Why this annoying trend of having face on videos ? (lemmy.world)

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I used to occasionally enjoy watching random videos online. But this trend of people attaching their annoying and obviously FAKE reactions on top of the video is happening a lot lately. Aren't people bothered by this ? How is that even supposed to help with the content of the video ? I understand if they own the content of the video, but lately I see a lot of people doing it on completely random content.

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[-] temporal_spider@lemm.ee -4 points 4 days ago

I like reaction videos. If you don't like them, don't watch them, this isn't complicated. I think football is stupid, but lots of people love it. It's a big ol world, and it's full of people with nervous systems all firing in different ways. Stop yucking other people's yums.

Some of us are homebound with various disabilities. Some of us are too ill or too medicated to deal with actual social interaction. Reactions offer a parasocial experience that helps stave off loneliness. Lots of things that seem "stupid" turn out to be helpful for disabled people.

[-] Zatore@lemm.ee 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

You may have missed the point of this post. It's not about enjoying reaction videos. There are lots of creators putting effort into their videos. OP is focused on grifters intentionally forcing a strong reaction to boost engagement on their videos. its annoying that bad videos get pushed by some unknown algorithm.

[-] BussyCat@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

What is added by having a small face in the corner of the screen that partially blocks the actual content of the video? Like with straws it’s to help people with grip strength or with unsteady hands to be able to drink water so what do you actually gain from the persons face? I am not trying to be attacking but just trying to understand

[-] agent_nycto@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

What if someone's yum is yuking on someone else's yum?

[-] brandon@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 days ago

ah yes, Karl Popper's paradox of yumyucking.

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