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YouTube Declares War on Cleavage
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Ummm...Paul, I don't think you're exactly the target demo. For reasons of nurture and nature.
Why do viewers click on the reply girls in the first place?
Ummm...Paul, I don't think you're exactly the target demo. For reasons of nurture and nature.
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Guys like tits. Guys like to look at nice tits. Guys will listen to any nonsense coming out of a woman's mouth if she has nice tits. This is only news to unattractive Seattle feminists and youtube apparently.
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Aw, I kinda like the whole reply girl thing. So I might be a little off on this, but basically from what I understand there are woman who are gaming the system on YouTube to make ad money. What happens is that they post a “reply” video to a popular video that is getting lots of hits. The videos the reply girls make basically has just a few moments of their cleavage and they might not even be saying anything relevant to the original video they are replying to. So then people are looking at the original video and look down towards the comments and see BOOBIES! And click on that reply video, which they quickly realize is meaningless. *but* since enough people click on those LOOK! BOOBIES! Reply videos, those reply videos move up in the ranking and stay right there under the original video, gathering lots of hits which turns into ad money for the reply girl.
Why do I like this? Smart women working the system for money based solely on (some) men’s desire to LOOK! BOOBIES! It’s hilarious!
Why do I like this? Smart women working the system for money based solely on (some) men’s desire to LOOK! BOOBIES! It’s hilarious!
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Well, that means there's a yawning multi-year opportunity for shirtless "reply guys," I guess. (Please and thank you.)
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When one or two people discover a glitch in the system that allows it to be gamed for financial gain, and then dozens or hundreds of people do *exactly the same thing*, one does not generally refer to the hundreds of followers as "smart."
What's frustrating (to me) about the Reply Girl phenomenon is that the majority of them don't seem to actually REPLY to the videos that they're piggybacking off at all, they just basically watch it, narrate what they're seeing, and then make vague sorts of thumbs up-thumbs down level judgements.
What's frustrating (to me) about the Reply Girl phenomenon is that the majority of them don't seem to actually REPLY to the videos that they're piggybacking off at all, they just basically watch it, narrate what they're seeing, and then make vague sorts of thumbs up-thumbs down level judgements.
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My favorite NPR program "On The Media" had a great segment on this last week -
Attack of the Reply Girls!
And among other things, there was also a fantastic segment delving into the total insanity of Wikipedia editor/goons and the alternate universe they inhabit.
Attack of the Reply Girls!
And among other things, there was also a fantastic segment delving into the total insanity of Wikipedia editor/goons and the alternate universe they inhabit.
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It is a legitimate problem clogging the related videos list with useless crap, so I'm glad they are changing the ranking system. I would also highly recommend the YTshowRating extension, which will display the thumbs up/down ratio under each video, potentially saving you from wasting time on crap and misleading thumbnails like reply girls.
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I'm with @4. People will look through a long list of reply videos to a popular video and suddenly see a pair of barely concealed breasts. Youtubers, especially on the most popular videos, skew male and young, so these little thumbnails trigger their dominant "boobies!" reflex and they click, just to get a better view of the things.
@11, I didn't know that add-on. It doesn't seem to exist for firefox, which is a pity because it sounds terrifically useful.
Yes there's porn out there, but this lands on their virtual lap, presumably with the promise of no pop-ups and malware on the other side.
@11, I didn't know that add-on. It doesn't seem to exist for firefox, which is a pity because it sounds terrifically useful.
Yes there's porn out there, but this lands on their virtual lap, presumably with the promise of no pop-ups and malware on the other side.
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The only thing stupider than the text comments on YouTube are the 'video replies', tits, or no tits.
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@4: Yes, those women are so smart that they can only make money (and they don't even make money) with their tits. How progressive! I have always thought strippers were the smartest women on the planet, and I guess you would agree.
Now if we could only knock down the patriarchal Nobel prize comittee and force them to recognize the deep, important economic ideas these brave reply girls are giving to the world.
Now if we could only knock down the patriarchal Nobel prize comittee and force them to recognize the deep, important economic ideas these brave reply girls are giving to the world.
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@14: It's pure capitalism. What, are you some sort of pinko commie who doesn't like breasts?
Anyway, I'm not exactly @4 levels of excited by the phenomenon, but I'll just accept that the original videos are generally pretty stupid to begin with.
Anyway, I'm not exactly @4 levels of excited by the phenomenon, but I'll just accept that the original videos are generally pretty stupid to begin with.
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@16: hey, I love titties just as much as the next red-blooded capitalist, and how dare you slander my good name with your faceless accusations. Although, you have to admit, the means of production is certainly in the hands (bras?) of the proletariat in this case.
I am just amazed at how moist @4 is up there about it all. I mean, any moral way someone can make money is fine with me, I am just surprised the feminist up there (should call that icon the "femifist") thinks these women are geniuses for doing this. It isn't that intelligent, and it contributes nothing meaningful to society.
I would just think a die hard feminist would think that this practice just serves to further reinforce the fallacy that a woman's only worth is tied to her sexuality.
I am just amazed at how moist @4 is up there about it all. I mean, any moral way someone can make money is fine with me, I am just surprised the feminist up there (should call that icon the "femifist") thinks these women are geniuses for doing this. It isn't that intelligent, and it contributes nothing meaningful to society.
I would just think a die hard feminist would think that this practice just serves to further reinforce the fallacy that a woman's only worth is tied to her sexuality.
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@8 Projecting? ORLY? Sounds like informing for Paul, to me. But then I already read about this stupid crap on Gawker or something.
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