A popular video on the internet shows a person going to a YouTube profile only for their browser to corrupt and become cursed. The name of the channel is also the name of a famous creepypasta.
"Username666"
This popular YouTube channel started off as a webforum in 2002 for its founders, Ian Hecox and Anthony Padilla, to chat with their friends.
The Harry Potter fan-fiction fandoms have had very heated controversies over the years, but pretty much everyone agrees that this unfinished fan fiction is enjoyable, both ironically and unironically.
"My Immortal"
The original version of Neopets, run by Doug Dohring, had quite a bit of popularity as well as controversy. Most of people know about the predatory advertising and poker, but a certain organization was trying to creep it's way into the website.
"The Church of Scientology"
This multi-billionaire tweeted this on April 27, 2022: "Next I'm buying Coca-Cola to put the cocaine back in"
"Elon Musk (@elonmusk)"
In the genre of analog horror, many creators have pulled songs from this ambient album about dementia by the Caretaker, released from 2016 to 2019.
"Everywhere at the End of Time"
Only one YouTube video has been the most-disliked twice before it was dethroned in 2018 by "YouTube Rewind." Name the title of this video.
"Baby - Justin Bieber ft. Ludacris"
Many conventions will rise or fall, but this one is especially notable for how poorly it was handled and for being linked to a popular blogging website. All that remains of it is one lonely image.
"DashCon, 2014"
In October of 2020, Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez streamed the hit social deduction game "Among Us" on Twitch with several famous streamers. Name three of them.
"pokimane, hasanabi, DisguisedToast, mxmtoon, JackSepticEye, Hbomberguy, DrLupo, Valkyrae, Gus Johnson, Corpse Husband, MoistCr1TiKaL/penguinz0"
In 2021, religious groups and political figures were outraged at a hip-hop song and it's corresponding music video. The artist of the song tweeted: "There is a mass shooting every week that our government does nothing to stop. Me sliding down a CGI pole isn't what's destroying society." Name the artist and the song.
"Montero (Call Me by Your Name), Lil Nas X"
While Reddit typically allows subreddits to stay up no matter the content, they have banned a few over the years. Name one of the subreddits that has been taken off of the website.
"No putting the actual names here in case I get banned."
This music video in 2008 featured prominent OG YouTubers as well as the memes they spawned.
"Pork and Beans, Weezer"
In 2017, a YouTuber tried to bring people around to accepting the furry fandom by interviewing a furry, only for both of them to get deplatformed later on. Name one of them.
Despite the contentious fanbase, it's actually very rare for a gaming video to reach the Top 50 Most-Disliked YouTube videos. However, one trailer did just that in 2016. Name the video game that was featured in the trailer.
"Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare"
This teenager created one of the most popular horror webseries and is now slated to adapt it to screen, with production by A24.
In 2018, a YouTuber violated a foreign location. Since this was the final straw after repeated offenses breaking YouTube's ToS, this YouTuber was demonetized, but not for long.
"Logan Paul, 18 days"
This video-sharing platform ran from 2009 to 2018, but people only know it by the name of music channels on YouTube.
Tumblr is known for taking fandoms and crossing them into other fandoms. However, one crossover is so infamous that even people outside of Tumblr have heard of it.
"SuperWhoLock"
In 2011, Lady Gaga and her team sued this up-and-coming browser-based monster-collecting MMO for parodying her likeness, contributing to its decline in popularity.
"Moshi Monsters"
In October 2020, a popular YouTuber was found to be cheating their speedruns. In a vain attempt to save face, they hired an astrophysicist to write a paper debunking the claims, only to later admit they cheated.
"Dream"
In 2015, an fake obscure horror web game was shown off on YouTube. It was said to contain illicit material and spawn an alternate reality game. Unfortunately, later on, 4chan created their own version of the game that actually HAD the illicit material.
"Sad Satan"
The first every YouTube video was titled "Me at the zoo" and posted by YouTube's founder jawed. We all know the year was 2005, but the month isn't well-known. "Me at the zoo" was posted on _____ 23, 2005.
"April"
In 2022, there was a poll war on Twitter that ranked various characters over their appeal. It was so massive that official creators took notice and even wrote fan fiction about it. Name the appeal that was being voted on.
"Tumblr Sexyman"
In 2020, Adobe shut down its support for the popular animation and game development software Flash. However, 38,000 Flash projects were saved in this preservation archive, totaling to over 290 GB worth of Flash projects.
"Flashpoint"
In 2013, this streamer was banned from Twitch after accidentally revealing they was faking their disability.
"ZilianOP"