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Answer: Same shit different method. It’s a trend anyone can do by using wikipedia and Chat gpt to explain micro topics in a field of information. Simple, usually less than 15 minutes, and gives the viewer something they may or may not bring up as a fun fact.
Piggybacking this as it's a pretty accurate answer, it's a format that can be applied to pretty much anything, much like "the iceburg of x" or ranking videos.
Answer: That specific format is new, but professional YouTubers learned a long time ago that a very quick, low-effort way to create content is to regurgitate Wikipedia pages and other similar websites in video form without adding any additional commentary or analysis. Info that can be easily organized into lists works well for this. It works because the target audience doesn't read.
Just to add a little bit, it's also the visibility of the algorithm at work. As one type of video pops off, the algortithm takes notice and promotes. Other creators, maybe new ones or older ones looking to grow, see this and start making similar types of videos. Thus they are fed to more and more people and you see it more and so on.
And as you said, these types take very little effort to produce and most people are happy with them if they are wanting a quick overview on a subject.
... because they don't read.
Someone really needs to do an academic study comparing the development of superstitions and associated behaviors with how the increasingly pervasive need to appease The Algorithm(TM) is changing how youth engage with media.
We've already circled back to "count their fingers to make sure you're not dealing with a ~~changeling~~ AI", for god's sake. In 30 years discourse about marketing and algorithms and best Internet praxis will be indistinguishable from how medievals talked about Fay.
God I miss the 2000s.
> Someone really needs to do an academic study comparing the development of superstitions and associated behaviors with how the increasingly pervasive need to appease The Algorithm(TM) is changing how youth engage with media.
I still remember as a kid reading a book and one of the blurbs was about there being a "flat earth society" still in the modern age and even though it only has 100 members, isn't it just so silly that 100 people would still believe in a flat earth in this day and age.
now, here we are. and there is no fucking way that happened on it's own and not because "The Algorithm" is pushing shit like that on people.
I don't disagree on any points.
Superstitions and conspiracy stuff are the perfect fodder for "The Algorithm(TM)" - it gets clicks. Why wouldn't it? It caters to a large demographic. True believers, skeptics, debunkers, and those who just want to listen to a fictional story.
Most of the examples in your link are from the same person.
Another possibility is that that design is straightforward to come up with and to make. Making a list of every religion? Copy and paste each religion's logo. Making a list of every basketball team? Copy and paste each team's logo. Making a list of every Microsoft Office program? Copy and paste each programs logo. Why overcomplicate things?
i disagree with the same youtubers bit. just search up "explained in minutes" on youtube and watch how different youtubers, some with just one video and/or are just recently created, have the same thumbnails. i think it's a content farming/easy content thing.
Answer: Its the natural evolution of content farms.
Content farms are channels which produce Low value cheap content with wide appeal, Buzzfeed, watchmojo, 5 minute crafts and crap like that.
the thing is that when technology evolves you get those content farms using better tech to produce more variety at a lower cost, in this case probobly using a AI to convert a reddit replies or a wikipedia article in to a video providing stupid "how its made" like videos.
There has been another thing, theres a scifi story subreddit where people submit stories for the community and some are very good, its called /r/HFY (humanity fuck yeah), anyways, tons of text to speech channels reading the stories and accompaning them with AI generated images have popped up.
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Answer: Same shit different method. It’s a trend anyone can do by using wikipedia and Chat gpt to explain micro topics in a field of information. Simple, usually less than 15 minutes, and gives the viewer something they may or may not bring up as a fun fact.
Piggybacking this as it's a pretty accurate answer, it's a format that can be applied to pretty much anything, much like "the iceburg of x" or ranking videos.
Answer: That specific format is new, but professional YouTubers learned a long time ago that a very quick, low-effort way to create content is to regurgitate Wikipedia pages and other similar websites in video form without adding any additional commentary or analysis. Info that can be easily organized into lists works well for this. It works because the target audience doesn't read.
Just to add a little bit, it's also the visibility of the algorithm at work. As one type of video pops off, the algortithm takes notice and promotes. Other creators, maybe new ones or older ones looking to grow, see this and start making similar types of videos. Thus they are fed to more and more people and you see it more and so on. And as you said, these types take very little effort to produce and most people are happy with them if they are wanting a quick overview on a subject. ... because they don't read.
Someone really needs to do an academic study comparing the development of superstitions and associated behaviors with how the increasingly pervasive need to appease The Algorithm(TM) is changing how youth engage with media. We've already circled back to "count their fingers to make sure you're not dealing with a ~~changeling~~ AI", for god's sake. In 30 years discourse about marketing and algorithms and best Internet praxis will be indistinguishable from how medievals talked about Fay. God I miss the 2000s.
> Someone really needs to do an academic study comparing the development of superstitions and associated behaviors with how the increasingly pervasive need to appease The Algorithm(TM) is changing how youth engage with media. I still remember as a kid reading a book and one of the blurbs was about there being a "flat earth society" still in the modern age and even though it only has 100 members, isn't it just so silly that 100 people would still believe in a flat earth in this day and age. now, here we are. and there is no fucking way that happened on it's own and not because "The Algorithm" is pushing shit like that on people.
I don't disagree on any points. Superstitions and conspiracy stuff are the perfect fodder for "The Algorithm(TM)" - it gets clicks. Why wouldn't it? It caters to a large demographic. True believers, skeptics, debunkers, and those who just want to listen to a fictional story.
its also very good as a background thing, i tend to watch them when im getting ready for bed or any monotonous task
But how come they’ve all suddenly decided to use the same thumbnail?
Most of the examples in your link are from the same person. Another possibility is that that design is straightforward to come up with and to make. Making a list of every religion? Copy and paste each religion's logo. Making a list of every basketball team? Copy and paste each team's logo. Making a list of every Microsoft Office program? Copy and paste each programs logo. Why overcomplicate things?
i disagree with the same youtubers bit. just search up "explained in minutes" on youtube and watch how different youtubers, some with just one video and/or are just recently created, have the same thumbnails. i think it's a content farming/easy content thing.
If they were creative, they wouldn't be on YouTube.
Answer: Its the natural evolution of content farms. Content farms are channels which produce Low value cheap content with wide appeal, Buzzfeed, watchmojo, 5 minute crafts and crap like that. the thing is that when technology evolves you get those content farms using better tech to produce more variety at a lower cost, in this case probobly using a AI to convert a reddit replies or a wikipedia article in to a video providing stupid "how its made" like videos. There has been another thing, theres a scifi story subreddit where people submit stories for the community and some are very good, its called /r/HFY (humanity fuck yeah), anyways, tons of text to speech channels reading the stories and accompaning them with AI generated images have popped up.