I’ve watched so many videos about bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies on Youtube that it’s amazing I haven’t gone into full strabismus mode, even with my high-powered prescription glasses. One thing I’ve noticed is that Youtube as a platform for learning about crypto is a joke, a wasteland of professional Youtubers existing primarily to shill products—whether they’re shitty ones or not.
This video is a pretty good analysis of what’s going on, but there’s more to the story than just being an influencer (a word that I detest when used in the context of these phonies).
In particular I’ve noticed that there’s a trend toward videos becoming very similar in a sinister sort of way. It’s almost as if there’s a formula these Youtubers follow, from the thumbnail to the intro music, and even to the content of the videos themselves. I’d like to give a visual example of what I’m talking about, and you can click right out of this thread if you don’t want to see a bunch of images—but they’ll support my point.
Monkey See, Monkey Hold Chin:
By the way, this crap is all over other topics too, like video games.
Even stories about missing kids (or at least one I picked from a search):
And even random topics like true crime combined with fucking makeup:
I could go on and on with examples, but I’ve already provided too many (source: Youtube). So here’s my second point: if bitcointalk decides to create a Youtube channel, I’m really hoping whoever’s in charge doesn’t decide to go the cookie-cutter route like all of the above jokers did. I also hope the goal of the forum's channel isn't primarily to monetize its videos, else the creators are going to have to follow all of Youtube's algorithms to the letter--and I think that's exactly what these faceholders are doing with theirs, i.e., they've figured out exactly what type of video gets the most views, thumbs up, subscibes, and everything else they're obsessed with.
So please, at the very least let's not ever have a forum video with a thumbnail of Foxpup holding his/her/its chin (even though I'd love to have the Pup interviewed).
