father
One of my favorite things about EmpLemon is the super unique editing style. It’s very appealing to people who’ve used RUclips since the early 2010s.
lustylion I agree.
I wasn't really part of the "RUclips community" in the 2010s, but I agree.
I just love the reacquiring themes and graphics
This is why skepticism is a virtue not a hindrance. You need to look at things like this with an analytical eye to make sure you don’t cause more harm than good
Basically think before you get outraged and complain.
And yet again I find you in the comments
And you need the humility to question your own opinions
Sayari Mamani something many people now a days don’t have
Matt is the ultimate RUclips paradox. He has quite good understanding of deeper internet minutiae, yet fundamentally misunderstands the consequences of his actions. He knows how to rile up a giant mob of people, yet has no interest in talking to the people who could actually help him and his cause. He went through the hassle of submitting anonymous emails to news sources, but had his name and face plastered all over the campaign. It's such a mixture of intelligence and incompetency that it's virtually impossible to try and figure out what the fuck he's actually trying to do. It's incredible in and of itself
What you're describing is basically a Redditor lol
If someone holds to misleading counter intuitive intents, maybe it’s to cause the fallacy of “impossible to figure out.”
It’s called corporate espionage. It’s been done so many times on this platform for various reasons.
Can be corporate, political, or just “for the lols” some people like to “create games” which are actually giant psychological operations where they themselves are the lone gun that causes hundreds, if not thousands of people to lose their mind.
Think I’m kidding or making it up?
I really wish I was. This simply enough is the evolution of the internet.
It’s no different than the snowflakes who fight racism so strongly then accidentally make fundamentally purely racist comments, or those endorsing autism awareness then making movies showing how uninformed and prejudiced they are about autism. Etc etc. but Imagine googling like ‘illegal murder that I shouldn’t watch’ then making a video complaining about how google is endorsing and condoning murder that you shouldn't watch, and articles being made and millions of people slacktivism -bombing google as murderers who make them watch murders
Scene Selection:
0:00: Opening
1:52: Exhibit A: Who is Matt Watson?
2:54: Exhibit B: Matt's Wormhole of Deception
10:14: Exhibit C: The Strange Agenda
16:25: Exhibit D: The Red Tide
19:14: Exhibit E: Outspoken, yet silent...
24:16: Exhibit F: Corporations 4 Kidz?
26:05: Exhibit G: I miss the old Matt...
28:47: Exhibit H: We did it, Matt! We saved the city!
30:26: And now, a short intermission...
32:06: The Mainstream Narrative
33:19: Disgruntled RUclipsr Goes Rogue
36:58: The Bernie Pipeline
42:25: Matt Watson is an Industry Plant: Part 1
47:17: Matt Watson is an Industry Plant: Part 2
50:00: Conclusions.
54:36: Credits
SC-01 Productions THANK YOU!
Your a god
Lords work
Many thanks for the DVD main menu
Emp, *_PLEASE PIN THIS._*
Theory: Matt Watson works for Vimeo
Better yet: Vk
or the cia
4chan
good one
@@kimgkomgSomeone know about VK?
This, Down the Rabbit Holes, and Internet Historian feel like detective dramas for people who like to get deep into the cheese with internet lore.
Don't forget The Right Opinion.
he sucks doe...
TRO is nowhere near the level of emp, Historian, and frederik
@@jonathanvamos8636 Maybe not with internet stuff. Fred Knudsen, IH, Whang and WavyWebSurf, and Emp are bigger on internet lore, with Emp's reach extending to multiple topics with Never Ever, and more YT focused content with RUclips Geographic. I feel that TRO and j aubrey are more in the same, in focusing on only YT related drama and history (although j aubrey is more of a wildcard, with essays on Eric Andre, Jon Stewart, Kanye and, most recently, John McAfee).
Also Whang! He covers the obscure internet history!
So because the recommended algorithm is based on the videos you’ve been watching/searching... does this mean that Matt could have literally looked up and watched CP beforehand?
@@lyrawh Was it a blank channel was it not his original channel? You're right but I thought it was his original channel and assumed he had looked this up multiple times before
Considering he's a leftist redditer: that's not out of the realm of possibility lmao
I can’t believe Matt Watson from SuperMega would do this,,,
Ryan: MATT WTF
Matt: *Demonic screeching*
Ah, so this is what he had to do to get Twitter verified.
No don't worry, you're thinking of Matt Twatson.
And OneyPlays
Rat Watson
Your series like "Never Ever" or "RUclips Geographic" is such a great content to watch, thanks for your work
True
So basically, don't trust controversies in early spring.
It’s early spring...
Uh oh.
-coronavirus-
@@HKIHNDKNSI I'M GONNA COOOOOOOOF
More like, don't trust controversies ever. There, fixed that for you
@Quixotes Ok Coofer
9:23
That pyro comment did not age well
Edit: my comment about that pyro comment that did not age well did not age well
At least you’re self aware enough to admit it.
@@bruski4120 most just forget about the comments they make
@@Predator20357 Im afraid im still a little out of the loop. Mind explaining
@@chJohnJobs basically, not everyone can recall comments from a while ago.
@@karlisulmanis3810 Oh no i ment the pyrosynical stuff.
But thank you
"Muh' monetization!"
How about "Muh' job!"
Sounds like a lot more weight when put that way eh mister Watson?
FrameRater what are you doing here
Didnt expect you being here lol
Frames go away. You're supposed to be a mythical fairy I never see.
Ask any worker if he shall give charities to children (Anytime he earns money), if he says 'Sorry but I can't' then call him a selfish greedy sociopath.
Hey Frame
This guy used "Think of the children " as a way to crash RUclips with no survivors.
What a madlad
based
For you
with his own hand too
Enclave Yeah based, based on what?
@@tony_5156 Just based.
The holes in the last theory can be filled quite easily: Matt Watson was always an alias just because he didn't want to use his real name online to begin with; he was specifically selected by advertisers because they wanted someone small and untraceable, but also with an account that had existed previously so as to not arouse suspicion.
not a bad point, if that theory is true I wonder which company (or companies) most likely did it.
Idk, there a lot of small time untracable youtubers who have far less... questionable content, I.E the totally uncreative channel, any company can see that kind of liability a mile away. IDK, i guess its just the corporate plant theory seems a little too farfetched for me.
@@ThatGuy-ky2yf Probably the first to pull out of advertisement to gain a kind of public trust
MrHatoi it would make sense especially because of his previous content pandering to certain tastes that also inhabit a large chunk of Reddit, meaning it would only help him get more upvotes and support and would make people think “this weirdo is a regular guy” which has worked pretty well so far, then just pay him a lot of money and boom, a man who never really existed disappears!
@@alessandrolira4035 You need a provocateur to cause controversy. A small uncreative, unremarkable channel would've been overlooked, whereas, this chucklefuck will probably garner enough morbid attention. E.g. Get an idiot to flail around for a bit and surely other idiots will follow.
Tbh this strikes me as not premeditated but impulsive. Matt probably thought he'd ride in like a hero, saving the kids and getting clout. But he wasn't prepared for any fallback and took even good faith critisism personally
The part about the controversies always happening at the beginning of the year before the Upfront meeting in March is eye opening. But if Matt was a corporate plant, and Matt Watson is not his real name, then surely someone at least recognizes the guy by his face?
The whole thing just doesn't make sense. And what you brought up about other platforms being far more dangerous than RUclips is also true. Are those companies not the target of these controversies because they refuse to be bullied by advertisers like Susan is? Where are the campaigns to tear down all playgrounds because they provide a place for predators? There's definitely something going on behind the scenes...
Well, once we start finding out what exactly is going on behind the scenes, things are going to get insane.
Ultimately I think the butthurt leftie theory is true. It had the least convincing "holes" against it especially considering Carlos Maza did practically the same thing for similar motives. "He didn't mention class" is a very weak excuse because not all progressives talk about it nor is "b-but it hurt leftie youtubers" because again people like him and Carlos don't care about that
I think there are hit pieces against other social media sites before. They just don't have much traction as RUclips's. The one I can think of are The Tik Tok predator, war against privacy on Facebook and Twitter, no 18 and up art on Tumblr, viral fake news on any social media site, Cambridge Analytica scandal, Gab's war against porn, Covington Kids for Twitter, etc.
@@cyberninjazero5659 If he was just a butthurt lefty, why would he not just raise awareness about the thing that he wanted to? It's not like that didn't JUST cause a massive adpocolypse at the time of his expose.
@@Poolboy001 because butthurt lefties are extremely dishonest people. Remember even Carlos had to manufacture outragele against Crowder at Gay month for videos that where out long before that. If he just made hit pieces against the people he hated no one would care/would tell him to fuck off (Because the reasons those videos are/were all of RUclips is because that's the popular viewpoint unlike what he believes) as can be seen from the Conspiracy theory "study" that Emplemon mentioned in the video (which didn't even scratch RUclips). That Study got the same propaganda push that channels like Contrapoints got but it failed to hurt RUclipss pocket book. Matt ABSOLUTELY NEEDED to be dishonest to achieve his goals
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.
not even corporations really care about this, the news could be reporting on a mass shooting but yet they still have adbreaks.
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
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.
Damn, caught my little bro I'm watching this with,It's technically his 13th birthday, but he was born later in the day.
Im 13 and my dad owns youtube
WeegeeSlayer
Hey!
Are you the guy I always see on Mr Enter’s videos?
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
@@ImmaLittlePip Ah yes, the classic problem with keeping kids out of places they're not supposed to be...
I’m actually really glad that you covered this controversy in this video. That flower with “you’ve got scammed sweetheart” after the patreon credit roll is honestly chef kiss material. Well done.
Anyone who acts like child based content that is heavily sexualized isn't a problem not just here but all over social media is probably a predator themself
"It was a trade between the corporate elite, a trade that RUclips tried to hide. A trade, if known about, would set in motion the collapse of the site." -A quote copied from Browny Mapping
I actually thought this from the start, I made a post on Reddit and got down voted instantly lol
Sounds like Reddit
"why dont you think of the children?!!?"
thats reddit for ya
any social media platform is 80% ignorant retarded people
@Mr. Clean cartoon network forums are far superior tbh
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.
Yep, it was bought by another company
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
Supplemented Health duh. Don’t use other people’s pictures without permission either.
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
Cartmanbrah ...dude...it’s the internet.
If there was porn in Matt's watch history I'd bet he'd say it's a glitch
''i was just figuring out another wormhole''
Dude’s got worse alibi logic than most 13 year old boys
lol
I didn't even know about his video starting the controversy, so Emp basically gave me 3 times the info that any other news source has. Big ups and blessings to you.
lesson learned: reddit is to blame
RainbowFishcakes they usually are
kind stranger did it again
@@analienmango8756 >x is the only good sub
Wee woo wee woo found a redditor
A ton more people then a website was at fault tho. Reddit was definitely a part of it but dont let that distract you from other people to blame here
Time for war
the fact that his true identity has never been revealed by someone who knows him irl despite showing his face, makes me question if his entire person was some kind of experiment. maybe the older videos are there for a back story to throw people off of him being a fabrication. sounds crazy but not impossible
I think you're looking into this a bit too much
Umi ZoomR that’s what he wants you to think
Big Corp is behind the life of a millennial man, they created it, like The Truman Show but for shilling companies fully knowing that's his purpose
Strange....
What would youtube itself have to gain by losing a massive chunk of it's own creators after losing several advertisers? Are the rumors true that RUclips heavily favors left-wing politics, and that left-aligned and neutral channels tend to get easier sponsorship deals (making ad rev less important)?
Is it true that "Matt" likes buzzfeed but doesn't like Fox news? Why?Could this be a political actor launching an attack on youtube to eliminate a good chunk of conservative voices? Was there a politically-motivated "adpocalypse" before this? After?
What is the emotional selling point of SOPA, PIPA, ACTA, and the EARNIT Act? Why must we always "think of the children"? If we are thinking of the children, what other thoughts must we stop thinking?
Could this actor be an employee or working in corroboration with RUclips itself or it's political allies? What about working for a political candidate past, present, or future-proof? How quickly did the advertisers come back? Were there any that never came back?
Is it possible that the rabbits hole goes even further down?
2 choices: red pill... this is the bottom of the rabbit hole. You will be blissfully unaware of anything else at play
Black pill: you keep digging until you find the ultimate truth, and nothing more.
@@UmiZoomR "I think you're looking into this a bit too much" So you didn't watch this video?
Thanks!
"hornet nest removal videos" -Ah yes, a man of culture.
Gotta hate those guys who think hornet is void.
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.
And strange days
Don't forget about _Want You Gone_ at 49:57 during the conclusion.
At least it wasn't "Aqualung".
I recognized the melodies from the songs
33:30 is a remixed gary glitter song as well. Original is played in sports stadiums.
This is just one big reddit moment right here
the hive mind of reddit
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.
@@Winasaurus This is why I like to call Reddit the retarded uncle of 4Chan. They can literally change everything if they want to, but they have no idea what the fuck they're doing
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”
@@Predator20357 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
Matt never offered a solution after removing ads. And that right there basically tells you everything.
when pyro is responsible for sexually abusive content getting removed, but still hasn't uploaded petscop 2
shut up about petscop 2 and wait.
@@miyuverseofficial No
@@miyuverseofficial no
@Josie Pitts nO
Josie Pitts No
So what I'm understanding:
January is the least profitable month for youtubers, and February is the deadliest time for youtubers
What we can be predicting: the entire year is just shit.
februrary march deadly virus april comet on its way yep great year
Thought this comment meant Emp would say Matt was dead.
@@Alex876 At least it's going to be 4/20 for the rest of next month
Theory: Matt Watson is actually Matpat in disguise trying to get revenge on everyone for making fun of him for giving the Pope a copy of Undertale.
Lyon Croft BUT HEY
im actually surprised anybody remembers that meme of pat giving a mfkn copy of undertale to pope xdddddd
@@kadinrogers1741 IT'S JUST A THEORY
People make fun of MatPat for that? That's stupid. MatPat gave him a copy of Undertale because he thought it was a perfect representation of the gaming community.
Which is, honestly a statement that hasn't aged quite like wine.
@@hmm279 A POPE THEORY!
the smoking gun to me is the contrast between his reaction to advertisers pulling out and youtube addressing the controversy
This guy is the very pinnacle of virtue-signalling, hell, in a way he's also part of the problem because his thumbnail is LITERALLY a kid with revealing clothing. When you're click-baiting that hard, you have no room to call anyone else exploitative and greedy.
I mean he frequents chaptraphouse a subreddit full of tankies and commies. So the farthest Left you can go, its akin to The_Donald, but worse because its not quarantine and it spills over to other subreddits.
Virtue signaling in a comment section for likes does not make you better.
@@goinggodmode9463 oh yeah, likes. Wait, what can I buy with likes?
@@goinggodmode9463 Except I was more pointing out that he's a hypocrite who hurt RUclipsrs in order to protect children which is kind of undone by his own thumbnail. Also, I could say the same thing about you, especially since you directly brought up likes when I didn't until now.
OvenBaked Pancakes
Virtue signaling in a reply thread doesn’t make it any better.
WAIT, so I'm not the only one who's found himself on the Wasp Removal side of the internet by accident???
Everyone stumbles across it eventually, plus it's also quite interesting so it's not annoying when it does happen.
Sorry my peasantry, but what is this "wasp removal" thing the gentleman is talking about? Made me curious, i like internet lore too.
@@TDrewBR Don't know but I think when they remove wasp nests
Hold on, are you talking about those videos where people use makeshift flamethrowers to burn them out? Those are pretty rad not gonna lie
*heavy breathing*
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"
To be fair its on by default.
but even then its still super funny!
@@Alienrun but surely he needs to put credit card and stuff
Whenever Matt gets angry, he looks like he's about to have stroke.
I favor the "butthurt failed youtuber" hypothesis.
I think the "paid by corporations to fuck up youtube" makes the most sense to me. It explains why he disappears all the sudden.
It makes most sense that it’s a combination of failed RUclipsr and Corporate Plant
@@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
Why not both ideas they see this guy wasn't too successful and they pay him to start this lol ?
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 RUclipsWakeUp 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 RUclips 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 RUclipsr. A bit of a strange guy, but he wasn't a failure. That argument never made sense to me.
I always thought of this guy as the most extreme manifestation of the atmosphere of hostility against YT management among the RUclips community at the time, but taken to a ridiculously irrational and self-destructive level. Though I think it's clear now that there was something more going on.
Holy fucking shit...why has it taken me this long to watch EMPlemons entire catalogue...this was class 😭
Welcom to the spiral
Welcome to the pit
@play gray 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.
@play gray Oh yeah the red border is not a good thing.
Otaku-Vs???
I’ve been subscribed to you since your YTP days. You’ve come a long way my friend. Keep up the good work.
"Glitch" is a stupid word. The algorithm operates exactly how it should.
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.
@@Varangian_af_Scaniae Technically not a glitch.
@@greenoftreeblackofblue6625 exactly. just because something doesnt work as intended does not make it a glitch.
@@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.
Pardon me for straying from the subject of your original comment, but this is how I feel about people upset at the Electoral College.
He did this, then he left game grumps. I can't believe it.
What?
@@kaivitee15 Matt Watson is also the name a member of the Let's Playing Comedy RUclips channel SuperMega.He also used to edit for GameGrumps then he left
@Dutch Junk and that's the joke
Supermega’s editing was the last vestige of funniness on Game Grumps. Now they’re gone, and so is the humor
@@ebgbees dude chill
Matt Watson was an industry plant paid by an unknown company to give a reason for advertisers to pull out of RUclips so they can negotiate lower rates for these advertisers to spend. That was his one goal and he succeeded. He didn't want to consider any other options that made better sense, he was just paid to do one thing and he did it. But what doesn't get talked about nearly as much during this shitstorm was how the hive-mind of Reddit was so quick to promote Matt's video.
and less videos with little bytchez
People are sheep and child abuse is usually a topic most don't want to argue about or ponder. And if you said what Emp is saying now, you'd probably be accused of being a pedophile justifying things.
@@Yotrymp
'Think of the children!' works everytime, trust me. It's hard to be against it as children are in danger, but there will be times when someone would use it for gain.
He would have to be paid by someone small enough to not be noticed, but big enough to cut a half decent check.
Actic exactly remember when some senators were trying to pass a law that is literally chinese style censorship.
When I was a kid there was a couple month span of time when our one and only TV was on the way out, the tint was all messed up and I remember watching a lot of Green Simpsons. Your videos often remind me of that.
I think Emp is the real under covered agent here. He's too smart for the platform.
AngraZero Sure
He's a plant placed here by the YTP industry
Emperor Lemon is the CEO of Vimeo
noob2243 He’s basically the RUclips version of a CIA agent
God, reading his posts on Reddit really makes him seem like the quintessential Redditor
Edit: Thanks for the gold, kind stranger!
WHOLESOME 100
"I must appease all of my wife wishes
For am unable to satisfy thee"-quintessential redditor 4350
r/emojipolice R/foundthemobileuser r/angryupvote r/beetlejuicing
Le epic Keanu chungus wholesome 100 pupper updoots
hate him or eh hate him, he did play everyone like a damn fiddle
Its because most youtuber audiences and redditors are retards who are easily manipulable by any one with fake outrage
You are giving him too much credit, he manipulated the internet equivalent of a bunch of especial ed kids.
@@PlastiGomi
well you're in at least one of those audiences so don't go thinking you're immune or anything
@@PlastiGomi No, the fact is that most people are retards. PEOPLE. This is a human issue
And this is why you NEVER take the "think of the children" argument seriously.
I feel sorry for the REAL Matt Watson, Love you SuperMega
Matt Watson?! From Supermega?!?!
The Corporate Plant theory NEEDS to be a movie.
tRUE
I think you might be interested in cyberpunk literature.
it would probably be better as a documentary on netflix or something
true or not it's a pretty amazing narrative
I think he's just a useful idiot of some NYC media company. He most certainly comes off as a dime-a-dozen hack who thinks of himself as a champion of the downtrodden and the greatest woman respecter of all time.
The day RUclips stops demonetizing unfairly, large music corporations stop abusing copyright, and the majority of the community likes RUclips 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.
ngl id like to see that lmaoo
If you do have to, start a patreon so I can give you $50 for your work
i would like that comment but it already have 69 likes so
Hopefully, you'll honour your part of the bargain when that time comes
Never say Never
Always be cautious of those who say "WHAT ABOUT THE CHILDREN!?"
Like video games..... Children are very good Scapegoats.........
Yes
Funny enough this is the tag line of the right wing transphobes that use children as a shield for their bigotry. It turns out, RUclips does enable far right indoctrination of young people, it's too profitable for them to shut down though
Years later still one of the finest put together RUclips videos on this site. The presentation and flow is just so good, people should thank their lucky stars that Emp is just making RUclips videos for the lulz on the internet because clearly he could have become a professional editor and we would have never heard of him again
I have another theory:
He had a manic episode, it got out of hand, and other people got involved. His lack of engagement is either a combination of embarrassment and ego, or just plain ego; He's too prideful to admit he did anything wrong, and whether or not he's embarrassed or believes that what he did was right, we'll never know. Dude dipped like some chicken sticks.
This
@Mercury He could be delusional.
It does almost sound like some kind of mesiah complex, but it's hard to say
I'm not a fan of passing off shitty people and their behavior as mental illness and episodes so kindly refrain from using words like manic or delusion.
@@7792pnaurfr why do you feel you have the right to dictate the language of others
Aka: Emp finally explains to Mumkey and Rusty the problem with Reddit.
Also damn that's a lot of LCL.
@@TannerLindberg I'm confused, I thought they were already in agreement about this
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
@@johnbyerly3055 I'd say it was both this and also Emp not being the best at explaining his points on the spot.
Emp’s attempts to articulate why Reddit sucks were toe-curlingly awful, even though I agree with him that it does.
As awful as reddit is, it should still exist for containment purposes at the very least. Remember what happened to tumblr?
This guy was literally just a master troll.
This made me see the whole youtube management trainwreck in a new light. It's not just the platform's problem, its also a massive people problem.
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
That's because the vast majority of would-be commenters on videos made for kids, is underageb&
There some South Park and The Boondocks videos marked "for kids". Actually most videos marked that way don't even deserve to.
@@wasted6459 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
Hell, I saw duck man videos that were calmed to be child friendly.
RUclips 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”.
"The reddit hive mind" very accurate
Also The reddit Red Hive mind
the reddit hive mind is probably one of the worst things in the internet, the all website devolved into one big propaganda and terrible memes, I miss 2013 reddit
A political machine
Even our subreddits joking about how much of a hive mind reddit has become hive minds, it awful and I don’t know why I still use the site at this point.
@@cannoncorley581 It's like drugs. Too much is bad for you but its addicting.
23:31 "I don't like Fox News"
damn, that was subtle
Could maybe add to the “left wing” activist or corporate puppet idea. Although I don’t think anyone likes fox so idk
@@jolonghthong i have a liberal dad, and to him, fox news is achilles heel of the right, despite the fact that no legitimate non-neocon right winger actually watches fox news as a main source of info. I think the same applies to watson, just a hunch
Cryrosphere it is the network that some schools and teachers regard as unreliable as Wikipedia
Ernesto Acosta any mainstream network is unreliable
@@jolonghthong Certainly adds to either/both of those. If you have a message you genuinely care about, you don't care how it gets to as many people as possible, you just care that it does. Never was about the supposed message, his reactions are quite telling.
With the MamaMax situation, history has truly repeated itself
this is a big reminder to bully redditors alot
AHS fucking ruined the site
It used to be like a lesser 4chan but it became a hivemind
Yes
We must stop pedophile netflix because we are heroes and that's what heroes do
No need, they exude victim stench in person and it happens naturally to them every time they leave to attend a poetry slam or get an std check despite being a virgin straight edge.
No mercy.
No pity.
No hope.
Reddit delenda est.
Tbh when I was little my mum told me all about pedos & their habits (on the web). I was staying away from strangers, mining my own business on the platform (and anywhere else) in it's early days.
Imo it's not RUclips's responsability to regulate smth like this, it's the parents.
But RUclips are the ones that host the videos for the pedos. Not defending Matt or anything just saying RUclips should hold at least a little accountability
@@ryancriddle5240 they already do hold some. mostly because of some content creaters target locking for youtube.
@@ryancriddle5240 But the videos aren't inherently pedo-pandering in the first place, that's the problem. There's no way to stop perverts from perverting innocent and innocuous things.
@@ryancriddle5240 The videos aren't there for pedos. Just because pedos look at it doesn't make it for them.
RUclips is age restricted. All the children younger than this age restriction (13 years old) that are the responsability of the parents. Above 13, it was the parent duty to warn them about online danger and how to protect themself. A teenager may be immature but they are mature enough to understand why some kind of things should not be done if properly taught.
Children are the responsibility of their caretakers in public spaces. What you are saying is the equivalent of "malls should have a little accountability for the little children left alone in them."
They do take actions to protect those children that have nothing to do on the site to begin with, so even if their actions are not always the best or the most useful, keep in mind that they aren't forced to do it and could just say "you didn't respect the age restriction so it's not my problem".
This is BS. Not everyone has the privilege of a stable and supportive family.
The REAL problem here is the total lack of parenting skills in 1st world countries.
Holy shit this. I swear half of these "internet child safety" issues could just be solved by parents not being complete idiots.
Tiger Festivals fucking seriously
letting children online should be considered child abuse
@@tigerfestivals5137 YESSSS. Adults are just as fallible as kids are tbh
it's awful. doesn't help that its the idiots that have the most children.
Workforce exploitation via long hours and multiple jobs for the numerous low wage parents of our 'first world' country feel like an easy way to explain much of the time sinks incapacitating them from doing that very task well. Bit hard to read to your children on a double shift, but a tablet will tide them over for hours, so bandaid it is.