Perverts on YouTube, back in the early days before the internet and smartphones were synonymous. And even a little bit after that, before everything was completely streamlined into specific applications.
But when there was some technical and equipment requirements for recording and uploading videos, the weird fuckers on youtube were a lot more entertaining for atrocity tourism; I'm not talking about people uploading 240p pornography rips in 9 minute, 59 second increments. I mean the people with very bizarre fetishes that were technically abiding by the rules. I specifically remember this whole community of 'cowboys and outlaws' which was a bunch of mid-thirties gay guys dressing up in full western outfits, smoking giant cigars, and challenging each other to quick draws and duels. It was hilarious, this whole little subculture with their own little rules, etiquette, etc.
And there were all sorts of things like that; someone's weird sex thing that was layered enough to be acceptable for upload as long as you didn't look too close. That's the kind of weirdness that takes maturity to develop; there's no chance that kids are going to see someone dressed as a British policeman smoking five pipes at once and think 'yeah, this is it, need to trick my parents into letting me buy a meerschaum.' When youtube started taking off, when it started being the new electric babysitter, it's when all the well-aged oddness was pruned away and you had creeps chasing after the kids.
A schlubby dude pulling on tasselled leather work gloves and talking about train robberies while making fuck eyes at the camera is funny. Creeps inventing a 'take pictures of your feet challenge' is horrible and sad.
