The Content Cop Retrospective

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[@TurkeyTom]

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[@lunaticengineer8408]

Sellout. Lmao.

[@MorpheusSL]

Hmm

[@alexfc679]

Coom

[@Is_kitten]

Get this ratio !!!

[@deadsea86]

this wouldve been better if a bunch of people hadnt already made a video about this.

[@metalmythology6282]

I think we should clarify that content cop was never a channel killer just a reputation killer you either have to work super hard or never be respected again

[@WhoIsFishie]

@@SubToTheUpchucks no.

[@SubToTheUpchucks]

@@WhoIsFishie Yes!!!

[@nvan7891]

Yeah you didn't earn a content cop episode for being a great person/channel. He didn't tear down people who didn't deserve it.

[@SubToTheUpchucks]

@@Moots787 Not as intresting as The Upchucks!

[@SubToTheUpchucks]

@@nvan7891 The Upchucks are a great channel!

[@DahcipheR]

The combination of political/cultural controversies and laxed guidelines just made 2015-2017 KZbin so savage, yet soo glorious. Man, I miss those days.

[@TurkeyTom]

same

[@TheNormalplayer12]

ikr

[@SubToTheUpchucks]

@@TurkeyTom Anyone here ever heard of The Upchucks?

[@Devon.with.an.i]

@@SubToTheUpchucks I have! I saw a comment of yours on Emplemon’s community post I think? I’ll never check out your channel tho! Self promo is cringe

[@adamdankson448]

@@TurkeyTom KZbins guidelines have genuinely slowed down the progress of free speech and offensive comedy

[@Alexshmalexx]

I love how idubbbz made fun of leafy banning the words chin and idubbbz on his video, but now on his latest video he has Sam Hyde as a banned word.

[@Undeadpank]

Dunno about you but I'd like to avoid having nazis mentioned over and over again. Yes he is a nazi, he donates huge amounts of money to 'The Daily Stormer' a neo-nazi publication, the name of which comes from 'der sturmer', a nazi publication in germany from 1923. Comparing this to banning 'chin' is insane.

[@JohrnyReport]

Absolute Cuck Simp behaviour. Wouldn't expect better from a cuck like him

[@3sellers3ful]

The one person I thought could handle it, just a bit of goofin, having your script flipped on you, was Ian.

[@Undeadpank]

@@3sellers3ful we seem to be gliding around the fact that Sam Hyde openly supports nazi publications, and we're all shocked Ian wants him and any mention of him far far away?

[@rafe7625]

You either die as a hero...

[@notbillymays5062]

I’ll never forget the Tana one that shit was fucking gold he played her so goddamn hard and she literally couldn’t have taken the bait harder

[@deanlearner1565]

Still hear "broke both of his legs and lost all of his subscribers" any time I see her.

[@SubToTheUpchucks]

And you'll never forget The Upchucks!

[@lockejawe4050]

@@SubToTheUpchucks Cringe

[@SubToTheUpchucks]

@@lockejawe4050 not as cringe as not subbing to The Upchucks!

[@JacksonDugmore]

“Say Ni-“

[@0uttaS1TE]

I remember when Content Cop felt like an event. Like, as soon as one came out, you had to be on that shit. I kinda miss those days. But maybe not.

[@SubToTheUpchucks]

And you'll remember The Upchucks forever!

[@SubToTheUpchucks]

@Edgy Purple Von Aegir (IsaacInfernape2000) Say The Upchucks!

[@SubToTheUpchucks]

@Edgy Purple Von Aegir (IsaacInfernape2000) Have they ever heard of The Upchucks?

[@SubToTheUpchucks]

@Edgy Purple Von Aegir (IsaacInfernape2000) Sub again right now

[@no_misaki]

@Edgy Purple Von Aegir (IsaacInfernape2000) Cringe

[@arcblooper2699]

Wild to me how people consider 2015-2017 youtube as old school and relaxed. I always felt it was more 2007-2012

[@ijneb1248]

@pobert-eii 2007-2012 youtube was more of a wild west scenario

[@wesleyw7908]

Yeah, that time was anything but relaxed. From fake beefs being a big marketing tool, to every channel suddenly feeling they should have a very public and very poorly educated opinion on politics, to all the scandals. 2014-2018 was awful for KZbin.

[@bruhmoment11111]

It's because 2015 - 2017 was modern KZbin but still finding its proper footing. You had super harmful or obnoxious trends that aren't in vogue these days, and yet it had already passed the stage where Minecraft and gaming KZbinrs were able to get huge because of the algorithm. Meanwhile the early humor of the internet was out of style and modern memes were big. Sketch channels like Smosh and the large creator networks had fallen off, and there was no longer an incentive to direct traffic to a personal website.

[@adrianaslund8605]

Yeah. Most of the conflict drama I remember from mid to late 2000's KZbin is atheist smackdowns of religion popping up in suggestions. 2017 and forward I definitively feel like KZbin started getting a little bit more toxic. With more content creator drama.

[@hotsexyangel]

Both are old school & relaxed now. But each era has gotten more strict. Like first gen KZbin was definitely the Wild West, 2nd-3rd gen was also the Wild West but with SOME moderation, and nowadays there’s nothing but censorship & demonetization even just for cuss words.

[@Ducksen]

I'll always miss this era of KZbin.

[@Laiser]

Wait enough years and you'll miss any era. Looking to the past with rose-tinted glasses. I for one am glad this era of KZbin is behind us.

[@AxxLAfriku]

🚨🚨🚨 AAAAAAHHHHH!!! 🚨🚨🚨 school is sooooo boring i am in 8th grate and its so boring i am having sucess on youtube so i think i will drop out of school. i dont have friends so i need your opinon du

[@jordanlippin3555]

@@AxxLAfriku bruh you definitely can't live off of your channel. it's not big enough yet but if it keeps growing it looks like you could one day.

[@Samstar369]

@@jordanlippin3555 He's an old internet troll on KZbin since like 2016 or something, idk, we don't pay him any mind.

[@Luke_Segovia]

This era ruined KZbin, everyone realized how much attention and money could be made

[@MasterEth]

What I always loved about idubbbz is that he always knew how to get under someone's skin enough to get a reaction from them that literally proved his point in his video.

[@dustydew]

Right? I went from the dubbbz fan to a bill burr fan 😅 love to see it

[@neo-filthyfrank1347]

No it was more so that these people felt they had to because the creation of one had the effect of getting a bunch of screaming 14 year olds to throw tantrums.

[@teratoma.]

@@neo-filthyfrank1347 no, the yt content creation scene was still young enough that a lot of people with a following didnt know how to best handle such call outs over the internet, with time "accept it, be playful about it or ignore it completely" became well known as best response to it instead of doubling down or get butthrt thats it

[@neo-filthyfrank1347]

@@teratoma. You literally said nothing that contradicts my original message.

[@teratoma.]

@@neo-filthyfrank1347 ok nerd

[@ridiculousrandy1401]

Keemstar's entire personality is just "Yeah, I'm a shitty person. What are you gonna do about it?" The content cop was a blow for sure, but ultimately didn't do much to him. Still going strong despite the fact that almost everyone hates him.

[@diddlebop7481]

Bros the KZbin equivelent of a wrestling heel.

[@od813]

I’m surprised that washed up Middle aged man got an audience in the first place, he’s out here beefing with teens and ppl in their 20s

[@onri_]

It's because he's never hidden it, its like shining a torch on something when the sun is out... nothing happens but that same torch and night lights it up.

[@NeoNero83]

Indeed. Keemstar just leaned into it

[@catsdontlikefancy285]

He admits he’s a P.O.S. , hard to make someone feel bad that already owns it.

[@nah3189]

i remember the time when i first saw ricegum's content cop it was just like a youtube event to me

[@one_slick_boy]

Same

[@SubToTheUpchucks]

You'll remember The Upchucks forever!

[@one_slick_boy]

@@SubToTheUpchucks probably not

[@SubToTheUpchucks]

@@one_slick_boy Yes you will!

[@joker-fk9he]

@@SubToTheUpchucks what are the upchucks

[@tangyorange6509]

So glad I was able to witness these videos in real time. Let’s peep this out

[@NilahMonai]

sameee

[@greyLeicester]

Dude who didnt? Pretty much everyone watching this video 😆

[@KH0LRA]

omg i remember me and my cousins bopping to the diss track when it came out. still slaps 5 years later 🙌🏼 flex flex flex, all you do is flex..

[@elugg18]

Fr KZbin was so goated back then

[@aquafreesh9219]

“Only a matter of time before he got into a battle he couldn’t win” enter: Sam Hyde.

[@KneeCapHill]

Sam hyde is what idubz wishes he couldve been

[@coconuts7960]

@@KneeCapHill Sam hyde hasnt left as big of a "mark" on internet history as idubbbz maybe he will if he keeps going but right now he's just and medium level edge lord

[@KneeCapHill]

@@coconuts7960 sam hyde doesnt want to leave a mark on internet but he does run laps around other internet "commentators"

[@coconuts7960]

@@KneeCapHill im not saying he wants to nor do i think it was idubbbz goal to do so but all im saying is compared to old idubbbz one was significantly more known and actually affected peoples careers

[@Dalroc]

​@@coconuts7960 you gotta be joking right? No one outside of KZbin knows Idubbbz. Sam Hyde is a well known terrorist who keeps getting away with it!!

[@bullencarker]

I still remember getting the notification for the ricegum content cop and watching it with my friends at lunch at school, we all fucking gasped like a movie when he revealed it wasnt actually about jake

[@bullencarker]

@@Syd448 its titled jake paul thats what im reffering to

[@AtlasGmng]

I was in my garage playing D&D with my friends when the Asian Jake Paul video dropped and we completely stopped our game for that beautiful 30 minutes of pure joy.

[@TheoHiggins]

Meanwhile I got home late from school and my sister said immediately "Have you watched the new content cop?", I said that I was about to and she said "It says Jake Paul but it's actually about Ricegum". I was so mad she spoiled the surprise.

[@GrandisArcanum]

How old are you now?

[@ancheta650]

literally same. my friend told me he got a notification for the new content cop and we watched it afterschool in the cafeteria

[@CZsWorld]

I'm holding onto the fantasy that he's making one more and taking his sweet time with it. Content Cop: KZbin.

[@aguywithoutabeard4703]

If he makes a content cop to youtube, then this is going to be the longest Content Cop

[@taki203]

@@seditsiraagarb1445 in that order?

[@LeviRaeburn]

yo me too

[@creepycassette]

Assuming we both survive 😈

[@DARTHNEWS]

Yes! That needs to happen 😂

[@Angel-nz1bk]

ngl i find it remarkable that Anisa having an OF was MORE controversial than her justifying the holocaust and saying CP isn't that big of a deal lol

[@fox_in_michigan8716]

hold up what? where did she say this?

[@boomerangmonkey8263]

Context, please. CONTEXT!?

[@hotsexyangel]

That’s because ✨misogyny✨

[@staydismantling9354]

bro. you cant just fucking say this and not have a link or some shit to back up ur statement. wtf

[@ethanwasme4307]

everyone always glasses over this too 😂😂

[@CryptP]

keemstar taking the content cop in stride and not trying to fight it was honestly the best thing he could've done

[@stephengrigg5988]

I think he was the only one that didn't fight it and pretty much the only one that walked away with a career on KZbin

[@VoltismProductions]

he might be a sleazy bastard but he's the damn best at being a sleazy bastard and getting away with it

[@СергейПетров-ы6з7б]

@@stephengrigg5988Tana mongeau is also still successfull

[@stephengrigg5988]

@@СергейПетров-ы6з7б I don't think she's really respected as a creator, and I wouldn't consider her a KZbinr anymore. Pretty sure she mainly does Instagram and only fans, so his video had the intended effect. His main issue was that she was acting like she was a Disney star and had a young audience, but behaved very recklessly.

[@MrBGS101]

I do understand why Idubbbz retired the series, but KZbin needed (and still does) a KZbinr who is willing to call out others and their bullshit.

[@rusteddenial453]

Itd just be to much tho

[@kohtas]

Because he’s a giant pussy now.

[@j_jizzle_69]

We have the commentary channels but we’ve already seen through the pyro situation their tendency to flip flop when the popular opinion switches and That situation was still morally grey after pyros response. I really don’t like how anyone handled that situation especially Tom but at least he didn’t flip flop after pyros video even though he was barely in the right at that point.

[@mother7219]

@MOBsta Imaging watch out we got a badass over here

[@rusteddenial453]

@MOBsta Imaging tldr

[@JeremyMidlam]

Crazy to think about this era, specifically Filthy Frank, MaxMoeFoe, and Idubbz and how they all branched off from their original content together. Frank becoming a top music artist, Max and Anything4views starting an australian drinking show, Idubbz making content cop, then full on documentaries on obscure people, to hosting a KZbinr MMA fight. Truly a batch of legends that were all at one point playing torture twister and eating a cake made from idubbz hair, and all of this history documented on KZbin to go back and watch. Absolutely amazing.

[@doublelizard767]

Whenever it got serious (too much pain or gross shit) it was obvious these guys had limits, so it helped ground the videos from "gross, insane shit" to "friends being stupid together"

[@SpazzMatticusTheGreat]

Boxing, not MMA

[@USERNAME1-x5u]

Don't forget HowToBasic

[@anon2427]

He’s never hosted any MMA fights, you know what boxing is right?

[@moomaniac2932]

​@@anon2427 calm tf down

[@roxzannezook3269]

Ian in the sewer is iconic and will never not be funny

[@bloodrushblush]

i think a lot of the "cut" content from main videos were pretty funny. i still love the one where he's dressed in a spongebob onesie at toys-r-us. the little skits and outtake videos are timeless.

[@ettel8358]

Actually, it's a storm drain

[@roxzannezook3269]

@@bloodrushblush and his friend is like "get over here you little SHIT" Then some parent is like hey can yall not 🤣

[@RecklessEnterainment]

You bite the peach, the peach bites back

[@arturg3333]

that dragging through the sewer will always remain iconic

[@choliosis2551]

I think somehow content cop always felt bigger. When you broke it down I was shocked at how few there actually are, maybe that just speaks to the insane amount of effort put into the production of each one

[@Pokkeli_]

This was honestly such a trip down memory lane. Amazing video.

[@clintbeastwood5116]

Funnily enough, we're seeing a sort of resurgence of Jinx type content with twitch streamers these days. Funny how history likes to repeat itself.

[@spaceguy9337]

I agree honestly, a lot of the largest/most popular twitch streamers hardly interact with their audience and their streams consist of them eating and watching a show. Remember the era of folks getting banned for streaming pay per view shows? Wasn't too long ago. Now this wouldn't be a big deal if these people added something to the content, but a lot of it is just them watching and eating, and maybe replying to something in chat every couple minutes. It's quite literally the definition of washed up.

[@erboch7124]

The resurgence first happened on KZbin. Pewdiepie and a lot of creators turned to reaction based content after Jinx got nuked. It's sad but he seems to be chilling about it.

[@juggmkj]

@@spaceguy9337 I thought twitch streamers played games mostly?

[@AstoricaArt]

@JOMAUN JACKSON The issue was Jinx was not crediting the original uploaders, he had no permission to do so & would continue when others asked him to not make videos with their content, and he was pretending like he WAS providing content and his videos were fair use, which in his case is absolutely not true. You cannot play a video in full and not transform the content. Adding your face on the corner and laughing now and then is not transformative.

[@Matasuh]

@@juggmkj There's many genres of twitch streams, gaming, talking with chat, reacting, etc.

[@JohnnyOrgan]

He was the right guy at the right place at the right time. And very, very funny.

[@RichyJayAudio]

Yeah but looks aren't everything.

[@ddjsoyenby]

yeah.

[@lad6655]

As a man has said “The right man in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world.”

[@EvilSlothsTony]

@@lad6655 G-Man. 👍😎

[@HeathenMetalhead221]

And now he's a shell of his former self

[@CodeNameEN]

It's so bittersweet watching this knowing how insecure Ian is about his content now. He really had a perfect model and dropped it for nothing.

[@DobbyBogg]

Kinda sad how the best content on KZbin now is just reminiscing on the past of KZbin. Really goes to show how strict community guidelines gag creativity and fun.

[@shelbyspeaks3287]

youtube guidelines be like: "JUST FLAG THE VIDEO BITCH!!! DO IT JUST DO IT!!!"

[@gamerguy425]

I think it's legitimately diffucult to draw the precise line between what is reasonable and fair criticism and what is bullying so they just went the strict/safe/lazy route and banned it all. That continued with disabling dislikes

[@DobbyBogg]

@@gamerguy425 I don't think KZbin cares at all about bullying. More about what advertisers are willing to put thier adverts next to. Same with dislikes, if a movie trailer gets a ton of dislikes the publicity surrounding it will be worse.

[@hehexd5317]

@@DobbyBogg well yeah, corporations don't actually care about morality (how many of them are headed by ultra rich pedos), they only care about looking moral while shilling their garbage products

[@samus598]

@@DobbyBogg Yup. The real channel killers were the advertisers all along.

[@clintparsons3989]

Once they started enforcing such strict censorship, I was always surprised at how little content creators tried to fight it. If enough big channels had protested, I don’t think it would be as bad.

[@jacobrzeszewski6527]

I debate that idea. Wojacky is beholden to no one on this platform. And doesn’t care about anyone that uses it. Only advertisers and traditional media. Just look at how KZbin reacted to removing dislikes, EVERYONE hated it yet they dug their heads in the sand.

[@moonum4567]

Well now youtube is shit. I'm even getting twitter tier content warnings before posting type shit, we should never get comfortable with censorship unless its towards something that is verifiably criminal and tangible to the real world. Like its not a skit type shit, or its just fiction.

[@uncledoctor6920]

@@jacobrzeszewski6527 this, she does not understand KZbin culture or what originally made it great and instead runs it like a business. She wants it to become a sanitized content farm that generates as many views on each video and therefore ad rev as possible.

[@ericdykstra4545]

@@jacobrzeszewski6527 Look at the way the powermods of Reddit were able to strong arm the admins by closing all the major subreddits last year. Just because those in charge aren't beholden to the community, doesn't mean that a unified stance wouldn't be addressed.

[@timmteller871]

KZbin only cares about corporate interests and couldn't care less about individual creators.

[@h1dd3n56]

I personally believe that Content Cop is what inspired KZbin to start monitoring more of what’s put on the site

[@RealNick04]

Either that or Leafy and FilthyFrank making edgy content

[@od813]

@@RealNick04I feel like it was leafy and rice gum for the most part since some of the stuff they made is considered harassment

[@bigzealot]

RIP all of the all of the insects that were sent to him from his unboxing series

[@dfrancis7857]

Man watching a Content Cop was an event back in the day, I still remember back in 2017 I watched Asian Jake Paul with all of my friends on my living room sitting down on the couch, some of them didn’t even knew about idubbbz but they were all so invested and entertained, I miss those days :,)

[@jakesullivan9179]

Dude, I was on fall break and saw that shit popped up on my phone, and I was like, Oh shit.

[@derekblankenship8970]

He really dropped the ball by not doing one on himself

[@MultiSS55]

It'd be the only way he makes a comeback/redemption

[@ayumu_osaka]

The battle that Idubbbz couldnt win arguably did end up happening when he tried to do his Sam Hyde documentary.

[@prith7900]

Even in that case Sam didn’t win either, they both just made great 1-2 hr vids instead and was hilarious for both sides

[@jgk6364]

@@prith7900 Idubbbz couldn't make the video he wanted so he had to resort to make a second rate JrEg-like segment trying to make up for footage he couldn't get in order to explain Sam's Comedy. It was a big cope, it was a big L. He didn't come out of the documentary looking better for it or with positive momentum(video is severely underperforming his previous videos w/ the same format). Sam on the other hand...

[@Joe-tu5qw]

@@prith7900 Ethan commissioned a hit piece on Hyde, and Hyde knew what was coming, and Ian got BTFO.

[@sidicle6537]

@@Joe-tu5qw It wasn't trying to be a hit piece though. I wouldn't say he was BTFO either. Both sides came out better for it.

[@techelitesareadisease8816]

@@prith7900 Considering Hyde is blacklisted from pretty much the entire American media sphere, its an absolute win. He came out there with the intent to make Hyde look like a sad weirdo who had clearly peaked. The way the questions are framed, the weird, standoff-ish attitude - he did not go out there with any intention to do a positive thing for Sam Hyde. Sam Hyde was able to turn it around and he's got the first semi-mainstream recognition he's had since World Peace got nuked by a peace-hating Buzzfeed writer.

[@Toontastic_Juju]

Man, I remember back in 2016 and 2017 when toy channels and reaction video channels were very popular. The Content Cop did a very excellent job at poking fun at many different types of genres and people, I like the one where he pokes fun at the toy channels related to surprise eggs and Elsagate. You made a great retrospective video Tom, it’s very well made and I really enjoy it. Keep it up man! 👍

[@stellarstar6553]

It's kinda crazy how his girlfriend became his downfall through the OnlyFans announcement. Ever since that announcement his channel just didn't pick up the same notoriety as it usually did. In the grand scheme of things that announcement probably didn't deter real fans from watching him anyway, but it just feels like the KZbin drama era ended on that footnote. Afterwards channels like H3H3 also fell out of popularity.

[@toxoplasmagondi]

lbr if he had handled it differently he might've come out of it relatively unscathed. instead he decided to show the world the mockery got to him and that completely destroyed his untouchable reputation. it kills me tbh. i stay awake late into the night thinking about how differently things would've turned out if only he hadn't released that response video

[@Alex-mq6qi]

"It's been 5 years since the last episode of Content Cop" EMOTIONAL DAMAGE

[@VinceVintage]

The content cop is still alive today with InternetAjay. He’s susing more creators than amogus

[@TurkeyTom]

lmao

[@TitoTitoTitoTito]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂☠️☠️☠️☠️😂😂😂😂☠️☠️😂☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️😂😂☠️☠️😂😂😂😂😂😂☠️☠️☠️☠️😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣😂🤣🤣🤣😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@louspowels7120]

lol.. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pqqThauXZtaViac

[@yeti7565]

Isn’t internetajay like really bad tho?

[@brittoncain5090]

@@yeti7565 Why would he be?

[@C-OBrien]

Everyone misses the Content Cops and the vids with Maxmoefoe and FIlthyFrank, but my favourite videos were always the bad unboxings, they were my favourite vids on youtube

[@lalilulelo.n.stitch]

Idubbbz today would be an hour long Content Cop for Idubbbz 5 years ago.

[@SubToTheUpchucks]

And both time periods aren't as good as The Upchucks!

[@nvan7891]

@@SubToTheUpchucks hey go fuck yourself. Whatever you are sucks if you have to spam KZbin comments on random videos.

[@skinwalker2789]

@@SubToTheUpchucks I can’t tell if you’re a bot or just have way too much time on your hands, but I recommend that you stop shamelessly self-promoting in the comments sections, it frankly makes people want to check out your content even less than we already do.

[@PunkZombie1300]

@@SubToTheUpchucks I'd rather kill myself so fuck off

[@shelbyspeaks3287]

The upchucks is a terrorist organization

[@themanbehindyou.216]

Damn, this video drowned me in nostalgia. I miss those days, where youtube was objectively much, much better than it is today.

[@WanderKrew]

I’m also 100% certain that the Sam Hyde documentary was gonna be a content cop until Sam completely undercut Ian in every way possible.

[@masacatior]

Sam knew it could come

[@anhelaanhela4996]

Nah, he never interacted with CC subjects irl other than Tana, and even that was extremely brief.

[@callumb4980]

I think Sam thought the documentary was going to be way worse than it was, so he ended up coming out of it looking kinda sad and desperate

[@silverflight01]

I'm surprised that Ricegum has done so many terrible stuff yet he managed to keep going strong until he stopped making KZbin and Twitch content.

[@Flyingwalrus42]

I haven’t enjoyed a documentary on a creator like this in so long, truly fun to watch and it was a totally unexpected video to find on my feed. Worth every minute.

[@tunasandwich8049]

We need a time machine to go back and let old Ian do a content cop on his future self

[@duhmonke]

I just appreciate that Ian was aware of the ramifications and still saw it imperative to make these videos. Dude used to sink ships just to kill the captain

[@williamcannon2968]

Ct😊hohu8😊

[@williamcannon2968]

H9😊😊9 o c o😊version u9😊9h😅9😊😊9?9n h😊h😊9

[@Vitorio582]

2016-2017 internet truly was somethng else. I was 13 to 14 at the time, the perfect age for that era in the sense that everything felt so risky and edgy, which is something teenagers that age really like. I miss those days but at the same time I understand that an outsider would have a hard time trying to fit in

[@AbrasiousProductions]

i miss those days.

[@WisdomAkpan211]

It was 2015-2017

[@espoire_]

It's funny because I'm 20 years older than you and we really used to get down back in the day. You could do anything because most people didn't have internet. You're right that it died after that though. Everyone turned into a hyper political lunatic and nobody can have fun anymore. I suppose it does make sense though because people are the poorest they've been in decades, so their anger is going to come to the forefront and lash out.

[@InvadeNormandy]

The irony being 2007 is when the internet was starting to be ruined at large.

[@RealCGH]

@@espoire_ 2016 yiutube was extremely political tho? Anti sjw videos was in full effect

[@legatoblue8077]

All jokes aside I genuinely appreciate both your content and the fact you actually research the subject/topic as much as you can and admit when you can't find s direct source to said subject keep up the good work bro

[@A.Persons]

I don't know much about youtube lore but I look forward to every time you post. I'm one of those people who feel that stories for good or bad should be remembered. So yo I learned more today than I did yesterday and Just wanted to say ty for the hard work. I can only imagine how much time and research you put into these vids. Thank you Tom.

[@Kurseyy]

Nice, another hour of comfy friday material RIGHT when I finish Josh's stream. Ty Poultry guy, very Baste(d).

[@TurkeyTom]

youre welcome

[@SubToTheUpchucks]

Not as comfy as The Upchucks!

[@mult1versal]

@@TurkeyTom *yro’ue

[@Frenchy_kudu]

Lmao...

[@SubToTheUpchucks]

@@Frenchy_kudu Not as hard as you’ll lmao at The Upchucks!

[@jaggerlee2392]

I wish I was living on the timeline where Idubbz makes a Hasan content cop

[@jama24]

The closest thing we can get to 'closing' that era of the KZbin and Internet climate is this among other videos. Jolly good show.

[@Gruppetstudios]

As to your point about Leafy's initial disappearance, EmpLemon's fantastic video on Leafy presents a pretty compelling theory that Leafy was an early victim of demonetization. To cut a long story very short, basically the theory poses KZbin executives actually targeted Leafy's channel because of his content, slowly tweaking his video's visibility and more or less stopping his reach from extending upon his (then) core subscriber base. I definitely recommend checking it out, it's a pretty solid theory.

[@rusteddenial453]

Shut up

[@henrycrabs3497]

Emplemon? More like, downward spiral

[@matthewdeemer254]

2016-2017 will forever be the golden years of youtube.. I miss those days 😪

[@Sadboi_Rook]

This was a really good video about a video series and each genre/creator covered in said series. Thanks for doing all the research and compiling it all into this video!

[@brandonwisler2755]

Sam Hyde is the progression of what Ian could have been and he is terrified

[@blarksefleebergaffen8495]

lol yeah

[@nicholasmatthews6110]

Wha? Who is terrified of who? And that would have been an awful progression. Sam Hyde is cringe asf and definitely not funny

[@brandonwisler2755]

@@nicholasmatthews6110 The tiny cuck boy is afraid of the giant Neanderthal boxerman, as anybody who can step outside themselves would be.

[@jacksobrooks]

@@nicholasmatthews6110 I like Sam Hyde.

[@trevorclinton5692]

@@nicholasmatthews6110 "Sam hyde is cringe" wrong I win.

[@PongoDaMan]

this hits different after everything thats happened

[@maxhydekyle2425]

Something that absolutely blows me away about the whole Jinx thing is that he and other channels like his were *universally despised* back then. Now damn near every single one of the top 10 Twitch streamers does the *exact* same thing as Jinx and people still love them. They're even worse. They don't even just watch KZbin videos. They just straight up watch TV shows and movies. Sometimes, they aren't even there "reacting," they'll just straight up walk away for like 10 minutes at a time. That really shows just how far the online "influencer" world has fallen when things that were once universally despised are now praised. It really makes me sad. The thing is, most of the fans of Hasan, Pokimane, Toast, etc are too young to have even been around when Jinx was doing his thing.

[@nimpsonkinkson1924]

They call it the TV meta and it's a lazy way to make content as a streamer

[@michaelreyes9283]

It will go away soon once one of these companies sue twitch. Then it will be like KZbin 2.0 with it's copyrights

[@levibergbower3769]

tv meta also gives streamers a bit of a break and is usually a small stream segment. Its not really the same, if you ever watched twitch for more than 10 minutes you’d understand. Even back then idk why people were so mad about jinx, no one was making you watch shitty content.

[@michaelreyes9283]

@@levibergbower3769 yeaaah.... What about turning off the stream or put a brb screen? They leave the stream up to earn more of a profit, heck they can react all they want but it's gotta be transformative. Which they don't do because it's way easier to just not do nothing while someone else's content is playing to entertain their viewers. So someone like Hasan or anyone that is a socialist or communist in twitch is a hypocrite for essentially profiting from someone else's hard work just like a capitalist. And it's not just a 10 min break, it's more like just not talking for some videos or eating on stream. It's a garbage thing to do especially if your ideology is suppose to oppose that

[@michaelreyes9283]

@Xbox One it depends on how transformative it is really. Jinx didn't transform anything and just violated copyright. I haven't watched PewDiePie since ever and I don't know if he streams but I'm guessing his KZbin videos are edited to the point where he is shown reacting a ton to a point that he has transformed it rather than watching the full video

[@Casey3-P-O]

The way idubbbz portrays himself to the world is so much different now. I can't figure out which version of him is more like his real life personality. Like, is he an edgy edge lord, or is he a reserved nerdy guy with a mustache and glasses, who cares more about what advertisers and brands think than anything else? Is he somewhere in the middle? The world may never know....

[@shelbyspeaks3287]

actually... He's GAYYYYYYY!!!!!!

[@Cooldude-ko7ps]

Yeah…..

[@kamu9127]

He is a nerdy edgy guy who got older and got married, there's more at stake for him now so it's understandable why he mellowed out. At least that's what i like to think.

[@Casey3-P-O]

@@kamu9127 makes sense. Maybe the world will know lol

[@domnoya4130]

@Kamu having a wife that is a sex worker even though she isn't desperate for money shows an intense personality problem. We know it is not normal and he knows it. It is humiliating. For him to stay with a sex worker shows a very strange flaw in his personality. I think people just can't take him seriously anymore after having such a major part of his life like his wife doing something so socially rejected without the desperation that people normally do sex work have. It is just strange and does really damage his credibility.

[@LukanSpellweaver]

Content Cop ended 5 years ago and I'm still waiting for another episode, damn.

[@Georgia--wl3ku]

Truly a shame Content Cop is over,but atleast we can appreciate the content cops we got in the past.Cause what we do here is go back back back back...

[@gangahuweed3012]

Yeah, about that😂

[@frogmouth2]

There was once a time where Turkey Tom tried to create such movement in the commentary community. And then he got fucked sadly.

[@prisonislandhead7610]

Rumour has it that he is still moving to this day....

[@ChucksSEADnDEAD]

Damn not only he got fucked, the person doing was sad the whole time?

[@RAPIDFIRE896]

Honestly looking back The internet drama stuff was real pathetic and wanting those days back is a pretty cringe. Like it’s crazy we are at a time where peoples personalities are now based on a year they deem “The Golden Age”.

[@Guitalily]

It’s more about yearning for the pre-adpocalypse KZbin. When censorship was lax.

[@hjon5988]

I agree. But Content cop and all the max, frank, trios content was amazing. But yeah leafy and all his copycats was just shit

[@bluetextonwhitebg]

there's nothing "cringe" about it. people just need to stop being such massive pussies about mean words on the internet.

[@od813]

@@bluetextonwhitebgit was hella cringe

[@crazydudedoesrandomstuff9095]

Made me feel old af when you said it ended five years ago I remember watching it like it was just last year still.

[@Carnyzzle]

it's like the idubbbz channel died the moment Ian grew that mustache

[@KlaximumSkroeft]

You posted it a year ago but now... it is truly over.

[@casedistorted]

Dang so even in 2015 Ian was willing to get punched in the face for charity against someone who really doesn’t like him? He’s got balls. Dr Mike doesn’t hate him but he’s strong AND a boxer.. so that’s kind of scarier in a way haha

[@tiltltt]

17:37 i had forgotten how edgy KZbin used to be, nowadays this scene alone would've instantly put Ian in the ADL bad boys list. Also, Ian used to be the guy famous for saying nibberfabbot.

[@N54.sullster]

Shit wasn't even funny even when I was 16

[@tiltltt]

@@N54.sullster Yeah, i used was a pre teen when this was all happening. English is my second language, back then i couldn't even understand why the n word was such a big deal, but i laughed anyway due to the context of the jokes. Looking back nowadays, this all just looks really lame tbh.

[@N54.sullster]

@@tiltltt fr bro

[@voidofspaceandtime4684]

@@tiltltt if you actually grow up, you will hopefully realize a simple word is not worth its weight. But as of now, you are pretty lame.

[@KatzRool]

lmao

[@absolutechad9735]

Hate to see all those great KZbinrs from the 2016 era fall off.

[@yeti7565]

I still watch content cop to this day and I never thought he took a joke too far

[@rusteddenial453]

Did he over use the N-word tho

[@yeti7565]

@@rusteddenial453 no he didn’t really use it as much as people say

[@proteusmagic8985]

yetipol?

[@idurisu930]

@@yeti7565 his fans did. Even he criticized his fans for overusing it

[@RealCGH]

@@idurisu930 what Ian did just proves how much influence youtubers have on developing minds, I'm in belief he should've never said it to begin with but then he soon had a crap ton of fans saying a word that they likely don't have full understanding of the significance of because "context"

[@f3uibeghardt522]

Hahaha 17:43 he's got the flag in the background when talking about the Fine Bros. And probably the funniest thing I remember Idubs doing was calling his calling his doctor a jew.

[@GaiusCaligula234]

Well they are jews so

[@f3uibeghardt522]

@@GaiusCaligula234 Yeah, I know. That's why I said that.

[@allisoncastle]

If I remember right, Ian said he stopped because he didn’t like the audience he accumulated from the content cops. The same audience who FREAKED the hell out about Anissa having an OF.

[@ShiaNeko]

That makes so much sense. FilthyFrank quit for the same reason.

[@SuggestiveHappyFace]

H3H3 had a similar sentiment if i recall correctly

[@techelitesareadisease8816]

Your girlfriend/wife being a prostitute is pretty pathetic and easy to make fun of.

[@SPACYtunes]

More like his viewership knew he was a cuck and legitimately could not make Content Cop anymore because of that. He made a response to people mocking him where he lost his cool and showed how sensitive he is about the issue. When you go back to his Leafy video, he gets on Leafy's case about "you can't be a bully if you're sensitive," so maybe after that he removed himself from being in the position to mock anyone else anymore. Also, just a reminder that if you let your girlfriend sell her body to strangers, you are a spineless loser. No discussion needed, period, end of.

[@nunceccemortiferiscultu7826]

"FREAKED the hell out!" Lol no they just mocked him, and deservedly so.

[@Metadummyvr]

I miss when KZbin was actually fun to watch there still some good content creators like yourself.

[@aaron_exe6449]

I agree it kind of sucks that KZbin has been getting more bland as time goes on

[@hehexd5317]

there still are decent channels but youtube keeps them on the downlow so it's somewhat hard to find them. EmpLemon, tom, ssethtzeentach, E;R, nerd city, max0r, internet historian, pyro's content is still great, youtube just really likes fucking some of these channels up and stagnating their growth

[@negative6442]

@@hehexd5317 Those guys spread through word of mouth, which is good

[@blurryperson2685]

It's because KZbin is corporate and everyone just e begs and shills

[@hehexd5317]

@@blurryperson2685 well, they for sure didn't remove the dislike count because people got offended, if anything, the majority of youtubers were against that, but youtube doesn't care, can't have dislikes on godawful "talk shows", or trailers for shitty pedowood movies

[@thespecialduck5030]

i love these longer vids. with all the short vids recently i feel like i cant just sit down and enjoy something for a while. thanks for the good content

[@Dr3Mc3Ninja]

It is legitimately sad to see clips of Ian at his peak.

[@Starcraftvidsandsuch]

Idubbbz channel is one of those channels you found and binged watched everything. I miss when youtube was the wild west.

[@Cashanator]

I appreciate the way you write scripts. Keeping everything respectful and politically mindful makes it able to be appreciated by a wider variety of people trying to reminisce on past times where that kinda stuff wasn’t as payed attention to. It also doesn’t take anyone out of the story you’re telling, and keeps the pace of video consistent and entertaining, so just know it’s noticed and appreciated. Good video

[@amcartoon3544]

Tana Mongeau honestly deserves more recognition overall for how she handled the Content Cop. Thank you for giving that the recognition it deserved.

[@r.i.p-gbs1627]

Still one of the greatest. From how it's written to how its shot. Truly an internet gem.

[@STOPSYPHER]

it’s insane how much of an impact Ian’s series alone had on how KZbin shaped out to be.

[@AJ-jq3hm]

And now, the legendary idubbbz has turned into the very thing he'd make a content cop about.

[@callumb4980]

A functioning adult?

[@kusaribruh]

at least the smash community is eating good, technicals is basically our own content cop at this point except its more of a content detective

[@findlaywilliams6610]

You should watch John Swan's vid on Technicals. He also has skellitons in his closet

[@kusaribruh]

@@findlaywilliams6610 john swan’s vid on technicals has a lot of issues and swan is arguably much worse of a liar than tech is

[@ObitoSigma]

This video reminds me just how much KZbin diversity has died over the years. Comedy skits and video game let's plays (mostly Minecraft) were among the most popular videos of the early 2010s, but we started seeing all these different genres emerge in the mid-2010s. By 2013, STEM channels like SciShow, numberphile, and minutephysics were really popular and later memed about, but they stopped being talked about by 2018. Here we see reaction channels, food reviews, "social experiment" pranks, children exploitations, and so much more that came and went, and nothing really came in their place (fortunately) except some momentary movements like mukbang in 2018. But there was a huge wave of youtubers in this period... Filthy Frank, idubbz, GradeAUnderA, H3H3... there were seemingly countless KZbinrs of this era that took the platform by storm, and they all just about disappeared by 2018. It's crazy. It hasn't felt the same since.

[@ochuspin]

@@blue-sq7tj I think I like this era

[@eggy6745]

At least history youtube channels are still going strong

[@jessejace]

Jinx's decision to record so many videos in front of those tacky-ass Nakamise souvenir scrolls on either side of his bed is a goddamn war crime.

[@AmaJein]

To be honest, I wish there were more Content Cop videos. I feel like KZbin still need it and no one can do it well like Ian.

[@N54.sullster]

Yeah the dude saying the hard n word criticizing other content creators yeah

[@BassFlapper]

@@N54.sullster Why not? It worked 4 years ago...

[@N54.sullster]

@@BassFlapper bruh what back then y'all were childish supporting that skinny weirdo. I was 16 and still didn't think he was entertaining in any way

[@shelbyspeaks3287]

@@N54.sullster yes... because there's nothing worse than an n word with a hard R, that's why he should've just said it with an A. 😂😉

[@N54.sullster]

@@shelbyspeaks3287 honestly would have been better tbh💀

[@sup1602]

I always find it sad when youtubers clinging onto dying channels instead of packing it up and moving on. It's kinda like the old person trying to relive their glory days instead of creating new ones.

[@rectorecto5417]

The keem star content cop is absolutely one of the best videos ever created on KZbin. If there was a KZbin HoF then that video should be in it

[@Sunshine-tu6cm]

Bro, it's so crazy that it only took 4 years for Idubbbz to lose his spine and take Tana's arguments now

[@Laiser]

People change their minds about things all the time. Especially over years and talking with other people.

[@SadEyes1412]

@@Laiser Sure, being a cuck can make you spineless.

[@RichyJayAudio]

@@Laiser yeah but it's rare that someone who appears to have a spine lose it.

[@spaceghost8886]

@@Laiser he’s got every right to do that, but equally I have every right to think he’s a spineless worm, y’know what I mean?

[@jadorechiya]

maybe it's because saying the n-word as a non-black person is wrong and racist???

[@SakuraAsranArt]

I just want to take a moment to appreciate the way that EdwinsGenerations was able to reimagine the Leafy's chin meme to roast Creepshow Art's forehead.

[@LethalBubbles]

i miss old youtube and mullet-free idubbz

[@Ganun7]

it's like he intentionally tries to make it look greasy & gross

[@rastishichka]

When I look at the past youtube, the website design, less ads, less strict community guidelines, and etc., it makes me feel joyful. Anybody would enjoy this type of content that was made back then including myself. Now I can still get some level of entertainment on youtube, but compared to the drama and creative comedy that was made 5-8 years ago, it just makes youtube boring and unfun nowadays.

[@shemgilbert1991]

Easily the biggest hypocrisy by him was the fact he never called out Ethan

[@lawden210]

I wonder what it felt like to be a fan of someone that was content cop'd?

[@thottitim3108]

Not really any different than before. Internet drama holds little to no weight in reality.

[@azrael557]

IDubbbz eating Arbys in a sewer and being dragged away by some homeless guy is more entertaining than any food review video I’ve ever seen.

[@redbeard3946]

"Leafy was almost universally liked" Lol no he wasn't. Everything other than that is spot on. Great video. Edit: No mention of the Sam Hyde video? :/ oh well

[@thegreensimp9129]

It's not Tom's fault, the monster guzzling spastic distorts quite a few events when making videos for no reason other than poor research and biased reporting.

[@Veetiful]

Yea fuck no it was popular to hate leafy for his whole career. The hiss shit was really unpopular outside the commentary community and majority of ppl inside the community hated him for like 6months before the idubbz vid

[@Dylan-xx2tk]

Nah, I'd argue he was. He was getting millions of views per video and most of my friends back then watched his content and knew about him. Not to mention all the hissing going on in comment sections and mentions of his community by other YTers/raids... wasn't until the one video he made on the autistic guy, and everything after, that his community turned against him (I personally just stopped watching him as I felt the video quality dropped off). Not sure how you felt about him so I'm going to assume here, but just because you didn't like him doesn't change the fact that the statement in question is actually pretty true.

[@J.R.in_WV]

Ian was / is one of the last remnants of the awesomeness that KZbin was before 2020 who’s still being talked about today. His videos, even the shorter and obviously rushed and or lower effort ones, were always at the very least humorous and enjoyable and most were hilarious and even re-watchable. I never once fast forwarded or clicked the arrow to skip to the next video while watching a “Content cop” episode. It was always good enough that it kept my attention from start to end at the very least and, at least to me, that’s the definition of entertainment….which is the whole reason for non educational content. He put effort and thought into every video and it was obvious. There was no clickbait (unless it was a super obvious parody on clickbait KZbinrs) that left you feeling let down or irritated after watching and everyone just had a good time. I wish there was more simple, well produced entertainment on YT these days and less “creators” speaking their cookie cutter useless opinion on whatever they see is trending in analytics right now. I can’t stand the way they all post audio of them talking in either a dreary monotone or WAY over excited tone of voice over a looped video of them playing some video game that they just use so you’re not staring at a blank screen.

[@ethanclark85]

To this day I say “Let’s peep this out” and my friends and family have no idea what I’m talking about

[@211242o]

I miss content cop, that shit was gold. I can see why he had to stop it though.

[@kiko53768]

turkey tom intro age like milk, since the final episode of content cup just got released, this one is on himself lmao

[@ryanmoncado7551]

Incredibly well made man. First video of yours I’ve watched and man that was a good watch. Good shit Tom!

[@razgrizmagi3225]

Leave when you're winning, don't fight if you're gonna loose. Some really good lessons to be learnt.

[@hoyhoy852]

39:30 so her saying N-word years ago and then "growing up" is "hypocritical", but Ian doing that is absolutely fine...

[@markedtky]

Yes, watch the video, he explains it. Ian didn't do it out of hatred and the nword is just a word like any other word. All people should be treated equally so saying the nword can only be said by certain races is in of itself racist. (by definition)