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Maklarr4000 Feb 4 '19

On the heels of the death of Spongebob Squarepants creator Steven Hillenburg's death, the masses signed a petition to the NFL and Pepsi (sponsor of the halftime show) to play Spongebob's rendition of "Sweet Victory" at the show. The NFL responded with a teaser clip from the show. The Stadium, Mercedes-Benz stadium in Atlanta, put out their own video. Headliner for the show, Maroon 5, confirmed it would be in the show.

The halftime show begins. The Spongebob cast appear, the horns play, and then... they transition to rapper Travis Scott's "Sicko Mode" before the show moves along like nothing happened.

The Internet, being a reasonable place, was very understanding of the situation.

Top Bing News:

Oh.

To say that the fires of hate have been ignited against the National Football League, Maroon 5, Travis Scott, Pepsi, and to a lesser degree Mercedes-Benz, is an understatement. Every corner of the web, from Facebook to Reddit, to Tumblr, and everywhere in between has been inundated with chatter about the snub to Spongebob fans who were led to believe a longtime fandom dream was coming true.

...and so on for about 2,000 pages or so across the subs I am aware of. Things are getting dark for the NFL.

Maklarr4000 Feb 4 '19

The NFL halftime Show on YouTube has a collective 209,000 dislikes to a measly 28,000 likes- putting it at a proportional ratio to surpass YouTube's maligned "Rewind" from last month. Congratulations NFL, Pepsi, Maroon 5, and Travis Scott, you've done what many believed was impossible- beat YouTube Rewind for most-reviled video on the platform!

This is their second upload of the video, and I expect if you can't view this one, it will be because they tore it down and put it up again to try and scrub the bad PR.

Jasper Feb 9 '19

Lololololol

Maklarr4000 Feb 12 '19

So, in the big twist, the NFL has (allegedly) gone after YouTube, accusing YouTube of permitting angry people to "attack" their property by disliking their video on YouTube. YouTube, in typical YouTube fashion, has proposed removing the dislike button entirely.

I do have some unique perspective on this- MetaJolt did away with our "dislike" button last year due to complaints of trolling and abuse. However, this only led the "trolls" to become more vocal in the comments, or to create freestanding media to express themselves. From an operational standpoint at MetaJolt, it was a success for us and for the users in question, but hasn't really slowed down the "trolls" any- it just moved them out of MetaJolt's jurisdiction. With YouTube, it's pretty obvious these are hamfisted corporations angrily telling people what they should like and buy that are angry their hamfisted efforts have backfired. This in turn has set the people of YouTube alight with fury once more, and that's quite the thing to see. It'll be interesting to see if YouTube goes through with it.

Jasper Feb 13 '19

Quote from Maklarr4000 So, in the big twist, the NFL has (allegedly) gone after YouTube, accusing YouTube of permitting angry people to "attack" their property by disliking their video on YouTube. YouTube, in typical YouTube fashion, has proposed removing the dislike button entirely.

I do have some unique perspective on this- MetaJolt did away with our "dislike" button last year due to complaints of trolling and abuse. However, this only led the "trolls" to become more vocal in the comments, or to create freestanding media to express themselves. From an operational standpoint at MetaJolt, it was a success for us and for the users in question, but hasn't really slowed down the "trolls" any- it just moved them out of MetaJolt's jurisdiction. With YouTube, it's pretty obvious these are hamfisted corporations angrily telling people what they should like and buy that are angry their hamfisted efforts have backfired. This in turn has set the people of YouTube alight with fury once more, and that's quite the thing to see. It'll be interesting to see if YouTube goes through with it.

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