Just a few words about the ever-expanding 'drama' on YouTube, whereby atheists call each other liars, cheats and ugly. I originally called this the '1000 subscriber ass hole effect' - as soon as someone got to 1000 subscribers it seemed that their brains became so addled with their imaginary popularity that they dropped all pretence of taking part in serious discussions, or delivering interesting and stimulating ideas, and instead decided to take personal pot-shots at other atheists. End result: atheists in general get a bad name and we all look like idiots.

Things have changed, but only marginally. Now you don't even need 1000 subscribers to join this 'elite' band of bad-mouthers. You can be a character assassin with a couple of hundred subs and (because apparently people love to see this kind of thing), taking a pop at people who probably share the same views on most things, but made one comment you don't agree with, will get you more popularity.

I was never sucked into taking part (I'm not that stupid), but I was, for a time, somewhat fooled into watching the bitch-fest for several weeks, much like becoming addicted to crap TV. Just tonight I realised I was watching some bullshit programme about 'good girls gone bad', before waking up my brain and switching off the set. The same was happening with YouTube - there was so much garbage video drama that it was easy to get hooked.

The bottom line was that I found that this site wasn't being updated. I wasn't finding new videos, wasn't watching atheists who caught my attention and made me think. Recently, however, you may have noticed that I have been adding sometimes 3 or 4 videos a day, quality videos that I really want to share with people. Why am I doing this? Because I switched off the drama. I stopped watching the crap. I tuned into the atheists on YouTube who really do have something worth watching.

Hopefully you'll do the same. Recognise when you start to watch some bullshit about a conspiracy theory, or some kind of negative video flagging campaign, or a mindless, pointless 'pwning' video. Recognise it and click the 'back' button. Then pick another video and make better use of your time. All the videos I add to this site are ones worth watching (except maybe those in the 'Stuff' section where I indulge myself), but these are just a drop in the ocean. I usually only feature one video per YouTuber, so take a look at their other videos. Look at the people they respond to, or subscribe to.

Intelligent YouTube atheists haven't gone away from YouTube, but they are sometimes eclipsed by the 'Jerry Springer style' crowd. I'll try and help you find the good stuff, but sometimes all you have to do is look.

Avoid the YouTube drama. It's not worth your time.