I hate the word ‘Consumer’ or I mockingly call it ‘CONSOOMER’. Because that’s to imply everyone in the world is just cattle, but with wallets. We’re no longer customers. We’re consumers now. And a consumer’s purpose is to consume shit, whatever is put out there. Got money? Shut up and consume, it’s what corporate interests and capitalism itself thrive on. Consume and consume.

  • Wolf Link 🐺@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Not all videos have actual “content” tho. Reaction videos for example are just videos another person created while the uploader shoves their face into the camera and grimaces a bit. Or compilations, which are just a lazy no-effort way to bulk-repost stuff other people made. Or these bullshit “X movie in full length” videos that are 2+ hours of just displaying a download link.

    I would not call these people “content creators” IMHO, even tho they do, in fact, create and upload videos.

    (This is just my personal opinion tho, nothing “official” in any way)

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      1 year ago

      I think pure reactions evolved from shock emotion videos ( See Barbara encounter a Reaper Leviathan for the first time ) which is a shitpost version of punking videos.

      I appreciate some informed take videos, such as a chef watching The Menu and sharing inside knowledge.

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      1 year ago

      reaction videos along with influencers are some of the most idiocracy-themed crap that humanity managed to come up with

      can’t wait for the inevitable ‘ow my balls’ streams so we can all watch and 'bate

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        1 year ago

        sounds genuinely more interesting than sssniperwolf saying “OH MY GOD” to yet another stream of tiktoks