What I Hate Most About YouTube.
What I hate most about YouTube is not the algorithm, the demonetization, or even the endless parade of clickbait thumbnails. It is the smug, self-serving double standard that turns every drama circle into a closed moral universe. In that universe, one side is always righteous, always “speaking the truth,” and therefore entitled to say or do almost anything. The other side’s every response is automatically abuse, harassment, or evidence of mental instability. Harry Munker’s recent comment is a perfect specimen of the disease. Harry opens with “Hi Danny.” Not “Hi JW,” not “Hi whoever runs this account,” but “Hi Danny.” To those inside the club it is an open secret that the JW account is Danny West. To everyone else the pretence is maintained. The casual familiarity is not an accident; it is a status signal. It says: we know who you really are, we are on the same side of the truth, and the outsiders can stay confused. That little greeting already reveals the two-tier reality in...
