PewDiePie hits 50 million subscribers, deleting his channel tomorrow

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YouTube’s most popular channel, PewDiePie, hit a new milestone today, crossing 50 million subscribers. Earlier this week, in a rant about how changes to the service were costing him views, PewDiePie promised to delete his channel when he hit this milestone. In a tweet today, he said the end will arrive at noon (5PM GMT) tomorrow.

Promising to delete your channel, like announcing that you’ve decided to quit YouTube, or cancel your vlog, is not something most creators follow through on, at least not for good. But as PewDiePie put it, “complaining about YouTube gets you views.” It’s a populist punching bag that creators are only to happy to take advantage of when they are looking for a headline that will cut through the clickbait.



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Source: http://www.theverge.com/2016/12/8/13892822/pewdiepie-50-million-youtube-subscribers-delete-account

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9ntyPosted:

My question is why would you delete a hard working channel and has over 3 thousand videos? In this case doesn't really matter what the answer is HE'S RICH.

-GoldCoast-Posted:

Today was a good day as soon as i saw this

Exist_Posted:

I hope he starts a new channel or changes his name because I'm really getting into his new series on The Last Guardian

RickPosted:

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Cincinnati-Bengals The fact that this is news proves as a society we aren't made to last long

This is news on a technology and video gaming forum. Just because it's a news article on here doesn't mean it's "real news". Checked Huffington Post, CNN, MSNBC, ABC News, Fox News. This wasn't on any of them.

I literally only googled his name and found it on Forbes, rollingstone and BBC news, didn't even search for the specific article of him threatening to delete his YouTube channel


Edit: even the Washington post once I actually looked

iShanePosted:

Sure he's like a millionaire he can quit move to a forest forever and still be balling

TTG_ONLINER_69ERPosted:

Cincinnati-Bengals The fact that this is news proves as a society we aren't made to last long

This is news on a technology and video gaming forum. Just because it's a news article on here doesn't mean it's "real news". Checked Huffington Post, CNN, MSNBC, ABC News, Fox News. This wasn't on any of them.

EllipsesPosted:

Earn Not trying to sound like a white knight but you guys are blindlessly hating him for no reason.

I doubt he will actually delete his channel, it will most likely be another channel he owns. Good to see he's using his platform of millions to point out problems on YouTube. YouTube really need to fix their shit.

Exactly. I actually just started liking his new content recently and he isn't just some mineywhore like others accuse him of. Moneywhores are like almost all the faze members and reaction channels out there. Little or no effort into their videos.

RickPosted:

The fact that this is news proves as a society we aren't made to last long

RepBanditPosted:

KyloCrux Get ready to see the fastest growing YouTube channel in history after he announces his second channel.


I can see him making a new channel..

KingDubstepPosted:

Hopefully this cancer will be purged from the Earth.


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