PewDiePie explains why he hates Twitter before deleting his account YouTube king Felix \u2018PewDiePie\u2019 Kjellberg abruptly deleted his Twitter account on December 16 after uploading a video explaining why the social media platform has become a \u201ccesspool.\u201d Fresh off his announcement that he would be taking a break from YouTube in 2020, PewDiePie uploaded a video essay harshly criticizing Twitter, and then deleted his account. The Swedish star argued that the social media platform had become a \u201ccesspool\u201d due to people trying to take down others for virtue points, before his account went offline. PewDiePie deletes Twitter account The Swedish star has been on a roll this week taking corporations to task, first criticizing YouTube\u2019s new harassment policy, and then uploading a seven minute essay explaining why he hates Twitter. However, Pewds shocked fans when he followed up his video by removing his Twitter account without any warning, before re-activating it so that no one would take his account name. \u201cI don\u2019t use Twitter, this account is just to prevent fake accounts,\u201d his Twitter page currently reads at this time of writing, with all his previous tweets now gone. The last tweets made by the YouTuber before taking his account offline were pictures of mainstream media\u2019s coverage of his announcement of his break from YouTube in 2020, which showed most outlets focusing on his past controversies. In his video essay uploaded to YouTube an hour before, the popular entertainer stated that he \u201chates Twitter\u201d and argued that \u201cvirtue signaling\u201d was the cause for the platform becoming awful. \u201cYou get rewarded for saying things that make you seem virtuous, rather than acting on it. It explains why the site has become such a cesspool of opinions,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd how more often than not those that boast about being virtuous often through hiding are not. There are so many YouTubers I could call out.\u201d (Timestamp 00:06 for mobile users.) PewDiePie continued to use his love of philosophy to explain why he doesn\u2019t like Twitter, citing Aristotle, before he exclaimed \u201cF**k Twitter!\u201d and flashed a picture of the dictionary definition of virtue signaling to end his video. This comes off the heels of the YouTube star revealing he was \u201ctired\u201d and had decided to take a break in 2020. The Swede seems worn down by the unpopular changes social media companies continue to make.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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