r/youtubedrama Apr 10 '26

Update What is Drama? Friendly Posting Guideline Update

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Howdy folks, 

It has once again been some time since any of the sub’s policies have been updated to help with the longterm health of the sub, so we are dropping in with an update to some of our guidelines to ensure a better experience for anyone viewing the sub.

The most common issue that we have had over the last few months is the sheer amount of slop that gets posted with little-to-no context, and some confusion about what constitutes drama when some posts get removed. Make no mistake, this is a drama subreddit. Nobody expects there to be high-brow art here or anything, but let’s examine what actually constitutes drama. 

Drama is about stakes. When there are no stakes, there is no drama. That is why we banned “Chuds being chuds” posts. There is no skin in the game when someone like Asmongold says something bigoted because, duh-doy, he’s a bigot. That’s just what he is, and nobody blinks an eye when a pig rolls in the mud. 

Many of the posts that come through the sub similarly lack stakes, or really explain why something is drama. There are tons of Roblox predators that nobody has heard a single thing about before, and these posts are usually just “X Exposed as a creep.” These posts get removed for not having context. Then they get posted again with a single sentence that really doesn’t really flesh things out at all, and that’s it.

People do the same with innocuous things like previously exposed creators returning to the platform, but this again means nothing without the proper context or by itself causes drama. 

Why is it a big deal that any given person is returning? What are the reactions to this? 

These are the sorts of questions that anyone should be able to find the answer to from gazing at a post.

There are countless posts that come through like this that leave everyone scratching their heads

​If you compare the posts from here to, say, [r/subredditdrama](r/subredditdrama) then you’ll notice a pretty sizable difference in post quality, at least in terms of being able to parse situations.

So, in the interest of getting the community on the same page and boosting the post quality in this sub, we are introducing a few new rules for posting that will fall under the blanket of “NO LOW EFFORT POSTS

  1. Posts must include, at minimum, a source and a thorough explanation of the drama. If needed, please provide a TL;DR Nobody should have to hunt for why they should care about a given topic. Someone should be able to scan the post and know what is going on. Here’s an example of a post not really needing that much context and still providing all the information one could need (it’s also our banner at time of writing) 

https://www.reddit.com/r/youtubedrama/comments/1j4za6r/high_quality_pig_racing_channel_league_of_pigs/  

Here’s an example of a post that did a crazy good job of providing context:https://www.reddit.com/r/youtubedrama/comments/1seriwv/new_rockstars_is_being_sued_for_harassment_racial/

  1. Post titles and explanations should remain neutral in tone. This is for two reasons: it streamlines people understanding what the stakes are for a given situation by making people justify the post without editorializing, and it helps stop posts from veering into snark territory. If you want to give your thoughts, do so in the comments.

What does this mean in terms of allegations or callout posts?

Posts involving allegations or callouts are only allowed in the context of there actually being drama involving callouts or allegations. We have received so many posts that are, in effect, someone posting a sub-10k channel alleging that they are a dubious character and….that’s it. No context, no evidence, no nothing. If there are receipts and drama happening around a situation, then that’s fair game and falls under the actual banner of drama. People wanna know about these things, so give the proper information for them to know!

What does this mean for meme and text posts (e.g. “What’s a Youtuber that came back from an apology?”

These posts will be allowed on Fridays with the “Free Talk Fridays” flair. These posts are fun, but also are usually low effort attempts at boosting karma counts.

Why is this being done again?

The most obvious reason is that this is a drama sub, and a lot of posts don’t actually amount to covering drama, but rather a newsfeed that doesn’t provide a ton of actual news beyond headlines that most will not understand. People have said time and time again that they love inane internet bullshit, and these changes are meant both give those kinds of stories an on-ramp and raise the quality of posts with some pretty clear structure on what is and is not allowed.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER

-YTD MODS


r/youtubedrama Jul 26 '25

News The “official end” of this snark era

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As of today we are banning snark/snark related posts. This may sound arbitrary. But I think people are well aware of what constitutes valid fair criticism, and what constitutes snark.

Once upon a time through past leadership this sub most definitely behaved as a snark sub. We as the mod team do actually despise snark and work to have this sub be a space of discussing drama with proper criticism and outcomes. We have taken firmer stances to pull away from our past image and be a place where people can have proper discourse.

Snark discourse has only ever brought conflict to this sub. People insult each other over nothing, people have gotten death threats, people get reported for suicidal ideation just because they disagree. There has been ableism, racism, prejudice of all kinds around these topics. Ultimately, snark behavior never allows any proper discussion, we have had to ban two creators just because the people who come to this sub cannot behave when discussing them. At its core Snark is not very different from KiwiFarms at this stage with the harm it has done to content creators.

We have seen the harm snark has done as well. Saveafox being a prime example. Our most popular post right now is pure snark. And it superseded actual important events. Because who was following who on IG.

Going forward we will no longer be allowing posts like this on the sub. It provided no context, no real criticism. And it didn’t prove anything either.

This may prove unpopular, but it is something we feel strongly of for the health of this sub and the people on it to remove ourselves. You can check the rule along the side bar.

If you want a YouTubesnark sub go make one. This one is not it.

Have a good one 🤙🏽

Edit: Apparently some YouTubers have weigh in. Nah this has nothing to do with the usual suspects. This is purely to stop toxic behavior and negativity. If ya think otherwise I urge you to get out of your computer chair touch grass instead of making Nurgle proud

Edit 2: and no goblin man (reference to his goblin mode). No fans of yours are around. People can agree that toxic communities are toxic. Yours being one of them


r/youtubedrama 5h ago

Allegations Freshy Kanal (Known for nerdcore rap battles such as Mr. Beast vs Squid Games.) has allegedly emotionally manipulated and socially isolated Dilly! (Known for nerdcore rap battles such as William Afton vs Mr. Krabs)

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In a community post and Tweet made on Twitter, He has been friends with Freshy Kanal since he was 9 and has mistreated Dilly, keeping him socially isolated from his community. When he did come back to the community, Freshy Kanal mistreated him harshly when it comes to his voice acting, writing, and researching.

Upon realizing the abuse he suffered from Freshy Kanal, He is removing him as a friend and while his work may still appear on his channel, any of the work he has done for Freshy was done before August.

Now for people not in the nerdcore/rap battle community:
Dilly makes their own rap battles, with their most popular battle being William Afton vs Mr Krabs, but has helped with
Baldi vs Pico, Slenderman vs Jeff the Killer, and Peter Griffin vs Deadpool by Fightmaker
Spongebob vs Captain Underpants by Eddiefrb
Dead Bart vs Red Mist Squidward by Snakebite126, to name the popular ones that normal people may have seen before.

Freshy Kanal is a nerdcore YouTuber as well, with their most popular videos being:
Squid Games vs Mr Beast (Mr.Beast face meme)
Sonic the Hedgehog vs The Flash
The Nutcracker vs The Gingerbread Man (“People look at me and say aww the skrunkly! People look at you and say, nah he ugly”)


r/youtubedrama 1d ago

Exposé Geometry dash elder mod pauze caught saying bad stuff on counter strike chat logs

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Pauze (https://youtube.com/@pauze847) is an elder moderator for geometry dash and also runs the games official discord server, he also plays counter strike, recently the counter strike chat logs got leaked for basically everyone and that to pretty bad stuff he said in chat getting leaked. Ludwig was also caught saying death threats in cs’s chat logs but that has nothing to do with this post. Gd brainrot goes into more information in this video (https://youtu.be/EPHkahy5Zf0).


r/youtubedrama 2d ago

Callout Book Review YouTuber James Tullos Accuses Lesbian Author Tamsyn Muir of Faking Her Sexuality

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In the past I’ve been a bit aware of James Tullos because I do listen to a decent amount of book reviews. I’m also a fan of The Locked Tomb. So when this came across on xitter I was frankly really frustrated.

James Tullos is a queer (I believe) YouTube who does book reviews and has around 150k subscribers.

Tamsyn Muir is the author of the decently niche but well loved The Locked Tomb series, which is about lesbian necromancers in space. Muir is an out lesbian, but married to her best friend who is a man. She refers to this relationship as them being “moirails” which is a homestuck term which can basically refer to as platonic life partners.

Muir is also an immigrant to the UK and has severe mental health issues that she’s implied she needs caretaking for sometimes. Among fans it’s pretty well accepted that she needed assistance after moving to the UK and so marrying her best friend so he could help her was her best option. She seems happy in the situation she has and clearly sees their relationship as a partnership more than just a marriage of convenience.

After reading the third book in the series, Tullos came to Twitter to accuse her of faking her sexuality. He then proceeded to double down against the people in the replies, many of which were pointing out that he- as a man- should not be trying to make judgements about a lesbian’s sexuality, and accusing her of lying, as well as ignoring the way a lot of queer and disabled people have a history of marrying friends so they can have a life in any way.

Muir ALSO comes from a religious background, which you genuinely cannot miss if you read her books. She hasn’t said that had anything to do with marrying a man, but it really should not be ignored. She could’ve been closeted when she got married and we don’t know either way, but Tullos seems to refuse to believe it at all. She also could’ve had the real experience of thinking she’s bisexual, marrying someone, and then them not divorcing after she finds out she’s a lesbian. Theres 1000 places to go before “she’s lying about being a lesbian.”

Anyway, I’m not sure what I would want from this. Just for people to know he’s not exactly an ally to lesbians, disabled people, and immigrants the way he probably thinks. As a disabled lesbian myself, I understand Muir’s situation and I think marrying her best friend makes sense. I think Tullos needs to apologize and stop talking about Muir.

EDIT: as of 7:15 PM EST, he’s still doubling down and compared Muir to t.A.T.u, a group which famously had a producer pulling all their strings to drum up controversies about them. Cool thing to do.


r/youtubedrama 1d ago

Response GD Colon responds to his situation with viprin

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Popular geometry dash YouTuber and in game moderator GD Colon talked about the situation with viprin right after he got more allegations against him (https://www.dashword.net/posts/geometry-dash-elder-moderator-viprin-exposed-for-a-lot-of-things-actually/) colons first responses made him look like was undermining the situation and he later apologized which was also criticized (pictures 5-11). Recently he made a YouTube community post admitting that his tweets were stupid and he thought that these were old allegations that were resolved years ago and states that he should’ve done more research. He also states that him and viprin were never really close as they only talked about gd moderation and he states that viprin actions were very inappropriate for someone who used to be RobTops right hand man. he feels bad for even trying to respond in the way he did and he condemns viprin actions.

At least he took accountability and admitted that he was being stupid in this situation.


r/youtubedrama 2d ago

News YouTuber(MasoMayo) Prankster/troll was copyright claimed on a video making fun of Othercon(a discord virtual otherkin/therian "convention")

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For clarification I'm an otherkin/therian(non-human identifying) myself, however I find this a gross misusing of the youtube copyright system nor do I support or affiliate with Othercon.

The video in question was pretty light-hearted I finished watching it before it was removed(by the copyright removal request shown above), the video focused on the discord server which the "convention" was hosted on and he(MasoMayo) seemed to have caused minimal disruption; more so just making commentary on the event itself.

He did make a few comments calling an NSFW portion of the server "disgusting" in a joking manner, also the discussion of kinks. However it didn't come off as hateful or malicious.

Like him or not, I feel youtube's copyright system is being abused and the video should get reinstated imo.


r/youtubedrama 2d ago

Exposé Thoughts on the Offended Outcast saga, his sex offender status, and his lies?

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Anyone been following the Offended Outcast saga? It's been going on for a while now. He's not got a massive following like some of the others being exposed, but I think the level of bizarreness around the whole thing is bigger and the lies he's told are even more eye-opening.

He got up to around 180k followers before he was exposed as a lifetime registered sex offender. He sexually abused a 13-year-old - 14-year-old. His channel had been ongoing for about a year and he told the god awfullest lies. Said his wife was in a car accident, lost a leg, and died around the time he was on trial. He made a 10 minute video actually crying about this and deleted it after being exposed.

She's alive and well despite the injuries. He claimed he lied about his wife to protect her. He also had a video in which he bragged about giving a car away, but the guy in the video looked beat up. It came out that the guy was also a sex offender who had a lengthy criminal record. Probably didn't even have a driver's license. The Offended Outcast disappeared after being exposed and returned claiming someone shot up his residence and crapped over it. I kid you not.

People already debunked this, including people he befriended during the course of his channel. Said his brother in law had a massive heart attack and died right in front of his eyes on his kitchen floor. It came out that he actually died in the hospital. There are actually people defending this guy now and not even considering everything.

I don't know but I don't think I could follow someone who is a convicted child abuser, especially when that individual lied about the deaths of loved ones to solicit donations. This is really one of the most bizarre things I've seen on old YouTube in a while. You can find him on the KY Registry and more if you search for Commonwealth vs Kreps or watch the countless videos on him.


r/youtubedrama 4d ago

Gossip Emirichu has been harrassed by a single person for A LONG TIME.

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Hi! Sorry if this is a bad post, I don't have any bad blood when posting this, it's simply because I was concerned what the heck was going on with Emirichu considering there's this person on twitter going on a rampage about her? Someone has been constantly tweeting about Emirichu, they're like a totally insane person, as of today they were tweeting about Emirichu being affiliated with a Neo Nazi group and sending hate to them or doxxing them or whatever.. I'm not even sure this is true? I 100 percent doubt this. I think this person might be a little bit unwell bc they've been hyperfixating on hating Emirichu for years, although I can't help but want to understand what the hell happened.

I've been a fan of Emily for a long time! So please don't go out of your way to say I'm trying to stir up drama, I'm not, but I am curious what the heck Kiwi Farms has to do with Emirichu, or how this drama even started. If someone has context or can go down this rabbit hole FOR me I'd honestly appreciate it. I'm pretty sure this might just be a parasocial maniac that is really like paranoid about all this, but I really have no clue. If this is a nothingburger or a distasteful post, I do apologize.

- i did not know what to tag this, also I had to blur out the person for reddit rule reasons, do not go sending any hate to both Emily and the other person pls and ty !! -


r/youtubedrama 4d ago

News YouTuber Chris Sails blames brownies after lying to police about kids falling into lake

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YouTuber Chris Sails was arrested twice in 72 hours after allegedly lying to police that his children fell into a lake. He later balmed mysterious brownies for making him hallucinate. Police deployed rescue boats, sonar equipment, and drones before discovering his children were safe with family.


r/youtubedrama 5d ago

Discussion Wendigoon talking about a 17 year old survivor

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I didn't know about the old wendigoon drama until just now! (I am pretty offline on the social media side) but watching at 38:17 seriously shocked me to my core! For prior context, wendigoon was talking about a survivor of sexual assault and kidnapping. I know he backtracks later - but I really feel as though this should have been cut out? But maybe I'm just being especially sensitive as I am a victim myself. What does everyone else think?


r/youtubedrama 6d ago

Update Uriel Bromberg crashes out at Jessicur after she successfully got her video back

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Update from this post

Uriel has crashed out into Jessicur after stealing the video from her. Now that the video has been returned to Jessicur, Uriel spews a series of lies to further his own delusions.

For those who don’t know, Uriel is a prolific stalker and potential pedophile who was enamored with the actor who played young Sheldon and


r/youtubedrama 8d ago

News World of Longplays has been taken down for "violating Community Guidelines"

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EDIT: The organizers of the channel have regained control and have stated that there was a hacking attempt launched on the channel. Thank goodness this was resolved quickly, as losing the channel would have been incredibly devastating to the internet.

As the title states, the well known channel "World of Longplays", known for their commentary-free longplay videos of video games, has just been taken down by YouTube for "violating Community Guidelines". No other information has been brought up by anyone associated with the channel as far as I can tell, but a channel like theirs that was ALWAYS YouTube friendly being suddenly terminated is bad, bad news.


r/youtubedrama 9d ago

News Geometry dash hacker takes down 11 year old video that exposed him

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11 years ago, YouTuber TheMuteTroll uploaded a video exposing multiple geometry dash players for hacking the at the time hardest levels in the game (https://youtu.be/op_BdUabxlg), The 2nd person exposed in that video is BlasterGanesBG. Last month popular gd YouTuber MartMart made a tweet responding to one of his now deleted tweets with the 11 year old video (picture 1) and that caused him to get the video taken down from YouTube a few days ago. MartMart later made a YouTube community post stating that he made that tweet as a joke and that he didn’t think he would still care (picture 2). The video is back up now but the fact that blaster still had a grudge on a 11 year old video is crazy to me.


r/youtubedrama 9d ago

News IRL streamer Jacob Pugmire facing possible jailtime and 15000us fine for trespass a 2nd time and streaming it live.

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Jacob Pugmire livestreams trespassing at a heavily polluted restricted government site and is now facing a possible jail term of 1 year and 15000us fine.

the more you find out, the worse it gets, Jacob Pugmire has been arrested for a similar case last year but failed to appear in court instead choosing to flee to America from Taiwan, but Pugmire was dum enough to return to Taiwan and continue live streaming.... and the police caught him when they saw him live streaming in Taipei when he was wanted for failing to appear.

then Jacob Pugmire basically does the same thing and again fails to appear for police questioning and again is referred for criminal prosecution.

chinese language version but contains same of his hour long live stream trespassing

https://news.nextapple.com/gadget/20260822/58402FA0ED85C590B0A00F519A9F6A7C

english translated version :

https://news-nextapple-com.translate.goog/gadget/20260822/58402FA0ED85C590B0A00F519A9F6A7C?_x_tr_sl=zh-TW&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp

he last trespass case documented on youtube :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9pBgF41U2U

english translation:

[Reporter Ye Xianpeng / New Taipei Report] American livestreamer Jacob Pugmire, who has 132,000 followers on Instagram, attracted significant attention from netizens after walking around Taiwan. However, members of the public recently tipped off Next Apple News Network, alleging that he may have entered the former Lile Copper Smelter site in Ruifang District without permission. They questioned the fact that the area is contaminated with heavy metals and has long been explicitly prohibited from entry. They also warned that Jacob Pugmire’s actions could encourage others to imitate him.

In response, the Ruifang Police Precinct stated that the location the livestreamer entered was actually the Shuinandong Smelter ruins, also known as the Thirteen Levels Ruins. The site has likewise been closed because of heavy-metal contamination. Police have now referred the case to the district prosecutor’s office for investigation on suspicion of trespassing into a building.

According to information obtained by the newspaper, 27-year-old Jacob Pugmire previously spent the night without authorization at Yangmei Railway Station in January last year, and uploaded the process to social media. After being discovered by the stationmaster at Yangmei Station, he was reported for interfering with personal freedom. Although Jacob Pugmire went to provide a statement as required, he failed to appear when the case went to court and was subsequently wanted by the court.

In August of the same year, police unexpectedly discovered that Jacob Pugmire was livestreaming in Taipei City. Officers rushed to the scene and arrested him on the spot. The entire police enforcement process was also exposed through the livestream, sparking considerable discussion among netizens.

Recently, another member of the public tipped off the media, alleging that Jacob Pugmire entered the former Lile Copper Smelter site without authorization. The site is officially regulated, and heavy metals including arsenic, mercury, copper, nickel, lead, and zinc have previously been detected inside. He allegedly came into close contact with ground or surface areas that may have been contaminated.

Although numerous viewers warned him during the livestream to pay attention to safety and avoid contact with the relevant areas, he allegedly continued to discuss the safety issues at the site in a joking manner.

The person who made the report emphasized that they raised these concerns in the hope that media coverage would increase public awareness and discourage people from entering locations with contamination risks or restricted access without authorization. They also hoped to prevent people from imitating similar behavior in pursuit of internet livestream views or traffic.

Regarding the incident, the Ruifang Police Precinct clarified that footage from the livestreamer confirmed that the incident occurred at the Thirteen Levels Ruins. The site has been registered by the New Taipei City Government as a “historic building.” Because of heavy-metal contamination as well as risks of weathering and structural collapse, it has also been designated as a soil and groundwater pollution control site.

Fences have been installed around the area to prevent members of the public from entering. Following the incident, Taipower added another eight bilingual warning signs to remind people of the danger.

In July this year, after police officers discovered the video online, they immediately notified Taipower, and issued a notice requesting the person involved to come forward and provide an explanation. However, because the individual failed to appear, police have now referred the case to the district prosecutor’s office for investigation in accordance with the law.

Police once again warned the public not to enter closed or restricted-access locations without authorization. Apart from potentially endangering their own safety, doing so may also constitute a criminal offense. In addition, under the Soil and Groundwater Pollution Remediation Act, the maximum fine is NT$500,000.


r/youtubedrama 11d ago

Callout NFKRZ (1.27M subs) dropping slurs in his comment section after receiving critique on his Bulgaria video

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Was checking out NFKRZ’s latest video about Bulgaria and noticed this exchange in the comment section.

A viewer left a detailed comment critiquing his travel content pattern—specifically pointing out the ongoing trope of treating Balkan/Eastern European countries as a "post-communist aesthetic" for views while complaining about local conditions.

Instead of ignoring the critique or offering a counter-argument, Roman responded within a minute. When the user pointed out how quickly he replied, Roman completely lost his cool and went straight to using slurs ("fucking retard").

Pretty wild to see a verified creator with over a million subscribers throw a tantrum and drop slurs in his own comment section over mild pushback.

Thoughts on this?


r/youtubedrama 11d ago

Response Leah Ash comes back online and Meghan responds

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For anyone wondering, Leah Ashe and Meghan have been best friends for years.

Meghan got married and had a baby, only to find out that her best friend and her husband were sleeping together. Leah allegedly even laughed in Meghan’s face when they were caught. Meghan is now divorced and shares custody of her child with her ex, while Leah is apparently playing mommy with the child.

Leah eventually came back online, she posted an “apology” while still being in a relationship with Meghan’s ex-husband.

Meghan decided to respond.


r/youtubedrama 12d ago

Callout AymenZero (Teto Animation Guy), was just found saying 15 year olds aren't children, and dating them Isn't pedophilia, After getting called out for working on a expose doc against Unkowingly(The Man In The Suit Creator).

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Since the Start of August over on Twitter, Aymen has been in a drama involing a botched callout post on Unkowingly ( The Man In The Suit Creator), when the time of the supposed allegations, he was 17( if you want to know what the allegations were, the were mostly acting weird in 18+ spaces, whilst being 17), the original callout was released on August 10nth, and was deleted later down the line, withe group behind it shown in Image one.

Ever since Aymen has been on damage control since august 12th with a thread on that day, Link ( https://x.com/AymZerrouki/status/2087525721337893067?s=20 ), where he at absolute best didn't do any research, didn't see if what he was sending was true, when he purposely was not only in the server where the doc was made, but was also involved with the making and spreading of the document, see Image's 2 and 3.

Then on August 19th he made another post on twitter, Link ( https://x.com/AymZerrouki/status/2089998706942595412?s=20 ), where he claims to learn from this and to move on from this pointless drama, but this drama wasn't pointless as again, it actively harmed Unkowingly, which he shared in a post relating to RockeT's apology (Another doc conspirator ) Link ( https://x.com/_Unkn0wingly_/status/2087954962168913987?s=20 ), and keep in mid, Unkowingly was 17 when this all went down, and everyone working on the expose doc were all adults.

Unkowingly the next day then called out Aymen for comments he made about 15-19 years olds, Link here and Images 4-6 ( https://x.com/_Unkn0wingly_/status/2090136575657329016?s=20 ), Aymen quickly tried to talk to Unkowingly in Dm's, which was only after Unkowingly shared the "On Offense" screenshot.

Aymen then made another post a few hours later claiming again, he was blindly Involved, Link ( https://x.com/AymZerrouki/status/2090269920034439201?s=20 )

I do apologize if it's more Twitter Drama then Youtube Drama.


r/youtubedrama 12d ago

Exposé Social Media Star Screams at Children

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I recently stumbled upon this guy whose persona is to walk into a family home and do a "Beyond Scared Straight" yelling session at a kid for behaving badly. Some of the children look and sound to be as young as maybe 6-7 (no pun intended) years old, like, what's the point of yelling and scaring such a young person? In one of the clips, it sounds like the kid's only offense was "listening to the wrong type of music" ... um, okay

He has over a million followers on Instagram and over half a million Youtube subs, I was a little bit surprised that there's barely any coverage about him ..

What do you think about this parenting style of "scaring kids straight" for not behaving? I'm personally very much against it (I would imagine most people agree). In my view, they're way more likely to become traumatised and later resentful of their parents than to be "set straight" or whatever.


r/youtubedrama 12d ago

Discussion Uriel Bromberg stole my video... LITERALLY (Jessicur)

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EDIT: Thank you all for your support. Vevo requested that YouTube reinstate the video on my channel, and although Uriel tried to delete it, they put it back up AND transferred it back to me. It's back in its rightful hands! <3

Hi everyone,

I put my name and the subject of my video in this post title for anyone who is familiar, but if you aren't, Hi! I'm Jessica Elliott, a journalist from the UK operating online as Jessicur.

Back in 2024, I spoke about Connor Ferguson's story. He was and still is being harassed and stalked by a man called Uriel Bromberg, a Brazilian person who is now being taken through court by Connor.

When I made a video on him, I had some trouble. YouTube falsely struck it down multiple times, "lost" it from their systems when a lawyer got in touch asking them to reinstate it, and they were very, very unhelpful throughout it all. To prevent repeating previous posts, I've linked a few below:

https://www.reddit.com/r/youtubedrama/comments/1dqk2vx/hi_ryoutubedrama_my_name_is_connor_ive_been_the/

https://www.reddit.com/r/youtubedrama/comments/1dztq7x/small_uriel_bromberg_update_still_managing_to_get/

https://www.reddit.com/r/youtubedrama/comments/1h14kss/we_need_to_talk_about_uriel_bromberg_again/

https://www.reddit.com/r/youtubedrama/comments/1hsdk7g/uriel_bromberg_a_suspected_pedofile_who_has_been/

https://www.reddit.com/r/youtubedrama/comments/1i2bl5p/it_has_been_years_uriel_bromberg_will_not_stop/

Okay, ready for this insane update?

I reuploaded my video in December 2025. It has mostly been fine, despite futile attempts by Uriel to take it down. I stopped checking it often, as, of course, YouTube alerts me in my Studio to new comments for me to heart. I did notice my views were down a small amount for the last few days, and the Uriel video was still pulling in regular ones; however, I didn't put the pieces together until...

I get a comment today, Wednesday, August 19th. "Uriel is commenting on your video about him."

Okay, great? But I wonder why Studio isn't showing it to me.

I search for it manually, and no results. So, I retrace my Twitter profile, and I eventually find the tweet of me promoting it. Link and all.

But the strange part is that the link leads to my video; however, it is no longer on my channel. Instead, it is on a channel called 'Uriel', has been renamed to 'URGCAST - Episode 1: The Internet's Darkest Rabbit Hole', and the description has been changed to say the story is entirely fictional (which it is not).

See for yourself.

If you need further proof this was once on my channel, put the link into the Wayback Machine and you'll see the latest time they archived it was May. My channel name is visible. I also have a screenshot of it on my channel, which I posted to my Instagram story at the time, for further proof.

YouTube support was not helpful. They said that there was nothing they could do because 'the video is on another channel', however, the only way this could have happened is if YouTube had some involvement in it. If anyone knows any other way it could have happened without the company knowing, please enlighten me, but I don't see how this is possible. By all accounts, looking through documentation and past posts by people who work at YouTube, this should be impossible. A video cannot be transferred from one channel to another, so how in the hell has it happened?

I'm at a loss. I don't know what to do, and I'm baffled. I've been trying to figure this out all night!

Also, you can see when it was stolen. Look at the VidIQ graph for his channel. It seems it wasn't only my video, as his views spiked to over 200k on a day, but then dropped back down. Has this happened before, and has someone resolved it?

I've reached out to a few creators, but nothing so far. This is a really bad problem, because this isn't just a me thing. If they can do it to me, they can do it to anyone. No creator is safe from having their video LITERALLY stolen and the platform doing nothing about it, and that's insane.

Thank you for reading, and please, if you can help in any way or share this, it would be much appreciated.


r/youtubedrama 13d ago

News EDP445 could be getting in legal trouble: the recent documentary has prompted his local District Attorney's office to re-examine the cupcake incident.

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TL;DR - EDP445 was a successful YouTuber who, in April 2021, was exposed by amateur predator hunters trying to meet up with what he thought was a 13-year-old girl whom he had sent explicit photos of himself to. His YouTube channel and successful internet career were lost in the resulting backlash, although he avoided legal consequences at the time, never being charged for anything. Earlier this month, Mike Clum put out a documentary on EDP in which he was shockingly candid about his crimes. Now, his local DA's office in Bakersfield, California is re-examining the case.

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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — A new documentary about former internet personality Bryant Moreland, once known online as EDP445, has prompted the Kern County District Attorney’s Office to re-examine a Bakersfield sting operation from April 2021 in which Moreland believed he was communicating with a 13-year-old girl.

Now, the recently released documentary, "The Sick Mind of EDP445," examines the rise and fall of Moreland, who grew up in Bakersfield. In one clip shown from the documentary, Hansen asks, “You were trying to have sex with a 13-year-old girl?” Moreland responds, “For the most part, yep.”

Clum said he reached out to the Kern County Sheriff’s Office and the Kern County District Attorney’s Office, but neither agreed to appear in the documentary.

The documentary also includes Moreland discussing sexual feelings toward minors, including a person he says was 15 years old in 2023. In the film, Moreland also discusses sending that person explicit photos and videos.

The district attorney’s office said it is now reviewing the case again. In a statement, the office said: “We are re-examining the case in light of the statements made by the suspect in the documentary."

The sheriff’s office said it is not currently investigating unless new information emerges. “We are aware of the documentary produced by Mike Clum about this case; however, at this time, we are not actively investigating the matter unless additional information becomes available,” the sheriff’s office said.

The district attorney’s office previously said it requested more information on the case in January 2022, but that information was never resubmitted. The sheriff’s office later said investigators did not receive enough evidence or cooperation from those involved in the case.

The Kern County District Attorney’s Office did not answer questions about whether the statute of limitations could affect any potential prosecution.


r/youtubedrama 14d ago

Discussion Do you think that predator hunting content should be banned from YouTube?

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When we have idiots like JiDion and Alex Rosen being more interested in clout and spectacle than actually making sure creeps are getting locked up, it might be time to ban pred hunting on YT entirely.


r/youtubedrama 14d ago

Response This YouTuber deserves better

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This is d4rbzx, or often called by subscribers by her real name, Darby / Luna. She started youtube in 2023 and mainly focused on roblox content. I was never subscribed to her, until I got her "last video" recommended to me.

She deleted all her old videos (they're still in a playlist), and in the video titled "i'm done" She explains why she quit, or at least is taking an extended break. It's a mix of mental health recovery, and hateful comments, most notably, "death threats", and never in my life have I been saddened by a YouTuber quiting, especially what this person had to go through.

Luna explained in the video that over the past month, she experienced hate in her comments, with people telling her to kill herself over what she believed in. On top of that, she started feeling that making YouTube videos wasn't really her passion. Sure, she posted them to make people happy, but she felt like she was being forced to make them happy, and YouTube was just destroying her life. It came to the point where she couldn't sleep at night, had nightmares, and couldn't even recognize herself in her own reflection. And eventually, she just knew that she couldn't keep forcing herself over something she doesn't have a passion for.

Just like others, i supported. I made some comments and replies in the comments section, most notably a comment saying how I understand her, as a simaler thing happened to me a month ago, and i knew she read it because she hearted it, same with others. Just, the fact that the death threats made her feel these things just both sadden me while angering me at the same time.

Whoever made those comments are absolute cruel bastards - those people don't even understand how much those types of messages can affect a person. She didn't deserve any of this.

As for Luna, she doesn't upload much other than updating her Playlist, but she started making posts that were updates, to let us know how she's doing every now and then. However, a day ago, the channel disapeared, and i started to get worried, as I thought she deleted the channel, as so many changes happened, like the profile and bio changes. However, the channel is back now, as she unlisted it after getting 15 more death threats, and unlisting the channel. It's back now, and that's all that matters.

But still, this YouTuber did not deserve any of the things she went through - and the fact she got 15 more death threats is absolutely cruel. Whoever made those threats are just awful people who don't even hear themselves - i hate those kinds of people.


r/youtubedrama 14d ago

News Yesterworld entertainment has been Demonetization by google!!!

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Just recently, Yesterworld entertainment released a recent video called “Hey Everyone… I need your help“, where he explained that google Demonetization him for no reason, possibly done accidentally by an AI. He’s been trying for the past month to send an appeal to google to get him undemonetization, but it hasn’t been successful. So he made this video to ask us for our help, because he is out of options at this point to get undemonetization by google. What’s your thoughts on his situation?


r/youtubedrama 17d ago

Hacked JoCat Hacked: Google & Discord compromised, personal channel deleted

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UPDATE: RESOLVED! According to this update, the hack was done by asking him to install a Minecraft mod, and the attacker was using the compromised account of VTuber BooBeeQueen. He was able to cancel a charge made to his PayPal, and his Twitter was compromised as well as indicated by his account sending "nvm i fixed it" to YouTube support in their DM conversation. Surprisingly quick, but a happy ending all things considered. https://youtu.be/GZQcq70cc6o

He says he got a message from a trusted friend, so that person may have been got as well. His main and VOD channels are still up, likely since they were attached to different emails.

So far, he's managed to recover the Google account, but the channel is still gone and his Discord is still out of action according to this update: https://youtu.be/BXOTCHbHelA

He mentions in the update having an outdated 2FA phone number, meaning the Discord account may be toast.

Hackers & scammers have been prolific recently. I learned a hard lesson myself earlier this year. Stay vigilant out there!