Youtuber hbomberguy calls out other big Youtubers for plagiarism

[moustacherider]

Youtuber hbomberguy has put out lengthy video essay at almost 4 hours long calling out some prominent YouTubers for blatant plagiarism such as;

• AVGN and his company Cinemassacre
• Iilluminaughtii
• Internet Historian
• James Somerton
• And many more

Comments

[ionadelfina]

There's a lot wrong with the youtube video essay genre. I've never heard of any of these guys but the video essays that get recommended to me are usually poorly researched and poorly constructed while the youtuber acts like their doing some radical analysis. That or they'll just pick the newest tiktok trend and talk about how it's actually ruining society or whatever. Not everyone can be a social critic but for some reason youtube has convinced everyone that they should try???

[angriest_girl]

Yeah, every now and then one will get recommended to me that sounds interesting so I watch it and they are just saying basically nothing.

[sugarless_girl]

I’m actually planning on starting an essay channel and I’m glad this happened.
I’ve spent a long time researching my area of interest to see if it was worth covering, and watching different YouTube essayists, and I noticed more than a few people just reading off Wikipedia.
If anything this has been a great reminder to cite my resources, give credit, don’t trend chase too much, and if a miracle happens and the channel takes off, don’t have a private discord or encourage a fan club 🤣

[silverstarry]

I noticed more than a few people just reading off Wikipedia.

For me, a lot of these videos are a waste of time for reasons like this. Why should I watch a 45 minute video when I could get all of the same information in 30 seconds by reading the Wikipedia entry? There are some videos that were obviously well researched but way too many people make videos that are too long, just regurgitating basic info, etc. Don't give me 5 minutes of facts in a 30 minute video, people!

And yes to citing sources! I am a data person so I haaaaate when videos make all kinds of claims but have nothing to back it up. You got that info from somewhere so receipts or it didn't happen!

[alohayall]

I watched one this morning on juggling in animation that was okay