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From Encyclopedia Dramatica

When legions of fragile vloggers first sought refuge in The Promised Land during The Great Exodus over a year and a half ago, the emotionally frail masses desired a sanctuary from haters, from trolls, from the daily reminders of how socially inept, unwanted, and un-photogenic most of them really are. A few people found it. Most did not. Since that day the silently desperate and perpetually disgruntled have pined for an utopic vlogger Shangri-La. Enter Vloggerheads.com.

“	Don't Pre-Judge Vloggerheads!	„
—Gimmeabreakman

Origins

After 2 years on the tubes, Renetto had become disillusioned with his YouTube experience; he'd fallen out of favor with the YouTube staff, most people had become tired of his consistent thumbnail cheating, his sensationalist tactics, and his penchant for controversial and shallow content. The YouTube "community" had become saavy to the fact taht renetto (aka Paul Robinett} would do nearly anything to get views. And after a brief attempt at creating drama once more by whining incessantly over being DMCA'd and engaging in a failed (and very anti-climactic) flame wars with Greg Solomon again, Paul made a statement (in true drama queen fashion) that he was going to leave YouTube forever - this despite being part of YouTube's partner program. Of course, he never actually did leave (and never will) but this lead him to steal a previously failed idea from other YouTube vloggers first initiated at the turn of 2006-7: an exclusive "vlogger" website (initially titled "RenettoTube"). The site was launched at the end of July, 2008.

So it begins...

Trouble in paradise?

The Rules of Vloggerheads

1. Thou shalt not talk about Vloggerheads.
2. Thou SHALT NOT talk about Vloggerheads.
3. Thou shalt not anger the king or thou will suffer the consequences.
4. Thou shalt not troll.

The Site Itself

Vloggerheads.com is a website that offers solace to aspiring e-celebrities, the emotionally delicate, the naive, the lonely, and anyone else whom feels under-appreciated in their failed ventures into vlogdom. The site is essentially a shoddy mirror of an archaic version of YouTube (on the Ning platform) with the mission statement of offering a "hate-free" environment for vloggers which supposedly incorporates an active "anti-trolling" system to discourage trolling any behavior not sanctioned by the powers that be. The site originally operated on a virtual blocking system based on the honor system, ie. if you were asked by someone not to post comments on their videos/contact them, you would be banned if you continue to. This was all but abandoned shortly thereafter as well as the ambiguous nomination system originally in place where, if member invited is banned from the site (for whatever reason), the person who nominated them loses their ability to nominate/invite in the future. Renetto, who touted an "Identity Verification" program to validate memberships as a gimmick for the site to discourage trolling, abandoned this idea not long after as well. The Vloggerheads Gestapo (tlg847, renetto, Kenrg, Faintstarlite, josephbeuys, Periurban) have essentially made compromise after compromise to the point that there is almost no moderation at all now, not that it matters since the site's activity has slowed to a crawl.

The term unwarranted self importance truly fails to adequately encompass the exact intentions and mindset of the creator(s), since, for all intents and purposes, the site is simply a failed attempt to create online oligarchy for the faint of heart. Proven abuse of power was shown to be shockingly common since the site's inception. Free speech is more a privilege there than a right and should you annoy the adminstrators, who've made surgical efforts to feign the notion they rule with a "fair" hand, you may find your ass curbside. The blatant irony of the existence of Vloggerheads is that the site itself, which is supposedly a drama-free zone, was the brainchild of the biggest drama whore in the history of YouTube itself. The stench of faggotry and pretentiousness resulting from the Vloggerheads drama polluted YouTube for a good portion of the summer of 2008.

The site was and is still home to many scorned vloggers and past YouTube and Live Video lolcows, individuals whom desperately desire a place to drone on about the boring aspects of their days without the risk of having their fragile egos levelled by meanies leaving a nasty text comment. The userbase largely consists of lamers, old men, and the garden variety online outcast (as well as real life pedophiles). The site is, in a lot of ways, just a more ill-conceived version of the kewl kids club of yesteryear. In October, 2008, renetto gave up on his plans to keep Vloggerheads a closed community and opened it's doors for public viewing, probably due to Paul's not-to-subtle marketing plans for the site.

The site is a symbol of the misplaced nostalgia the fragile have for the 'good ol' days' on YouTube; a hope that it would provide the solace they felt Live Video promised them. Many were anxious to join the site with the hopes that it would some how wind the clocks back to 2006 for them, releasing them from their ever-present fear of trolls, or somehow wipe away their embarrassing e-trails of self-ownage. The site is a manifestation of a deep desire the frail and easily vexed share for an exclusive online clubhouse or an idyllic vlogger paradise. One that never existed in the first place.

Vloggerheads is a both a confirmation and timely reminder that it is still serious business on the tubes.

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Some of the Chosen People

Related Drama

Originally Vloggerheads advertised itself on the premise that members would have to provide their credit card number and/or a wealth of personal information to remain on the site. This was completely abandoned due to great opposition to the idea, but not before Renetto got dox on quite a few people. This was never more than a lofty concept that was promoted to get the eternally butthurt to come to the site.

Ancient History:

• Renetto's promo video for the site's launch - Uh, yeah.
• Kenrg - Talking about "identity verification" program that never happened.
• tlg847 - Lamenting over trolls in his happy kingdom.
• tlg847 - Suggests possible lolsuits against Vloggerheads detractors. *Renetto going batshit - Renetto's victim complex kicks in.
• This is Our Vloggerhood - A very lulzy "we are the world" collab video by VH members.
• Gimmeabreakman's weighs in - Surprise, surprise Victor privated yet another drama video.
• Trevor Rieger's take - Trevor Rieger.
• Zenarcher - Zenarcher addressing problems concerning the surreptitious mind games, lack of communication, and efforts of many members to silence dissent, as well as the inclination some members have for speaking for everyone.

“	In my opinion Vloggerheads is going in the trash can...and its going there fast.	„
—ZenArcher, telling VH what everyone knows already.

• Fuck Yo Couch Nigga - In a "damage control" move, Renetto and Tom made Zenarcher a moderator in the hopes of shutting him up. It worked well for about a month until it completely blew up in their faces. Apparently some other VH user was "harassing" Zen, to the point where even a harassment report was filed with the other admins. When the alleged "harasser" failed to get banhammered by the staff, Zen resigned as a moderator and deleted all his videos.
• lol Skuee - Skuee gets booted for being underrage b&.
• The DramaTube's take - Casey Nunez goes batshit after not being invited. Removed.
• TheBeeOBee offers some history on renetto, the creator and the site.
• Theestranger - Talks about Vloggerheads Part 1 Part 2 (privated) He's a faggot anyways.
• Meanblackdude - Says he is not willing to give up his dox to the "Identity Verification" system that Vloggerheads will implement. He states that he is not willing to trust these 6 people with his info when there is no one "policing" those people themselves.
• AndyMcGaffigan's take

“	Vloggerheads seems like a refuge for the abnormal	„
—AndyMcGaffigan

• TheBeeOBee discussing more recent events
• achampag's review of VH:Part 1, Part 2 Privated.
• Zenarcher on Vitalfinds being banned

Sweet Irony

After 2 years on the tubes, Argent009, a man who's had his problems with trolls, made a very astute commentary on Vloggerheads. Argent used to consider the internets very serious business, but seems to have drastically changed his philosophy on the internet and trolls over time. He warns Vloggerheads users that they are only inviting trollage with their faggotry...

“	There are a few people who you guys would consider "haters" that were able to teach me a few things about being a vlogger. One of the first things is if you take yourself seriously, and you're a vlogger...you're asking for trouble. You have to realize that if you're putting your face out here on the internet, you're an attention whore, and you are asking for people to criticize everything you do. You're asking for people to look at your videos and pick out everything you could do that could be possibly wrong, and point it out. Why else would you be on here if you weren't a bit of an attention whore?	„
—Argent009

Hell just froze over!

Give Us Your Tired, Your Poor...Your Registered Pedophiles...

The vlogging Mecca was rocked with scandal in October of 2008 when it was discovered that within these hallowed halls was none other than registered sex offender Joshua Adam Harrison. Apparently Joshua had made it through the Vheads ultra-intensive security measures without a hitch. When questioned about their judgement in this matter, one founding member responded:

“	And, what if the record is correct? What should we do?	„
—tlg847

When asked about the possible dangers to children, Tom also had this to say:

“	VH is an over-18 site. And, we're also public. That means that anybody can view the site but only people who claim to be over 18 can interact with others. If there's somebody lying about their age on our site, they really aren't doing too much more than they could so simply by watching the vid publicly. And, to be honest, the age-verifying lie detectors were just a tad over our budget at this point. BTW, if you'd seen our site you'd see that kids aren't very likely to want to spend time there.	„
—tlg847

Quotes

“	The vloggers claim their new community is already “under attack” by bullies from YouTube, and considering the urgency with which they address the camera, you almost expect to hear bombs in the background — but then you remember that middle-aged men who spend all their time making videos on YouTube might also take all sorts of things more seriously than most people.	„
—From NewTeeVee a lame ass blog about "viral" video

“	These guys are the vlogger bourgeoisie.	„
—Anonymous

“	No matter how carefully you hand pick people to join a group, as the size of the group increases, the probability that the group will have a member who can’t be trusted approaches 1.	„
—Themaskedanalyst, hitting the nail on the motherfucking head

“	You're just jealous	„
—Every member of Vloggerheads, after being painted into a corner.

The Future of Vloggerheads

There isn't one.
Under every scenario the inevitable collapse of the website is an obvious denouement. More shoddy than Live Video and twice as restrictive, it was doomed from its conception. There are many reasons why the site isn't likely to last, but whether the site is able to weather those initial hurdles or not (it wasn't), it has received enough bad publicity to seriously affect it's growth and appeal - growth that was already stunted by the enormous obstacles the creator(s) faced simply getting the site off the ground. In October '08, Vloggerheads opened it's doors for public viewing, but not memberships, meaning it is still the gated community it was intended to be, only no one gives a shit anymore.

The site's traffic has slowed to a crawl and despite Renetto's best efforts to pimp the site on YouTube, which he's done by actually stealing other users' videos and posting them on his channel without their permission (monetizing these "promo" videos in the process), the site has the appearance of a sinking ship. The truth is that the goals of the site and the founding members were far too utopian for it to survive more than a few months. Lately it's becoming more and more apparent that Renetto's ultimate goal was to market the site for a sell-off sometime in the future. But chalk this one up as yet another failure on his part since site traffic has slown to a crawl and nearly every user has lost interest in the site altogether. Eventually the platform hopes include group think software and scented candles shaped in the form of dildos.

	Solomon on Vloggerheads April 2009

“	Tom was being dishonest. I don't believe at the point he set up Vloggerheads that there was any prospect of the tropolus ever coming into being and I think he knew it. He mislead the community. I was a fool to believe in Tom and the project so much. Vloggerheads is a lost cause; the community we once had is fragmented beyond repair. If there was any opportunity, if there was any opportunity at all, it is now gone.	„
—Periurban, former admin at Vloggerheads.

TL;DR: GG

Gallery

The ultimate irony. This, along with the recent news that VH is harboring pedophiles like Josh Harrison, is a sign the admins judgement is a little questionable	Psycho bitch Cheryl Shuman on VH	TheDramaTube Casey Nunez on VH	Battim
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Trivia

• Vloggerheads is registered on ning.com. It is not so much its own site as a private group on an existing website, one that specializes in hosting private porn groups.
• The site partially functions as an exploit for Renetto to collect info on perceived E-enemies.
• Several hundred users have left or been banned thus far, hundreds more have dead accounts amongst the total 2400 members there as of May, 2009.

External Links

• Vloggerheads.com   -   Pool's Fucking Closed OPEN No one cares.
• Wired blog review of Vloggerheads
• Newteevee.com article on Vloggerheads

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