• happybadger [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    19 days ago

    That’s his name. This fucking guy. There was a video about some netflix show called The Electric State which included a clip of him. He was fawning over Mr. Peanut being a main character, sitting in front of his wall of funko pops wearing a Disney sweatshirt, saying “You ready for this one? Mr. Peanut. He’s actually the reason I’ve been so excited about this movie because if you guys don’t know I am a big fan of advertising characters”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZ42XBEEtUE&t=586

    It was the most treatlerite thing I’ve seen in a while. He built a pharaoh’s tomb to treats.

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        3.26m subscribers: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHUZl8Y-Kc16T6fV_KDpKGQ

        He’s probably making $50-100k+ per month selling his soul to soy, plus whatever marketing deals and affiliate link income he’s making hawking this shit. The algorithm rewards people who go full Mr. Beast in their persona. That eventually becomes this very bleak thing:

        edit: There are 61 videos in the Funko Soda Openings playlist. Every thumbnail could be a soypoint emoji.

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            Yep. The only thing I want to do on youtube is a niche eco-Marxism podcast without any care for viewership. The moment you blow up into Crime Pays but Botany Doesn’t though, you have to play a guy. Everyone on Well There’s Your Problem has to be their character for the weird parasocial relationships their audience has. You have to have trademark phrases and a staged production because your audience doesn’t want to learn unless neuron-activation. There’s drama and multiple layers of parasites who feed on it, each of them driving more negative traffic to your channel to boost their own. And then the algorithm arbitrarily punishes you if you don’t show it your face making a cartoon reaction to your video about a cholera epidemic.

            The moment you have to become a cartoon that sells products which only further alienate your viewers, youtube is evil. There’s very little room for channels that don’t participate in an evil feedback loop which dehumanises them.

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              The ideal youtube channel is Clickspring. He’s put out two videos so far this year, both about making complex clockwork parts using a handmade bronze age bow lathe. He’s never shown his face or taken a sponsor spot, and every video is absolutely beautiful.

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          JFC is this just an elaborate bit? Seems almost too on-the-nose. I get it that he’s milking the algorithm and likely making more money in a month than I’ll make in my entire life. But at that point with that much fuck you money, I’d retire from Funko Slops and switch to something more enjoyable.