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* {{Caramelldansen Vid}}s

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* {{Caramelldansen JustForFun/{{Caramelldansen Vid}}s
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* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Do you have a bunch of subscribers who don't adblock? [[https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/08/09/youtubes-arbitrary-standards-stars-keep-making-money-even-after-breaking-rules/ You get held to your own set of rules]] than everyone else. Youtube moderation is only concerned with [[MoneyDearBoy advertisement revenue]], hence they ''notoriously'' are very selective about actually enforcing the rules equally if not ''period''.
** While it is not the first case, Logan Paul practically showed everyone that if you are a high roller in terms of viewers (And thus, advertisements), you can do whatever. He even tased animals and only got a slap on the wrist.
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** [=YouTube=] not communicating with it's creators about problems that the site has while pretending that everything is fine has also been a major subject of criticism. Prime examples are the infamous "Lets Talk about Subscriptions" video and the increasing amount of bugs that emerged after the server-wide shutdown on October 17, 2018.

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** [=YouTube=] not communicating with it's its creators about problems that the site has while pretending that everything is fine has also been a major subject of criticism. Prime examples are the infamous "Lets Talk about Subscriptions" video and the increasing amount of bugs that emerged after the server-wide shutdown on October 17, 2018.
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* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: The search suggestions automatically filter out curse words, sexual terms and any other term that might have any offensive connotation... Including words like "black", which is present in the name of many bands. Not that this prevents the user from typing in the words in any form, but it creates an effect that the developers are going out of the way to make the search engine as neutral (or neutered, depending on how you see it) as possible.

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* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: The search suggestions automatically filter out curse words, sexual terms and any other term that might have any offensive connotation... Including words like "black", which is present in the name of many bands."[[MistakenForRacist black]]" or "[[MistakenForPedophile child]]". Not that this prevents the user from typing in the words in any form, but it creates an effect that the developers are going out of the way to make the search engine as neutral (or neutered, depending on how you see it) as possible.
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* TheScapegoat: Website/GooglePlus, for its status as a ScrappyMechanic, tends to be blamed for any bugs or problems the site experiences, whether it's the cause of them or not.

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* TheScapegoat: Website/GooglePlus, for its status as a ScrappyMechanic, Scrappy Mechanic, tends to be blamed for any bugs or problems the site experiences, whether it's the cause of them or not.
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* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: The search suggestions automatically filter out curse words, sexual terms and any other term that might have any offensive connotation... Including words like "black", which is present in the name of many bands. Not that this prevents the user from typing in the words in any form, but it creates an effect that the developers are going out of the way to make the search engine as neutral (or neutered, depending on how you see it) as possible.
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* WebVideo/RyanToysReview, the poster child of children's toy review and [=YouTube=] channels in general
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* AprilFoolsDay: One each year, in the same vein as Google, from 2008-2016.

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* AprilFoolsDay: One each year, in the same vein as Google, from 2008-2016.2008-2016 with it making an apparent return in 2019.


* The occasional RickRoll.

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* The occasional RickRoll.JustForFun/{{Rickroll}}.



* 10 hour loops of memetic songs such as RickRoll and Trololo.

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* 10 hour loops of memetic songs such as RickRoll JustForFun/{{Rickroll}} and Trololo.
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* LetsPlay/ManlyBadassHero
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* {{Retraux}}: In mid-2018, [=YouTube=] updated the player so it automatically adjusts its size to fit the video instead of {{letterbox}}ing it like it did beforehand. One of the things this feature does is that it makes [[https://youtu.be/jNQXAC9IVRw older videos look as they did back then]] (this does not work if the video was letterboxed to begin with or if it was formatted in a size the player doesn't support).
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* ''WebVideo/SamONellaAcademy''
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* [[AnimationMeme Animation memes.]]
** Cringe compilations of animation memes, usually featuring ones of very amateurish quality.
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* ''WebVideo/h3h3productions''

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* ''WebVideo/h3h3productions''''h3h3productions''
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* ProductPlacement: To indicate that a video has product placement, you can add the "Includes paid promotion" tag to the bottom left.
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* NetworkDecay: Since TheNewTens, the site has been trying to make the platform more like TV, no longer focusing on individual creators and shifting their rules in favor of keeping advertisers on the site. The site has also created paid original shows and movies in an effort to compete with Netflix, Amazon and Hulu.

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* NetworkDecay: Since TheNewTens, the site has been trying to make the platform more like TV, no longer focusing on individual creators and shifting their rules in favor of keeping advertisers on the site.site, going so far as to sabotage entire channels just to keep up a wholesome "advertiser-friendly" facade. The site has also created paid original shows and movies in an effort to compete with Netflix, Amazon and Hulu.
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* ''WebOriginal/QuackityHQ''
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* BerserkButton: [=ContentID=] for both creators and users alike, in no part because of how broken the system is.

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* BerserkButton: [=ContentID=] Content ID for both creators and users alike, in no part because of how broken the system is.
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* SelfDeprecation: One of their [[https://twitter.com/YouTube/status/1073280323608285185?s=20 Tweets]] involved breaking a new record. Said new record was the [[InternetBackdraft most disliked video]], surpassing that of Music/JustinBieber's ''Baby''.
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* ButtMonkey: Animators. They tend to get the least exposure from the site, especially after the algorithm change in 2013 destroyed their way of getting noticed and earning revenue. During 2017, when there was a huge boost in popularity for them, [[HopeSpot they were finally included in the 2017 Rewind...]] [[spoiler:for the ''credits'']].

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* ButtMonkey: Animators. They tend to get the least exposure from the site, especially after the algorithm change in 2013 destroyed their way of getting noticed and earning revenue. During 2017, when there was a huge boost in popularity for them, [[HopeSpot they were finally included in the 2017 Rewind...]] edition]] of ''WebVideo/YouTubeRewind''... [[spoiler:for the ''credits'']].
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* ''WebVideo/YouTubeRewind'', [=YouTube=]'s annual video series that summarizes each year in internet culture.
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* SelfDepreciation: One of their [[https://twitter.com/YouTube/status/1073280323608285185?s=20 Tweets]] involved breaking a new record. Said new record was the [[InternetBackdraft most disliked video]], surpassing that of Creator/JustinBieber's ''Baby''.

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* SelfDepreciation: SelfDeprecation: One of their [[https://twitter.com/YouTube/status/1073280323608285185?s=20 Tweets]] involved breaking a new record. Said new record was the [[InternetBackdraft most disliked video]], surpassing that of Creator/JustinBieber's Music/JustinBieber's ''Baby''.
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* SelfDepreciation: One of their [[https://twitter.com/YouTube/status/1073280323608285185?s=20 Tweets]] involved breaking a new record. Said new record was the [[InternetBackdraft most disliked video]], surpassing that of Creator/JustinBieber's ''Baby''.

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* ''WebVideo/JonTron''
* ''WebVideo/h3h3productions''
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* NetworkDecay: Since TheNewTens, the site has been trying to make the platform more like TV, no longer focusing on creators and shifting their rules in favor of keeping advertisers on the site.

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* NetworkDecay: Since TheNewTens, the site has been trying to make the platform more like TV, no longer focusing on individual creators and shifting their rules in favor of keeping advertisers on the site.site. The site has also created paid original shows and movies in an effort to compete with Netflix, Amazon and Hulu.
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Before 2013, two highly requested features for the comments section were to remove the 500 character limit and allow links to be posted again. Come the 2013 Comments Section Update and users got both features... [[{{GIFT}} and everything that came with them]].
* BerserkButton: [=ContentID=] for both creators and users alike, in no part because of how broken the system is.


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* FlameWar: You can locate them on many videos. Some span over weeks, months, or even ''years'' [[ThreadNecromancer if someone replies to an age-old comment]].
* {{GIFT}}: The [=YouTube=] comments section can be filled with this. Quite a few [=YouTube=] videos often lampshade and parody this.
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* AprilFoolsDay: One each year, in the same vein as Google.

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* AprilFoolsDay: One each year, in the same vein as Google.Google, from 2008-2016.
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* ButtMonkey: Animators. They tend to get the least exposure from the site, especially after the algorithm change in 2013 destroyed their way of getting noticed and earning revenue. During 2017, when there was a huge boost in popularity for them, [[HopeSpot they were finally included in the 2017 Rewind...]] [[spoiler:for the ''credits'']].

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* EasterEgg: The site used to have a lot of these. Sadly, not a lot of them work anymore, but there are still a select few that do.
** Type in "awesome" when playing a video in fullscreen. [[spoiler:The red time bar will become a flashing rainbow bar.]]
** Right-click on a video, and choose the option “Stats for nerds". [[spoiler:It will give you a rundown of statistics of the video you’re watching, including dimensions, frames and volume percentage.]]
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** YouTube not communicating with it's creators about problems that the site has while pretending that everything is fine has also been a major subject of criticism. Prime examples are the infamous "Lets Talk about Subscriptions" video and the increasing amount of bugs that emerged after the server-wide shutdown on October 17, 2018.

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** YouTube [=YouTube=] not communicating with it's creators about problems that the site has while pretending that everything is fine has also been a major subject of criticism. Prime examples are the infamous "Lets Talk about Subscriptions" video and the increasing amount of bugs that emerged after the server-wide shutdown on October 17, 2018.



* TheScapegoat: Website/GooglePlus, for its status as a ScrappyMechanic, tends to be blamed for any bugs or problems, whether it's the cause of them or not.
* SturgeonsLaw: There is a good amount of professional, studio-like videos on YouTube. The only catch is that it's buried under larger heaps of unprofessional videos.

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* TheScapegoat: Website/GooglePlus, for its status as a ScrappyMechanic, tends to be blamed for any bugs or problems, problems the site experiences, whether it's the cause of them or not.
* SturgeonsLaw: There is a good amount of professional, studio-like videos on YouTube.[=YouTube=]. The only catch is that it's buried under larger heaps of unprofessional videos.

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