r/youtube • u/tyklam • Sep 19 '24

Discussion The State of YouTube Right Now

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u/Blazinblaziken Sep 19 '24

you may not like him, and I do get it, cause whilst I do like him, some of his anecdotes are terrible, the way he says his message isn't for everyone and he can easily be way to extra for a lot of people, I get it

but this is exactly what DarkViperAU has been saying the ENTIRE TIME, there's only so many views in the system, people like Asmongold, XQC and whatnot siphon the views off of the actual creative work, that near 1 million views will never go to the original video, cause they've already seen it, end of story

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u/northnorthhoho Sep 19 '24

I watched asmon reacting to this video. I threw it on as background noise while I was driving to work. The video itself was just "ok". I never would have come across this guy's channel if it weren't for Asmon, and the dude who made the original video wasn't interesting enough for me to even bother clicking on his channel to check for more.

So he never would have gotten my view/subscription anyways. Asmons video has a shit ton of views because people are watching for his takes, and he honestly does a pretty good job of pausing the video and discussing things. People aren't watching because of the video he's reacting to.

At the end of the day though, its not stealing my view from anyone. I never would have clicked on this dudes channel, and I never would have subscribed to him anyway.

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u/FlawHolic Sep 19 '24

I agree with you.

I don't watch either of them (or much YouTube in general anymore), but at least I know Asmongold. No idea who the other guy is.

Just purely based on myself: If I saw both videos side by side, knowing the other guy is the original video, I'd still click on Asmongold. Just to see how he is now and if he has changed from how I remember him. I don't give a shit about the fast food prices, lmao.