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YouTube is the primary arena in the online world of Chris, who has occasionally called it "the YouTube". His websites have gotten hacked, Encyclopedia Dramatica crashed forever, and even this very wiki sucks balls sometimes, but YouTube is always up and operational, and, except during his "final departure from the Internet" in 2010, Chris has always produced new Captain's Log videos and reacted to the videos of his friends and enemies. From 2017 onward, Chris's YouTube presence started to dwindle as he shifted his online presence to Twitter, but he still uploaded videos every now and then.

For Chris, YouTube wasn't merely a way to post videos dedicated to his alleged adoring fanbase and issue broad condemnations of trolling; it was also a communication channel. Chris has posted several videos on his YouTube channel that he apparently believed would be only viewed by the people he addressed the videos to, and that they'd view the video even when they haven't been made aware of Chris's channel. He has addressed individual trolls, individual alleged fans, sweethearts and especially former sweethearts, journalists and TV shows, local business managers and other people within driving distance of his house. As of 2009, Chris is wary of email and other text-based forms of communication, having been burned by alleged sweethearts who turned out to have pickles. Chris has also been known to search videos labeled "Chris-chan" in order to satisfy his ego.

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