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> The same can pretty much be said about the rest of YouTube’s top “talent.” From Shane Dawson to Smosh, it’s almost universally bad content, bad jokes, bad pre
by jpdoctor 13y ago
> The same can pretty much be said about the rest of YouTube’s top “talent.” From Shane Dawson to Smosh, it’s almost universally bad content, bad jokes, bad premises, bad production value.
Oh, you mean just like regular TV.
- kunai 13y agoTV wasn't that bad 10-15 years ago. Formulaic as they were, 90s sitcoms used to always entertain, even if they didn't have much new to bring to the table. Now, of course, we have mindless nonsense on TV, but I'm afraid YouTube is even worse. I have no subscribers on YouTube, and I never watch any of the producers listed in the article. I generally use it for music (I listen to a lot of jazz, and Spotify has very little jazz music), and watching arbitrary YouTube videos that end up in links from Hacker News. And the occasional technology video. EDIT: What's interesting about the article is the trail of comments left by top YouTubers, such as Ryan Higa, Tay Zonday, and Lamarr Wilson. Really entertaining to read their responses.
- jpdoctor 13y ago> 90s sitcoms used to always entertain They lost me in the 80s (I watched a ton in the 70s). Never could manage to go back. Edit: I came up with two exceptions 1. Jon Stewart 2. Pinky and the Brain. For different reasons, both of those could get me to turn on a TV.