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> On the dark side we have channels bursting with (possibly) human trafficked vietnamese women producing sexual content masquerading as slice-of-life Can you e

> On the dark side we have channels bursting with (possibly) human trafficked vietnamese women producing sexual content masquerading as slice-of-life Can you explain for those of us out of the loop...

PopeDotNinja 8y ago
I tried googling around for a couple minutes, but only found videos about human trafficking hosted in YouTube. I'm curious, too.
- dijit 8y ago
  paymoneywubby did a video about it last month. https://youtu.be/hc4HzbD0GLI https://youtu.be/hc4HzbD0GLI
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jhart99 8y ago
I think he is referring to these sorts of videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5aPc2wlLiA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5aPc2wlLiA which are "slice of life" videos taken to their extreme. For an example, here is a slice of life one that isn't so extreme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhkE3e7lT_g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhkE3e7lT_g
- PopeDotNinja 8y ago
  Could bootstrapping one or more YouTube channels starring trafficking victims be profitable enough to attract organized crime? Could someone who knows a bit about YouTube channel growth & revenue streams crunch some numbers to post here? I assume that "bikini girl" prepended to any video title attract more views than videos of me. "old, chubby bald dude fishing in real life" doesn't seem like a great clickbait title. If there's enough money to be made in "slice of life" videos, I guess it could attract the attention of human traffickers.
- markdown 8y ago
  > For an example, here is a slice of life one that isn't so extreme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhkE3e7lT_g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhkE3e7lT_g That was beautiful, and nothing at all like the sexual ones we're discussing.
rocgf 8y ago
I'm not sure if it's the same as what OP was referring to, but there are videos of an attractive Vietnamese woman and her children doing random things (e.g. playing with toys) on the floor, with the woman being in an otherwise decent dress, but then revealing bits of her body seemingly by mistake throughout the video. That is masked as "the life of a Vietnamese family" and gets +1M views, but is clearly just softcore nudity.
- egeozcan 8y ago
  I don't understand why people do feel the need to sneak such videos as if they were innocent, in bloody YouTube... And why have children there present at all?!
  - tachyonbeam 8y ago
    Helps people remain in denial about what they are watching?
  - dsfyu404ed 8y ago
    Making the viewers/audience feel like they know or have some connection to the actress (or actor) makes what's effectively porn more rewarding for a lot of people. It's like a more mild form of the difference between looking at boobs on the internet vs your girlfriend sending you nudes (the latter being considered the superior product by most people). Pretty much every porn actress has a twitter/insta/snapchat they use to share mundane stuff in (often in addition to NSFW content). Celebrities in all industries (not just porn) do it too for the same reason. They want to "connect with their fans". Ocean Spray features its farmers on the back of its juice bottles for the same reason. People prefer a product (be that porn, music or a hipster beer) when they feel like they have a personal connection (genuine or not) to the people making it. Of course there's always a risk you rub the customers the wrong way.
QuotedForTruth 8y ago
paymoneywubby did a video about it [1]. Basically its a woman casually interacting with her children but behaving in very suggestive ways such as opening her legs to expose her underwear or seductively washing the car. Hundreds of videos across lots of channels with one woman, but its part of a whole lot of "super soft-core" youtube. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc4HzbD0GLI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc4HzbD0GLI
- jandrese 8y ago
  I guess the target market for this is people trapped behind porn filters that can still get YouTube? Seems like a very niche market. This is the Internet, it's not that hard to find porn. If someone is scouring your browser history those softcore channels don't seem like they would be hiding much, unless they have titles like "small engine maintenance -- carburetor cleaning". I'm trying to imagine some 14 year old boy trying to explain to an angry mother that yes, he's that interested in the boring day to day life details of an Asian mother.
  - QuotedForTruth 8y ago
    They were (just read that youtube took them down) getting millions of views. From what I understand, ad revenue on a site like youtube is much higher per view than on adult sites because most advertisers are so reluctant to put their product next to adult content. I'm not sure who watches them either, but they were clearly making money producing the content.
    - jandrese 8y ago
      Thinking about it some more I bet part of the appeal is the voyeuristic nature of it. It probably feels a lot more like real life, where you very rarely get jumped by horny housewives looking for an anonymous lay, and more realistically get some sideboob or a panty flash from people wearing hot weather clothes. But as you note, it's mostly a good deal for the producers that can monetize the videos a lot easier on a legit platform like YouTube, and there is probably a reasonably big captive market of people who are trapped behind porn filters.
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PopeDotNinja 8y ago

I tried googling around for a couple minutes, but only found videos about human trafficking hosted in YouTube. I'm curious, too.

dijit 8y ago
paymoneywubby did a video about it last month. https://youtu.be/hc4HzbD0GLI https://youtu.be/hc4HzbD0GLI

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jhart99 8y ago

I think he is referring to these sorts of videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5aPc2wlLiA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5aPc2wlLiA which are "slice of life" videos taken to their extreme. For an example, here is a slice of life one that isn't so extreme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhkE3e7lT_g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhkE3e7lT_g

PopeDotNinja 8y ago
Could bootstrapping one or more YouTube channels starring trafficking victims be profitable enough to attract organized crime? Could someone who knows a bit about YouTube channel growth & revenue streams crunch some numbers to post here? I assume that "bikini girl" prepended to any video title attract more views than videos of me. "old, chubby bald dude fishing in real life" doesn't seem like a great clickbait title. If there's enough money to be made in "slice of life" videos, I guess it could attract the attention of human traffickers.
markdown 8y ago
> For an example, here is a slice of life one that isn't so extreme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhkE3e7lT_g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhkE3e7lT_g That was beautiful, and nothing at all like the sexual ones we're discussing.

rocgf 8y ago

I'm not sure if it's the same as what OP was referring to, but there are videos of an attractive Vietnamese woman and her children doing random things (e.g. playing with toys) on the floor, with the woman being in an otherwise decent dress, but then revealing bits of her body seemingly by mistake throughout the video. That is masked as "the life of a Vietnamese family" and gets +1M views, but is clearly just softcore nudity.

egeozcan 8y ago
I don't understand why people do feel the need to sneak such videos as if they were innocent, in bloody YouTube... And why have children there present at all?!
- tachyonbeam 8y ago
  Helps people remain in denial about what they are watching?
- dsfyu404ed 8y ago
  Making the viewers/audience feel like they know or have some connection to the actress (or actor) makes what's effectively porn more rewarding for a lot of people. It's like a more mild form of the difference between looking at boobs on the internet vs your girlfriend sending you nudes (the latter being considered the superior product by most people). Pretty much every porn actress has a twitter/insta/snapchat they use to share mundane stuff in (often in addition to NSFW content). Celebrities in all industries (not just porn) do it too for the same reason. They want to "connect with their fans". Ocean Spray features its farmers on the back of its juice bottles for the same reason. People prefer a product (be that porn, music or a hipster beer) when they feel like they have a personal connection (genuine or not) to the people making it. Of course there's always a risk you rub the customers the wrong way.

QuotedForTruth 8y ago

paymoneywubby did a video about it [1]. Basically its a woman casually interacting with her children but behaving in very suggestive ways such as opening her legs to expose her underwear or seductively washing the car. Hundreds of videos across lots of channels with one woman, but its part of a whole lot of "super soft-core" youtube. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc4HzbD0GLI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc4HzbD0GLI

jandrese 8y ago
I guess the target market for this is people trapped behind porn filters that can still get YouTube? Seems like a very niche market. This is the Internet, it's not that hard to find porn. If someone is scouring your browser history those softcore channels don't seem like they would be hiding much, unless they have titles like "small engine maintenance -- carburetor cleaning". I'm trying to imagine some 14 year old boy trying to explain to an angry mother that yes, he's that interested in the boring day to day life details of an Asian mother.
- QuotedForTruth 8y ago
  They were (just read that youtube took them down) getting millions of views. From what I understand, ad revenue on a site like youtube is much higher per view than on adult sites because most advertisers are so reluctant to put their product next to adult content. I'm not sure who watches them either, but they were clearly making money producing the content.
  - jandrese 8y ago
    Thinking about it some more I bet part of the appeal is the voyeuristic nature of it. It probably feels a lot more like real life, where you very rarely get jumped by horny housewives looking for an anonymous lay, and more realistically get some sideboob or a panty flash from people wearing hot weather clothes. But as you note, it's mostly a good deal for the producers that can monetize the videos a lot easier on a legit platform like YouTube, and there is probably a reasonably big captive market of people who are trapped behind porn filters.

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