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Everybody does that and has for the past 10 years. People sell the scammiest stuff then completely dissociate and say "sorry guys I didn't know that was a scam
by kdheiwns 7mo ago
Everybody does that and has for the past 10 years. People sell the scammiest stuff then completely dissociate and say "sorry guys I didn't know that was a scam haha. I won't do it again. This program brought to you by Honey. I use it and it's great." Their viewers always forgive them.
- addaon 7mo ago> Their viewers always forgive them. Pretty strong selection bias there. And no way to know how many potential viewers avoided them after the first ad read.
- odo1242 7mo agoCan you name a YouTube channel that experienced a drop in viewership, subscribers, any metric whatsoever, after a sponsorship read turned out to be a scam?
- GJim 7mo agoHeh In the 1990's and for us GenX'ers, selling out was the worst thing you could do; to take the man's money instead of keeping your integrity. Calling people and bands 'sell outs' (sometimes without justification!) was to insult them. Now with the rise of 'influencers' selling out is the norm, and people are praised for doing so. This is a massive shift in the cultural landscape and is perhaps something many born after ~2000 are unaware of.
- amadeuspagel 6mo agoCan you name a "zine" or whatever people had in the 90s that experienced a drop in subscribers after it sold out?
- orangesilk 6mo agoNot quite 90s, but * sourceforge.org * adblockplus the plugin I am currently getting off youtube for their agressive anti adblocking behavior and I stopped reading Spiegel Online for the same reason years ago.
- glaslong 6mo ago"Their viewers" minus me and mine Others are welcome to look past it. I've unsubbed from a lot of shite on clear signals that they'll say anything and stand for nothing. Ad reads are an incredibly easy, bright line for it if you're someone who gaf.