Monthly episodes discussing this topic, 2020-08 to 2026-06.
Positions people took on this topic in transcripts, grouped by school of thought. Within a camp, people with demonstrated expertise on the topic come first, then those who reached the most listeners on it. Every quote links to the episode it came from.
Certain internet creators engage in predatory or harmful practices that warrant direct public criticism and condemnation.
6 people · 5 episodes
James Charles is a predator who exploits minors.
“I mean, he is kind of a pedo, right? Cuz he admits he's attracted to young the youthful.”
H3 Podcast · May 2026 · 31 episodes · 33.0M views on this topicMax Fosh characterizes the Sidemen members as leeches.
“I haven't seen this many leeches stuck to one ******* since my initiation at private school.”
Sidemen · Feb 2023 · 1 episode · 31.2M views on this topicThe family vlogging industry is a dangerous path where personal lives are sacrificed for content.
“It's like a very slippery slope before like your life becomes like the content. And like there's all these stories of like family vloggers basically they seem insane all of Yeah. It's just like this horrible stuff.”
PewDiePie · Jun 2022 · 2 episodes · 15.4M views on this topicSniperWolf's practice of failing to credit the creators of the content she reacts to is intentional and avoids potential repercussions.
“I think the reason she doesn't tag them is because she it's better for her if they don't know 100 no that's a really good theory yeah right because the people like that's I've had multiple people come to these streams and be like hey I you know I had no idea”
H3 Podcast · Aug 2023 · 1 episode · 1.4M views on this topicThe recent actions taken by various online commentators regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, specifically in relation to the Creator Clash event, have been maliciously dishonest.
“And so these are uncontested ones. So even if he didn't say uh we want all the Jews to move to Israel so that we don't have to be bothered to hunt them down worldwide, you still have a nice little sample size there to pick from.”
H3 Podcast · May 2025 · 1 episode · 904K views on this topicVirtual YouTubers represent a distinct and novel category of content creation that blurs lines between fiction and reality.
4 people · 2 episodes
A virtual YouTuber is a YouTuber who is not necessarily human and is typically represented as a cute anime girl.
“virtual YouTuber is basically um just that a YouTuber uh that is not necessarily uh human necessarily I guess necessarily a fictional fical they 3 I mean I'm certainly real as far as I can tell right but essentially um I'm I guess what many people say is a cute anime girl right”
Trash Taste · Nov 2020 · 1 episode · 4.4M views on this topicJoey believes that vtubers represent a unique form of entertainment that cannot be found elsewhere and he enjoys them despite initially having no interest in the medium.
“I don't know what it is about the algorithm but I feel like like if you if you just watch one you're lost yeah they they kind of did it in a genius way because almost all of the Hol Live members they almost always collab with one another as well on different streams”
Trash Taste · Oct 2020 · 3 episodes · 8.1M views on this topicConnor expresses skepticism regarding the business practices and contractual fairness of vtuber agencies like Hololive.
“I would be genuinely surprised if they're getting if the Creator is getting 30% or or more if they were getting more than 20% I would probably call [ __ ] right I think they're getting anywhere between 20 and 10% again this is just speculation”
Trash Taste · Oct 2020 · 3 episodes · 8.1M views on this topicGarnt views the vtuber phenomenon as a new genre of content that occupies a unique gray area between a real-life streamer and a fictional anime character.
“there's just something about vtubers that they're not you don't see them as like real life streamers even though there's a someone there's someone behind the Avatar right so there is someone operating it but it's it's not you don't view them as that person but you don't also view them as a complete ”
Trash Taste · Oct 2020 · 3 episodes · 8.1M views on this topicPositions are extracted from transcripts by a model and may misattribute who said what. Every quote links to the episode it came from.
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