How iDubbbz Lost His Entire Audience In 1 Month | Internet Anarchist

0:00From losing over 700,000 subscribers as well as the respective his own fanbase, Idub's is without a doubt facing one of the worst downfalls in YouTube history. A good amount of people are just doing the reasonable thing and just making jokes and laughing about it, but there's a whole other group of people who feel personally devastated and betrayed. You lied to us. All of this begs the question, how did one of YouTube's most iconic creators become the laughing stock in the eyes of both his fans and the broader internet community? Hi, I'm the internet anarchist. I create weekly YouTube documentaries and today, we'll be diving into the controversial career and downward spiral of idub's. A creator who built his career on criticizing others, but fell victim to it himself. Idub started his journey on YouTube in 2012 and almost immediately he began uploading content. The first long-running series on his channel was titled Kickstart a Crab, which saw Idub's making fun of various lackluster kickstarter projects.

1:10Although these videos were nothing more than simple rants, Idub's unique style of presentation and sense of humour set him apart from other channels, which allowed him to rapidly increase his viewer base. Growing from a few hundred thousand viewers per upload, to over a million, this critical approach to making videos would bleed into his other projects, and eventually lead to the creation of Idub's most popular series, Content Cop. Hey everybody, welcome back to another episode of Content Cop. Today's theme on Content Cop is equality, but this time I'm going to make a video about a woman with a... We're talking about Tana Nojuel. Each upload in the Content Cop series saw Idub's breakdown in Burait, a specific controversial creator, with several edgy jokes, and funny sketches mixed in. Over the years, Idub would cover the likes of Tana Mojo, Leafy Is Here, and King Star, which gave him a reputation for being one of the most ruthless commentary channels on YouTube. Combined this with unhinged collaborations with creators like Filthy Frank, Max Mofo, and Anything for Views, and it was only a matter of time

2:14before Idub's reached legendary status on the platform. Hey guys, take on my impact on Fireball, I'm Thorne Price, I'm Idub's TV, and today we're playing Deadly Twister. We've got the red spots which are fire, we've got the blue spots on the spaghetti, the yellow spots that are passed first, and the green spots which are full of mystery challenges from the hands. And the plans are purple. Hey, I got the bell for these. Ultimately, Idub's unorthodox creativity would inspire a whole generation of other creators to follow on his footsteps. While Idub's would later move away from the extremely edgy content, he managed to retain the majority of his fanbase, and seem to be comfortable exploring other avenues of creativity. Unfortunately for Idub's, he was about to be put it on with fans, and it wouldn't be for the content he created. In March 2020, Idub's girlfriend, Anisa Jomha, published a tweet announcing she'd be making an OF account and began promoting it to both of their fanbases. I'm very excited to announce my Lude OF launch. Check me out in the link below. I'm very excited to provide cute cosplay photo sets and more

3:17hard devil face. Under normal circumstances, announcements like this would generally go unnoticed, but Anisa's connection to Idub's would incite to respond from his community. Seriously, Rip, Idub's fallen. I can't believe Aine was a simp all along. I'm sort of disappointed. Really, Idub's more like Icooks. While the comments from viewers were mostly light-hearted trolling, Idub's would deem it necessary to respond to the subset of fans that reacted negatively to the situation. Hello everyone. Welcome back to another episode of Idub's Complains. This is a very special episode where I get to tackle two topics that I've recently become very passionate about. That is a section of my audience who thinks they know me and my opinion on sex work. Following this, Idub's would directly attack members of his audience who didn't approve of Anisa's new line of work and made it clear he didn't care about their opinion. A good amount of people are just doing the reasonable thing and just making jokes and laughing about it, but there's a whole other group of people who feel personally devastated and betrayed.

4:24First up, we got Edward. He probably got told by a lot of people that he looks like Idub's. And he really liked that because Idub's was cool, but now that Idub's is a simp, now he's going to go in full baby wawamo. To try and prove the situation wasn't a big deal, Idub's claimed O.F. content had no impact on someone's future job respects or social standing, which was an uphill argument. I think this is one of the most important opinions to highlight because it really demonstrates a severe lack of a real world experience when you're saying that future jobs are going to be harder to come by because of an only fans account. Like if you think this affects your standing or your social credibility and getting jobs, you're so sadly mistaken. This is straight out of the playbook of the boomer who's decaying in his lazy boy who wants to tell you, no, that ain't going to work. No one's going to hire you looking like that. Even though the video attempted to present several compelling points,

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7:31While this marks the first time Idops overcorrected when it came to controversies involving him and his partner, it wouldn't be the last, as he would go on to repeat this pattern of emotionally responding to criticism. On the 8th of January 2022, a creator by the name of Sam Hyde published a video titled The Truth About Idops. At a first glance, this video seems like an expose a piece about Idops, but the two hour long video was actually roughly cut footage from a documentary that Sam and Idops filmed together several months prior. For a bit of context, Sam Hyde is an internet personality who made a career for himself by pushing the boundaries of what's considered acceptable in online comedy. The footage from the video was meant to be a part of another installment in Idops' series of documentaries covering interesting online figures, like Airsoft Faddy and Dax Flame. The documentary hasn't come out, it's like eight or nine, eight or nine months ago, we shot that footage and it's clear that it's not coming out and we took like two weeks of our time and shot a bunch of shit that's like really awesome and we spent like, uh,

8:33fucking, we ran through all that shit, we spent to the T-Rex. Spent fucking $15,000 on things so we got to release our footage. Sam went on to explain that he and his team included several bits of misleading but comedic information during filming to prevent the documentary more exciting and prevent Idops from a hit piece. We came with a lot of funny ideas to like, pull tricks and like, I hired this crackhead girl to pretend to be my girlfriend and we did all these funny like prank things but it wasn't to make him look like an asshole, it was to like, make his project funnier. I wanted to make a video with Idops where it was like, oh my god, this is fucking crazy, mayhem, this is funny. Part of what went wrong was I think Idops was kind of trying to punk me a little bit and like, make me look like a guy that had like fallen off, which I have, like I've fallen off, like undoubtedly. Sam's cut of the documentary would garner over three million views and lead fans to theorize that the reason Idops hadn't released his version was that he intended to misrepresent Sam. Idops tried to make an on-location documentary following around Sam high to mock him for being

9:35washed up, he never uploaded it. Now Sam is showing the footage and has two hours of him and his crew fucking with Ian and making him seem like a meagre awkward nerd, Lamau. A month later, Idops would upload his version of the documentary, titled Getting Away With It, during which he shed light on his thought process during filming. Apparently, Idops wanted to get an authentic look into who Sam was beyond his comedic persona. Back in Mark, we went to Rhode Island to film a documentary with Sam High, who's known for his comedy videos. Thought it'd be interesting to get to know more about Sam because not many people know much about him. He's a bit mysterious. He's a bit unwieldy. Whether or not Idops wanted to portray Sam negatively was anyone's guess. However, it was clear that the conflict of interest between both parties had affected the overall quality of the documentary. On one side, Sam wanted to create a comedic spectacle. While on the other, Idops sought to make an introspective look into an elusive online personality. At the end of the day, neither side got what they wanted and only

10:36walked away with a bit of feud between them. A feud that would only get worse with time. Later that year, Idops would announce an influencer boxing event dubbed Crater Clash to raise money for different charities. Seeing a chance to settle a one-sided rivalry with Hassan Piker, Sam would request to be part of the event. But Idops and Anisa almost immediately turned down the request. To view as it almost seemed hypocritical for Idops and individual with a similar controversial past to exclude Sam from the event for being equipped to brand risk. Even though Sam couldn't directly participate, he still managed to get involved by training another fighter named

11:37Holly Morinstein of the Epic Mill Time YouTube channel. So is your first day of real training tomorrow then? This is Sam Hyde. Remember it's Sam Hyde. It might be yeah, any minute. Oh yeah, literally the second I'm done here, I have a mysterious address that on Google Maps looks like a parking lot and I'm going to meet him there. Unfortunately, it would be later revealed on Instagram that Sam wouldn't even be allowed to attend the Crater Clash event with a comment from Sam reading, to clarify, I bought five front-road tickets and found out a few hours before the event that I was banned. So out about 11.5K, also security was walking around with pitches of my face, and bothering some people about wearing my shirts. And the cameraman were told to avoid entire sections of the crowd rocking my shoes, lol, and I'd still train Idops for the revenge match if he apologized. Mercy and Grace, how in the list nowadays, just got a ditch Yerker owner referring to a niece. Some time after Crater Clash, Sam would make an appearance on the Buckingham show to share his thoughts on the entire debacle. Personally, you were going to be on this card at any point?

12:42No, I didn't think I was going to be on the card, but I didn't realize at any point that I was going to be fucking blacklisted for my charity event. I got five front-road tickets. It was $10,000, and it's for charity. And supposedly, I'm going to be refunded this money. So he wants me not around badly enough that it's worth taking away $10,000 from charity. While the reason for his ban was never stated, Sam suspected that Anisa pushed Idops to make the decision. Like, deep down, I want him to be uncooked. I want him to get the tattoos lasered off, get a normal haircut, get ready to yoko-ono. That's poisonous. That relationship is poisonous. I think she's got to go, man. She's going to ruin his life. Age wouldn't be the first time that people speculated that Anisa had played a role in Idops making bad choices. There's like some days where I ask Ian, like, have I ruined your life? Like, I feel like something, because you get so many messages. Yeah. Or like, you have to think about it. It's like, Ian as a person has not changed

13:45very much in like regards to his like moral stance on a lot of things. But like, Ian and how he feels about how he wants to put himself on the internet. Regardless of the reason behind Sam's ban, public sentiment towards Idops and Anisa was at an all-time low. And by the time credit clashed two-rolled around, it would only get worse. By the start of 2023, Sam had completely turned against Idops and began highlighting the many issues fans had with him. During the lead up to the second creator clash, a fighter by the name of Froggy Fresh would become the focal point of online debate and controversy regarding the event. Not only was he being trained by Sam Hyde, but he also made some interesting comments about subscribing to Anisa's AWF. By the 25th of March 2023, just two days after Froggy made that comment, the creator clash Twitter account would make this announcement. There has been a change in the lineup, and Froggy Fresh

14:48would no longer be fighting against Chris Raygun. We will announce his replacement in the coming days. With just three weeks left, the countdown to creator clash 2 has begun. Creator Clashes goal is to make an inclusive and fun environment for creators and fans, while giving back to charity. That has always been our mission. And Froggy Fresh's recent behaviour does not align with that mission. We look forward to sharing this positive experience on April 15th. Since the reason for the band was never stated, fans viewed the unexplained band as another example of Idops using a heavy-handed approach to silence someone he didn't like. As a result, Twitter erupted with criticism and negativity directed at Idops, and the whole creator clash event. With a tweet from Wys Critical stating, I'm really disappointed by this, kicking him for Twitter controversy after months of training is brutal. I don't think any jokes he made were intended to be mean-spirited or shit on anyone. Hopefully they reconsider this decision. In response to the overwhelming hostility towards the event, the organizers at Creator Clash released another statement that they hoped would clarify the reason for banding Froggy. We want to provide some additional information around the rationale for this

15:49decision. We have a legally binding code of conduct that each of our creator clash true fighters are held to. The violation of which is grounds for termination. Unfortunately, there were several violations made by Froggy fresh during his tenure with the creator clash this year. To add insult to injury, Creator Clash organises threatened to sue Froggy, and demanded he return the funds given to him to cover the training cost. With a tweet rating, now I've been threatened with a potential lawsuit if I spoke about this entire mess, and demanding the 15kR use for training, equipment, travel, etc. over the last five months, unbelievable. Is this for charity or what's going on? A month after Creator Clash 2, Idols would come out with a video addressing the real reason Froggy was banned from the event. The main reason Froggy was kicked from the card was for collaborating with Sam Hyde. For anyone who's been following this story, that's fairly obvious. Froggy has explained his side of the story multiple times. He's been perpetuating a narrative that it's about only fans, or that it's about Anisa's mom, and that's extremely deceptive. Idols would

16:52go into explain that you're just making disparaging comments about Anisa. He didn't want him any when near the event. In addition to this, Idols would also address the claims that Hay and Creator Clash was suing Froggy. By the way, we weren't suing Froggy. We have no interest in going to court over $15,000. We wanted that $15,000 back, but he wasn't giving it to us, so we have to leave it at that. We're not suing him. Well, Idols was transparent about his decision to ban Sam, and anyone associated with him, the reaction to the video would be overwhelmingly negative for obvious reasons. To make matters worse, Froggy would release a legal document that confirmed Creator Clash did indeed threaten him with legal action, rating if he fell to return the enclosed acknowledgement by the specified date, Creator Clash shall seek all remedies available by law

17:56and equity due to your material breach of the bout agreement, including without limitation, seeking punitive and consequential damages. The troubles for the Creator Clash brand wouldn't stop there, as was later revealed that the event lost over $250,000 due to overspending and mismanagement. Another noteworthy point in Idols' response video was how he expressed his content with his edgy content cop phase. Idols would echo this sentiment in a video titled, I Miss the Old Idols, in which he apologized to viewers for building his career on hatred, harassment, and negativity. I've realized that I need to be crystal clear about what I believe, so there's no room for ambiguity. I am responsible for creating a lot of hurtful and damaging content on this channel.

19:02I have made some cruel hurtful content, and I need to acknowledge that, and I'm really sorry that it's taken me this long to acknowledge it. While Idols seemed to be making a genuine attempt to write what he thought were wrong since early days on YouTube, many of his fans would see this as him being insecure about the many ones was, and a betrayal of the fan base that made him famous to begin with. With comments reading, you weren't funny because you were offensive, you were just a very funny dude. You can be self-aware and still be funny. There are some people who fully deserve the content copy that they got, as well as the old idols would have never addressed the people saying they missed the quote, old idols. Sadly, Idols' lack of confidence in himself as a crater would bleed into other projects that he was a part of, and viewers would take notice. With comments reading, you guys are lucky he could fit you in between his wife's

20:06head who appointments. This is how a dog who's been ruthlessly abused his whole life acts when he enters a new loving home, as well as, only one guy was missing for the whole gang to be reunited again. Well, actually too, because Ian wasn't there. That was just a robot with Ian's skin. Idols made a name for himself by having no filter and being direct with the content that he created. Understandably, he would mature over the years, and move away from making the edgy content, but the way he went about it completely alienated his core fan base. A good example of this was how he frequently threw his viewers under the bus and interviews. I did not like the interactions that I had with fans. There were quite a few human beings that I interacted with. In person? Yeah, in person. They just sucked. They just sucked, because I attracted a lot of people who sucked. Anti-social, weird, basement dwellers, and the one time a month that they come out of their cave is going to restock on supplies at Walmart, and they run into me, their favorite YouTuber. Combined this with his approach to other edgy craters like Sam Hyde, and it was only a matter of

21:08time before fans began to resent him. Over the past few years, Idols has continued to lose his fan base, with his channel dropping over 700,000 subscribers. Whether his unenthusiastic approach to content creation was due to recent uploads struggling to reach 1 million views, backlash from fans, or remorse for his past actions was anyone's guess. However, we can only hope that Idols is able to pull himself out of this slump, and return to being the YouTube legend he once was. Before we finish the video, I just want to shout out sentbird once again for supporting my channel, and you can find them in the link in the description. With that being said, YouTube thinks you should click the video on screen.