Kamis, 13 Oktober 2016

YouTube Star Makes Money Bullying People With Learning Disabilities [Updated]

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YouTuber LeafyIsHere mocked a man with a learning disability, describing him as “looking like he went through five different strokes” among other things, in an almost 11-minute rant that begins with Hitler jokes. Sadly, this is far from the first time he’s punched down at small-time creators.
Leafy, who has amassed a following of over 2 million subscribers, mocked the appearance and behavior of Brendan Mitchell, who vlogs as wetmovie1. Brendan revealed in his response that he has struggled with weight issues and spent his school years in special ed. This and many of Leafy’s other videos appear to run counter to YouTube’s policy on harassment and cyberbullying, though we’ve also seen that community guidelines on the platform are largely unenforced. Leafy even jokingly refers to himself as a cyberbully in a videofrom two days prior.


Leafy was a source of controversy last month after making fun of an autistic man who vlogs under the name TommyNC2010. In the now-deleted video, he mocks Tommy’s behavior and appearance, and Tommy claimed soon after that subscribers of Leafy’s had been sending him death threats. The YouTube andReddit communities rallied behind Tommy, and Leafy issued an apology. He’s also made fun of YouTubers for their weight and they way they dress. Mocking others is the central purpose of the majority of Leafy’s videos, and in many cases, his targets are subjects of harassment from his followers.
Its worth noting that Leafy’s content is monetized with ads, meaning he—and by extension, YouTube—profit from this terrible and offensive crap.
The new video comes at a time when some of the biggest names on the platform—like PewDiePie and Markiplier, who have a combined 55 million subscribers—have been vocal about “YouTube drama,” a negative trend which they feel is a hunger for controversy and infighting rather than a sincere desire to create video content. Though Leafy isn’t specifically named in the videos decrying negativity on YouTube, for many in the community he’s one of the biggest sources of “drama.”
We’ve reached out to YouTube, Leafy, and Brendan Mitchell and will update if we hear back.
Update 4/19/16 3:22pm: Brendan responded to Gizmodo and claimed over Facebook audio messages—which are easier for him due to his disability—that followers of Leafy’s channel have be sending him hateful messages, and encouraging him to commit suicide. The 33-year-old Los Angeles resident described his vlogs as a means to self-confidence, starting with monthly weigh-in videos that gave him the accountability and encouragement needed to lose over 200 pounds, though, “when stuff like this comes around, like the Leafy situation, it kind of brings up old habits.”
This isn’t the first time Brendan claims he’s been harassed online, but he said he made his response video to Leafy to try to stop this from happening to others. “People always tell me, like my parents and other friends of mine ‘Hey Brendan just ignore it, it’ll go away,’” he said. “Yeah, he’ll move on from me, but then go on to somebody else. I don’t need that to happen.”

H3H3 Productions and LeafyisHere: YouTube's Newest Feud

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YouTube is a very toxic battlefield, where internet personalities sling insults at each other to try and get the most views. Right now, two of YouTube’s biggest reaction channels, H3H3 Productions and Leafyishere are going at it like crazed wolverines.
It all started earlier in the week when Leafyishere made a video– that has since been taken down – about a YouTuber called TommyNC2010 , who is an autistic vlogger. On March 19, Tommy posted a video of him crying and upset about the death threats Leafy’s fans were sending him. In it, he’s incredibly distraught and says he will never post a video again. This video reached the front page of Reddit, calling out Leafy for making an autistic man cry. Tommy has already posted multiple videos since this one, where it looks like he’s feeling much better.
The situation continued to heat up after that.  H3H3 Productions posted a video called “ The Leafy Rant ” where he calls out Leafy’s videos, saying that all he does is “make fun of children.” The video has over 2.6 million views since being posted on March 20. On March 21, Leafyishere posted an apology video , saying he was sorry for all that happened and will take better care to curate his content better.
Later that day, Pyrocynical, another popular YouTuber, posted a video backing Leafy. Pyro called H3H3 Productions’ Ethan a “liar” and posted screenshots of private conversations between Ethan and Leafy. At this point, things had gotten messy enough, with every side slinging as much monkey poop at each other as possible. H3H3 Productions posted arebuttal on their own subreddit, defending everything said in the initial video.
You’d think at this point these grown men would’ve stopped fighting, but then you wouldn’t know the internet. On March 23, Leafyishere posted a video called “The H3H3 Productions Rant” where he goes off on Ethan calling him “two-faced” and claiming that he is not the sincere person he appears to be in his H3H3 videos. This morning, in what will hopefully be the last piece of shit flung, H3H3 productions posted another rebuttal on their subreddit . H3H3 apologized for what was said in his private conversation with Leafy, then posted more screenshots from their private conversation. At this point, this clown fiesta has grown to massive proportions.
All three of these channels are gigantic, ranging from 800,000 to over a million subscribers. Their fans are fanatical, jumping on the bandwagon to defend their favorite content creators tooth and nail in the comments or on reddit. The only person that really wins is Keemstar, whose Dramaalert channel has exploded in popularity because of fights like these with YouTube celebrities like Nicole Arbour . YouTube was once a place for people to have a voice, since there were few other options, now it's just a shooting ground for views.

PewDiePie’s Tuber Simulator Tips, Tricks & Cheats

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This guide will go over some helpful Tuber Simulator tips, tricks, or cheats and exploits to help players get more views. Becoming a virtual YouTube celebrity and getting millions of subscribers isn’t easy, but these tips will help everyone. Master PewDiePie’s new game right now.
In September the world’s biggest YouTuber in the world with over 48 million subscribers launched his new game. Tuber Simulator is extremely popular, and loved by millions of fans. Whether you want to add more hangables to your room or get unlimited Sponsor Eagles, we have you covered.

Become a pro and level up faster, get more views, or take advantage of glitches and hacks to keep progressing further in the game. Most cheats or hacks online will get players banned, so instead we’ll be focusing on other methods below.


After just a few weeks PewDiePie’s Tuber Simulator is at the top of the download charts. This is a popular game with a lot to offer. At the moment Tuber Simulator is having a few problems with servers, and players need to be running the latest update to have access to their friends list.
Outerminds @Outerminds
Please update PewDiePie's Tuber Simulator to v1.0.4 or you won't have access to your friends list anymore! @pewdiepie
10:00 PM - 12 Oct 2016
Follow the developers on Twitter for the latest news, updates and information. They also have mentioned a few hacks or cheats will get you banned, so use caution. Like changing the clock on your iPhone to get shipments faster. Don’t try it, it’s not worth the risk.
That said, here are some helpful tips, tricks or cheats to level up faster. We’ll even show you how to get unlimited Sponsor Eagles to earn more stuff and views. It’s worth noting that some of these glitches or tricks may get fixed in future updates. As of right now with v1.0.4 they all still work.

Sponsor Eagle

As many players probably know, an Eagle flies over the screen every 7-10 minutes. Clicking on this will drop bonus boxes. This is a great way to level up and improve inside the game. Don’t miss it though, you’ll have to be fast.


The Eagle itself is a great tip for players that didn’t know what it does, or why it’s flying over the screen. However, there’s a glitch floating around that will allow all PewDiePie “bros” to get unlimited Sponsor Eagles. Instead of every 10 minutes or so, it will appear every 10 seconds. Exciting, right?
A user on Reddit found the glitch. Essentially players need to have a shipment on the way as the glitch requires the Puggle mini-game. While waiting on an item to ship to your office and YouTube room click the Eagle as it flies overhead. Very quickly click the bonus open and instantly hit “Back to Room”. Next you’ll open the Puggle mini-game room and hit the X to go back to your room again. Wait 7-10 seconds and another Eagle will appear. Repeat the steps to earn unlimited Eagles, views and subscribers.

Free Desk or Monitor Exchange
Upgrade your desk or monitor to something new and different, or just change it out for something else when you get bored. Don’t pay for it either, as we can get them for free using a quick trick.


Simply click on any desk or monitor and when the screen shows your room and prompts if you want to buy it, quickly close/stop the game and application. Hit home on your smartphone and kill the application with your recent apps menu.
Once you log back in you’ll instantly have whatever desk on monitor you were on before the game closed. Completely free. This hack appears to only work on these two items.

Hang or Put Items on Top of Others

Another way to progress in Tuber Simulator of course is to buy stuff and deck out your room with lots of furniture. However, it starts to get very cluttered really fast. Some users have found that you can actually put items on top of others, or even hang decorations on other hangables or items.
Buy a hangable and use the rotate button to switch the orientation. If you click it enough, the game will glitch out and let you hang it somewhere you can’t. Attaching to other hangables and such. It’s nothing special, but can give your room a unique look that’s different from everyone else. More information can be found here.

Watch Some Ads

A popular trend with games that feature in-app purchases are ads. Tuber Simulator has ads that users can watch to earn a little extra. In fact, watching the ads gives you a 2x booster which will make videos faster or speed up shipment deliveries.
Spend a few seconds watching an ad about some games or apps for your iPhone or Android and get free views or subs as a result. It’s a good deal, and only takes a few seconds. There are moments where there is nothing to do in the game, so pass the time by watching an ad.

Make Longer Videos

Maxing out the Knowledge tree and spending Brains is a good idea, but early on don’t just waste Brains. Instead spend them wisely to max out a few specific categories, which will allow you to make longer videos. A good trending topic with a 12 minute video will earn tons of views and get you lots of new subscribers.
Spend Brains to max out the Views Boost and Streaming options early on. This will let you make longer videos. Focus on certain categories and eventually fill up the Knowledge tree. Views Boost will even expand to let you make two videos at a time, or get two shipments at once.

Don’t Worry About Looks

At first, don’t worry about how your room looks and what furniture you have. Yes it’s important and fun to customize everything, but be cautious at first. Fill your room with anything and everything you can at first and you’ll be leveled up in no time.


Combine that with using our unlimited Eagles above and a few other tricks, and soon you’ll have more subscribers than you can count. Once you start getting some high numbers more decorations and furniture will unlock. Then you can go all Martha Stewart and design your room any way you want. It’ll be better in the long run.

One Million Subscribers Time Glitch

Don’t try this. We’re seeing a lot of reports and guide on how to earn one million subscribers instantly. This is a glitch that has been used in thousands of games for smartphones and tablets. It’s also one that the developers are aware of, and will ban you for trying.
It’s simple. Start a big video from the trending topics session and get ready to publish. When you see the 1 hour or longer notification before it completes just change the clock forward on your phone. Hit home and exit the game, then change your device settings to tomorrow. Go back in and everything is done, subscribers earned and more.
Outerminds @Outerminds
We are having a lot of bug with people changing their clocks. If you cheat, you might lose your game and never be able to login again.
10:29 PM - 2 Oct 2016
However, the developers have caught on. Not only is this causing problems in Tuber Simulator, but they’re going to start banning players that do it. So yeah, don’t try that unless you think it’s worth the risk.

Other Tuber Simulator Tips

Of course there are tons of little tips, tricks, suggestions or ways to get the most out of Tuber Simulator. The game has tons of things to do, and will keep you entertained for hours and hours.
It might sound like common sense, but these are some tips to get more views and extra subscribers.
Use the Sponsored Eagle as often as you can, or even try our glitch above to get unlimited Eagles. Expanding is also important. Save your Bux and do quests to level up and earn enough to expand. You won’t be able to add a lot of furniture without expanding, so make that a priority at some point.


Play the Puggle mini game often. Whether you’re waiting for a video to finish, trying to pass the time, or just want to have some fun. Keep in mind that the Puggle game gets more expensive as you level up. So pay attention to how much you spend while you play. Keep playing to speed up shipping times.
Don’t forget to do the quests. These will earn Brains, Bux, views and even subscribers. Save boosts too. Yes they refresh every hour and shipping boosts are every 12 hours. Save your boost and use them carefully. Like a double trending video. Boost those.
Making a video of a trending topic is your best bet, and one with two trending topics is even better. Use your boost on those if available. If no trending videos are available make some quick short videos to get a new batch. Likely a trending topic will appear in the refreshed list.
These are just a few tips and tricks to get the most out of PewDiePie’s Tuber Simulator. Stay tuned right here as we’ll update this list with more information as it becomes available. If you have any tips or glitches, let us know in the comment section below.

PewDiePie is playing The Last Guardian right now, jealous?

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Everyone's favorite YouTuber PewDiePie has what appears to be exclusive access to an early version of The Last Guardian. He has posted the first 20 minutes or so on his channel, though around half of it is gameplay that has already been shown off before. 
I've never thought this game looks all that great, and after watching the video, I'm not convinced otherwise. To me it looks like a majority of it is slowly walking around carrying heavy objects, slowly climbing ladders and chains, and occasionally having your dog bird thing do something. Without the "thing I'd like to pet," this seems like a snoozefest, but I hope for all the fans who have been waiting that isn't the case.

YouTube’s Trolls Are Crying Censorship Over Cyberbullying Rules

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If internet history proves anything, it’s that not a day can pass without someone protesting about “free speech.” And while this theme is nothing new—as events like the Meow Wars, from 20 years ago, demonstrate—I suspect that free speech will be remembered as one of the defining questions of our era, the adolescent internet at its most audible and belligerent and angsty.
Which is why the latest outcry on YouTube over censorship is hardly a surprise.
Some background: One week ago, a video appeared titled “THE YOUTUBE RANT (I’m getting banned off YouTube).” Its creator was already infamous: the “commentary” channel Leafyishere.
The video accuses YouTube of a selective approach to moderation, one where smaller channels are cautioned or shut down entirely for “roasting” and casual parody, while bigger channels (like Leafy’s own—he has well over 4 million subscribers) consistently get away with it. But now, Leafy argues, even bigger channels are being removed for minor infringements on community guidelines, which have been altered, he protests, to define even casually criticising another account in a video or comments as a form of cyberbullying.
Soon, he speculates, his own and other popular channels will vanish from YouTube. Soon, Leafy will not be “here” at all.
Posted on July 26, “THE YOUTUBE RANT” has been watched, at the time of writing, over 5 million times, and tweets continue to flood in on the hashtag Leafy started in protest, the Trump-esque “#makeyoutubeentertainingagain.” Either the fear is real, or YouTubers and their fans just really love controversy.
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Leafy, whose real name is Calvin Vail, is a 20-year-old gamer from Utah with a preternatural gift for clickbait. Most of his videos feature footage of a game, oftenCounter-Strike: Global Offensive played on a surf server, which technically qualify them as gaming videos. Over this footage, Leafy will “rant” about something or someone—usually another YouTuber—then post a disclaimer in the caption asking viewers not to “witch hunt” them.
Leafy excels at selecting lurid video titles; you can track periods in his five-year YouTube career through the different styles he employs. Older videos feature all-caps incitement to controversy: “I WILL SUE YOU,” “ADDERALL,” “BLACK TAR HEROIN,” ”“GETTING SOILED.” Others rely on superlatives attacking other YouTubers, such as “THE SADDEST GIRL ON THE INTERNET” or “THE SEXIEST AND STUPIDEST RUSSIAN VIDEO ON YOUTUBE EVER.” Others still are just repetitive letters and symbols: “??????????” or “AAAAAAAHHHHHHH.”
Leafy’s fans are called the Reptilian Brotherhood, and are fond of the hashtag ‘#Leafyisbeefy.” They draw him in tribute portraits and tweet “NOTICE ME LEAFY,”desperate for his approval.
While his videos are executed with humour and a grubby, idiosyncratic style, what Leafy does is essentially trolling. His history includes multiple run-ins with other channels, and he has been criticised in the past for mocking YouTubers with learning disabilities (a video he, to his credit, removed and apologised for).
So why is Leafy now directing his ranting at YouTube itself?
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In May of this year, YouTube signed an EU code of conduct against hate speech which, while not legally binding, marked a serious “public commitment” made by the site.YouTube’s own guidelines addressing harassment and cyberbullying were updated in late June of this year, drawing criticism from the day of their launch.
The guidelines define harassment as “abusive videos, comments, messages, revealing someone’s personal information, maliciously recording someone without their consent,” as well as deliberately trying to sexualise or humiliate another person. Compare these rules with the old guidelines, seen here with the Wayback Machine, and one new addition has been made: YouTube now defines “incitement to harass other users or creators” as cyberbullying too.
In his video, Leafy takes particular issue with the rule against making “hurtful and negative comments” about other people, calling it “so fucking vague.” He suggests that even a casually negative comment might now be enough to attract censorship.
Up-and-coming YouTubers may have some reason for concern. Delving into recent videos about YouTube bans and “community strikes” (a warning issued by YouTube when a video is flagged, which often also limits access to certain features of a channel), apparent inconsistencies are revealed, with most of the protests being made by smaller channels.
Leafy names several of them: A YouTuber called Elvis the Alien was banned for from live-streaming on YouTube for six months over a video called “Leafy Dickriders” (a video, ironically, about three other YouTubers responding to Leafy), which two of the subjects defended in videos of their own. Another small channel called The Burkinator was hit with strikes he believes were an organised effort to troll him. Hetweeted in mid-July, “Absolutely completely and utterly destroyed by this, all I ever wanted to do was make people laugh.”
Another account called Weegee Plays had a video removed titled “THE MOST [adjective] [noun] IN/ON THE ENTIRE PLACE,” a Leafy parody released on April Fools Day. In an update video he explains that, following protest from bigger channels, the video reappeared unannounced one day with no explanation from YouTube.
So much of YouTube is made up of content about other content, ranging from replies and reaction videos, to music covers, to video “tags” passed between friends and“Drama” channels which review YouTube news and stir up scandal. The lines between “commentary” and targeted aggression are murky, not least in the gaming community where, in the 4chan tradition, a degree of obscenity, insult, and mockery comes with the culture. The careers of many YouTubers depend upon walking this line, but staying on the right side of it.
I mailed YouTube’s press department to ask about changes to the rules, and whether a video or entire account could be removed for talking negatively about another channel. The company’s reply was clear but non-specific: It replied with a list of its terms and conditions, including recent updates, and said it had “clarified [its] existing policy in the context of harassment and cyberbullying.” The line about inciting others to harass had been in old guidelines, but in a different section titled “Encouraging Terms of Service Violations.”
The YouTube rep also directed me to YouTube’s Community Guidelines, where individual sections address threats and hate speech. These two are clearly outlined and understandable: aggression focused on someone’s ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion or age is forbidden.
Leafy’s videos don’t seem to amount to hate speech, but they do rely on roasting (creatively insulting) other YouTubers, a trend so fashionable at present that YouTubers have taken to roasting themselves. The average Leafy video would certainly count as “negative” and, depending on the target, “hurtful,” which perhaps technically risks him being banned from the site. However, it’s worth noting that, for all his concern, Leafy’s channel is still very much active.
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After “THE YOUTUBE RANT” appeared, smaller channels seized on the theme. YouTube is currently full of videos claiming their makers might soon be banned:“HARASSMENT=ANYTHING NEGATIVE!” reads one title. “NO MORE ROASTING” says another (all-caps titles are obligatory in this particular corner of YouTube). Another speculates on “3 BIG YOUTUBERS WHO MAY GET TERMINATED,” citing Leafy, fellow roaster and sometime collaborator RiceGum, and, inevitably, Drama Alert, the troll-happy news channel created by YouTube’s villain du jour, Keemstar.
In his original video, Leafy makes the point that on YouTube there are channels that are worth being talked about. YouTube needs criticism of other videos, because YouTube can’t fully monitor itself.
His point is understandable—there are channels where people break the law, or behave in an abusive or sexist or bigoted manner. “YouTube news” rarely gets coverage in mainstream press, the odd Marina Joyce conspiracy theory aside. Without the ability to discuss their own medium within YouTube, who is going to call these people out?
But it becomes clear, the more of these videos you watch, that this also is not an issue affecting the wider YouTube community. This is a problem unique to trolls. Some are more aggressive than others: BDTV, one of the channels mentioned by Leafy, has a reputation for stirring offense and causing raids on other channels.
Is it ever right to pity the troll? Are these channels actually being targeted unfairly, or are they trying to cash in on a trend, feigning Milo-style martyrdom on behalf of “free speech”? And do they really deserve an explanation if YouTube, a commercial company, decides they’d prefer to kick them off?
Leafy, approached for comment, did not reply.
Notice me Leafy, please.
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