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| 1 2 | UER Forum > UE Main > High Court Injunctions and Youtube 'Explorers' (Viewed 7387 times) |
DescentOnARope
Location: Long Island, New York Gender: Male Total Likes: 662 likes
| | | Re: High Court Injunctions and Youtube 'Explorers' < Reply # 31 on 1/26/2018 4:33 PM > | Reply with Quote
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| ph0t0gr4ph3r
Location: San Diego County, CA Gender: Male Total Likes: 3 likes
Big-ass cameras are cool.
| | | Re: High Court Injunctions and Youtube 'Explorers' < Reply # 34 on 4/16/2018 4:29 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | As others have mentioned, this is definitely a problem in the States and other parts of the world. I think the worst part about this, besides the government getting involved and the shitty clickbait content, is the (unfortunate) fact that a lot of kids watch these types of videos. When I first saw that these peoples' fanbases were mostly kids I thought, "Oh, they're getting kids into UE! That's good," but that was before I actually watched the videos. After I watched lots of these videos, I realized. They're not getting kids into the proper type of UE. Kids see the video of FazeRug exploring the "HAUNTED TUNNEL" and they see one of these "haunted tunnels" so they explore it using their phone's flashlights while simultaneously recording, and their batteries die and they get stuck. They see Carter Sharer or Moe exploring an abandoned building without a respirator or proper equipment, so they explore one themselves without respirators or proper equipment. Not all kids are like that, though. The other week I met two teenagers in a drain and I was able to have a good conversation with them. They had their dad's professional gas detector, good lights (with backups), a first aid kit, and good cameras. They even identified as urban explorers. Not all of the YouTube "urban explorers" are bad, either. Exploring with Josh/John/Cody, The Proper People, Adam The Woo, and other similar YouTubers are decently professional and most of them have disclaimers in their videos/description boxes. Anyways, I'm sorry for writing this essay and bumping this thread back up to the top, ha ha; just had to say something, ya know?
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| Aran
Location: Kansas City Gender: Male Total Likes: 1850 likes
Huh. I guess covid made me a trendsetter.
| | | Re: High Court Injunctions and Youtube 'Explorers' < Reply # 35 on 4/17/2018 1:46 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Posted by ph0t0gr4ph3r They're not getting kids into the proper type of UE.
| Maybe it's elitist of me, but that's my issue with so much of the social media focused urban exploration culture. Instead of focusing on locations, it glorifies the explorer. It glamorizes the dangers involved while at the same time doing nothing to teach viewers how to avoid them. I can think of no better example than the Instagram roof topper trend. Done properly, there's nothing wrong with it- but these "explorers" make a living doing stunts hundreds of feet in the air with absolutely no safety equipment, and it inevitably leads to rookies wanting to imitate what they see online. We see the results of this all too often, such as the Russian teen or Chinese rooftopper who both fell from a building while hanging off the edge. And the people who encourage this behavior get TV show contracts with companies such as Red Bull, making it so very profitable. So many are encouraged to undertake dangerous stunts for the sake of views, with complete disregard for the very real dangers they put themselves in- and the constant stream of likes and views makes it all too easy to rationalize it as okay, because the gratification just keeps on flowing in.
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| "Sorry, I didn't know I'm not supposed to be here," he said, knowing full well he wasn't supposed to be there. |
| ph0t0gr4ph3r
Location: San Diego County, CA Gender: Male Total Likes: 3 likes
Big-ass cameras are cool.
| | | Re: High Court Injunctions and Youtube 'Explorers' < Reply # 36 on 4/18/2018 3:10 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Posted by Aran
Instead of focusing on locations, it glorifies the explorer. It glamorizes the dangers involved while at the same time doing nothing to teach viewers how to avoid them.
| Exactly! That is a perfect way to put it. I and many others would much rather have the location be the center of attention instead of the explorer(s). I would much rather watch an explorer who knows what they're doing than someone who's all, "I'm doing something really dangerous right now, look how brave I am! Now I'm stomping on these dilapidated stairs, wow I'm really brave!" I don't really care about the "dead body" the title claims they found while exploring the "haunted $1,000,000,000 drug dealers" mansion. I'm there to look at the amazing architecture at an abandonment that is too far away from me, not the "$100,000 STASH" found in the "CREEPY HAUNTED ABANDONED HOTEL." Most of these videos are like vlogs. Vlogs that focus too much on the person(s) handling the camera. The sad thing is that reporting the clickbait and/or disrespectful videos doesn't really do anything; the YouTube staff don't really seem to care, unless the video has only a few views or it is by a small content creator. I have tried reporting many videos by big content producers that clearly violate YouTube's ToS, and nothing happens. With small content creators though, it works pretty much every time.
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