The coming tsunami of fakery

Re:The coming tsunami of fakery by bombcar on Thursday August 25, 2022 @09:03PM (#32602099)

Those are often referred to as pastimes or hobbies — and I think the “entertainmentification” of all (lacking a word let’s say content) has been a major issue in the recent decades.

It’s becoming hard to even find a youtube video that doesn’t have “like and subscribe” somewhere in it, even if it’s not otherwise sponsored.

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Re:The coming tsunami of fakery by selfhoster11 on Saturday August 27, 2022 @06:38PM (#32623964)

Asking to like and subscribe is a standard YouTuber behaviour because they presumably get a cut from the ads that YouTube runs on their channel. Or even if the channel is run entirely not for profit, liking and subscribing increases the chance that new users will see the content in their suggested videos thanks to an algorithmic boost.

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