The Atlantic: Nobody Knows What’s Happening Online Anymore. Why you’ve probably never heard of the most popular Netflix show in the world.::undefined

  • Sentient LoomEnglish
    13•1 year ago

    There are tons of young millionaire youtubers who I’ve never heard of. It’s pretty cool actually that there are so many niches to fill.

    • maegul (he/they)English
      16•1 year ago

      And plenty of poor low-subscriber channels that are actually really good and could blow up at some point.

      I’ve certainly watched some people from before they were big and from memory their content was more or less just as good in the “early” days. Which all up makes for a pile of stuff!

        • drphungkyEnglish
          6•1 year ago

          I can’t remember what channel, but somebody did an experiment with not doing the ridiculous thumbnails and got way fewer views. Which sort of gets at the point of this article: the are huge swaths of people that are clicking on them and that sounds super foreign to a lot of us.

        • @[email protected]English
          2•1 year ago

          That seems to be the only kind of trash content that Google is interested in pushing these days.

          Youtube “pushes” whatever gets more views and longer watch time.

          If trashy crap is being suggested, that means other people are watching it in increased numbers.

        • @[email protected]English
          -3•1 year ago

          Google pushes what you click. Stop watching this kind of content and it’ll probably stop being recommended to you