Re:YouTube is taking down educational hacking videos
by naikrovek on Monday October 14, 2019 @07:30PM
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Most were small sites that had a few videos about a specific topic, and whose videos were not optimized for search engines or anything other than the topic at hand.
Why do you hear the words "hey guys" or "you guys" in virtually every YouTube video today? Because it's an approved (and extremely boring, meaningless, and effortless) way to address your audience in a non-specific manner.
Internet videos had a lot more character before they were a source of income.
Of course that same income potential produces a lot of garbage 20 minute videos about the latest Nintendo Switch rumor, for example, and they also allow truly passionate people to make money creating the videos they would not have time to create without that income, so it's a mixed bag.
The internet in general 20 years ago had a lot more character overall before people figured out how to make it profitable.
Why do you hear the words "hey guys" or "you guys" in virtually every YouTube video today? Because it's an approved (and extremely boring, meaningless, and effortless) way to address your audience in a non-specific manner.
Internet videos had a lot more character before they were a source of income.
Of course that same income potential produces a lot of garbage 20 minute videos about the latest Nintendo Switch rumor, for example, and they also allow truly passionate people to make money creating the videos they would not have time to create without that income, so it's a mixed bag.
The internet in general 20 years ago had a lot more character overall before people figured out how to make it profitable.