He set up a YouTube channel and a Patreon crowdfunding account, bought a camera and hit record. Maza’s show, and after a few months in limbo, he decided to hang his own shingle.
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Maza to drive viewers and advertisers away from YouTube and toward its own TV platform. Others wove elaborate conspiracy theories that NBCUniversal, an investor in Vox, was using Mr. Some creators blamed him for setting off an “adpocalypse” - a YouTube policy change that resulted in some videos being stripped of their ads. Inside the world of YouTube partisans, Mr. Late last year, the site revised its harassment policy to address some of the concerns.Ī YouTube spokeswoman declined to comment. The controversy even ensnared Susan Wojcicki, YouTube’s chief executive, who was forced to apologize. groups and YouTube employees, who urged the company to do more to protect Mr. That set off an avalanche of criticism, and provoked backlash from L.G.B.T. Crowder’s videos did not violate its rules. (One tweet read: “YouTube is dominated by alt-right monsters who use the platform to target their critics and make their lives miserable.”)Īfter an investigation, YouTube found that Mr. Crowder’s insults and tweeted them out, blaming YouTube for its inconsistent enforcement of its hate-speech policies.
“In that environment, what would have been considered typical video content for a newsroom - news clips, or random anchors generically repeating the news with no emotions into a camera - feels really inadequate and anemic.” “On YouTube, you’re competing against people who have put a lot of time and effort into crafting narrative arcs, characters, settings or just feelings they’re trying to evoke,” he said. He believes that media outlets have largely failed to tell compelling stories to a generation raised on YouTube and other social platforms, and that, as a result, they have created a power vacuum that bigots and extremists have been skilled at filling. Maza’s critique extends to the traditional media as well. (In fact, among top creators, it’s practically a sport.) But Mr. It’s not rare for YouTubers to criticize YouTube. “I want to build up an audience and use every chance I get to explain how destructive YouTube is.”
“I’m going to use the master’s tools to destroy the master’s house,” he said in an interview.