#elsagate — Public Fediverse posts

Tubefilter: Will gen AI make YouTube’s next Elsagate?. “Like the OG Elsagate vids, these feature kid-bait characters like Minions, Thomas the Tank Engine, and even Elsa herself. There are cute cats and dogs, too. Except those dogs and cats are likely to be the subjects of horrific transformations, and Elsa–again, just like the old days–is likely to be kitted out in lacy lingerie, with a […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/04/tubefilter-will-gen-ai-make-youtubes-next-elsagate/

#DeadInternetTheory is already in #fatigue stages. I don't think it's too much to ask #parents to curate a video collection for your kids rather than relying on streaming.

#YouTube in itself is going to be ground zero for what's to come, and it'll be much worse than #ElsaGate ever was.

Do not, I repeat, do not let your kids go unsupervised on content platforms anymore. The #ContentFarms cannot be trusted.

The WORST Trend I've EVER Seen On YouTube (AI Cat Videos)
https://youtu.be/EJSvoNBPI8g

OMG! What if #ElsaGate is all just some insanely bored YT engineer playing a massive practical joke on the whole internet, laughing his tits off at us all, scratching our heads trying to make sense where there is none ...

My wife and I have spent the last couple of days going down the #ElsaGate rabbit hole. I was first alerted to this weird phenomena when a friend sent me a link to James Bridle's Nov 2017 article on it, and I was reminded of it recently when Dan Hon linked to it at the end of his #FooCamp piece. I told my wife, who is a fan of #H3H3 productions, and she started watching their videos about it.