YouTuber 'PewDiePie' Bans Comments From His Gaming Videos, Donates $1000 to ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
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Felix Kjellberg is the top YouTube personality has had enough.
The Washington Post is reporting that Felix Kjellberg, better known as his YouTube handle, PewDiePie, has decided to ban commenting on his videos indefinitely after coming to the conclusion that YouTube's comment system is flawed. Kjellberg believes the system needs to be rehauled so that spam doesn't take over a video's comment section.
YouTubers like PewDiePie often read their fans comments and try to respond to them.
However, the spam comments that often engross their videos and cause a chaotic scene make it very difficult for them to do this.
Kjellberg tweeted a few separate messages explaining the situation to his fans, and some of them can be seen below.
The point was that comments and feedback that actually matter were lost in an endless sea of spam. That's it really :P
-- Felix Kjellberg (@pewdiepie) September 4, 2014
I'm speaking with YouTube today and they seem keen to improve the comments. I have my notes, but if you have suggestions feel free to @ me.
-- Felix Kjellberg (@pewdiepie) September 4, 2014
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Aside from the tweets, PewDiePie also put up a new YouTube video for his 30 millions subscribers, which explains in depth his problem with commenting.
He started his video with thanking his fans for helping him reach 30 Million and then quickly moved to the topic of his ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. Lastly, he touched on the topic at hand.
Watch PewDiePie's "Goodbye Forever Comments" Video: