Internet Comment Etiquette with Erik, sometimes abbreviated to ICE or just Internet Comment Etiquette, is a comedy YouTube channel created by Erik Hoffstad. The channel focuses on teaching viewers how to properly post comments on the internet. The show was originally on Erik's former channel, letsGOtoCLASS, before becoming its own series. Erik Hoffstad has been active on YouTube since 2008, and made his second channel in 2014.
Series[]
Lessons / "Internet Comment Etiquette"[]
The lessons are the main bulk of the channel. In this series, Erik teaches his audience how to type "proper" and "respectful" comments online.
He demonstrates his etiquette by watching various videos of the lesson's topic, looking through the comment section, and humorously leaving his own comment making fun of the uploader and the comment section. While Erik mostly does his reactions and comments on YouTube, he also frequently visits Twitter, Facebook, and news websites in his videos.
Erik often parodies and mocks conspiracists and right-wing beliefs in this series, and jokes frequently about sex (going as far as making sex literature about Mark Grenon and himself), Ted Cruz, bleach, and the anti-vaccine community.
Tweets From the Class[]
Tweets From the Class is a series in which Erik comments on or answers any questions from tweets sent to him. These usually end with a tweet to Ted Cruz, or any political figure relevant at the time of the video. This is the second longest series on the channel, being behind the regular Internet Comment Etiquette lessons respectively.
GAME TIPZ[]
GAME TIPZ was a series in which Erik gives satirical advice on how to perform better in various video games. These "tips" often involve the killing of his own teammates.
Let's Get Into the Middle of It with Erik[]
Let's Get Into the Middle of It is a series consisting of Erik discussing and involving himself into relevant and heated online debates, usually with a centrist outlook on the topic. It had 2 episodes in 2015, and was continued in 2021 for the Hot Tub Streaming controversy happening with Twitch.
Subreddit of the Week[]
This series involves Erik showing his viewers a weird or interesting subreddit on the popular website, Reddit. Although the title suggests that there are weekly videos, this is not true, as there have only been three episodes.
Erik Drinks Wine and Gets a Haircut[]
In the video, "Internet Comment Etiquette: Crowd Funding", Erik created a Kickstarter to make a film about a man who drinks wine and gets a haircut. The Kickstarter eventually met his goal and a contributor got to choose a pineapple haircut. This led to the "Pineapple Erik" phase of ICE and ended up with a massive amount of fanart submitted to Erik via Twitter.
Community[]
Erik has a relatively moderate following online in the form of followers/subscribers (or students, as he calls them) and his own subreddit titled r/InternetCommentEtiquette. Erik is generally interactive with his fanbase via Twitter and frequently shows the support he gets through his "Tweets From the Class" series.
Erik is known for his fans arranging raids on pages of controversial and disliked conspiracists/politicians with shirtless old men pictures, which has managed to reach news headlines as shown by his "Back to Normal" video which he looks at the site "Gettr" after it had been flooded with shirtless old men and pornography.