PewDiePie Will Delete His YouTube Channel Today PewDiePie

[Jtbrig7390]

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http://www.gamespot.com/articles/pew...source=twitter

Felix 'PewDiePie' Kjellberg has vowed to delete his YouTube channel at 5 PM UK time on December 9.

Kjellberg previously published a video lamenting problems with the way YouTube surfaces content. Recent changes to the platform have led to the "Recommended" feed being given more prominence than a user's subscription feed, which has been relegated to a sidebar option.

Many well-known YouTubers such as h3h3 Productions have discussed how this has resulted in a drop in activity and viewership since users aren't able to immediately tell when the channels they are subscribed to have published content. In some other cases people have also been unsubscribed from content creators inexplicably.

He also noted the shift away from personalities in favour of trending videos, which often feature clickbait titles or thumbnails and diminish the value of personality-led content. These supposedly viral videos have been given more exposure on the front page of YouTube and in areas where videos are suggested.

"It feels like a kick in the face when they make changes and don't tell anyone about it," Kjellber said. "Because this site means so much to YouTubers like me and everyone else ... It's something that we worked really hard on and I don't think they understand.

"And like I said, this is not just affecting me, it's affecting other YouTubers and creators that you care about. YouTube is trying to kill my channel. It's clear if you watch my analytics, it's all going down there and I think my videos are better. I think they're really funny and it seems that you guys enjoy them as well so it's a shame that it's going in this direction."

Kjellberg's solution is to start from scratch: "The only way to stop my channel from dying is, I know you're going to think I'm joking right now, but I'm going to delete my channel. I swear to you, at 50 million subs, a huge landmark coming up, a huge deal, never been done before, no-one's even close, I am deleting my channel.

"I will delete my channel once PewDiePie hits 50 million. I think it's gonna be pretty fun, I'm excited to delete my channel and start fresh with a new shitty channel probably. I won't quit YouTube, I'll just delete the channel."

Understandably, the response to Kjellberg's decision has been a mixture of skepticism and disbelief, given that he has spent six years building the audience is the most well known YouTuber in the world. However, there may be method to the madness as, by starting a brand new channel, he would essentially cull the dormant and inactive subscribers. In turn, this would mean his new followership would only be people actively engaging with his content, which improves the visibility of his videos on YouTube.

PewDiePie hit 50 million subscribers on December 8 and, posting on Twitter, he confirmed the account will be deleted, as promised.

Edit: Well he did it..... he deleted his 2nd channel. Whatever respect I had for him I sure as shit don't have anymore. All of it just to push for 50mil subs.

[ItachiZaku]

And yet, i never heard of this person.

[Eleccybubb]

Thank god. Could never stand him.

[Prothynyas]

And yet, i never heard of this person.

never heard of you either

[ati87]

And yet, i never heard of this person.

He was in South park for a minute.

[GennGreymane]

Well he made a ton of money doing what he does and had a pretty large impact on gaming when you look at it.

Lookin forward to people bitching about his new channel.

[Leyre]

good, hopefully all those idiots who makes lets play follow him

[Moozart]

And yet, i never heard of this person.

Wait.... who are you exactly?

[Zandalarian Paladin]

People, staph.

He said he would delete it to get rid of inactive accounts. At least read what OP posted before commenting.

https://twitter.com/pewdiepie/status/804807437320654848

if im pulling 2mil views per video with 50mil subs id rather restart and get rid of inactive accounts and piss people off in the process thx

[Darkeon]

Good; But move the channel to a different service.

Make Youtube shit it's pants so that they can stop with their behind-the-scenes crap and actually improve their service for once.

[The Emperor]

Who cares?

[Mormolyce]

Be interesting to see how long he takes to hit 50 million again lol.

Thank god. Could never stand him.

You know he isn't going anywhere right? It's basically a big joke.

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Who cares?

Who is it in your life who forces you to read threads on the forum that don't interest you?

[Alvito]

And yet, i never heard of this person.

He was the highest paid youtuber for a few years. Perfect storm of speaking English in the EU and getting a very broad audience early on then benefiting from the way youtube used to suggest content. He is an annoying moron, but there is a market for morons all over the globe.

[The Emperor]

Be interesting to see how long he takes to hit 50 million again lol.



You know he isn't going anywhere right? It's basically a big joke.

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Who is it in your life who forces you to read threads on the forum that don't interest you?

Its my desire for humans to be more intelligent and to ignore unimportant stuff such as some streamer's deletion of account.

[Smeeh]

k i guess.

[Yunru]

I would prefer the *spamtubbers* to just quit and stop making videos.

Since to get views you need to spam videos

[Independent voter]

He was YouTube's biggest star, I'm sure another media platform will pick him up, he's probably got a twitch channel for example.

[Venarik]

That's a neat way to get rid of inactive subscribers. I never cared for the guy's videos, but good luck to him with the fresh start. It sucks youtube isn't more transparent about their service changes.

[Deleted]

I love these edge lords on this forum acting so coy about their hate and distaste in pewdiepie. He is honestly a good guy that knows how to deliver to his audiences and I can respect him that much for that. Hell he even does huge charities every year around Christmas contributing more than any of you losers I bet.

It's as mature as saying, "I wish sesame Street went off the air, such garbage made for children and not my taste."

Like really grow up and accept he is a very smart and successful man that grew to power greater than many of your favorite TV channels. It is honestly insane the amount of influence he has.

Nah let me say my mature comment instead. "Great I wish he never comes back! And no I am so uneducated I won't read the full article to understand what is actually happening." *Has a childish or edgy anime/cartoon profile picture*

[Doctor Funkenstein]

People like him, as far as I can tell, are the Reality TV stars of the Internet. And just like Reality TV, they're annoying as fuck, as are the people who "support" them and keep them on the air.