This YouTuber went to Japan to travel for free by abusing people’s hospitality and committing fare theft on public transportation.

  • kakes@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    On a serious note though, why anyone do this, in Japan of all places, and think it would make for a good Youtube video?

    Well, it got shared here, didn’t it? We’re all engaging in it, driving ad revenue. (Or, would be, had it not been removed)

    • 𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏@lemmy.one
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      1 year ago

      (Or, would be, had it not been removed)

      > This video has been removed for violating YouTube’s Community Guidelines

      Wow I’m actually surprised Youtube stepped in on this one, since they rarely do. Hopefully it sends a strong message to the channel owner - according to another commenter here apparently this wasn’t their first time doing something like this

    • Carighan Maconar@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      To be fair, exposure does not usually imply complicity, unless you failed to report something in a situation where as a layman you could tell this is legally questionable.

      That is, clicking on a link then downvoting might be enough for you in regards to handling it. Yeah, it would have been better to either never click on it or flat out report it (Youtube has now taken down the video, phew), but that goes beyond what someone just clicking on some link could reasonably be expected to do.