#Content farms

[contentfarms]

Digital Circus

[alien-wooliee]

While doing my monthly rewatch of Hbomberguy's 4 hour plagiarism epic, there was one specific thing that stuck out to me- the idea of commentary youtube content farms. Like, we all know that content mills exist, right? But I think it's so interesting just how much of YouTube has been overtaken by vaguely right-wing chuds who post shitty and stupid documentaries on the current popular drama of the week.

They all have the exact same editing style- so much of the time they're just like "What happened to Scrinky Fuckbo?" With dramatic fade-ins and outs, all read out in a voice that sounds like someone trying to do a cartoon nerd impression. So much of the time, people just hop on and commentate about the current big thing, without adding anything unique to the table, and it's so, so boring.

So many times, these channels pick out random tweets with, like, 3 likes and 1 retweet, and say "These people are ATTACKING so and so!" in their titles and thumbnails, which always are so obnoxious to look at. The fact so many of these channels were a part of the anti-sjw crowd years ago also isn't lost on me- it's like they never really grew to believe in empathy, and simply see every situation as a way of making money while tossing the most ingenuous ivories the way of the people actually affected.

The amount of this content farm slop on YouTube is insane to me, and the fact that so many people get their big bucks from either commentary or 'video essays' that do the bare minimum research and get sponsors up the wazoo says a lot about how so much of the time, conservatives just want to constantly have their beliefs reinforced. I'm not saying I'm immune to this, either! I've found myself in a bit of an echo chamber that I'm trying to break out of, after all- but I feel like there's a difference between an echo chamber reaffirming the fact that capitalism destroys lives, and an echo chamber that reaffirms the idea that all trans people are insane lunatics who should be put down. Of course, I'm hyperbolizing somewhat here, but the idea still remains.

So many of these videos feel vaguely sinister as well- they all go over the 'personal flaws' of each person involved, and it just feels like they're vagueposting bigotry whenever it comes to something like a queer person. Take, for example, that infamous SunnyV2 video about Mr Beast, where he claims that Ava Kris Tyson being trans could tank his gains. You don't seriously think that, Sunny. You just wanna throw shade at a trans person for existing.

tl;dr I hate commentary youtube and the fact it always pushes these videos into my recommended feed.

[kittencomicslol]

Thanks to @contentfarms for introducing me and my freind to a shitty brain-rot channel by the name of ‘monsters 1001’ who makes pregnant siren head videos, during movie night at the farm we turned some on for a laugh. The geese LOVED it! They sat there and watched the whole thing, but did jump and get scared at one of the jump-scares. They held off on biting us in order to watch siren head pregnant Spiderman fighting videos

[gigifluidcat]

If I wake up 2 minutes later and all of a sudden there's YouTube content farms of Mouthwashing I'm actually gonna start tweaking bro holy shit I'm gonna trip and cry

[gusherbug]

hellsa, an entity that feeds off engagement on her youtube channels. using her demonic powers, she uploads once or twice a day.

her assortment of diy lfie hacks contain secret hypnotic energies that have turned many subscribers into sleeper agents. on her word, they will create an elaborate sensory stim ritual to give hellsa a physical form.

[rhmis-user-2020]

Scientists still are trying to solve the mystery of this

[averagepastaenjoyer]

WHAT IN THE WORLD ARE THE CONTENT FARMS ON

THIS HAS ME DYINGGGGG, WHY DOES HE HAVE A WHIP?!?! WHAT IS HAPPENINGGGG😭😭??

[cartooemcanhis]

Look at this content farm video I found!!! IT HAS LIFTY HTF IN IT. THAT'S LITTERALLY HIM BRO

LITTERALLY LIFTY. No way that's a coincidence that's his exact design but with pants poorly added on to give him some decency

It's so so funny when people use htf characters in random low budget kids content because they don't know the context they're from (I've seen a few pics online of htf murals in like kids daycares and on stickers)

[ghvmhjf]

Random Content Farm Redraw

[stormy-my-beloved]

Not my post but I want to show this on here

[would-you-punt-them]

Content Farms

[knightscanfeeltoo]

Why Ask Malenia and Romina to have your Brain Rot when you can just watch the Amazing Digital Circus Content Farming Slops on Youtube...

[indiesellersguild]

New article: Is Dropshipping Indie Selling? (No.)

There has been a recent influx of social media accounts made to advertise The Wonders Of Dropshipping on any post mentioning ecommerce. Many of these seem to be bots, but a real person must be behind them -- so our very own Alex R. of @handmadehazefromtheheart decided to write up an article responding to the idea that these ecommerce "guru" types overlap with our member base of online indie sellers.

Excerpt:

To a consumer, the process of buying from big name versus indie online storefronts is the same: see the pictures, read the description, click “purchase,” and wait for a package. That standard makes it pretty easy for another kind of online seller to present you with a product on an original-looking webpage, accept your money in exchange for the promise of shipment — and then turn around and give (some of) that money to an actual supplier that sends you your purchase. [...] Ultimately, the Indie Sellers Guild seeks to be an online extension of the labor movement. In capitalism, things are often divided into a working class and an owning class, and we’re here for the working class. [...] [D]ropshipping is a way to claw at the benefits of being part of the owning class: gaining profit for nothing more than inserting yourself into a transaction that doesn’t need you to operate fairly. We don’t condone that, and we don’t represent that.

View it in full here.

For some insightful thoughts on print-on-demand selling -- something that we don't all agree falls under "dropshipping" but does overlap -- you'll find a link inside to another article by Valerie of Artisans Cooperative.

[gusherbug]

jaxy doodle to test my laptop post-fix

[woabp]

evil leafy’s biggest fear is watching her content farm videos/j

[blues-of-randomness]

I liked Bubba's expressions in the recent Gametoons vid so I screenshotted a bunch-

can you tell i really like Bubba?