Jet's Furkid Palace: Youtube - home of the troll

Saturday, May 14, 2011

Youtube - home of the troll

You guys will remember this video:

Well it's the first video on my youtube account to approach 1000 views. I only made it because I was doing some training with the dogs and Froufrou wanted in on the action, so I got her to sit, and then filmed her and the dogs interacting.

Through youtube keyword magic, this video has become linked to a video of a little girl carrying around a dead squirrel which her pet greyhound had killed while walking on leash with it's owners. Since then I have had 3 comments about it not being a sit, and the cat only doing it because of treats. Hello! She is a cat. She doesn't do anything if there is nothing in it for her.

Anyway, apparently people who like dead squirrels don't understand the process of training cats. They also don't understand what a 'sit' is as opposed to a 'squat' (which is what they do when going to the toilet!). Got 12 dislikes and 2 likes too.

I am wondering if I should disallow comments because of the trolls. I won't ever reply to a troll but it is mildly irritating. Most people who want to comment on my videos do so either via the blog or via facebook. This is really the first video I've had that has gotten any kind of notoriety on youtube. The nature of it is that videos sit around for a while and then all of a sudden are linked to something else and they go gangbusters.

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4-legged Wiums · 724 weeks ago

I'd block comments if I were you.
That said - in relation to the other video, how sick is it that someone would let their kid cuddle a dead squirrel?! And that poor greyhound is so lame and they are making her run around!

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Greyhounds CAN Sit · 723 weeks ago

*sigh* since Blogger had it's big hiccup last week I can't see any videos on my blog or anyone else's Blogger blogs. Wordpress are OK but that isn't any help to me, lol.

I'd be inclined to leave the comments , unless you're getting thousands of them. Such a shame weird people have to spoil things for us 'normal' people though.

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houndstooth4 82p · 723 weeks ago

I can't believe that people would start a bunch of crap about that video. I thought it was so cute when I first saw it! Don't let a few morons get to you, though!

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jetsagenda 82p · 723 weeks ago

I've turned off comments to that vid so that I don't have to put up with em. They kind of encourage more bad comments!

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Honey the Great Dane · 723 weeks ago

Oh god, I HATE the YouTube trolls! They can really make your life miserable. I know people say "just ignore them' but that's often easier said than done when you look at some of the really nasty things people can say to you - even if you just delete them, it's sort of imprinted in your brain already and leaves a sour aftertaste and makes you feel horrible.

I have lots of videos on YouTube and get comments on them almost every day and some of them can be really nasty - some horrible racist ones, some sexist, some downright sexual harrassment and the ones that upset me the most are the ones that are nasty about Honey or my training of her. Especially when the comments show just how ignorant the people are about dog training in general and should be in no position to comment at all. I also get upset at people repetitively asking me the same questions and not bothering to scroll down to check that I'd answered it several times alraeady - and then they get angry when I point that out! Honestly - people are so lazy nowadays and seem to think that everyone "owes them" and want everything handed to them on a plate.

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Honey the Great Dane · 723 weeks ago

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Anyway, I have thought several times about turning off comments and I actually have one 1 or 2 videos that were attracting a LOT of nasty stuff (especially stuff I make for the blog as a joke but then YouTube viewers take it out of context) - but in general, I have been reluctant to turn all of them all as we have quite a big YouTube following - some who have been commenting for years now - and I feel like it's a bit rude to them to suddenly shut them off. But some days...grrr...I really wish I just didn't have to hear from YouTube at all. I get people saying I should be grateful that people are watching my videos but really, I never put them on there to try and get my 15mins of fame - it's just a place to put videos so I can display them in our blog - I couldn't care less if nobody on YouTube watches them. So I don't see why I should be "grateful" to put up with all this horribleness! On the other hand, we have loyal followers who enjoy interacting with us through the comments and I don't want punish them. (Sigh). Just can't win...

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