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Watch these dudes expertly troll London Fashion Week

sudshr47 February 28, 2019

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He can walk the walk, talk the talk, and make a pair of pink rubber gloves look like couture.

YouTubers Zac and Jay of The Zac and Jay Show decided to challenge themselves by turning their friend Max into a model overnight. 

“This is the story of how we got our unfashionable mate to the top of London Fashion Week wearing the worst outfit we could find,” they said at the top of their video released on Wednesday. 

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Why Momo Challenge panic won’t go away

sudshr47 February 27, 2019

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On the night of July 11, 2018, YouTuber AL3XEITOR uploaded a creepy new video for his audience of nearly one million subscribers. 

In the video, the creator holds up his phone to the camera and shows viewers a scary image of a half-woman, half-bird hybrid creature displayed on the screen. The YouTuber claims he’s trying to contact this being. Numerous messages are sent. A phone call is made. Ten minutes go by. Nothing happens. This video goes on to rack up over 5.5 million views, AL3XEITOR’s most popular since he first started uploading to YouTube four years ago. Other popular YouTubers began to share their own videos about the beast. Read more…

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‘8D audio’ is a refreshing sonic experience that can transport you to another dimension

sudshr47 February 27, 2019

This post is part of Hard Refresh, a soothing weekly column where we try to cleanse your brain of whatever terrible thing you just witnessed on Twitter.

You’ve heard of 3D, and even 4D, but prepare yourself for 8D. Well, sort of. 
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Facebook wants up to 30% of fan subscriptions vs Patreon’s 5%

sudshr47 February 26, 2019

Facebook will drive a hard bargain with influencers and artists judging by the terms of service for the social network’s Patreon-like Fan Subscriptions feature that lets people pay a monthly fee for access to a creator’s exclusive content. The policy document attained by TechCrunch shows Facebook plans to take up to a 30 percent cut […]

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T-Series finally surpassed PewDiePie in YouTube subscribers and barely anyone noticed

sudshr47 February 24, 2019

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A new “most-subscribed” channel was finally crowned on YouTube, albeit briefly.

After a nearly half-year long race, internet personality PewDiePie has finally been dethroned as YouTube’s most subscribed channel by Bollywood music video channel T-Series. The video production company surpassed the YouTuber in subscribers for the very first time on Friday, Feb. 22. 

However, the India-based T-Series’ reign as the new “most-subscribed” channel on YouTube didn’t last for very long.

“For roughly 8 minutes, as a result of a YouTube audit, T-Series was ahead of PewDiePie (by a max of about 2000 [subscribers]),” a spokesperson with the social media analytics company SocialBlade confirmed in a statement to Mashable. Read more…

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YouTube pulls advertising from anti-vaccination videos

sudshr47 February 23, 2019

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YouTube said Friday that it would pull advertising from videos that espouse anti-vaccination conspiracy theories, according to BuzzFeed. The action contributes to a growing trend of social media companies taking action to combat the spread of vaccine misinformation online.

Social media companies, including Facebook and YouTube, have recently been facing pressure to get better at this, following inquiries from media and calls from lawmakers. The World Health Organization recently categorized “vaccine hesitancy” as one of 2019’s top threats to global health. 

The US is experiencing a measles outbreak — a previously near-eradicated disease — that’s affecting unvaccinated children. Social media has played a significant role in proliferating the false conspiracy that vaccines can cause autism. Read more…

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Patreon’s future and potential exits

sudshr47 February 23, 2019

Through the Extra Crunch EC-1 on Patreon, I dove into Patreon’s founding story, product roadmap, business model and metrics, underlying thesis, and competitive threats. The six-year-old company last valued around $450 million and likely to soon hit $1 billion is the leading platform for artists to run membership businesses for their superfans. As a conclusion […]

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YouTube demonetizes anti-vaccination videos

sudshr47 February 23, 2019

YouTube will demonetize channels that promote anti-vaccination views, after a report by BuzzFeed News found ads, including from health companies, running before anti-vax videos. The platform will also place a new information panel that links to the Wikipedia entry on “vaccine hesitancy” before anti-vax videos. Information panels (part of YouTube’s efforts to combat misinformation) about […]

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