Rubén Gisbert: from viral video to deleted tweets
A viral personality draws mounting criticism over his conduct during the DANA floods and in Ceuta, while YouTube promotes him and he deletes his most controversial tweets
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Rubén Gisbert: the phenomenon YouTube's algorithm keeps feeding
Late one night the message appeared: a doctor claimed a police shooting was a staged cover-up to erase evidence, the work of a "neuromodulated" person. Shortly afterwards, the message vanished. The trail of Rubén Gisbert, the figure the post revolved around, is once again dividing the internet.
Critics have a growing list of grievances: they accuse him of staging "performances" during the DANA floods (the catastrophic Valencia flooding of October 2024) and, more recently, in Ceuta; of aligning himself with trevijanismo and pilingui; even of acting as a "paid shill". The expression is crude, but it sums up a current of opinion that sees Gisbert as a conspiracy agitator who profits from the noise. Some critics compare him to David Bustamante for his cocky attitude.
YouTube's algorithm seems to prove him right: it adores him, promotes him, and he, according to the analysis, "makes a fortune along the way". His trinc, devoted, defend his every move. But he also deletes inconvenient posts. The question remains open: is he a strategist of chaos or a product of the algorithm? For now, both.
Late one night the message appeared: a doctor claimed a police shooting was a staged cover-up to erase evidence, the work of a "neuromodulated" person. Shortly afterwards, the message vanished. The trail of Rubén Gisbert, the figure the post revolved around, is once again dividing the internet.
Critics have a growing list of grievances: they accuse him of staging "performances" during the DANA floods (the catastrophic Valencia flooding of October 2024) and, more recently, in Ceuta; of aligning himself with trevijanismo and pilingui; even of acting as a "paid shill". The expression is crude, but it sums up a current of opinion that sees Gisbert as a conspiracy agitator who profits from the noise. Some critics compare him to David Bustamante for his cocky attitude.
YouTube's algorithm seems to prove him right: it adores him, promotes him, and he, according to the analysis, "makes a fortune along the way". His trinc, devoted, defend his every move. But he also deletes inconvenient posts. The question remains open: is he a strategist of chaos or a product of the algorithm? For now, both.
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