YouTube CEO speaks out on \u201ccringey\u201d Rewind 2018 video YouTube \/ Asa Mathat, ReCode.netYouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki has spoken out on the site\u2019s widely-criticized \u2018YouTube Rewind 2018\u2019 video, acknowledging that the project failed to meet fans\u2019 expectations in a big way. Wojcicki addressed the issue in a Creator Blog post on February 5, admitting that Rewind did not feature some of 2018\u2019s biggest moments on the platform \u2013 and even claimed that her children called the video \u201ccringey,\u201d to boot. \u201cWe hear you that it didn\u2019t accurately show the year\u2019s key moments, nor did it reflect the YouTube you know,\u201d Wojcicki wrote. \u201cWe\u2019ll do better to tell our story in 2019.\u201d https:\/\/youtube-creators.googleblog.com\/2019\/02\/youtube-in-2019-looking-back-and-moving.htmlWojcicki went on to explain YouTube\u2019s reasoning for straying away from the likes of the KSI vs Logan Paul fight, or PewDiePie\u2019s ongoing battle against Bollywood label T-Series \u2013 despite their major impact on the platform. Read More: YouTube explains why they aren\u2019t deleting Austin Jones\u2019 channel following child pornography charges – \u201cLast year, we also saw how the bad actions of a few individuals can negatively impact the entire creator ecosystem, and that\u2019s why we put even more focus on responsible growth,\u201d she said, likely referencing Paul\u2019s \u2018Suicide Forest\u2019 scandal and PewDiePie\u2019s promotion of an allegedly anti-Semitic channel. YouTube Rewind 2018 became the most disliked video in YouTube\u2019s history on December 8, 2018, surpassing the likes of Justin Bieber\u2019s \u2018Baby\u2019 and Jake Paul\u2019s \u2018It\u2019s Everyday Bro.\u2019 Major YouTube personalities expressed immense satisfaction with the video, creating their own iterations that received a record number of likes \u2013 with PewDiePie\u2019s own rendition breaking the record for the most-liked non-music video on the platform with over seven million likes and counting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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