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Re:As YouTube traffic soars, YouTubers say pay is plummeting by CPLX on Monday April 13, 2020 @03:10PM (#22859000)
I've worked in the field and have been closely involved in online advertising spending and you're way overstating this. Confusion, misdirection, dodgy attribution, questionable ROI calculations and outright fraud are rampant.

Furthermore I'd say most people with deep knowledge of the field (assuming they don't have a vested interest in arguing otherwise) would agree in a heartbeat.

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Re:As YouTube traffic soars, YouTubers say pay is plummeting by petercooper on Monday April 13, 2020 @04:14PM (#22859540)
Furthermore I'd say most people with deep knowledge of the field (assuming they don't have a vested interest in arguing otherwise) would agree in a heartbeat.

I don't know if this rhetorical device has a name, but basically saying "and other smart people would agree with me unless they had a sneaky reason not to" doesn't seem like supportive evidence of your point.. (... and I suspect most people would agree in a heartbeat.. sorry! ;-))

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