The Wikipedia cites Brian Flemming’s arguments as to why LonelyGirl15 is fake and twice stressed that a cute young girl liking a computer geek is “exactly the kind of thing that the young male YouTube demographic would fantasize about.”

Ahem. YouTube has 44% female users. Talk about reinforcing stereotypes that aren’t even true.

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