#youtubechannels — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #youtubechannels, aggregated by home.social.
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New York Times: Crashing a Plane for Clicks: Influencers Push Shock Content to Get Views. “Across the world, aspiring influencers trespass on skyscraper roofs. They block highway traffic. They provoke strangers in grocery stores, airports and malls. They dangle from helicopters, cranes, trains and cliffs for clips lasting only seconds. Some are arrested. Others are hospitalized. And, in tragic […]
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New York Times: Crashing a Plane for Clicks: Influencers Push Shock Content to Get Views. “Across the world, aspiring influencers trespass on skyscraper roofs. They block highway traffic. They provoke strangers in grocery stores, airports and malls. They dangle from helicopters, cranes, trains and cliffs for clips lasting only seconds. Some are arrested. Others are hospitalized. And, in tragic […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/12/crashing-a-plane-for-clicks-influencers-push-shock-content-to-get-views-new-york-times/ -
New York Times: Crashing a Plane for Clicks: Influencers Push Shock Content to Get Views. “Across the world, aspiring influencers trespass on skyscraper roofs. They block highway traffic. They provoke strangers in grocery stores, airports and malls. They dangle from helicopters, cranes, trains and cliffs for clips lasting only seconds. Some are arrested. Others are hospitalized. And, in tragic […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/12/crashing-a-plane-for-clicks-influencers-push-shock-content-to-get-views-new-york-times/ -
New York Times: Crashing a Plane for Clicks: Influencers Push Shock Content to Get Views. “Across the world, aspiring influencers trespass on skyscraper roofs. They block highway traffic. They provoke strangers in grocery stores, airports and malls. They dangle from helicopters, cranes, trains and cliffs for clips lasting only seconds. Some are arrested. Others are hospitalized. And, in tragic […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/12/crashing-a-plane-for-clicks-influencers-push-shock-content-to-get-views-new-york-times/ -
New York Times: Crashing a Plane for Clicks: Influencers Push Shock Content to Get Views. “Across the world, aspiring influencers trespass on skyscraper roofs. They block highway traffic. They provoke strangers in grocery stores, airports and malls. They dangle from helicopters, cranes, trains and cliffs for clips lasting only seconds. Some are arrested. Others are hospitalized. And, in tragic […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/12/crashing-a-plane-for-clicks-influencers-push-shock-content-to-get-views-new-york-times/ -
BBC: I mocked the Saudi leader on YouTube – then my phone was hacked and I was beaten up in London. “From [Ghanem al-Masarir’s] flat in Wembley, the loud-mouthed and sometimes offensive comedian was making waves as a critic of the Saudi Arabian royal family. But as well as fans, he’d made some powerful enemies. The first thing al-Masarir noticed was that his phones were behaving weirdly. They […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/03/bbc-i-mocked-the-saudi-leader-on-youtube-then-my-phone-was-hacked-and-i-was-beaten-up-in-london/ -
Ars Technica: 10M people watched a YouTuber shim a lock; the lock company sued him. Bad idea.. “Judging from the number of times the lawsuit talks about 1) ridicule and 2) harassment, it seems like the case quickly became a personal one for Proven’s owner and employees, who felt either mocked or threatened. That’s understandable, but being mocked is not illegal and should never have led to […]
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Boing Boing: Lock manufacturer files lawsuit against social media lock picker. “A Florida-based lock manufacturer, Proven Industries, has filed a lawsuit against Trevor McNally, a social media creator with millions of followers, after McNally posted videos appearing to show how easily Proven’s locks could be opened using a piece of an aluminum can.” I have seen Trevor McNally’s videos and […]