The transcript discusses various YouTubers who have used extreme clickbait tactics, including faking their own deaths or serious illnesses, to gain views and subscribers. It highlights cases where YouTubers claimed to be dying, solicited sympathy and engagement from their audience, and later revealed it was a hoax. The text criticizes these deceptive practices for exploiting viewers' emotions for personal gain. It also mentions fake giveaways and the ethical implications of such content.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
1. The speaker has been on YouTube for a long time.
2. They have seen thousands of different forms of clickbait.
3. The speaker mentions YouTubers who pretend to die as a clickbait strategy.
4. Extreme Games claimed they were leaving YouTube due to extreme illness.
5. One of the Extreme Games members mentioned having chronic renal failure.
6. Another member claimed to have a disease called menia, which causes dizziness and ringing in the ears.
7. The speaker notes that menia disease does not cause death.
8. Extreme Games conducted a fake giveaway involving iPhones.
9. They later claimed to be cured by a chiropractic doctor after treatment.
10. The speaker mentions a case involving a skateboarder who claimed to have a nervous system issue and was quitting YouTube.
11. The skateboarder warned about video game addiction in his farewell video.
12. Another case involved a child YouTuber with 250,000 subscribers who lied about having a brain tumor.
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