Social:Unfavorable Semicircle
Unfavorable Semicircle is the name of a series of channels[clarification needed] on YouTube which garnered attention for the high volume and unusual nature of the published videos. The BBC has referred to Unfavorable Semicircle as "YouTube's strangest mystery".[1] Unfavorable Semicircle has also been referred to as "one of the Top 10 Weirdest YouTube Channels".[2]
Origins
In March 2015, a YouTube account with the title Unfavorable Semicircle was created; the channel began uploading large numbers of videos on April 5.[3] The channel continued to post large numbers of videos all titled with the Sagittarius symbol or a random six digit number, or both, but most lacking a description. The videos often display abstract, pixelated images. In some cases they show just a single dot in a field of solid brown. Some videos omit sound while some feature distorted sounds.[3] Some videos are only seconds in length, while others are much longer — one completely silent video was 11 hours in length.[3]
Attention and disappearance
Due to the volume of uploads and odd nature of the videos, observers started to take notice. Eventually a small community on Reddit formed to investigate the channel.[4] Speculation as to what the channel might be for includes: an alternate reality game, the work of an individual with a "disturbed mind",[1] a test channel similar to Webdriver Torso,[3] an online numbers station,[1] and outsider art. According to computer security specialist Alan Woodward at University of Surrey, it is probably "too complex" to be a numbers station, and is also unlikely to be a recruitment puzzle as those are usually announced in some way.[1] The Unfavorable Semicircle channel was suspended by YouTube in February 2016, shortly after gaining publicity as a result of BBC reporting about it.[4]
See also
- Markovian Parallax Denigrate
- Webdriver Torso
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Baraniuk, Chris (25 February 2016). "The Quest to Solve Youtube's Strangest Mystery". http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20160225-the-quest-to-solve-youtubes-strangest-mystery.
- ↑ Dawson, Steve (15 April 2017). "Top 10 Weirdest YouTube Channels – The Strangest Videos". https://gazettereview.com/2016/10/top-10-strangest-youtube-channels/. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 STARR, MICHELLE (24 February 2016). "This freaky YouTube channel invites conspiracy theories". https://www.cnet.com/news/unravel-the-secrets-of-this-freaky-youtube-channel/. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 SHILLING, ERIK (22 February 2016). "The Unsettling Mystery of the Creepiest Channel on YouTube". https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-unsettling-mystery-of-the-creepiest-channel-on-youtube. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
External links
- Unfavorable Semicircle Wiki, a website documenting the subject.
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