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Threads post: “MySpace wasn't better because we were younger.
it was better because nobody had figured out how to turn every human emotion into a fucking marketing funnel yet.”
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[–] 11 points 2 months ago (5 children)

i have stopped saying good bye to people when i’m leaving in favor of a jaunty ‘don’t forget to like and subscribe’

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    Whats annoying is that is proven to work, ppl do that and see an uptick

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago* (2 children)

    I can see it working on kids. Maybe because I only watch YouTube on browser not logged in, so it's a default thing to not like and subscribe. I really only tend to login to the app if there's a smaller creator I'd like to give a boost to.

    When a channel aimed at a grown up audience does it, especially when they do the stupid ringing bell animation, I just find it tacky and it makes me NOT want to subscribe. Smaller channels getting started I can give a pass to, but bigger channels? It's kinda sad.

    Moriah Elizabeth has 10M subscribers and I don't remember her ever asking for likes and subscribes (and a lot of her fanbase IS kids).

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    Existing channels for adults see an uptick whenever they go from not doing it to doing it, they usually apologize if they are against it like yall but do it anyways because they know they're better off

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