YouTube Stars Are Pushing a Shady Gambling Site

Re:YouTube Stars Are Pushing a Shady Gambling Site by jandrese on Friday January 04, 2019 @01:11PM (#18826220)

I guess the target market for this is people trapped behind porn filters that can still get YouTube? Seems like a very niche market. This is the Internet, it's not that hard to find porn. If someone is scouring your browser history those softcore channels don't seem like they would be hiding much, unless they have titles like "small engine maintenance -- carburetor cleaning".

I'm trying to imagine some 14 year old boy trying to explain to an angry mother that yes, he's that interested in the boring day to day life details of an Asian mother.

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Re:YouTube Stars Are Pushing a Shady Gambling Site by QuotedForTruth on Friday January 04, 2019 @01:37PM (#18826472)

They were (just read that youtube took them down) getting millions of views. From what I understand, ad revenue on a site like youtube is much higher per view than on adult sites because most advertisers are so reluctant to put their product next to adult content. I'm not sure who watches them either, but they were clearly making money producing the content.

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Re:YouTube Stars Are Pushing a Shady Gambling Site by jandrese on Friday January 04, 2019 @01:43PM (#18826519)

Thinking about it some more I bet part of the appeal is the voyeuristic nature of it. It probably feels a lot more like real life, where you very rarely get jumped by horny housewives looking for an anonymous lay, and more realistically get some sideboob or a panty flash from people wearing hot weather clothes.

But as you note, it's mostly a good deal for the producers that can monetize the videos a lot easier on a legit platform like YouTube, and there is probably a reasonably big captive market of people who are trapped behind porn filters.

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