Ray William Johnson Tried to Warn Them

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  • @h1t1
    @h1t1 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +16354

    Its interesting because we see similar big companies taking advantage of young TikTok/Instagram influencers nowadays.

    • @hyoonoot
      @hyoonoot 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +517

      when are you getting out of the void

    • @monkey.iodjdjeje
      @monkey.iodjdjeje 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Never 😭 @@hyoonoot

    • @theninjagamer1
      @theninjagamer1 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      hi h1t1

    • @Junetheart
      @Junetheart 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +182

      It's an evil world we live in

    • @Kaicti
      @Kaicti 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +48

      Ikr

  • @imthiazmuhassin3267
    @imthiazmuhassin3267 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3107

    Ray William Johnson did something no other TH-camr succeeded. Updated his style of content with shorter length but also kept the zany sense of humour his videos had. To do that for more than a decade and still be relevant is actually an accomplishment. Respect to Ray for that.

    • @LyrixNChill
      @LyrixNChill 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +112

      Him and Phillip DeFranco blew right through all this drama and still going

    • @civilwildman
      @civilwildman 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +82

      And of course, Ray knows how to make something funny within TH-cam’s guidelines.

    • @hunterxgirl
      @hunterxgirl 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +39

      More important is he go back to his root. Making relatable contents in his apartment.

    • @setsers1
      @setsers1 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      Unfortunately, Ray is one of the only ones who could do that

    • @sparrowanon
      @sparrowanon 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@setsers1He is such a legend, honestly I commend him a lot

  • @CZsWorld
    @CZsWorld 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3113

    I'm obsessed with early TH-cam and I'm amazed you were able to dig up all this information. Incredible video. I'd love to see you do one about what happened to Lisa Nova aka Lisa Donovan. It seems like she refuses to acknowledge her TH-cam career now. How did it get to this point?

    • @RandomYoutubeEnjoyer
      @RandomYoutubeEnjoyer 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +48

      I am so glad this MCN shit is over for now

    • @anthonymort5202
      @anthonymort5202 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

      Why are you everywhere

    • @fishthefry
      @fishthefry 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      I see you in almost every weezer music video

    • @ehnoobsemaj7774
      @ehnoobsemaj7774 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      Happy to see you weren't dragged away by Krampus this holiday season man 😊

    • @vinvalen
      @vinvalen 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      ariana what are you doing here 😂 i just finished catching up on your uploads CZ. happy holidays!

  • @RayMak
    @RayMak 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +413

    I was a victim too… their contract is quite complicated. I lost all monetization for two years under them as they couldn’t get any music license for covers like google do. And kinda destroyed the algorithm of my channel. =,(

    • @naaqe
      @naaqe 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      damn

    • @ricks3754
      @ricks3754 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      oh man u are the guy who always commented io every video right.
      damn bro..

    • @RayMak
      @RayMak 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ricks3754 hiii

    • @spinningpig2347
      @spinningpig2347 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      400k and under 1k views on a video 💀☠️

    • @ramonbriones4487
      @ramonbriones4487 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@spinningpig2347My guy cappin lol bots and paid subs

  • @hisaceinthehole3426
    @hisaceinthehole3426 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2551

    The irony and surrealness of The Fine Bros at one point being the victims of corporate bullies, only to later attempt to do the same thing. lol

    • @JimJamSandwich
      @JimJamSandwich 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +248

      Die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain. Quote is played out, but it's often unfortunately very accurate

    • @Swoiny
      @Swoiny 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +101

      If I don't steal it someone else will - Israeli saying

    • @luna_ix
      @luna_ix 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +69

      Seems like somwthing israelis do very often​@@Swoiny

    • @TheFunnyGuy9000
      @TheFunnyGuy9000 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      What about Shane Dawson

    • @paulius4LP
      @paulius4LP 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@TheFunnyGuy9000 What'd he do?

  • @dantedelpin9937
    @dantedelpin9937 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3429

    Ray’s sudden success on TikTok was not what I expected out of this year.

    • @redcherry8137
      @redcherry8137 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +358

      Sudden?? Dudes been putting in mad work

    • @shrektheconqueror3452
      @shrektheconqueror3452 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@redcherry8137 ye but it was a sudden surge of followers it wasnt exactly a build up

    • @ForeverFlower
      @ForeverFlower 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +167

      Same!! I love seeing him thriving by bringing Equals 3 back in a modern format like shorts and tiktoks!

    • @bionic1matt
      @bionic1matt 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@redcherry8137 Dude has been grinding for over a decade at this point. He deserves every bit of success he gets

    • @rhianhegarty3383
      @rhianhegarty3383 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +61

      Covid brought me to him ON you tube...not tiktok...and now I can't imagine you tube without him. Fuck tiktok

  • @dabehanz2546
    @dabehanz2546 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +828

    I like how PewDiePie casually destroyed the company 😂

    • @CloudyPuzzler
      @CloudyPuzzler 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +84

      Absolute chad move.

    • @therealDannyVasquez
      @therealDannyVasquez 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +54

      What a fuckin' ... Legend!

    • @gravitydefeater
      @gravitydefeater 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

      What it was his plan to bail out of the company

    • @tuazulyrojoeljean
      @tuazulyrojoeljean 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      MAAAAD LAAAAAD!!!!

    • @margarethmichelina5146
      @margarethmichelina5146 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

      And remember, he was the King of TH-cam back in the day so he was using his "status" to destroy Maker Studio

  • @RubberRoss
    @RubberRoss 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1451

    I was around for all of this. Man, the stories I could tell you hahaha

    • @jackjack2604
      @jackjack2604 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +51

      make a vid on it!!

    • @dragonslayergirl357
      @dragonslayergirl357 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +42

      Sharing is caring

    • @gnbiggs
      @gnbiggs 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      It was mental, I was around too. Miss =3 it was so funny but RWJ is still around, just don't get the same feel though. The old days were good!

    • @aserta
      @aserta 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      People think today's GoogTube is chuck full of scumbags, but old YT had a fair share, right off the bat.

    • @setsers1
      @setsers1 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      TH-cam Veterans!

  • @Gmoneyjr18
    @Gmoneyjr18 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1840

    Insane how fine the line between scam and legitimate business is.

    • @markcarey8252
      @markcarey8252 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +46

      It seems the difference is just defined by whoever comes out on top.

    • @MachineintheMonkey
      @MachineintheMonkey 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +40

      It’s been happening for centuries, the digital age has just made it easier

    • @kool2btrue
      @kool2btrue 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      It isn't a fine line. The reality is that all these creators were inexperienced so they got screwed. Always get a lawyer for this type of stuff.

    • @insertu5ernamehere
      @insertu5ernamehere 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@kool2btruebro what you literally just proved my man’s point by saying that??? Like that is pretty wrong dude and I’m sure there was a lot of illegal tactics and practices being used to dissuade creators from certain actions or to keep creators tied to the company and that needs to be brought to the light one day. People need to pay for the things they were so proud to do not too long ago.

    • @ApolloGray
      @ApolloGray 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      That is sadly the name of the entire game.

  • @dancesmokesmile344
    @dancesmokesmile344 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3647

    MatPat made a video explaining all of this, and said TH-camrs (including himself) suddenly stopped being paid for a while, because the company was broke and had to pay investors instead of the content creators, so apparently they all got scammed. I don’t know if things changed after that, but apparently all TH-camrs signed with them just stopped getting paid eventually

    • @mojojojo6400
      @mojojojo6400 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That's definitely a ponzi scheme if they were paying those other people off with the content creators money

    • @the.ghost.behind.u
      @the.ghost.behind.u 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +56

      Theyre definitely paying ppl now. U can see in alot or youtubers that with their view count increasing as well as subs etc when they start making good money monthly cus then they start buying much nicer stuff. Especially in the musician and car community on YT.

    • @user-pr6se1pt3u
      @user-pr6se1pt3u 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +58

      Wasn't that about Defy Media and not Maker Studios?

    • @Lycaon1765
      @Lycaon1765 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@user-pr6se1pt3u yeah pretty sure that was about defy

    • @notsans9995
      @notsans9995 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      Boohoo get a real job

  • @unpaidpiper
    @unpaidpiper 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +159

    It's so weird that today we only remember Kassem G for harassing cosplayers at Comicon, when he was involved in so much other toxic stuff to destroy the community.

    • @gustavthegreat2811
      @gustavthegreat2811 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      Also the Norm MacDonald interview?

    • @JollyWanker
      @JollyWanker 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He was also known for interviews with pornstars

    • @johnhein2539
      @johnhein2539 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@gustavthegreat2811That interview is a gift to the world

  • @StringPlayerGamerOfficial
    @StringPlayerGamerOfficial 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    Great video! I was one of those who were part of Maker. Thank goodness I was able to get out in time before the meltdown.

  • @DomSydMusic
    @DomSydMusic 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1868

    I love the fact that Ray still gets 1 million views on every video he does, even to this day! Not even just on shorts, but on his long-form videos as well. Makes me happy that he’s doing well.

    • @garfieldfan925
      @garfieldfan925 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +69

      Because his shorts are incomplete and you have to watch the full video lmao

    • @Creddz69
      @Creddz69 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +58

      ​@garfieldfan925 little scummy but hey it works and it could be worse. You can kinda look at his shorts as a trailer to his full vids or maybe a modified version watching a video for 30 seconds before clicking on it.

    • @garfieldfan925
      @garfieldfan925 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

      @@Creddz69 I just click on the full video everytime his shorts pop up

    • @FxckingRuthless
      @FxckingRuthless 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

      He was the reason I even started watching TH-cam in 2009 and I still watch his videos to this day. Equals 3 was fucking awesome.

    • @cxssetteman182
      @cxssetteman182 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      For a Grifter, he's certainly doing well.

  •  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4533

    You kinda have to appreciate how long Ray is on TH-cam now. Great vid. ❤

    • @Beanzops
      @Beanzops 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      I make TH-cam Videos 👽

    • @Beanzops
      @Beanzops 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      🤖

    • @NotSuperr
      @NotSuperr 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      somehow almost EVERY single video I watch you comment on. I respect the hustle and watching fellow competitors, keep it up!

    • @Nitrous0x
      @Nitrous0x 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      He's pretty successful on tiktok now. I prefer his type of content on there than here.

    • @AnekoGT
      @AnekoGT 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@Beanzopsno one gives a shit

  • @InstrumentManiac
    @InstrumentManiac 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

    It's so crazy watching this because I like many other people got dragged into an MCN to make money and avoid copyright claims on videos. Newer TH-cam people have no idea what a wild west this place was in the 2010s. It's astonishingly well run and stable these days considering what it came from 😱
    (also great video analysis PAtrick you keep hitting it out of the park with these!)

    • @GigaPK
      @GigaPK 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I really enjoy your Thomas covers! I hope you didn’t get burned by those MCNs

  • @NFX
    @NFX 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +61

    Back then I didn't understand what was happening, but I loved watching Ray's videos. Thank you so much for telling their story! 💗

    • @SiIhou
      @SiIhou วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I still wonder why he quit TH-cam for a long time, his last video was just music and weird videos about self confidence and I thought he was disliked because his comments were disabled for approval. This was before he made shorts

    • @Hoogus
      @Hoogus 8 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      @@SiIhouI saw a video about it. Apparently he had burnout and just started living his life, and he did start some projects but they never really went anywhere. That was until he found TikTok and started posting a modern version of =3. One of the only good things TikTok has done

  • @AugustCrossroads
    @AugustCrossroads 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1479

    Didn't pewdiepie start his own network because of this, ran it ethically, realized it's not a sustainable business model and gave up?

    • @JcoleMc
      @JcoleMc 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +306

      Yeah he did forgot what it was called but I knew people like Markiplier and ken where in on it
      But after the brigde Incident all that went away as the investors pull out

    • @Ikyanya
      @Ikyanya 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +92

      so pewds rlly was just the homelander of yt and investors?@@JcoleMc

    • @Cdawg6429o
      @Cdawg6429o 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +125

      @@JcoleMcah, when he wished that fellow who stole his kill a Merry Christmas

    • @yuyuyu12345
      @yuyuyu12345 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +128

      He didnt gave up, they cut him out due to edgy jokes around 2017

    • @dboy4034
      @dboy4034 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +88

      lol being ethical isn't a sustainable business model when the only reason it failed is because of something unethical that happened makes sense.

  • @downsjmmyjones101
    @downsjmmyjones101 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1187

    "Pewdiepie's racism saved TH-cam" is one hell of a line. This is an AMAZING video.

    • @WayStedYou
      @WayStedYou 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +75

      The bridge:

    • @lpan-xy4pt
      @lpan-xy4pt 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +35

      pretty sure it was the anti semitic one.

    • @thejunkman
      @thejunkman 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      I thought Pewd was with Machinima?

    • @od813
      @od813 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

      @@WayStedYouHe had a crazy run in the following year tho with the whole t series thing he had going on

    • @redcell9636
      @redcell9636 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +58

      But it really did. He slipped up said a dreaded no-no word and got death threats for it. I thought it was hilarious, fact is after his slip up he GOT MORE POPULAR and the only people complaining were the fair-weather news outlets, and fake outrage mouth breathers.

  • @SWtaervdesn
    @SWtaervdesn 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

    I give thanks to you for the online investigation. I was a young TH-cam user in 2013, when I entered Highschool. I started watching Seananners and became increasingly aware of other and bigger TH-camrs but all this you laid before me is news I hardly heard about at that time or did not piece together afterwards. I am grateful for your internet journalism.

  • @camfratus8636
    @camfratus8636 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Thank you putting this all together! This is the story of every TH-camr’s dreams and how the truth reveals itself after the storm. Go it alone and listen to your neighbor, not the men who are dressed in sheep’s clothing who, on the inside, are ravening wolves.

  • @wej0w
    @wej0w 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +296

    "Disney did not want youtubers to ruin their IP."
    So they did it themselfes a few years later.

    • @Oregonman2011
      @Oregonman2011 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      “Fine I’ll do it myself”

    • @j.menapace625
      @j.menapace625 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      And they probably did a FAR better job of ruining it than the TH-camrs ever could.

    • @hisaceinthehole3426
      @hisaceinthehole3426 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@j.menapace625 irony can be so sweet sometimes.

  • @codybaier
    @codybaier 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +712

    This makes Norm MacDonald's public humiliation of Kassem even funnier than it already was.

    • @craigrandle6966
      @craigrandle6966 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      For sure- I had no idea who he was lol.

    • @ImIllITeRaTeAnD
      @ImIllITeRaTeAnD 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

      All the STARS are here for this.

    • @DovahKanye
      @DovahKanye 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You acid tongued Arab!

    • @TheReaper1557
      @TheReaper1557 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      *looks up close on paper*

    • @TJfromEarth
      @TJfromEarth 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      if you are talking about the "acid tongued arab" moment...... that was funny but i wouldnt say he humiliated him lol

  • @smithintern-tainment7868
    @smithintern-tainment7868 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    This is like finding out an old high school buddy was way more messed up than you thought. I remember watching Maker videos all the time when I was younger
    This is also like learning the kid everyone made fun of was right all along. I remember everyone made fun of Ray (and a lot still do) for being obnoxious and Maker went so far as to to basically publicly shame him with a dumbass cat puppet
    Hell I remember the whole story unfolding and Shays weird response in his clog. Man this video was a trip! Very well done!

  • @chillieice
    @chillieice 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I'm just happy that Ray has started posting videos on TikTok. He was out of my life but now he's back 💖

  • @altchannel1028
    @altchannel1028 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1219

    I had no idea that Ray was the most subscribed TH-camr at the time, just shows how hard he worked to get away from that evil company and continue to make content that he enjoys.

    • @druidic4353
      @druidic4353 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +87

      Shows how young you are lol

    • @noahherrera3253
      @noahherrera3253 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +41

      ​@@druidic4353He was most subscribed 12 years ago bro. You know how long ago that is?

    • @TisBoiGoTSkiLLz
      @TisBoiGoTSkiLLz 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +105

      @@noahherrera3253 Yeah, 12 years.

    • @noahherrera3253
      @noahherrera3253 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

      @@TisBoiGoTSkiLLz well I guess I did ask how long, your right 👍.

    • @WellISaidIt
      @WellISaidIt 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      ​@@noahherrera3253 You're wrong. It's you're right not your right.

  • @Timothy
    @Timothy 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +111

    Aww shiiit! Randomly clicked on a video in my suggested and got mentioned twice! Lmao awesome!

    • @temptatxons
      @temptatxons 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Hell yeah Tim 🤙

    • @MiningRoger
      @MiningRoger 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      lol

  • @woodificould
    @woodificould 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

    Holy crap, I had no idea this had happened. I used to watch =3 religiously and this makes me respect RWJ even more. Stool his ground, exposed their crap, and his content still didn't miss a beat

    • @gadget00
      @gadget00 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Me too; I had no idea he was dealing with such a mess but STILL grinding it out and carrying the YT flag all those years. Mad respect for RWJ

  • @KevinRAAMAAAGE
    @KevinRAAMAAAGE 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I love Ray, more youtubers should have his energy. He seems like a good dude and has worked hard for his things and channel

  • @CartoonboyYT
    @CartoonboyYT 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +527

    Ray has been in TH-cam for 14 years...yet he still doesn't lose his motivation to make videos he loves to make. Truly an absolute chad!

    • @kyrohowe3156
      @kyrohowe3156 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Keeps on grinding 💪

    • @DeeznutztheOG
      @DeeznutztheOG 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      He quit during that one time lol

    • @penonpaper3132
      @penonpaper3132 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      He disappeared from the spotlight for quite some time, but yes. He’s definitely a skilled creator who understands how to produce content that people actually want to watch.

    • @gr-8166
      @gr-8166 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      He left for a good number of years in between

    • @GamerBoyDevin
      @GamerBoyDevin 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      He definitely stopped for a while to focus on his comedy career, and really only came back with Tiktok

  • @Anon0nline
    @Anon0nline 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1814

    You skipped over the part where Lisa Donovan was mostly known for trying to redirect people from videos by aggressively spamming the comment section of more popular videos with links to her and other Maker videos. TH-cam actually made a policy change to stop that sort of behavior. She lost a giant chunk of her Disney change to an astrology app she invested in; just another scam. That one backfired though. She's down to about 5M and falling now. Danny Zappin is down to about 9M (but he tells people 19M). Kassam is making a comeback; probably tied to his loss of net assets now valued at about 3M.

    • @kc-jm3cd
      @kc-jm3cd 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +46

      So in cali pocket change

    • @SouthJerseyBaitReviews
      @SouthJerseyBaitReviews 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      if 5 million or 9 million even 3 million is pocket change ur delusional lmao. Thats more then what most people make in 2 decades. Shit there is people who live for the rest of there life off $2-$3 million. @@kc-jm3cd

    • @Ultralined
      @Ultralined 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +56

      😭I feel so sorry for the rich❤️my sympathy goes out to them😭😭views? money? why themmmmmm?😭😭sorry sorry.

    • @Anon0nline
      @Anon0nline 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +147

      @@Ultralined My post isn't sympathetic.

    • @yuriyoskoffiyo.7185
      @yuriyoskoffiyo.7185 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      ​@@Ultralinedthe rich who apparently had their wealth built on the foundation of lies they regurgitated from their potbelly filled with the lack of morals and honesty? I'm not a confident man myself but sometimes i gotta step in and ask why? why would anyone feel awful for a pack of scammers? you're falling to emotional deception which they never even did (i never researched if they did make an apology)

  • @kinkylyrical
    @kinkylyrical 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I was never big into TH-cam. I would just watch something here and there. I became more active about 2 years ago and I'm so glad the algorithm brought me to Ray's videos. He's my favorite.

  • @nightly4804
    @nightly4804 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +99

    Ray was always and will always be my favorite content creator since his launch. I didn’t really know too much of what was going on behind the scenes but this video made it super clear. This what happens when you try to milk other people’s passion. Thankfully TH-cam is in a better place today than before. Thanks Patrick for the info, really amazing work!!💙

    • @-_-sneezy
      @-_-sneezy 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      L

    • @cornhub5266
      @cornhub5266 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@-_-sneezyL opinion

  • @SwaggyG_2102
    @SwaggyG_2102 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +534

    I still remember when MCNs were a thing and how grateful I am for the new generation of TH-camrs who don't have to deal with the shit that older TH-camrs had to deal with now.

    • @1UpEXP
      @1UpEXP 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

      Yeah, now they have it worse with bending over backwards to appeal to the green dollar sign and not run afoul of the triggerhappy yellow dollar sign. While dealing with copyright trolls, both megacorps and scammers, still unresolved from the last generation. Even the mitigation to the new awful environment, sponsors are going so wrong with TH-camrs being duped into shilling things like BetterHelp (if you know, you know. If you don't, looking into that will be another loss in faith in humanity), for an extended period of time, no less. For example, apparently the Good Mythical Morning guys are stuck shilling a thing in a sponsorship contract for literal years.

    • @Ghs6
      @Ghs6 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I remember watching a video from a youtuber and him saying that if you ever want to become a youtube AVOID MCNs LIKE THE BLACK PLAGUE. Also I see you everywhere.

    • @imdebaws3715
      @imdebaws3715 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Oh hey it's you again
      Just saw your comment while rewatching ytp deliver us

  • @ForeverFlower
    @ForeverFlower 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +466

    I love seeing Ray’s channel slowly turning into a true crime commentary shorts. He used to only talk about viral videos but I noticed now he’s doing more videos on things normally only true crime people like to search up, like bite-size summaries of real crimes and events without all the emotional fluff

    • @miggs7173
      @miggs7173 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

      Oh my gosh, I’m ashamed to say I didn’t know he originally never made such videos. Literally found him because I watch true crime

    • @Sam-vk8xd
      @Sam-vk8xd 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@miggs7173don’t be ashamed. It’s good you found someone to watch.

    • @angelfishluva291
      @angelfishluva291 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      @@miggs7173 He started with political videos.

    • @deacolog
      @deacolog 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      On shorts he should bring back the viral tiltoks and do the true crime stuff as usual

    • @ihaylz
      @ihaylz 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      =3 was my favourite back in the day!

  • @-TheRealAnimeFan-
    @-TheRealAnimeFan- 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    It’s crazy how much I enjoyed Shay Carl’s content before he cheated on his wife and blamed it on alcoholism…. TH-camrs should never be put on a pedestal.

  • @braydonlangford485
    @braydonlangford485 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This brought me back to the days I was with fullscreen 😂 and then curse and then I moved to the film industry! Amazing video! Was a great nostalgia trip!

  • @VEVOHADIMUSIC
    @VEVOHADIMUSIC 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +226

    RWJ is the physical embodiment of “do something and stick to it no matter what”

    • @AugustCrossroads
      @AugustCrossroads 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      And felix's whole schtick is get bored, do something niche, watch everyone copy it, get bored again, rinse and repeat

    • @ForeverFlower
      @ForeverFlower 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Genuinely asking: what do you mean by that?

    • @wontonschannel
      @wontonschannel 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      @@ForeverFlower sounds like just a mean way of calling him a trendsetter

  • @4RILDIGITAL
    @4RILDIGITAL 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +546

    Crazy to think how TH-cam has evolved over the years and the drama that has unfolded. Goes to show that some corporations will exploit creators for their own gain. It's a brutal world out there!

    • @chivi
      @chivi 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Except, this video is filled with misinformation...

    • @mrwolf9779
      @mrwolf9779 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Bro that’s what happens when u work for bigger company nothing is new

    • @The_Red_Scare
      @The_Red_Scare 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@chivi Proof? Please explain. /gen

    • @chivi
      @chivi 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@The_Red_Scare I'm friends with the original co-founder and I've seen the receipts. Also, selling off to Disney was part of Danny's "scheme" is easily disprovable by the fact Danny sued to stop the sale. There's an article about it but I'm not sure I can link it here without having my comment filtered by TH-cam. This stuff ain't hard to find for anyone who wants to do 2 seconds of research before making a whole video.

    • @user-zo7oi9fc8x
      @user-zo7oi9fc8x 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@chivi maker bot

  • @matsalvatore9074
    @matsalvatore9074 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Ray is a OG. It's cool he's still around and never heard a bad thing about him

  • @Darth1Marik
    @Darth1Marik 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I remember watching Ray William Johnson back when I was active duty Navy. His videos helped my time on watch pass quickly. I remember when his Your Favorite Martian channel announced it had ended and I never knew why. This is some good closure for me.

  • @libyanboy94
    @libyanboy94 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +251

    I never understood how people turned back on Ray, he is a funny dude who gave us moist cr1tikal and other funny TH-camrs, the fact that his old team YFM turned on him and deleted his stuff was clearly unprofessional and unethical.
    I'm glad ray is making new videos

    • @leon4000
      @leon4000 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

      Because most people take things at face value and never learned to get out of that mindset. There are many people who would rather support a lie and stay in dreams than ever face the truth and reality. Ray moved on, and that's always a better thing. It's just a shame that Maker Studios and the people behind it managed to get away with good money and opportunities they neither deserved nor worthy of such things. Still if they still have their hubris, it may not last.

    • @nomanejane5766
      @nomanejane5766 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Because RWJ false copyright strikes people

    • @ZennExile
      @ZennExile 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@nomanejane5766 he's kind of a piece of sht, always has been. Known him forever. Let's just say I just trust him so much, that I wouldn't let him babysit a pet rock. He's wrong headed. Like severely. Just presents well in short bursts. Been that way since he was a kid.

    • @horizonkage
      @horizonkage 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Because his channel became Spanish and he called everyone a racist for not being able to understand. He was a prick about it.
      A joke is not a joke if you don't know what the presenter is saying.

    • @CantTellYou
      @CantTellYou 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@horizonkage Sounds like you’re not racist but you are a little bit Ray-cist 🥁 🥁 📀
      I’ll see myself out now

  • @HeisenbergFam
    @HeisenbergFam 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +403

    Honestly im impressed Ray is still doing TH-cam after 14 years and still gets good views

    • @metalheadblues
      @metalheadblues 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

      He has a formula and it works

    • @host510
      @host510 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      He get 1-3 million views per video

    • @NotKimiRaikkonen
      @NotKimiRaikkonen 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

      I'm impressed your generic comments get likes, but here we are.

    • @sonnicgamer
      @sonnicgamer 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      n to think lad still looks the same after 14 yrs (then again he didn't start as a kid like others did)

    • @adamk.7177
      @adamk.7177 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I'm surprised you have enough time to watch and comment on every single youtube video

  • @GalaxyKane
    @GalaxyKane 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Ray came out on top in the end. He switched his style of story telling and kept clever quips. Glad to see he is back and succeeding.

  • @FinancialTutor
    @FinancialTutor 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Sadly I fell for the trap by Makers too with one of my old channels in 2010. They sold me all the benefits I would receive by signing with them, even though I was already monetized on TH-cam. They took 30% of my ad revenue for over a year and provided absolutely no support! Somehow I was able to get out of it by sending tons of email telling them how they did not provide anything in exchange for taking a cut. I am glad MNCs aren't a thing anymore and that TH-cam has stepped up their game.

  • @TheRealZionOBrien
    @TheRealZionOBrien 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +430

    I had a friend that was duped into this kind of scam. He lived in a giant mansion with other creators and made videos like he was living in a TH-cam sweatshop.

    • @binxwaxcap7832
      @binxwaxcap7832 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +40

      Sounds like the old team 10 house 😂

    • @wizardninja7gaming764
      @wizardninja7gaming764 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      your friend wasn't dupped. stop it

    • @PHAToregon
      @PHAToregon 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      🧢

    • @dangerexplosian
      @dangerexplosian 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@wizardninja7gaming764 I know the nigga with kid naruto pic isn't talking keep yourself safe homie

    • @thejunkman
      @thejunkman 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      You mean Machinima? Probably the "Creature Hub" or what ever they called themselves.

  • @Patterrz
    @Patterrz 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    I remember being excited when a new episode of =3 dropped, Ray has done a great job adapting to the new TH-cam and staying successful

    • @kokushibo7501
      @kokushibo7501 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yeah even when he fell down he got up

  • @sethender443
    @sethender443 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +77

    I just love how an anti-semantic joke is what basically saved so many youtubers😂

    • @Newt2799
      @Newt2799 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      I guess edginess has its uses

    • @mustang8206
      @mustang8206 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Don't upset the Jews. They've got their fingers in a lot of pies

    • @Jabrownie23
      @Jabrownie23 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Reminds me of a South Park plot.

    • @alexisbruce4586
      @alexisbruce4586 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      they blamed him for the adpocolypse anyway

    • @kaorimiyazono4363
      @kaorimiyazono4363 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@alexisbruce4586the adpocalypse is the salvation.

  • @f.m848
    @f.m848 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    ngl, This is like an inspirational success story from the founders of Maker Studio. good for them, this is a story about people who'll do whatever it takes to succeed.

  • @Borzah
    @Borzah 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +726

    I’ve always loved watching your videos. I never miss an upload of you Patrick

    • @GoofiestGooberOfThemAll
      @GoofiestGooberOfThemAll 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      your the guy!

    • @hsjsshsjs-pb8zr
      @hsjsshsjs-pb8zr 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      wait how are you not verified-

    • @zguyofficial6206
      @zguyofficial6206 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Have you find black people in McDonalds? Just asking don't be offend. I love your video

    • @iwayt273
      @iwayt273 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      🫵 are the black man

    • @Ghs6
      @Ghs6 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @iwayt273 is that like an inside joke or a racist comment

  • @thiagots85
    @thiagots85 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    Pewdiepie just went "I dont have to win... we just both have to lose"

  • @MelissaSue1998
    @MelissaSue1998 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is great content Patrick cc I never knew of TH-cam until 2012! ❤ never understood the dynamic so thanks! ❤

  • @baronghede2365
    @baronghede2365 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'll never forget when i first got on TH-cam, my friend told me about it and the first time i got on there it was full of my favorite bands, Blessed Be.

  • @HellCat_Kenny
    @HellCat_Kenny 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +123

    Just goes to show, don’t always trust and idolize your fave content creators. Some of those who got paid were in on it 100%.

    • @kjdee140
      @kjdee140 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Heck, you can’t trust the MAJORITY of them.

    • @patriciaw636
      @patriciaw636 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Id argue you shouldnt trust any of them unless given a reason to

    • @makaveli087
      @makaveli087 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Honestly, If someone idolizes ShayCarl (Who wasn't funny even when he was fat) or OG "I'm not Gay!" Shane Dawson, Unbearable Suxe Phil or any of those other unfunny boat anchors; Poverty is your calling.

    • @alexz.8302
      @alexz.8302 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I remember a lot of these "Day in the life" and "skit comedy" TH-camrs began seeing some fame (Nickelodeon cameos, small movie roles, Disney cameos etc). They became greedy with the prospects of fame and money and all this drama started popping up and they became some what tribal. Really strange how they went from being just normal people making fun videos for themselves to these would-be reality tv celebrities.

    • @ZennExile
      @ZennExile 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ALL, not some. ALL. There is no exception. Network click-through is the ONLY method of getting into the public feeds. And those Networks are ALL botnets. It's all fake, has been from the very moment Google bought the company.
      There's only two methods of hitting the feeds now. The first is joining a Network that pushes global botnets to generate false click-through. The second is to be corporately sponsored by one of TH-cam's real partners.
      Solo creators cannot achieve success in any way. It's not possible. And it never has been. Every popular TH-camr is a member of a media network that uses botnets to generate click-through. There are no exceptions. Even the ones that try to leave are still being used by the same botnets to funnel traffic toward adspace and legitimize content by manipulating the algorithm.
      The moment the botnets drop them their channels die. You can see it in the analytics from both ends. Soon as the click-through is turned to another channel the original channel immediately gets dropped from the feeds.

  • @aquabuddha
    @aquabuddha 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +74

    RWJ is one of the few creators from when I joined TH-cam that is still successful and unproblematic. He genuinely seems to deserve the fact that he is still around and doing well.

    • @Lycaon1765
      @Lycaon1765 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Well I mean he's not unproblematic. It's just that so far he hasn't had some big fat controversy about him doing something abhorrent. But he's still got a bunch of "early 2000s - 2010s edgy comedy" stuff in his backlog (the transphobic your favorite martian song for example).
      Not meant to be some big fat "cancel him" call to action or anything, just pointing it out cuz calling him unproblematic was genuinely funny to me xD

    • @olblue3478
      @olblue3478 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      ​@@Lycaon1765that's not problematic

    • @pissgaming420
      @pissgaming420 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@olblue3478it kinda is

    • @OhDelta9
      @OhDelta9 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@Lycaon1765 That's quite literally not problematic. If it's a bunch of period specific actions, let it be period specific. You're the literal definition of the enemy of content creators.

    • @internetspectator6051
      @internetspectator6051 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@Lycaon1765 not problematic

  • @MooreInteresting
    @MooreInteresting 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This is one of those videos that really needed to be made. It's like the original founders didn't receive any consequences at all.

  • @teatimetruecrimewithcatie
    @teatimetruecrimewithcatie 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for this video! I didn't know any of this! Love your channel and your info section made me feel inspired! 💥😍

  • @nikozguri4167
    @nikozguri4167 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +69

    Ray is a legend. i'm so glad to know he's still around making content, even after Equals Three ended

    • @lustglamore9188
      @lustglamore9188 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      hes doing really great on tiktok atm. every 10 scrolls i get one of his videos pop up

  • @VoiceofRhyno
    @VoiceofRhyno 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +207

    This is why it's important for creatives to try to understand the business side of things and to be aware of what's going on. Otherwise there's always a greedy business person trying to take a majority of what you created and call it their own. I am glad to see Ray back in the game.

  • @neuspeed79
    @neuspeed79 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I’m glad I came across this video. I was very sad whenever RWJ stepped away from =3 and now I know what went down!

  • @UnclePorkchop
    @UnclePorkchop 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I always remember the incident, but had no idea it was so involved! 😮 Great Report! Enjoyed!

  • @Seqla
    @Seqla 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +75

    I rarely comment on any video. But this shook me so hard. Growing up Kassem G was by far my favorite youtuber and yet I had no idea he was involved in shit like this. Thanks for the news, it really is good to know stuff like this. Keep up the good work!

    • @XxJohnnyGATxX
      @XxJohnnyGATxX 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      Fr tho, I had no idea he became such a shady fuck, I used to watch Going Deep all the time and then I remember he just stopped and I never knew why, I also used to what Equals Three with RWJ religiously

  • @m15thios
    @m15thios 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +80

    YES! I'm so glad you're covering him. Ray's the OG

    • @stoptakingthenamesdumbpeople
      @stoptakingthenamesdumbpeople 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      If he would've said one thing bad about bro y'all would've d ride him so quick

    • @happicheshirecat
      @happicheshirecat 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@stoptakingthenamesdumbpeoplebro facts

    • @KhanMann66
      @KhanMann66 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@stoptakingthenamesdumbpeopleJoon The King made a video exposing RWJ. Turns out RWJ is super left leaning and his Twitter post says as much.

    • @m15thios
      @m15thios 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@stoptakingthenamesdumbpeople who? I just like seeing Ray get his flowers tbh. He got me into TH-cam 🤟

    • @stoptakingthenamesdumbpeople
      @stoptakingthenamesdumbpeople 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@KhanMann66 I'm saying if he were to say one bad thing about Ray I watch Ray to I like his storys but if he said one thing bout bro not y'all specifically but y'all gone get on Ray said quick

  • @bradleyrowell6409
    @bradleyrowell6409 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I really really miss the youtube of old. The videos back then were just absolutely wholesome classics

  • @lldskully
    @lldskully 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    i liked the content ray did a year ago, it was a combination of skits and news but now its completly news, its kinda sad, but its fun trying to get to watch his viids every day

  • @emreelalms
    @emreelalms 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1204

    AMS39K is like that one player in the game who scores a hat-trick right out of the gate. Absolutely dominating.

    • @alessandrobiondo4726
      @alessandrobiondo4726 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      100% this

    • @seba.4926
      @seba.4926 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      scam

    • @SomeRandomDevOpsGuy
      @SomeRandomDevOpsGuy 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Yes, 1k likes and 3 comments. Checks out.

    • @georgie535
      @georgie535 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Drivel, garbage, nonsense. Shut up bot.

    • @MinecraftOmega
      @MinecraftOmega 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      scam reported

  • @quantum0151
    @quantum0151 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    TH-cam before the 2010s was a different. It was so new to the world and we were barely scratching the surface of the internet.

    • @XvXMONSTERXvX
      @XvXMONSTERXvX 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      youtube was legendary back then, now its a shell of its self

    • @mycelia_ow
      @mycelia_ow 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I wish Microsoft had bought TH-cam instead of Google.

  • @henryjohnson-ville3834
    @henryjohnson-ville3834 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Such an amazing short documentary! Good job. 👍

  • @apetheape9
    @apetheape9 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Man I remember these old days on TH-cam, my my how the platform has grown and evolved since then

  • @hadiferlan3760
    @hadiferlan3760 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +242

    PewDiePie being a secret hero to all TH-camrs who get involved with MAKER is so meta and cool.

    • @irfannasim9092
      @irfannasim9092 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

      he did it by being extremely racist lmao and he also single handedly caused the apocalypse ruining ad revenue for a lot of youtubers

    • @Lycaon1765
      @Lycaon1765 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

      Honestly kinda funny that whole thing he did ended up being the only silver lining about it lol.

    • @MrEnjoivolcom1
      @MrEnjoivolcom1 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      If Felix is racist, then I’ve got an elephant sized penis.

    • @sparkyfolf9487
      @sparkyfolf9487 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Thinking a random website was a scam but found out the hard way when they showed the "Death to" sign in a video.

    • @TheHibbitydibbity
      @TheHibbitydibbity 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@irfannasim9092
      _"extremely racist"_
      Fuck off. He said *ONE THING* on a game.
      Who cares?

  • @Aarzak
    @Aarzak 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    Ray Williams is an original OG of TH-cam. To this day I still follow him.

  • @oskarks1211
    @oskarks1211 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Its crazy that the maker studios era and the creators involved never get mentioned nowadays. Haven't thought of them in years

  • @amadou234
    @amadou234 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So glad you made this video, was just thinking how RWJ changed and is now super popular on tik tok

  • @brandonburns5365
    @brandonburns5365 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +53

    No matter what your talent is, there is always going to be someone trying to exploit it for their own personal gain

    • @icu3869
      @icu3869 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Even if your talent IS exploiting others for personal gain. I've met some agents, promoters, and nanagers that you'd imagine were the final Boss of slavedrivers, but THEY have bosses driving thier ruthlessness. The dark side of human nature can get darker than most can comprehend- Especially when you're talking about Sociopaths like Danny. God what a pos.

  • @johnnytrongaming
    @johnnytrongaming 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +60

    Ray got me through high school. His content was funny and engaging. Even his ‘my favorite Martian’ spinoff was a huge hit.

  • @Kulmiee
    @Kulmiee 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    1 Million views + in under 24 hours congrats pat. The best content to watch while eating food

  • @360Production.Services
    @360Production.Services 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Wow, thank you for the information!

  • @bassmankilla9352
    @bassmankilla9352 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +94

    I realized just yesterday that this is my favorite channel. Good voice, good stories, perfect chemistry for a great channel.

    • @XDWASDX
      @XDWASDX 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      Like Sunny V2 but less obnoxious and content farmy

    • @Dylonysus
      @Dylonysus 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      100% bros I started binging his videos and watched like 30 in two days haha , happy he gave us a Christmas gift today

    • @bassmankilla9352
      @bassmankilla9352 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@XDWASDX well said, totally agree, merry Christmas.

    • @Vex319
      @Vex319 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@XDWASDXI can’t even watch that guy anymore, he talks like a caveman

  • @UseinVeli
    @UseinVeli 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1091

    At this point it is rather obvious where the trend is moving and as far as I can tell it is more because of AMS39K by Amazon than anything else. These guys entering the scene is a huge win to all of us

    • @seba.4926
      @seba.4926 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      scam

    • @captaindanger13
      @captaindanger13 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      this is a scam, guys.

    • @CantTellYou
      @CantTellYou 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Jesus fucking christ these bots never give up. Shouldn’t they be celebrating the holidays with their families?

    • @dingickso4098
      @dingickso4098 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Do not trust anything you see, including my comment! Bunch of scammers everywhere!

  • @CaptainRedbeard.
    @CaptainRedbeard. วันที่ผ่านมา

    Man, me and my buddy used to get home from middle school and watch the new Ray William Johnson video almost everyday ❤ miss those days.

  • @rhuonaChanel
    @rhuonaChanel 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I don't know a lot about the people you cover on your videos for the very interesting and I get to know more about them. thanks for doing this

  • @jessekauffman3336
    @jessekauffman3336 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    Corporations need to keep their greedy hands off everything

    • @EndoftheBeginning17
      @EndoftheBeginning17 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Not so much corporations. Each successful TH-camr should individually incorporate to protect themselves. What needs to go away are these vultures called venture capitalists. These investors make a mess out of everything because they invest into a company and want to get as much profit out of it as possible.
      In this case it didn't help that Maker was using other channels to make it seem more impressive than it actually was.

    • @OGruurd
      @OGruurd 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Communism?😅

  • @Tristanshere
    @Tristanshere 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    Not only is this my favorite go to channel, it reminds me to stay hydrated. Thanks for the consistent, on point content Patrick.

    • @bakedstreetyt
      @bakedstreetyt 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You need a youtube channel to drink water? 😂😂😂

  • @kaymitchell6143
    @kaymitchell6143 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    OMZ this video makes me feel so old even though I’m young. 😆😆 You just unlocked some memories, I remember laughing so hard at that cringy teen cribz video. I did not know they turned out to be such horrible people, YIKES!!!

  • @ALaughingMan
    @ALaughingMan 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Holy shet, I learned a lot of new things today. Thanks for the great vid!

  • @dominicharvey6048
    @dominicharvey6048 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    It doesn't matter how much money some people have. They will always want more and will ruin peoples lives to do it.

  • @daveofthematthews
    @daveofthematthews 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    Felt nostalgic watching this, Ray William Johnson was the first creator that made me take TH-cam seriously as I loved "Equals3" and still wish he could do a new version,
    Remember all this playing out at the time and remember being disappointed with KassemG as his series "California On" was also a show I would always watch.
    Ray is still doing well for himself though which is good to see.

  • @badhabits7452
    @badhabits7452 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Wow, what a messy web!
    Thank you so much for your work!

  • @toxichammertoe8696
    @toxichammertoe8696 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Greed and dishonesty is always sledgehammering themselves in the face

  • @T1J
    @T1J 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +85

    i fell into the MCN trap early in my youtube career. it made you feel "legit," but truly they just take your money without offering much of anything in return.

    • @markcop555
      @markcop555 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Faxs

  • @barnatt
    @barnatt 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +63

    I was there at Maker through all of this. Wild to see videos I was in in this video. They helped me out a good amount. I had a producer and budget for my weekly videos. It definitely was nice for a couple years. Then it all fell apart when Disney stepped in.

    • @Shik0njuul934
      @Shik0njuul934 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yeah I remember watching the station as a kid. Good times

    • @CatsLilaSalem
      @CatsLilaSalem 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I did watch soemthing on Polaris i think, and the last episode was suddenly an mockery making fun of that show, and got heavily disliked at the time. Also most shows suddenly ended or completly changed i think i can't remeber it very well at this point. But it feels like Polaris went from liked to disliked very fast

    • @barnatt
      @barnatt 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@CatsLilaSalem they changed the channel to something like “taco fight” and all the subs were confused as to what it was.

    • @thejunkman
      @thejunkman 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Hey old timer! January 2006 creation date right here.

    • @CatsLilaSalem
      @CatsLilaSalem 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@barnatt Oh thanks, i did miss that part then

  • @guyonyoutube501
    @guyonyoutube501 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I was there in the early days of TH-cam. KassemG, Cecily, Smosh, RayWJ...it's weird how this feels like ancient history.

  • @zack2thafuture
    @zack2thafuture 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    =3 forever. I met Ray at a movie premiere a few years after this all went down. Great dude!

  • @Noifsnobutsnococonuts-rj4kk
    @Noifsnobutsnococonuts-rj4kk 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    Ray William Johnson never fails to allegedly tell me something I’m not ready for

    • @boonstuff
      @boonstuff 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @justaguy677 ???

    • @Noifsnobutsnococonuts-rj4kk
      @Noifsnobutsnococonuts-rj4kk 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@boonstuff it’s a RWJ thing, you wouldn’t understand

  • @tylercafe1260
    @tylercafe1260 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    PewDiePie pushing the envelope is what saved them in the end. Fascinating

  • @stop_your_bs
    @stop_your_bs 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    PewDiePie unintentionally saving so many creators by getting into controversy is perfect 😂

  • @trentheinrich579
    @trentheinrich579 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video Patrick, I’ve always known of maker since I used to watch shaytards all the time back in the day but never knew any of this, pretty crazy shit.

  • @_TheIlluminator_
    @_TheIlluminator_ 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    I was just watching the latest RWJ video and I saw this video had also dropped. I always like how he presents his commentary and I like the artwork he uses to portray the individuals involved. Like all his comments say, he always delivers.

  • @ShaunInce123
    @ShaunInce123 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +349

    Yeah, Ray really shined a light on how scummy MCN's can be. Also, it's good to see that he's still around making content, he brought his channel back to life by embracing the Tik Tok style of content.

    • @miikart
      @miikart 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      ray is one of the good tiktokers and one that make shorts not the average brainrot content

  • @INikeAir
    @INikeAir 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This gives me a new found love for Ray and proud of how far he’s come

    • @christopher9727
      @christopher9727 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Do you know Jesus Christ can set you free from sins and save you from hell today
      Jesus Christ is the only hope in this world no other gods will lead you to heaven
      There is no security or hope with out Jesus Christ in this world come and repent of all sins today
      Today is the day of salvation come to the loving savior Today repent and do not go to hell
      Come to Jesus Christ today
      Jesus Christ is only way to heaven
      Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void
      Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today
      Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today
      Romans 6.23
      For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
      John 3:16-21
      16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
      Mark 1.15
      15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
      2 Peter 3:9
      The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
      Hebrews 11:6
      6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
      Jesus

  • @Cholostyle10
    @Cholostyle10 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I loved Ray when I was a kid he’s videos were a big impact of my childhood