Catfishing?

Earlier this week, I watched the 2019 Youtube Rewind and the amount of hate it got was unbelievable. Although it didn't get as much hate as the previous Rewind, it still gathered way more negative feedback than positive making three million likes and almost eight million dislikes. The worst part was how Youtube tried to fix its mistake made in last year's Rewind but failed and only became a "meme" for not including any of its hard-working content creators. 

The main reason for the hate on Youtube is for their elimination of their creator's autonomy. With hundreds of thousands of creators trying to make a living off of Youtube by making the content they like makes it almost impossible with Youtubes' strict algorithm. Their algorithm forces content creators to post content aimed towards younger audiences by demonetizing videos that have any adulterated humor, cursing or political opinions on anything. This makes their content creators feel oppressed by the strict rules in return, the hate train on Youtube happens during the release of each Youtube Rewind. 

In my opinion, I'm glad a community can shine through the strict rules and algorithms and create a strong community within its toxic social media platform. I don't think that Youtube will plan on listening to its real community as it only makes up a minority of its users and doesn't make them nearly as much money and traction on their social media platform as the majority.

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