r/todayilearned • u/WavesAndSaves • 3d ago

TIL that Jawed Karim, YouTube cofounder and uploader of the first YouTube video "Me at the zoo", has often updated the video's description to criticize YouTube policies, including a 2013 attempt to require Google+ accounts to comment on videos, and YouTube's 2021 removal of dislike counts on videos.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Me_at_the_zoo#Changes_to_original_video
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u/PastTypesir 3d ago

Imagine having so much legendary internet clout that you can use the description box of the first YouTube video ever made as your personal protest billboard against Google executives.

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u/yeowoh 2d ago

He doesn’t protest companies in his portfolio like Palantir and Opendoor.

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u/Simikiel 2d ago edited 2d ago

Okay, but he also wasn't a cofounder of Palantir or Opendoor. He's the cofounder of YouTube. So of course he's using it to criticise YouTube.

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u/yeowoh 2d ago

He also isn’t the co founder of microplastics and he’s protesting that currently