I don’t understand why this is a thing? Who wants to watch someone nod their head to someone else’s content?

Just show the original video! How did this get popular and what is wrong with those that helped it to happen?

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[–] 33 points 10 months ago (7 children)

Billions of idiots. I have no other explanation.

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  • [–] 9 points 10 months ago* (3 children)

    I've seen limited evidence to suggest the audience is material. A lot of these numbers are farmed for engagement and to inflate ad revenue. A lot are just channels that auto play when people aren't paying attention.

    There's definitely an audience of little kids who are just strapped to pads with nothing better to do. But it can't be overstated how fudged these audience numbers can get.

    YouTube claims their Shorts channel gets 200 billion views per day. There's only 5 billion Internet users on Earth.

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    That's 2.5B with 80 views a day, or 1.25 with 160 a day. Sadly those numbers aren't that unbelievable the way people consume short media. Just average it out so some make up for others only watching a few.

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