YouTube inadvertently reminds viewers pause ads exist, immediately gets rat

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TL;DR

• Earlier this week, YouTube’s Twitter account tweeted an “it’s okay to press pause” message that was pretty much immediately misinterpreted.
• Rather than taking it as an invitation to unplug and unwind, Twitter users began freaking out, reading it as in support of YouTube pause-screen ads.

YouTube’s Twitter account is one of the more innocuous things you’ll find on that increasingly distasteful platform, and beyond occasionally sharing news of feature additions or the latest content to arrive, it tweets some pretty harmless messages: “it’s a stay-in-and-watch-videos-with-friends kind of night,” “when your watch history is more accurate than your horoscope ,” or “thankful for creators who inspire us every day .” But earlier this week, the account really stepped in it — in a way that the people running it probably never anticipated.

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