Youtube, can you remember the internet without it? Yeah, it was a better place, was it not? I argue that youtube does nothing but plaster the web with wtf, yes, wtf. I know Keen’s got my back on this.
The fact is Youtube is a petri dish for uncensored grovel on the web, take a look at any comments for any video youtube and you will no doubt see a slury of pointless crud throwing.
Take for example, the most popular video of all time on youtube:
Charlie Bit my finger, no, not any video relating to world news, or anything of value, but at least its better than a music video or something utterly retarded like people dancing on treadmills…
Anyway, take a look at the coments on the video…
“cause ur stupid dumb? ass”
and
“u r gay”
and the classic
“u suk dik a$$ cunt biiitch. whire”
Is this the decline of western civilization? I believe so. What does the flooding of comments like these say about our society, are these 10 year old kids, or are they adults? It’s a scary thing. I am sure the creators of youtube, Steve Chen and Chad Hurley, did not intent the comment system to drove into this sludge…Honestly, I don’t know what to say about it, other than I honestly think that these people, as well a spammers, should be shot, hung, drawn, and quartered!
EDIT: Apparently, Youtube DOES censor and edit some of these comments, the bad ones seem to disappear…I suppose because this is the most popular video on youtube, but still…Bad, go look at others…