It's linked inside the article, but H3H3's video about this is quite good: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ewyEF3Wd9M RiceGum posted an, uh... explanation(?) today, but I'm not really sure how he...
RiceGum posted an, uh... explanation(?) today, but I'm not really sure how he thinks that's going to make him look better.
Overall, I think this is a pretty interesting topic. YouTube stars and other "influencers" are going to be a really tempting target for scam-like advertisers, especially when their popularity starts to wane but they still have large subscriber bases. Vetting processes that would normally go into advertising just aren't going to be present with some of them, and it's going to be ugly.
RiceGum makes it pretty clear when he mentions that Keemstar was offered $100k so just imagine how much more he was offered since he's a bigger YouTuber. These guys really have zero interest in...
RiceGum makes it pretty clear when he mentions that Keemstar was offered $100k so just imagine how much more he was offered since he's a bigger YouTuber. These guys really have zero interest in being role models for the kids that follow them. It's really only about making money, which sadly is par for the course not just with them, but as pointed out by Arkins even traditional media is focused really only on keeping their profits rather than doing what is right.
To be honest, I don't know much about either RiceGum, but I watched a video in which Jake Paul does a lot of other... shady practices in order to get money. As far as I know, RiceGum is just a bit...
It's linked inside the article, but H3H3's video about this is quite good: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ewyEF3Wd9M
RiceGum posted an, uh... explanation(?) today, but I'm not really sure how he thinks that's going to make him look better.
Overall, I think this is a pretty interesting topic. YouTube stars and other "influencers" are going to be a really tempting target for scam-like advertisers, especially when their popularity starts to wane but they still have large subscriber bases. Vetting processes that would normally go into advertising just aren't going to be present with some of them, and it's going to be ugly.
RiceGum makes it pretty clear when he mentions that Keemstar was offered $100k so just imagine how much more he was offered since he's a bigger YouTuber. These guys really have zero interest in being role models for the kids that follow them. It's really only about making money, which sadly is par for the course not just with them, but as pointed out by Arkins even traditional media is focused really only on keeping their profits rather than doing what is right.
To be honest, I don't know much about either RiceGum, but I watched a video in which Jake Paul does a lot of other... shady practices in order to get money. As far as I know, RiceGum is just a bit of a nobhead. Frankly, I'm not too surprised that they're pushing out shady deals for money.