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| Topic | What is the point with 'Reaction' videos on YouTube? |
| Zeus 10/10/17 1:26:41 AM #40: | wah_wah_wah posted... They take zero effort to make and they are short so people watch them. Yeah, but that last thing required them getting big in the first place. It's kind of a given that as soon as something is being seen by a lot of people, marketers and advertisers will try to find a way in there. Golden Road posted... Why was Mystery Science Theater 3000 popular? It's the same basic idea. Most reaction videos are boring, but I get the underlying idea behind them. While caustic reviewers owe a lot to MST3k, I'm not sure if that's *as* true of react videos which might share more with something like America's funniest home videos. Plus MST3K worked *because* it was scripted and, even then, jokes frequently bombed. Reaction videos have none of that. Reaction videos are often just visceral responses that play into a person's facial features and body language, not the content of their remarks. Plus MST3K was built around mocking awful things, whereas reaction videos can pertain to *anything* --- (\/)(\/)|-| In Zeus We Trust: All Others Pay Cash ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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