How YouTuber WillNE Tricked TED Authorities into Letting Him Give a Talk

Last Updated: December 24, 2022, 16:05 ISTWillNE's TED talk was also featured on their official YouTube channel. (Credits: YouTube/WillNE)YouTuber WillNE pulled off an elaborate

plan to be able to give a TED talk and then had his video uploaded to his channel."Welcome to my TED talk" has become quite the punchline on social media where people poke a bit of

good-natured fun at themselves. Turns out, you actually do not need more expertise than these casual internet "TED talks" to become an official speaker- just a load of resources

and dedication. That is not to diss the TED talks- many qualified people including Bill Gates, Stephen Hawking and Elon Musk have delivered these speeches- but there are some

loopholes which can be used to "trick" the people over at TED.YouTuber William Lenney AKA WillNE claims to have done just that and detailed how he did it in a video. Starting from

getting a TED license to booking a venue that could seat around 1200, the YouTuber did it all so he could give an expert TED talk without being an expert. A major point in his

favor was a colleague who previously worked at TED, who let him know the process of getting TED to upload his video onto their official YouTube channel.The process was an arduous

one, where they filmed other experts and then added their own video into the package of those videos—a video-loaded "Trojan horse"—to trick TED screening experts into being

convinced of their video's standards. The YouTuber and his collaborators succeeded in pulling it off and their video was uploaded to the official TEDX YouTube channel. Watch their

video here to find out in more detail how exactly they did it.However, things went south soon after and WillNE's video was taken down. To prove that it had actually gone up on the

channel, he had filmed a video in advance.“Imagine planning for months, paying for the trip, hotel, and more to go to this Ted talk to broaden you horizon and knowledge.. just to

end up being trolled by WillNE,” one YouTube viewer commented. “This man is absolutely insane . I can't believe we went from laughing at kids rapping to TED talks," wrote

another. "This feels like a broke ass episode of Impractical Jokers and I'm here for it," reads another comment.Read all the Latest Buzz News here buzz staffA team of writers at

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