I used to occasionally enjoy watching random videos online. But this trend of people attaching their annoying and obviously FAKE reactions on top of the video is happening a lot lately. Aren’t people bothered by this ? How is that even supposed to help with the content of the video ? I understand if they own the content of the video, but lately I see a lot of people doing it on completely random content.

  • MelonYellow@lemmy.ca
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    1 day ago

    I actively avoid videos with those awful thumbnails, but I figure it must result in a net gain in clicks.

    • neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 day ago

      I will sometimes watch them on YouTube as it’s a compilation of a certain kind of goofy video. Otherwise I’m getting random clips from all kinds of genres.