YouTube CEO responds to PewDiePie over failed Rewind 2018 and demonetization After admitting that the 2018 YouTube rewind was \u201ccringey\u201d, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki has responded to PewDiePie, after he thanked her for the admission, but raised more issues about the platform. The 2018 Rewind video, which is meant to cover the year\u2019s best moments on the platform, didn\u2019t exactly live up to expectations, and was met with widespread disapproval, indicated by the 15 million dislikes and counting. PewDiePie, the most subscribed YouTuber, made his own Rewind video, titled \u2018YouTube Rewind 2018 but it\u2019s actually good\u2019 \u2013 which unsurprisingly faired much better, with over seven million likes and less than 100,000 dislikes. PewDiePie\u2019s Rewind video was much more successful than the official version. In a blog post on February 6, Wojcicki said \u201cEven at home, my kids told me our 2018 Rewind was \u201ccringey.\u201d We hear you that it didn\u2019t accurately show the year\u2019s key moments, nor did it reflect the YouTube you know.\u201d PewDiePie reacted to this admission in a video on February 7, saying \u201cit feels, just nice to hear them say it \u2013 just admit that they messed up.\u201d However, he also said there are more serious issues currently affecting YouTube, namely demonetization of channels and how this negatively impacts video views. Wojcicki responded in a comment under the video, explaining: \u201cYou are right we sometimes make mistakes, but we are working hard to listen to creators and review our systems when creators are reporting issues.\u201d Wojcicki responded in a comment on PewDiePie\u2019s February 7 video. The comment has received over 22,000 \u2018thumbs up\u2019 from viewers, so the communication is at least appreciated. The feeling of being left in the dark is something high on PewDiePie\u2019s list of complaints, so if YouTube can be true to its promise of \u2018transparency\u2019, it will be a step in the right direction. PewDiePie is currently one of the trending topics on YouTube, as he fights to retain his top spot from the corporate challenge of Indian production company T-Series. Issues around demonetization and misuse of copyright claims remain rampant on YouTube, with many creators, big and small, struggling to get answers from the people at the top. Wojcicki commenting directly on PewDiePie\u2019s video is a rare sight, but maybe a sign for things to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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