This is my first time posting in this section and though I am not sure about the whole Illuminati devil worshipping idea as a graphic designer I am interested in the symbolism. Anyway I have noticed on Youtube videos with links to external sites have the eye next to the "as seen on" text. This eye as we all know pops up often, however I just feel the Youtube layout is very sleek, the eye simply does not fit with the overall style, for instance the search button is most stylised which you would expect from a sleek theme.

I guess I am just curious about whether you think this eye is intentional and if so, why do the insist on showing it to the masses?



Here is a capture of the search button, I am not sure how obvious the difference is to some but I feel it is another example of Illuminati symbolism.

This is really reaching I think. It's an eye because it is 'as seen on' and you see with eyes....
And I dont know what you mean with the search graphic. Also seems very obvious.

Just my opinion.

I'm on board with the Illuminati conspiracy but this is a stretch.

IMHO

Sometime an icon is just an icon.

You see with eyes. You search with a magnifying glass.

There are eyes on posters with Justin Beiber, two of them in fact.

Do you know any reason why government would like to post their secret symbols everywhere. Perhaps they do it so that they can laugh on their couch thinking about foolish people who see it everyday but do not understand. LOL.

I think you are just looking for these symbols everywhere. The eye symbol beside view count fits well into the page. And same for the search icon.

Originally posted by morpheusxxz
Do you know any reason why government would like to post their secret symbols everywhere. Perhaps they do it so that they can laugh on their couch thinking about foolish people who see it everyday but do not understand. LOL.

I think you are just looking for these symbols everywhere. The eye symbol beside view count fits well into the page. And same for the search icon.

Fair enough, what I will say though is that I could create anyone of the dozen buttons found on youtube (thumb ratings etc), but the eye is clearly different and the only button that is realistic instead of minimal. The eye lids are shaped and the overal symbol is more detailed. At the moment I am thinking the eye might just be from a previous layout back when youtube was not designed as well but one thing I am sure of, to create that eye would have required far more effort when the designer could have made something easier that fits in with the rest of the design. Just an observation but I did not expect many to see the difference.


I am perhaps a bit OCD when it comes to efficient design so for arguments sake here is what a minimal icon would look like. This icon literally took a few seconds just like all those other icons, the current icon is more detailed and I hope atleast that is apparent.

It's certainly possiblie, but I wouldn't put my whole faith into this theory. I have no doubt that the illuminati has their "eye" on Youtube. They may even have a certain amount of control and/or influence. But I'd have to say that Youtube is too large for any one group to control totally.

i understand what you mean bye the eye and i have also been wondering about that but i think its just like some others posted it is just cuz it says seen on and it shows the eye as a symble for the as seen

I see what you mean by the magnifying glass.

You could add another handle on the other side and you have a pyramid symbol.
But I think these are just icons, come back when they are using these in there logos

streeeeeeeeeetching much?

although what i found funny was when watching a vid yeserday i got an advert as you do at the bottom of the video that said "is the illuminati real?" and it was an ask Jeeves advert?
kind of made me