Tracle

Tracle is a video-hosting website that launched in 2020. Like VidLii, its style is made to mimic that of old YouTube, in particular the "Cosmic Panda" style from 2011-2013. Tracle became the unexpected host for the Barney Bunch and Speakonia Community in 2022, with several community members joining it in hopes of possibly starting the community up in the relatively small and young site.

History

The early months of 2022 proved to be rough for the Barney Bunch and Speakonia Community. On YouTube, the terminations of Tomservo3, ToiletPranker, and Skewt was met with outrage, especially in the cases of the latter two, who have not been active in several years. VidLii was also in hot water too, with the revelation that it has been used for pro-Kremlin propaganda during the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, and in retaliation, several community members who were stationed on the site deleted their accounts in protest. Caught between a rock and a hard place, IronYoshi1212 Productions uploaded a video on April 2nd criticizing YouTube following the termination of ToiletPranker and Skewt, and discussed possible alternatives to YouTube, even suggesting a VidLii comeback (though this was before he found out about VIdLii's recent controversy), but he mainly suggested backing up older videos so that they will be safe from YouTube's prying eyes.

The discussion continued on in the Speakonia Community Discord server, with member RoboticBloxxer making the suggestion that the community use Tracle, a relatively small site that seemed perfect for the community to join. He would make an account on there sometime later and began reuploading several videos from various community members like Skewt, ToiletPranker, Tomservo3, StrawberryBarney, BarneyBunchCompany, Yuseeme90, Swellronald, and many more, even uploading several flashes from Newgrounds alongside his own videos. This was later followed by Slim Pickles, who also joined the site and began to reupload his videos from YouTube to Tracle, along with doing exclusive Blood-style videos on the site. CalciferBarney, who was originally on VidLii, would also join and provide original content as well as reuploads of videos by Skewt and Blood. Finally, IronYoshi would join on April 16 and uploaded a video announcing that his channel will consist of older reuploads and new content, mostly in synergy with whatever new video he uploads to YouTube. He has uploaded all of his videos from 2020 and 2021 (bar update videos) onto Tracle, and has reuploaded his earlier 2022 videos to the site alongside newer ones.

Eventually, several more members began to migrate to Tracle, many veterans of the community who are reuploading older content, but also new members crafting their own videos. Reception from the primary Tracle community has been mixed, with some expressing disdain towards the flood of BB content, while others hopped on the bandwagon. One user, Zeta, has been extremely vocal about the Barney Bunch and the Speakonia Community as a whole on Tracle, even releasing a video discussing it and apparently having a knee-jerk reaction on the Tracle Discord server. Many members of the community seem to brush off his concerns as little more than overreacting. Even so, with some members of the community migrating to Tracle, could we potentially see a return to Second Renaissance-esque shenanigans?

Notable Users

RoboticBloxxer (first community member to join)
Slim Pickles
CalciferBarney
IronYoshi1212 Productions (IronYoshi1212)
Turndown4hwut
Thirteeniverse
dildosdildo123
SpeakoniaSwellness
SexyLuver69
TheSwellObserver
Dr. Drew Pickles
SwellWigglyHomo45
SavageBoy69
DuchessTheSponge (DharMannFan69)