How a Glitch Gave a YouTuber Millions of Views

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During Christmas of 2021, a KZfaq channel by the name of NationSquid uploaded a video titled "How One Typo Destroyed Thousands of Computers," which focused on the story of a website known as "goggle, "a typosquatting computer virus that infiltrated the web in the early 2000s, targeting users that misspelled the word "Google." To everybody's surprise, a strange glitch appeared in the middle of the video. Viewers were left scratching their heads and with several details missing.
So, what was the full story?
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@nationsquid Жыл бұрын

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@RobsStuffz69420 Жыл бұрын

No replies? Lemme me fix that

@LavaCreeperPeople Жыл бұрын

How a Glitch Gave a KZfaqr Millions of Views

@batorerdyniev9805 Жыл бұрын

@JokeURL Жыл бұрын

love your videos

@Lyrik20 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for doing a video on the error

@AddiJay2397 Жыл бұрын

Real question, if you are the NationSquid, does that make us viewers the Squid Nation?

@soupit32 Жыл бұрын

"WhAaAt's UP, SQUID Nationals !! AnAaNd Welcome BACK - to another episode !!!"

@Prexry Жыл бұрын

@NautilusGuitars Жыл бұрын

"Hey, Vsauce! Michael here."

@Kyle4OH8 Жыл бұрын

Skeets

@nationsquid Жыл бұрын

Actually, it is "Nation's Quid." You see, I used to be an accountant in London.

@wma7271 Жыл бұрын

NationSquid: *panicking because there was an audio glitch in their video* Us viewers, thinking it was intentional: "I like your funny words, magic man!"

@monicarenee7949 Жыл бұрын

I thought it was genius lol

@BirnieMac1 Жыл бұрын

Was the weird ambient noise part of it?

@Mvoob Жыл бұрын

I LOVE HOW HE MADE A JFK REFERENCE IN THE VIDEO TOO

@friendlytexangamer9582 Жыл бұрын

@@Mvoob What the hell

@Baskloud Жыл бұрын

I partially believed this.

@FSAPOJake Жыл бұрын

I've got a KZfaq story you can cover, if you remember it happening. Some time in early 2010 it was discovered that you could lower someone's subscriber count if you essentially repeatedly clicked the unsubscribe button on their channel. Back then, and before this was patched, the subscribe and unsubscribe buttons worked by essentially having you follow a link to a version of the page where you're subscribed or unsubscribed, depending on which one you started on. You could easily pull the link that does the "unsubscribe" function and repeatedly go to it to lower someone's subscriber count. You could also do it by subscribing to a channel then opening it in a bunch of tabs and unsubscribing in each of them. /b/ coordinated a "raid" where everyone did this to Fred's channel, and it was actually brought down to 0 subscribers. Of course I joined in, and of course I got banned, losing my 600-subscriber+ channel I made in Jan 2007 I had since I was 11 years old. You can still find old news articles and forum/reddit threads on the topic. I can send some links if you'd like.

@nationsquid Жыл бұрын

Very interesting story. I want to say I remember this. "Unsubscribe from Fred on June 1" right? ;) I'll look into this. Thanks! I would very much appreciate links! Feel free to reach out to me at my channel email with that. :)

@boofan69 Жыл бұрын

Whoa, Really?, I wish I was alive in the 2000s

@khalilthehistorian7454 Жыл бұрын

@@nationsquid unsubscribe from Fred day happened in 2009

@Americanflynn06 Жыл бұрын

@@nationsquid that video was from 2009

@matiasgeremia801 Жыл бұрын

That's actually a pretty cool video idea

@BorderOllie Жыл бұрын

My mind was just blown learning that you didn't intentionally put the glitch in that video! It felt so perfectly timed and TERRIFYING! Cheers for that happy accident :)

@IcicleThorn 6 ай бұрын

I thought I was the only one who thought it was intentional too lol

@Thiesi Жыл бұрын

What an interesting backstory! Yeah, the _Goggle_ video was suggested to me by the algorithm, and at first I was wondering what was going on, but ultimately, I thought it was done deliberately to scare the frell out of me. And I loved it because it _really_ worked - I think it was the very first time a KZfaq video actually managed to make wonder what was going on. IMHO, leaving the video as it is was the best decision - it's just perfect.

@nationsquid Жыл бұрын

Well thanks for sticking around!! Can't wait to make more content for you in the future. :)

@Zacian2.0 Жыл бұрын

tldw Fan: "Why didn't you take it down" Creator: "Chocolate chip cookie yum"

@pagedmaj Жыл бұрын

I watched it, can confirm that's the video in a nutshell.

@outsider1305 Жыл бұрын

LMAO TRUE

@diamond_chaos Жыл бұрын

You took a risk and it backfired in the best way possible.

@cheeseburgermonkey7104 Жыл бұрын

back-backfired

@pagedmaj Жыл бұрын

Task failed successfully

@GUESTIFORE Жыл бұрын

[video.exe has stopped loading loading..]

@boofan69 Жыл бұрын

Nice glitch you got there!, Now what is it? I'll double it and give it to the next person!

@shibafox Жыл бұрын

While I'm a little disappointed to find out that it wasn't intentional, I'm amazed at how intentional it seemed. Even to the point where with the lost audio section after 20 seconds I was like "okay the bits gone on long enough" 😂 Glad that it worked out in your favor though

@exterminator9676 Жыл бұрын

I was too, but it being an actual natural glitch makes it so much more interesting to me!

@TonyGearSolid Жыл бұрын

I remember watching the video and thinking it was just a KZfaq screwup, skipped ahead a bit to when the audio started again and carried on. I didnt even consider that it could have been something intentional, but I'm also not nearly as observant as a lot of other people when it comes to that kind of thing. Anyway, it's definitely a fun story to hear about and I'm glad that such a minor oversight worked in your favor.

@SauceTheSecond Жыл бұрын

17:17 - Dont Stop- **STOPS**

@Legoguy9875 Жыл бұрын

8:38 Honestly, I can 100% understand proofwatching after exporting, because I've had my own experiences of glitches that show up on export but not in the editor. I remember when I used to edit Gmod animations in Premier years back, whenever I would export them, there would be this glitch where it skips to a completely different frame and hang on it until it reaches that point in the video. I would constantly have to add very tiny fade transitions to prevent it from happening, as I had no idea how to do so otherwise.

@obeseperson Жыл бұрын

That used to happen to me too but I thought it was funny to just leave it in Happened with multiple editing programs too

@monicarenee7949 Жыл бұрын

I was thinking “happy accident” when you started describing the real story behind it. Was pleased to see you mentioned Bob Ross towards the end

@glubtier Жыл бұрын

I never would have second guessed this lmao, it didn't even occur to me to ask, that's how confident I was it was intentional! Just goes to show you.

@DuckyDoesSmth9517 Жыл бұрын

this man can catch my attention for 20+ minutes so delightedly.. he spices up with subtle humour and still makes me learn new stuff every new video, another great work!

@Sling719blade Жыл бұрын

So, what im understanding from this is, being sleep deprived can sometimes be a great thing.

@christianremboldt1557 4 ай бұрын

absolutely it can

@Minetheground Жыл бұрын

16:30 you could say the same with notch/ Markus persson, when working on a pig, but accidentally made the creeper, which is one of the ways Mojang advertises the game these days, so Minecraft got popluar by accident as well, but I guess the KZfaq part was how it actually grew, but the creeper just amplified it.

@aromanticfranziskavonkarma Жыл бұрын

"This is why Bob Ross never called any of the mess ups he would make in his paintings, mistakes. He would call them happy accidents-" Me, in my head: Ha, that's what my parents called me growing up "This is coincidentally what my parents would also call me, but I think that's rooted in something much deeper." Me: AAAYYYYYYY

@lemonlemonlemonlemonlemonlemo Жыл бұрын

the glitch didn’t feel human, it was pretty obviously an actual mistake, but it was so relevant and perfectly timed that it couldn’t have been!

@metroidsky Жыл бұрын

Fun story! NationSquid, you are my favorite KZfaqr.

@FlitteringSnowdrops Жыл бұрын

NationSquid played us like a damn fiddle. Well played.

@screwyourhandle Жыл бұрын

A squiddle if you will My apologies

@FridayNightStreamz Жыл бұрын

I actually put in a time stamp for that part, to the start and finish, but I miscalculated the end part Tbh, it’s your voice that makes me stay, it’s so soft and calm It made sleep a few times leaving your videos on a few times

@borond Жыл бұрын

i love the way you drive and connect your storylines from one to another, it's brilliant :D keep up the good work, and i must say, if it makes masterpieces keep being sleep deprived! (get some sleep though pls)

@WohaoG Жыл бұрын

"He would call them Happy Accidents This is coincidentally also what my parents would call me" Are you fine, NationsQuid?

@BinglesP 9 ай бұрын

Is calling NationSquid "NationsQuid" in the same vein as calling GameStop "GamesTop"?

@WohaoG 9 ай бұрын

@@BinglesP He says in a different comment on this video it's meant to be "Nation's Quid" and not "Nation Squid"

@connor_1x1x1x1 Жыл бұрын

Your videos are not always so accurate with what I imagined they would be about from the title but they still somehow manage to go further from my expectations. That's why I love your creations 😍.

@kriscynical Жыл бұрын

I really, really liked the humor in this video. You made me legitimately laugh more than once and I hope to see it continue to permeate your videos more and more. 😂

@mayawowzers1305 Жыл бұрын

Man, i thought the glitch in the goggle video was on purpose and i was all for it

@connorbowen8867 Жыл бұрын

Is this the first face reveal we've had from you???? I had no idea who was talking with your voice in the ad, but then it clicked!

@ZackarySmigel Жыл бұрын

Glitch me about half of those please

@nationsquid Жыл бұрын

You got it buddy! :)

@exterminator9676 Жыл бұрын

One thing I think you missed is how the glitch being an actual glitch made it so much more believable and real, than if a creator just put an intentional "glitch" in their video. Because this was a genuine real corruption, it's easy to "fall for it" and in this case, is actually scarier too.

@Robdeltonie Жыл бұрын

9:51 "I'm starting to hear colors..." So, you have synesthesia?

@starboundsingularity 5 ай бұрын

personally i love that it ends right as you hear "don't stop-"

@Yakkymania Жыл бұрын

this was an amazing video but i couldn’t help but laugh at the Green Day reference since i find people reading lyrics to be hilarious

@cantbehelped Жыл бұрын

This was an oddly beautiful video. I wish I could just accidentally make a work of art too

@Arachn3rd Жыл бұрын

I only started my channel back in October 2022, so haven't had much experience (though I'm grateful to all my subs). Anyway, the point is that segment on how to grow and use the algorithm will really help me. So thank you once again NationSquid!

@herodoesstuff Жыл бұрын

you always have such a creative intro and conclusion to your videos. really nice work dude, i'm glad something good still came out of that mistake. maybe i'll check out some stuff from the zombies :]

@lightningqueen1145 Жыл бұрын

Tbh I was somewhat annoyed by the glitch, had to turn on closed captions to see what you were trying to say, but I'm super glad it helped you blow up! I adore your channel, and if that glitch is the reason I've found it, I'm grateful!

@nationsquid Жыл бұрын

I'm glad some more good could come out of it! More content to come! Thanks for watching! :)

@Fowlware Жыл бұрын

Great example of Murphy's Law. Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.

@luciano_shines Жыл бұрын

That Goggle video was the first of this channel that I watched. And since then I'm suscribed. So, nice job, Squid!

@Theopress24 Жыл бұрын

This guy is brilliant! Love watching every video you make.

@KanezGr Жыл бұрын

i thought the glitch was on purpose,lol

@user-om7hc9gj6d Жыл бұрын

Damn I definitely thought that was intentional lol

@Tigerboy-pf8eq 7 ай бұрын

“It all keeps adding up, I think I’m cracking up” great green day reference.

@Beckysvideopokeringaround Жыл бұрын

Hello, your Grandpa Tony sent me. I met him at Red Rock Casino today. He is so proud of you! Great job!

@Windows_98 Жыл бұрын

I cant tell if the typos on the captions are intentional or not. Either way, I like how you made it seem there's more to the whole goggle video glitch

@SpongeSebastian Жыл бұрын

Pretty sure the captions are auto-generated. I'm curious what program or service he used.

@wayge Жыл бұрын

@@SpongeSebastian google auto generates them

@internet_userr Жыл бұрын

@@wayge Yea they do, but in the subtitle options, there is "English", which is actual subtitles uploaded by the video owner, and "English auto-generated", which are automatically generated subtitles for most videos. By default, the "English" subtitles should pop up, and we can see lots of typos in it. Let me remind you that the "English" subtitles are not automatically generated, but the "English auto-generated" subtitles are automatically generated.

@wayge Жыл бұрын

@@internet_userr lol I know I was just telling that dude where the auto generated ones come from

@SpongeSebastian Жыл бұрын

@Jaskaran Virdi yes, but I'm pretty sure he used a third-party tool or service to auto-generate the captions and did some minor editing at the beginning, like adding the [GLITCH] descriptor. The captions are pretty accurate for the most part, with a few mistakes that seem like the kind only a bot would make. I've been very fascinated in the advancement of automatic speech recognition technology, so I'm interested to know what program he might have used to caption this video.

@prairie_court Жыл бұрын

honestly i just tend to rewatch that video bc its how i found your channel and i just greatly enjoy it :) that and when all crime stopped for one hour. replayed that one five times that night before i finally went to sleep.

@Yngdady Жыл бұрын

There was a glitch on youtube in 2009, where everytime you refreshed a webpage with a youtube video, the video would gain a view

@alexis0a Жыл бұрын

Some time ago there was an iPhone X ad that had a glitch of notifications that existed on iOS, days later Apple solved the glitch with a software update and magically the ad no longer had the glitch, it was just fine, somehow they allowed Apple to replace the video without uploading It again, with the same visits and likes... this video made me think about that... does anyone else remember this?

@kbhasi Жыл бұрын

I remember another KZfaq channel mentioning that happening to music videos uploaded by Vevo and major publishers.

@alexis0a Жыл бұрын

@@kbhasi I need to find more info about this!

@kbhasi Жыл бұрын

@@alexis0a The video wasn't from 'Behind the Meme' like I had initially thought, and was instead from 'Tom Scott'. His video was titled along the lines of 'Why some "remastered" music videos look awful'. Edit: So KZfaq basically allowed certain high-profile users to 'remaster' their videos by uploading new videos that then replace a video that was already uploaded and even preserves the same video ID if I recall correctly. Apple likely received access to that feature and used it to correct their adverts.

@jamesskelton5052 10 ай бұрын

When I was watching the goggle video I actually shut down my computer thinking it was something on my end.

@PWPictures67 Жыл бұрын

If I ever get quizzed on who made the Chocolate Chip Cookie, I now know the answer, thank you for that.

@dejazO0 Жыл бұрын

moral of story "humans are crazy biches"

@RoseT20 Жыл бұрын

When you made that video, my old computer was on it's last legs and I kept it because my new (current) one was going to come way after finals. I thought "well, damn there goes all my stuff for finals".

@pashadwantara Жыл бұрын

It's the time of the season!

@SonicLover2343 Жыл бұрын

I love these type of videos

@MarikZero_TV Жыл бұрын

4:19 The Darkness Has Consumed You. Pibby Moment

@llydrsn 8 ай бұрын

"Heat, Eat, Enjoy" is a good tag line for the sponsor. But I would still insist it sounds better as "Heat, Eat, and Sh*t" 😂🤣

@itsdave92 Жыл бұрын

That Goggle video was my introduction to you. And it really caught me at first, but I thought it was intentional. It was actually kinda scary. And it's what got me into scarier videos on KZfaq, starting with your virus videos. Thank you for that little mishap! I can't tell you how much I appreciate it.

@EduPintilie Жыл бұрын

thanks. i will be alseep at 4:00 (4 am)

@RC568 Жыл бұрын

wake up its starting in 14 minutes

@EduPintilie Жыл бұрын

@@RC568 luckily you can rewatch premieres

@niveditharajan6222 Жыл бұрын

4:16 the glitch is at it again

@grizzlydino Жыл бұрын

When I first watched the video a year ago, I knew it probably was just a glitch and just forgot about it as the video continued

@kelleye5291 Жыл бұрын

And now this video will make people go back to the original video to go see that glitch lol

@JustthePhoneGuyYT Жыл бұрын

Wait dude, do you have a Yellow Subamrine salt shaker? SO jealous. I'd kill for a Yellow Submarine anything, my absolute favourite film. (5:36)

@rileyhoward7344 Жыл бұрын

comupter glitches scare the hell out of me and so i watch your videos to learn about them so they don't scare me anymore. the goggle video and the glitch in the middle creeped me out to no end, but when i went to the comments and saw you playing along i realised it was 'intentional' and was like Okay! but now knowing that it wasn't is making me giggle a bit 😭

@John17TheOGmp4 Жыл бұрын

This video definitely changed my life and POV everywhere, period

@spongebabe27 Жыл бұрын

I love this channel more and more with each video hahahaha the ads are amazing

@randomhuman69420 Жыл бұрын

tbh, i thought that audio bug in the goggle video was my headphones' connection being weird

@notoriouswhitemoth 6 ай бұрын

How an editing error became a brilliant meta joke. (All poems are meant to be sung, an ode is a poem addressed to its subject)

@Artenesama Жыл бұрын

Pretty cool story! This taps into that rule of good storytelling of subverting expectations. This really gets people and leave that last long impression in their heads. Obviously this only works once in a while, if every new video would have a glitch part then none of them are glitched anymore.

@Fizzymilkshakee Жыл бұрын

I honestly genuinely didn't notice it at first (because i usualy watch your videos as background noise), but when I noticed it I thought you were starting and arg

@klocugh12 Жыл бұрын

"Perfect is the enemy of good" and "Done is better than perfect" come to mind.

@haroldworthington8952 Жыл бұрын

This reminds me of a crazy thing where I was painting a deck and texting a friend about it but autocorrect changed the e in deck to an i without my knowledge until my friend started calling me painted dick and finally explained why they kept calling me that😮😅😮

@mrdinosaurproductions9507 Жыл бұрын

This is one of your most interesting videos yet, with you being the subject of the title. This is one of my favorite channels on KZfaq, keep up the good work!

@i_shipskephalo Жыл бұрын

the sponser actually scared me for a second-

@minime9990 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant Part of me thought you should leave it like how a magician never explains. But also the whole heart of this channel is to deep dive in the tech makes sense. Ty for the vid bro

@Gogoseit Ай бұрын

funny how that specific video was how I found this channel, and have been watching ever since. I am glad that glitch happened, because its the reason this channel was suggested to me

@CanMann4221 11 ай бұрын

when i heard the bug i thought my computer was about to blow up

@StigDesign Жыл бұрын

XD do NOT touch it, play with it= that's what she said XD i died

@ElectricoGamez Жыл бұрын

Ah yes, the overlapping commentary loops effect. Very effective.

@BloonMan137 Жыл бұрын

Def one of my favorite KZfaqrs. Really good video quality on all of them.

@riaclerica Жыл бұрын

I know I watched the Goggle video and I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about. So....time to rewatch the Goggle video!

@skibidi.sigma.ohio.rizz_ Жыл бұрын

5:01 bros rizzing everyone with that laugh

@ButtProsecutor Жыл бұрын

its extremely fascinating to watch you breakdown exactly what happened here as a huge success in my life occurred from a similar happy accident due to unexpected SEO preferences from something I never thought twice about putting online. Glad this video brought me to your channel, its funny how the universe works. Keep up the good work dude!

@riantwoninety Жыл бұрын

no offense that is. probably the worst sponsor placement i was so hyped for a second

@dazkat Жыл бұрын

I was wondering about that glitch!!! Appreciate that you followed up about it

@Oh-w3lp Жыл бұрын

This video is a beautiful piece of art, truly. Thank you for referencing so much literature, this entire video seems like an exquisite extended metaphor. Seriously poetic. You’re a very gifted speaker and presenter.

@terminallyonline5296 Жыл бұрын

Nothing bad every happens to the Kennedyyyyys

@RonPhillips420 Жыл бұрын

Your goggle video took me down your rabbit hole now I'm subscribed

@wearawatch7352 Жыл бұрын

Oh man I was in absolute shock when I heard "The Zombies". They're one of my favorite bands despite their short existence, and I've never heard anyone talk about them before! (Something similar happened with their song "Butcher's Tale (Western Front 1914)" as well. The battle described in the song occured in 1916, but one band member's uncle had served in WWI and told them the incorrect date. By the time they realized it was wrong it was too late to fix it.)

@TheSUPERWIND2023 Жыл бұрын

The ghost of Goggle lives on.

@foxie3Tails Жыл бұрын

First video of yours I saw was the Goggle video. Took forever to try to figure out what was happening because I don't often look through the comments section to see if others are having problems. Did see your pinned comment, gotta say the way this was handled was genius.

@dorapinczel316 Жыл бұрын

Why did I read the title as GLITCH, not a glitch?😂 (In case your curiouse, GLITCH is a KZfaq channel, making animated serieses.)

@cinnasauria 3 ай бұрын

This video is such a great explanation of what "death of the author" actually means as a literary analysis term.

@DefenDefault4 5 ай бұрын

I remember watching that video and I'm like what? It does fit tho so I was like oh ok cool. Also I didn't expect that you'd talk about yourself in this video and not other KZfaqrs.