Hi everyone, welcome to Mini Scroll, the daily Internet
culture podcast bringing you the biggest stories from social
media, the creator economy and the digital space every Monday
through Thursday. I'm your host, Lauren Meissner,
the founder of the youth digital media brand Centennial World.
Welcome back to Mini Scroll everyone.
After our two 2 1/2 week hiatus, I am so excited to be back.
I am back in studio and I know for you YouTube watchers, it's
like maybe not the vibe that you're looking for.
I know you guys really liked the cottage core vibe.
However, for the podcast listeners, I am hoping that this
audio is much cleaner, much crisper, much clearer for you
guys because yeah, the remote recording, while it was fun, it
was cute for like the visual vibes.
I know the audio was definitely suffering a little bit, but yes,
I'm back from my trip. So if you guys are new here, I
just did three weeks in Canada back home.
I normally live in Australia, Sydney, Australia.
I went home for three weeks to Canada to like spend time with
my family. And then off the back of that, I
did a two week Europe trip with a bunch of my home friends, my
husband, because one of our best friends from high school got
married in Tuscany. So we did their joint bachelor
Bachelorette party in Croatia and then a couple of days in
Tuscany with some of my high school friends.
And then their wedding was also in Tuscany.
And then we did like 3 or 4 days off the back of our trip in
Rome. So it was amazing.
It was literally so much fun. It was definitely a break.
You know, I was kind of worried that like, I wouldn't be able to
take a proper break. I would be thinking about work
or like, you know, keeping up with the news.
And obviously I saw a lot of what was going on in pop culture
and Internet culture, but I actually was able to stay fairly
offline. Like, you know, when you're just
traveling and you're so busy and we were around so many people,
it was like a huge group trip. So yeah, there was just a lot
going on. And I actually was able to,
like, switch off pretty well, which was great.
But today, you guys, I have a giant recap for you guys.
I could not pick just a couple of stories that happened over
the weekend. There were so many major things
that happened in the last two weeks.
And Annabelle, who is, you know, our content editor, she's the
deputy editor of like our whole brand Centennial World.
She messaged me yesterday and she was like, I've kept a
running list of all the major like Internet drama, tea, like
trends, everything that's been happening if you want to see it
for mini scroll. And I was like, Oh my God, can
we just actually build this into tomorrow's episode because we
can't do anything half assed here at Centennial World.
Like literally like, you know what, how can we triple our
workload? Oh, let's do a daily podcast.
How can we make our first episode back like light and
breezy? Oh, let's actually give our
audience 12 stories instead of three.
So that's what we're doing today.
I have twelve stories for you guys.
OK, the first story that I have for you guys is we need to talk
about the downfall of TikTok creator Be better.
So little tidbit for you guys, I have been critical of the be
Better account for basically since he started actually like
since he started making these downfall of videos.
I think his first one was the Demilios.
At least that's the first one that I saw.
But I think that was the first one that he made and it went
absolutely viral. The reason why I was critical of
it and why I'm critical of him and have been is because if you
guys watch that video, if you listen to this podcast and then
you watched that video, you probably have the same reaction.
Because if you listen to this podcast, then you consume
Internet culture, pop culture with like, you know, critical
thinking skills, I assume. I hope, I hope that's what I'm
trying to like get across with this podcast, right?
That particular video, the downfall of the Demilios, he
compared them to the Kardashians.
He did not have any background knowledge or context on the
Kardashians or even really the Demilios, but especially the
Kardashians to be making the comparisons that he was making.
And immediately I was like, red flag.
You are not an expert in this. And you might have, you know, an
MBA or like this marketing degree or whatever.
He says at the beginning of every single episode, he went to
Laurier for anyone that's Canadian.
And he says that he's the youngest Canadian to ever
graduate away from like, an MBA or something.
But that's because Laurier's MBA program doesn't require you to
have any work experience, whereas like most MBA programs
in the world require you to have, I think it's like three to
five years of professional experience, if not even more.
Watching these videos. I'm like, OK, you might have
this degree that you claim at the beginning of every video,
but he doesn't have pop culture knowledge or like celebrity
knowledge to the level that he needs to to be making these
assumptions, these judgments, these opinions, these
comparisons and his takes lack so much depth.
They lack nuance. They lack critical thinking.
I think they're so surface level.
So I'm not surprised that now people are starting to see
through him. OK, that was like a whole
tangent. What I was going to say at the
start of this was that I've been critical of him, like I said,
from the beginning, basically. And I knew he was kind of
beloved and I didn't necessarily like want to make an entire
episode off the back of his account because I mean, that's
kind of mean, first of all. But also, you know, like I knew
that he was beloved and that might not go over well.
So the episode that we did about the downfall of commentary
creators, which was like around the beginning of this year, that
was inspired by his account. So I don't even know if we
specifically mentioned him in that, but his account and the
way he blew up was actually the inspiration for that episode.
OK, so at the end of August, TikTok commentary creator Be
Better Company gained attention for his video predicting Kamala
Harris's loss in the 2024 election.
Known for critiquing the downfall of various creators, he
promotes himself as a marketing expert with a quote master's
degree in business. Given his focus on pop culture,
many TikTok users found his pivot into politics a strange
move. So people criticize his
commentary for lacking research and echoing right wing talking
points, such as his claim that Harris was campaigning on a
banner of identity politics, which is just not the reality.
The situation worsened when TikTok user Brenna Perez went
viral for revealing that Be Better Company, who positioned
himself as an independent commentator, actually comes from
a privileged background and seemingly has Trump supporting
family connections. Brenna alleged that his father's
company, Airboss of America, has received millions of dollars
from the Trump administration since the backlash.
Be Better Company has issued an apology and has not posted on
the platform since. So when he posted this video, he
obviously was getting a lot of backlash right away and he was
defending himself in the comments.
Like he was doubling down in the comments.
And then he eventually removed the video as it started to kind
of like get out of control. I think all of this is really
interesting because we essentially gave this very young
man. He seems very young.
I don't know, I could be wrong, but he seems very young.
I'm going to say he's like at the most, maybe 25.
We gave this very young man this huge platform very quickly
because he makes these like takedown videos that he frames
as analysis or commentary. But it's it's not like I said,
they lack a lot of insight, depth, nuance, genuine critique
into the topics or the people that he's talking about.
And they're very like surface level.
They're like shock value videos, right?
He has like the big the downfall of and then whatever celebrities
name and he knows that people are going to watch that.
And I think that this is a really good example just to like
drive you guys back to that commentary creator episode that
we did where I feel like that is kind of the direction of that
genre, especially with TikTok, like the rise of of TikTok and
how TikTok has changed the commentary genre and has almost
like democratized it. It's the platform has made it so
much easier for people to engage in that genre and to make their
own content in that genre. And I think this is a good
example of the direction of that genre and where I think it's
going to be headed if we don't start.
Yeah, like thinking more critically about who we're
supporting in the content that we're consuming and what they're
actually saying and if they're actually saying anything.
And that's how I feel about that.
OK, the next story that I have you guys is I'm going to
breakdown Ethan Klein versus Moses Hackman versus Adam
McIntyre. So at the beginning of
September, clips of Ethan Klein from a content court episode
started circulating where he was coming for his brother-in-law,
Moses Hackman, who is of course married to Tricia Paytas.
In these clips, Ethan called Moses a loser before criticizing
him for going to his mother. Whenever Ethan or HeLa speak
about him publicly, even if it isn't necessarily negative.
Moses, if you're watching this, and I know you are, listen to me
very clearly you fucking loser. You're a grown man that cries
and bitch and pisses to his mom every time I mention your name.
Stop. I don't fucking care.
I will never stop talking about you.
You can bitch and cry and spit and moan every time to your
mommy because every time, anytime.
And it's not even when I'm like mean, it's like anytime I talk
about him at all. While Ethan was definitely harsh
on Moses, he went on to speak kindly towards Tricia, saying
that he hopes they will reunite again one day.
Of course, there is long standing drama between Ethan,
Hila, Tricia and Moses, and it isn't just related to frenemies.
Many social media users believe that it has more to do with Hila
and Moses than Ethan and Tricia. Then Adam McIntyre.
So Adam is a YouTube commentary creator, like drama channel
essentially, and he was the main one to speak out against Colleen
Ballinger. He was the one who made the
video about her years ago. And then obviously everything
that happened in June of last year was kind of off the back of
his story about Colleen as like a fan of Colleen's.
And then, yeah, obviously, he was very involved in speaking
out against her in her scandal last year.
So Adam McIntyre later reacted to the clips of Ethan where he
alleged that Ethan only misses Trisha because her podcast is
popular right now. He also said that Ethan was,
quote, embarrassing and cringy. So this is where the back and
forth really begins. The next time Ethan addressed
this whole thing, he was with Heila.
So she explained her side of the story, saying that Moses took a
clip out of context and sent it to their mother, essentially
trying to make her look bad. She also added that she will not
reconcile with Moses anytime soon.
This is what prompted Ethan to speak publicly about the
situation. Ethan then moved on to criticize
Adam for his response, calling him, quote, a little rat and
leveling allegations against Adam that he was, quote,
creeping on and chatting up his mother in a series of tweets and
his own video. Adam went on to clarify his side
of the story, saying that Ethan, quote, lied about me.
Essentially, he said that Ethan's mother, Donna initiated
messages with him. Nevertheless, he went on to
speak positively about her, saying that there was nothing
going on. That was like weird.
Ethan later apologized to Adam, saying that he had been wrong
about the creeping accusations. Imagine some like, I know Adam
has a big platform and I know he is a very controversial figure,
but imagine someone as famous, like Internet famous as Ethan
Klein going on their platform and saying that you're trying to
creep on his mother-in-law. No, I think Adam's also like 25.
I can't. I have also seen a lot of people
talking about like why Moses and Tricia won't address what like
when this was happening, why they wouldn't address what was
going on, why they won't speak publicly about Ethan and Heila.
And they're like, you know, they've grown so much and it's
it's clear that they're trying to take the High Road.
And I know that a lot of people don't actually feel that way.
They think that it's because they don't want more.
Like Tricia and Moses don't want more heat on them.
They don't want the controversies of like obviously
Tricia's past, but especially Moses's past, the accusations of
his stealthing and things like that.
They don't want that resurfacing.
So they just stay quiet. The next story that I have is
that Brooke Schofield has made her return to the Canceled
podcast. So Brooke made her return to
Canceled on the 2nd of September after a brief break following
the backlash over her racist tweets.
In the episode, she and Tana reflected on how they handled
the controversy. While some fans were happy to
see her back, the overall response was quite mixed.
Through the episode, Brooke was largely apologetic.
Tana however, faced criticism for wearing AT shirt with the
slogan Only God can cancel me which many felt was tone deaf
and I agree with that given especially given the context of
the episode. Like Brooke's first episode
back. She also described their
situation as a quote damned if you do, damned if you don't
scenario. Especially regarding their
decision to have Paige, who is Tana's assistant I believe fill
in for Brooke during her absence.
So this comment left viewers feeling like the duo was
deflecting blame from Brooke on to the audience.
Essentially. Others were happy they discussed
it because Paige was getting bullied pretty heavily online
for her participation in the podcast.
Despite all of this, Tana made it pretty clear that quote no
one is getting cancelled off the cancelled podcast.
So I guess Brooke is going to continue being a Co host.
I know there were questions if you know she wouldn't continue
on. And I also have been seeing on
Reddit that their Patreon members are not super happy
because I guess that they haven't been posting, but
they're still like the members are still paying.
I think when you're a creator, you can turn off payments or
like refund people. And I don't think that's been
happening despite no content going up.
But I don't subscribe, so I don't fully know.
OK. The next story that I have for
you guys is that Tati Westbrook has announced that she is sober.
So after appearing on Michelle Fond's new podcast, Afterglow,
Tati posted a video on her channel expanding on the
conversation with Michelle. She touched on a number of
different themes ranging from her career aspirations by sister
and staying sober. In a video titled I'm Sober.
This is My Story posted on September 5th.
Tati opened up about sobriety, her history with addiction, and
experience with rehab. I partied pretty hard in my 20s,
nothing out of control. But when I hit my rock bottom,
it happened fast. Like it all of a sudden one day
became this thing where I was drinking right when I got up in
the morning. My life had completely fallen
apart. So let me start there.
I was kind of a social partying drinker, had fun, whatever.
A few wild nights here or there and then everything completely
collapsed out under me. I could not function in my
day-to-day without alcohol to numb that void, to numb that
pain. I just did not like being alive.
Through telling her story, she revealed that she overdosed in
the past and had stints of sobriety before relapsing.
She also said she is currently 8 to 8 1/2 years sober.
That's really amazing. I don't know if we knew this
about Tati. I feel like she's very, like,
she's always spoken a lot about like health and fitness on her
channel, just as, you know, something that she personally
cares about. But I don't know if she's ever
actually said like, I don't drink or, you know, I'm
completely sober. And I love that we're starting
to be more public about substance abuse or even just
like sober lifestyles, being sober curious, all of that.
You guys know I'm very much in support of that.
So yeah, I think this is great. OK, the next story that I have
for you guys is Nick Ikato. Avocado has obviously quote UN
quote pulled one over on us and revealed a very drastic weight
loss transformation. So perhaps one of the most viral
moments that happened over mini scrolls hiatus was Nickokato
Avocado's shocking weight loss transformation.
Known for his over the top mukbangs and drama with fellow
creators like Stephanie Sue, Nickokato avocado has become a
highly controversial figure online.
In a video titled 2 Steps Ahead, posted on September 7th, he
started by wearing a giant panda mask before unveiling this new
look and announcing that he had lost £250.
He described the transformation as part of a quote social
experiment, explaining that he had pre filmed his recent
videos. Quote Today I woke up from a
very long dream and I also woke up having lost £250 off my body.
And just yesterday people were calling me fat and sick and
boring and irrelevant. People are the most messed up
creatures on the entire planet and yet I've still managed to
stay 2 steps ahead of everyone. The joke's on you.
This whole thing garnered a mixed response.
Some users took his transformation as a reminder
that there's often more happening behind the scenes.
You know that not everything you see online and with influencers
and stuff is as it seems. Others felt that the way he went
about it only adds to fat phobia in the media, where he was
essentially like exploiting his weight for engagement for the
last two years. Allegedly so, he told NBC News
Quote. While everybody pointed and
laughed at me for over consuming food, I was in total control the
entire time. In reality, people are
completely absorbed with Internet personalities and
obsessively watch their content. That is where a deeper level of
overconsumption lies and it's the parallel I wanted to make.
My opinion is that this was not him being 2 steps ahead.
I think based on what we know about him, I don't think that
this is genuine. I don't think that he was
actually trying to make this meaningful parallel.
I think it's obvious he did this for shock value and for views.
Like, we know the type of person he is from the peers that he has
in the industry who have spoken about him and had, you know,
issues with him. And I believe that I'm like
Stephanie Sue. There's just been several people
that have spoken out about what it's like to be around Nick
Acato Avocado, what he's actually like based on what they
say, he seems very manipulative. Stephanie Sue said she feared
for her safety after being around him.
So I just think that this is like another example of his
manipulation and his kind of like narcissism almost.
And I also did want to point out the panda head thing.
So he was wearing that big panda the head like mask when his
video started. And that is just such a dig as
Stephanie Sue. If you guys don't know the
everything that went down with Stephanie Sue, just Google it.
There's a few articles and you can watch the videos.
I think they're still up. Stephanie's boyfriend would
appear. I don't know if he still does.
I don't watch her regularly, but like he would appear in this
panda head mask in her videos. And I think that was to
maintain. Oh no, the hardest word for me
to say anonymity. Oh my God, I said it right.
OK, I think it was to stay anonymous, but anyways, he would
wear this. It was like a known thing.
And then Nick Icato coming on camera wearing that and being
like I'm 2 steps ahead. Everything over the last two
years has been smoke and mirrors.
People are like, is that him trying to allude to the fact
that, like, all of his drama, it wasn't even drama.
It was like, it was beyond drama.
But like, everything that happened with Stephanie Sue was
like manufactured and fake. Is that him trying to almost
like save face and turn this into like a PR moment for
himself? And I just don't believe that
was faked. Like I don't believe Stephanie
Sue's reaction to him. And her accusations against him
were fake. And he's talked so publicly in
interviews about how he does these like dramatic mood swings
on camera. He cries, he screams, he's
emotional on camera because the viewers like it that gets more
engagement. Like he, he's not like Mr.
Beast, but like in he's in the same to me, the same category of
like creator that creates for engagement purely and all of
their decisions with what they do online is about views and
money as opposed to, you know, like actually creating content.
OK, so now for some tech news. X was recently shut down in
Brazil following a legal dispute between the platform's owner,
Elon Musk and a justice on Brazil's Supreme Court.
So this was particularly impactful for Stan Twitter,
which is like one of the most like important parts of Twitter,
you know, because Brazilian users not only manage some of
the most popular celebrity update accounts, but they were
also behind some of the most iconic memes to emerge from Stan
culture, IE come to Brazil. So the last day that Brazilian
users had access to X felt like, quote a funeral within the
community where many accounts issued goodbye messages to their
followers. As for where many of the users
will migrate, that remains uncertain.
While some journalists and pundits have moved to Blue Sky,
it's not really ideal for fan culture.
The platform doesn't have trending topics, and it's not
widely used by celebrities. And I also recently read that
they're like pivoting to video because I don't think that
they're doing as well as they kind of thought they would.
But yeah, this is just another example of how Elon Musk has
absolutely destroyed Twitter. OK, the next story that I have
is that Stasi Baby was spotted out with Noah Centineo, sparking
dating rumors. Yesterday, Dumoit reported that
Stasi Baby and Noah Centineo were spotted together on a night
out at the Chateau Marmont in LA, reigniting dating rumors.
So the pair, they were first linked back in 2020 after being
seen together at a Halloween party earlier that year.
They exchanged flirty comments on Instagram with Noah
commenting quote, give me my damn jacket back woman on a post
of Stassi wearing a Letterman jacket.
Stassi responded, What are you talking about?
It's my jacket. So this would be the first
person that Stassi's linked to since Jaden Hosler.
They ended things earlier this year, but they were kind of like
on again off again for, I don't know, maybe like a year or two.
So this is kind of random. I don't know.
I saw somebody say I think it was like on maybe it was on
Twitter. I don't remember.
They were like, is Noah Centineo's like PR strategy?
Like is his is this like his team strategy just to like pay
these like Instagram girls, like Hollywood it girls to hang out
with him because he's not booking movies.
So like, how is he getting these girls so savage?
OK, the next story that I wanted to talk about but I'm actually
not going to share my opinions on it.
I think I will wait. I might cover it like maybe
Thursday is. I watched The Secret Lives of
Mormon Wives and as you guys know, I was highly anticipating
this show because it combines all my favorite things, Mormon
culture. I'm so fascinated by it and I
think a lot of us are. That's obviously why the show
even exists, right? Like TikTok really blew the lid
off of what it's like to live in Utah and like kind of how unique
that culture is. So Mormon culture, Tik Tokers
and reality TV, like it combines all of my favorite things.
It is so good. That's all I'll say.
I want to give like a full opinion recap for you guys.
And obviously today with my 12 stories, that is not the day and
today is not the day. But yes, I will cover it.
But just know I am obsessed. I'm obsessed.
The next story is that Lil Tay has reportedly had open heart
surgery. So in recent days, there has
been growing concern about Lil Tay's health following reports
that she was diagnosed with a heart tumor and has since
undergone open heart surgery. For those who are unfamiliar
with little Tay, she first skyrocketed to virality in 2018
for her outrageous online persona.
At the time, she was around 11 years old and made videos
flaunting her lavish lifestyle. Later that year, she
mysteriously vanished from the Internet amid a bitter custody
battle between her parents, only to reenter the cultural
zeitgeist upon the news of her alleged death Less than a day
later. Lil Tay confirmed in an
interview with TMZ that she is alive and claimed her Instagram
was hacked. In an interview with Rolling
Stone, she alleged that the hoax was organized by her now
estranged father as a quote last resort to sabotage her.
So her family situation is just like, so sad.
So given this background, Internet users obviously have
been skeptical about the claims that she had this heart tumor
and open heart surgery. Nonetheless, her team has been
working to address these doubts by posting updates on her social
media. Tay has reportedly undergone
surgery, with post op images of her in a hospital bed being
shared to her platforms, the latest update reads.
We are overjoyed to share that Tate's open heart surgery was a
great success. We are deeply thankful to her
surgeon, cardiologist and the team who are the best in the
world. This girl can't catch a break.
I feel really bad for her. I hope she's doing OK.
I hope if this is real, I'm going to believe it's real.
I really hope that she can get through this, that she obviously
comes out the other side and that she can just like get away
from the horrible people in her life.
I think she has started to. I do think the death hoax was
kind of like a turning point for her relationship with her
family. It seemed at least like from
what she said about her relationship with her family.
After all of that, seriously, she cannot catch a break.
The next story that I have is that Alexa Nicholas has come for
journalist Kat Tenbarge. So this is quite intense and
complicated. I'm just going to give like a
high level summary obviously for today.
But last week, a former child star, Alexis Nicholas, who is
best known for her role as Nicole Bristow on Zoe 101 and
her recent appearance in Quiet on Set, accused journalist Kat
Tenbarge of defamation. Kat is widely known for breaking
the story of sexual assault that led to the downfall of the Vlog
squad. A few days ago, Alexa went live
to share quote the truth about Kat, 10 barge, accusing her of
being unprofessional and hypocritical.
The tension between the two actually dates back to when they
clashed on Twitter over an article that Kat wrote about
Justin Royland, who is the Co creator of Rick and Morty.
He is facing allegations of domestic violence, grooming and
inappropriate workplace behavior.
So Alexa questioned Kat's motives, suggesting she wasn't
truly supportive of survivors. The conflict esque When Cat
began investigating Alexa's organization Eat Predators,
which claims to quote, end the pervasive cover up of sexual
abuse and predatory behavior in the music and entertainment
industries. Alexa claimed Cat was preparing
to publish a defamatory article about her organization, though
no such article has been released.
Alexa soon faced backlash online, with many accusing her
of sharing sealed documents from the Drake Bell case with Cat,
something Cat later confirmed in a tweet.
Alexa responded by denying that the documents were sealed,
sharing images that allegedly showed that the files were
redacted. YouTuber Adam McIntyre, who I
mentioned before, was also dragged into the drama after
Alexa called him out for defending Cat.
He later made a video addressing the situation, revealing that
Alexis legal counsel, is the same lawyer who represented
Colleen Ballinger. Adam criticized Alexa,
questioning why she would advocate for victims while
hiring someone who defended Colleen, among other problematic
figures. Okay, the next story that I have
is that Liv Schmidt has been banned on TikTok.
So Liv Schmidt, who is building a very controversial name for
herself on TikTok, has had her account banned.
Liv is a 22 year old corporate worker in New York City who
recently built a following of over 670,000 on TikTok by
posting videos where she shares her basically devotion to
staying thin. She posts videos about like not
quote UN quote like letting yourself go when you work a nine
to five and a lot of what I eat in a day videos.
And people say that she is promoting disordered eating
because she eats very little or it seems like she is eating very
little. The way that she frames her
videos are very toxic. Like she's very judgmental about
people's weight, about how people eat.
She uses really damaging language when talking about
weight and her eating choices. So she has been very
controversial for the last few months.
She really blew up recently. Like, it's all very recent.
It's like shock value content again.
That's like the theme of today's mini scroll.
It's like all these shock value creators, like karma is coming
for them. So a couple of days ago, she was
banned on TikTok. Now the Wall Street Journal,
just a couple of hours ago, they published this article.
I'm going to read a snippet from it, they said.
A TikTok spokesperson says Schmidt's account has been
removed as a result of community guideline violation, but
declined to be more specific. The morning after her account
was taken down, Schmidt was confused and upset.
She had not received any warning from the app about her videos
running afoul of its body image policies, she said.
She said she felt misunderstood. I'm trying to build a genuine
thing, she said. So she's trying to get her
account back. But she started a new account in
the meantime, and this is what the bio said.
When she launched this account, it read it's not a sin to want
to be thin, saving America from obesity one person at a time.
If that gives you an indication of how her videos were
presented, the language that she uses, the shock that she's
trying to stir with all of this. So I think people are happy to
see this action taken. Like I'm sure her account was
being reported constantly because she was not just sharing
like problematic dieting content, like it was like
straight up bullying. So yeah, I think it is good that
her account's being taken down. I know that TikTok can also if
they've taken down someone's account for something like that
and they make a new one, I know it is very possible that her new
account, even if it has different types of content,
might be taken down. She did say that she will no
longer discuss what she eats in a day or her grocery hauls on
TikTok. You lost that privilege.
She said while directing viewers to her other social media
accounts in a new video. OK.
And the last story that I have for you guys, Oh my God, I am so
jet lagged. This has taken me like 3 hours
to record because I keep tripping over my words and I'm
so dehydrated from the plane that I'm having these like
coughing fits. So if there's a lot of cuts in
this episode, that's why. So I'm not like sick, I've just
have like a very dry throat. So YouTube is going to adjust
its algorithm to restrict videos from being promoted to teens
that idealize certain body types.
So in an effort to help teens with their mental health,
YouTube has revealed a new roll out for the platform.
In a new blog post, YouTube says it is adjusting its algorithm to
restrict videos showing a non violent aggression and idealized
physical appearances from being promoted to teenagers.
It says this content may be quote innocuous as a single
video, but could be problematic for some teens if viewed
repeatedly. Quote teens are more likely than
adults to form negative beliefs about themselves when they see
repeated messages about ideal standards and content they
consume online. I think this is a great positive
step. I hope that it's not just kind
of smoke and mirrors like I hope that they actually implement
this well because I think it would be really impactful and I
think Liv Schmidt should take note.
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