I going to break this brief argument just to say that the Most Viewed Videos thread got locked due to the spam beast known as derekthebigandgreat once again spam a Goanimator channel that got deleted and I said it's more of a least viewed video, which killed the thread. Sorry about that gordon , but it's too much to handle a spam account.
Thanks for acknowledging the mistake. Now, how do we get it unlocked? For now, I have messaged co, who locked it.
If it isn't , I think it's a little too sensitive of a topic for these forums. I don't want this place to become the hot spot for preserving the ramblings of violent militants.
We do not necessarily endorse the content we preserve. We do it to document the history. While his points of view were controversial, he certainly wasn't violent as far as I am aware.
Politics are controversial by nature. That's the whole point of it. People disagree in perpetuity. There will never be "one size fits all" solutions. But I am not interested in his political videos.
His war reporting is boring anyway compared to his non-political content until 2021 (life advice, dating, partnerships).
Last Edit: about an hour ago by gordon: clarification
I don't think so. His videos are usually not even NSFW, let alone NSFL. Pretty much all of his videos contain him speaking infront of a camera and jump cuts.
Have you watched any of his videos? Can you name at least one example?
I'm referring to the content contained within, I think extremist ideology would very much count as being NSFL.
It's not graphic content. Something that would surely qualify as NSFL is Logan Paul's forest video, but some guy rambling infront of the camera? Nah…
Where he discusses sexual topics, it would at the very most reach NSFW, but not NSFL by far.
This might be a little too NSFL for these forums, I think.
I don't think so. His videos are usually not even NSFW, let alone NSFL. Pretty much all of his videos contain him speaking infront of a camera and jump cuts.
Have you watched any of his videos? Can you name at least one example?
Gonzalo Lira was a controversial online content creator whose videos were originally largely themed around women, the manosphere, and personal development (2017-2021). In 2022, he switched to war reporting. Lots of his original audience left then because they were not interested. He died early this year (more on that later).
His videos are interesting and should be preserved because he was so controversial, and those videos, whether agreeable or not, provide precious insights into the mind of someone like him.
It is ironic how he was complaining about being censored by YouTube when he was the one to voluntarily eliminate his videos in the end. In one of his earlier videos, he also said he made his videos so his children could benefit from them, but in his announcement, he said his content was obsolete now and that online content should "float away" (I don't understand either). I am not sure what lead to the abrupt change of mind.
A month later, as usual, the "this video was removed by the uploader" error message disappeared.
There is an archive channel called "CRP Archive" that was created shortly after, but it does by far not contain all of his videos. It contains lots of videos from his "Coach Red Pill" channel but not his "Gonzalo Lira" channel.
Gonzalo died early this year, apparently due to some lung disease (apparently caused by his smoking). As rational as he claimed himself to be, he ironically did not manage to defeat his tobacco addiction.
Channel index:
Coach Red Pill (created in 2017, capture from August 2021, prior to purge)
Gonzalo Lira (created in 2019 because he assumed his original channel was shadowbanned, capture from April 2021, prior to purge, sorted by popularity before YouTube removed that URL parameter)
GUYS, NO ONE CARES ABOUT YOU | A Gonzalo Lira video (2020-10-31, metadata from Filmot)
THERE IS ALWAYS SOMEONE SMARTER—The Trouble With Being Smart, Part VI | A Gonzalo Lira video (2020-10-13, metadata from Filmot)
Something that will probably never be recovered are many original comments under his videos. Since July 2013, the Wayback Machine has been unable to capture YouTube comments because YouTube made a change to the way comments are loaded.
Last Edit: yesterday at 5:43am by gordon: + channel ID
Bludix was a reaction/parody-type YouTuber. He presented videos by other YouTubers in his videos and reacted to them while a background gameplay was running. Videos of him include mash-up parodies like famous footballers reacting to videos to YouTubers and a "Top 10 worst YouTubers" series.
His style was a bit like that of LeafyIsHere, however, he was far less condescending.
His channel had no strikes up to the point of February 2017, when he received four strikes from "TubeOne" for including segments of videos by the large YouTuber "ApoRed", even though it fell under fair use for parody.
Hi, I'm the guy who used to run TVCancerPatient. I stumbled upon this thread looking for archives of vlare stuff, and I'm extremely surprised that you are looking for my terrible videos. I was debating whether or not to upload them because the videos are embarrassing, but I figured it'd be kind of shitty to go around looking for archives and then not upload videos I have when someone was looking for them by name. I only uploaded shitposts for my own amusement, so I hope you didn't have high hopes for them or anything. I uploaded the files I have to sendgb.com/IdTYrWvi9D7 which I know expires. I don't have a youtube account or anything like that, so I figured I'd just upload it to quick in the hopes that you all could find a better place for it (assuming anyone has in interest in doing so). If the link dies too soon, or you all otherwise need something else from me I'll be sure to check this thread occasionally for the next couple weeks.
When Baby Shark (yes, that Baby Shark. The most watched video of all time.) had just passed 7000 views, the Wayback Machine picked up the video file (proof from 2022 that the video had already been captured, see the play button; watch page at 7186 views).
In January 2024, the Wayback Machine strangely captured the video file of Baby Shark again, but the 2016 video file vanished. This was the URL to the original 2016 file (pastebin in case the encoding fails), and it is gone, as if it had never been captured. While the 2016 and 2024 files presumably have the same video content, the 2016 file must have had different encoding parameters. I was unaware the Wayback Machine would replace existing video files.
It might not have been deliberate, but a technical glitch. In either case, it is worrying.
Why is this worrying?
YouTube Studio allows uploaders to blur and cut out parts of existing videos, and the Wayback Machine might replace untampered versions of videos with tampered versions.
This once again brings me back to my point: if you truly value something, have a local backup of it. Don't solely rely on any online service, not even one as noble as the Wayback Machine, to keep something for you forever.
Sometimes I also get the error "The requested video has been archived but is not currently available for playback" - I have no idea why an archived video would not be available for playback.
2012 Gangnam Style is still there. Download it while you can.
The original 2012 encoding of Gangnam Style can be obtained at this URL (redirect if it doesn't work). It's even in full 1080p.
These days, the Wayback Machine captures YouTube videos in 720p (which is understandable due to storage consumption).
Last Edit: Apr 28, 2024 at 7:51am by gordon: replaced pastebin.com/UgyxFRGP with pastebin.com/XPhfqKac due to line breaks
when you say "can exist", do you mean like, the total than can exist ever or that can be stored by a particular phone or something? I ask because I did a little search on youtube but there's just a bunch of people comparing phone brands
No, I mean how many 12 megapixel (4000×3000 pixel) pictures are possible with each combination of each pixel colour.
About 130000 views, yet none of these parts have been picked up by the Wayback Machine, not even the watch page. All captures are from after they were deleted.
holymoly2207 (channel ID) is the Super Mario 64 speedrunner who became a victim of his own ego. He became known in 2017 for writing this bragging comment under a cheese05 speedrun:
Yeah baby. You can play like TAS. Very impressive. Back in 2004 I held the 16 Star world record for several years. Holy Moly
Not long after, his runs were discovered to be spliced. Had he swallowed his ego, he might have been caught much later, but it is likely that his cheating would eventually be discovered.
I went to check it out as I had never heard of this person before and to my surprise he did have 2 videos (2 part 16 star) with over 100,000 views on part 1 and over 30,000 on part 2. This run was later beaten by Myles (or not beaten because it was found to be spliced by Caivs) in 2008.
About 130000 views, yet none of these parts have been picked up by the Wayback Machine, not even the watch page. All captures are from after they were deleted.
SocialBlade data shows his channel existed until 2019-12-13. Visiting his channel page today shows the generic 404 page, no reason for why it has disappeared. The likeliest cause is he deleted it out of embarrassment.
The channel @holymoly-pd2yy (displaynamed "holymoly2207") is apparently an unrelated parody channel created in 2022. It even copied the PlayStation 4 profile picture.
Last Edit: Apr 21, 2024 at 1:02am by gordon: added charliebrown64 video
...I don't understand your apparent obsession with "censorship".
Where did I use the word "censorship"?
it was taken down for being mildly NSFL.
There is no such thing as "mildly NSFL". Either it is NSFL or not. And Mumkey's videos were certainly SFL. YouTube was OK with his videos for over a year.
(Edit 1) Were you referring to the archive.org takedown? That might have been by the uploader. It's the same weakness that YouTube has: uploaders can simply unpublish their uploads.
Last Edit: Apr 18, 2024 at 6:48am by gordon: Edit 1
