You Tube Selfie Culture

ClovenHoof · 08-06-2016 10:47AM #1

There is a good thread running on here about people with no personalities or nothing of interest about them doing constant selfies on Facebook.

The phenomena started on YT long before this. The idea being for these 'look at me!!!' types to make a video about a topic - but the video is really about them and the topic or subject is an intro into getting the rest of us to realise how amazing cool, fun or good looking the muppet making the video is.

In some ways it is far more disturbing and insidious than the Facebook selfie culture as they literally set a trap with a video title and image which lure you in and then you get a 10 min long selfie by some person expecting the human race to find them as amazing as they think they are.

While there has always been attention-seeing, vain and self-adoring people, has it always been this bad, or are we finally getting a mirror to how humanity really is and why people like me choose to remain locked in doors most of them time?

This is a classic example: Over nine minutes of this person before he gets to the subject at hand.

smash · 08-06-2016 10:49AM

You can but Justin beiber and Kim kardashian emojis on the App Store. The world is fcuked!

irishguitarlad · 08-06-2016 10:51AM

What a gob****e

LightsStillOn · 08-06-2016 10:53AM

Limmy absolutely nailed it with his piss take of these vlog type videos

Your Face · 08-06-2016 10:53AM

I have to question the intelligence of people who get upset at these sort of things.

the evasion_kid · 08-06-2016 10:55AM

The likes of Jenna marbles etc make a nice sum from ads on their YouTube channels just for talking about the most inane bolloxology..

ClovenHoof · 08-06-2016 10:56AM

Your Face wrote: »

I have to question the intelligence of people who get upset at these sort of things.

I have to question the intelligence of people who question the intelligence of people who get upset about these sort of things.

ClovenHoof · 08-06-2016 10:58AM

the evasion_kid wrote: »

The likes of Jenna marbles etc make a nice sum from ads on their YouTube channels just for talking about the most inane bolloxology..

I knew Ireland was doomed when the best and brightest of Ireland at TCD gave her not only an award, but were screaming like Justin Beiber fans when she came to bless these great minds of the future.

She probably never even knew there as a country called Ireland before TCD gave her an award for intellectual services to humanity.

Turtyturd · 08-06-2016 10:59AM

I don't get the whole 'youtuber' thing. My kids love them but most of them are just annoying c*nts talking rubbish. They watch this one channel which is pretty much two parents pushing their kid as some sort of celebrity and offering prizes if other kids subscribe to his videos, then they buy stuff for him to 'review' in the hopes that the company will send other free stuff. All seems fairly pathetic.

smash · 08-06-2016 11:00AM

Your Face wrote: »

I have to question the intelligence of people who get upset at these sort of things.

And why is that?

I used to appreciate the convenience of mediums like youtube when looking to find a how-to video or a music video or some current event. But all these fcuking 'youtubers' have destroyed the platform's convenience. Try to find something and you're guaranteed to have to trawl through shíte reply videos or reaction videos etc for a few minutes before actually locating what you want.

the evasion_kid · 08-06-2016 11:05AM

ClovenHoof wrote: »

I knew Ireland was doomed when the best and brightest of Ireland at TCD gave her not only an award, but were screaming like Justin Beiber fans when she came to bless these great minds of the future.

She probably never even knew there as a country called Ireland before TCD gave her an award for intellectual services to humanity.

I was shocked when I seen it myself,but nowadays people would rather revere a fool..

Your Face · 08-06-2016 11:10AM

smash wrote: »

And why is that?

I used to appreciate the convenience of mediums like youtube when looking to find a how-to video or a music video or some current event. But all these fcuking 'youtubers' have destroyed the platform's convenience. Try to find something and you're guaranteed to have to trawl through shíte reply videos or reaction videos etc for a few minutes before actually locating what you want.

I never found YouTube hard to navigate.
I am able to read words though, so I might have an advantage.

Duggy747 · 08-06-2016 11:13AM

The reason they talk shít for 10 minutes for something that could be explained in 20 seconds is purely for monetisation. Youtube works on how many minutes people are watching, not by views anymore.

Hence why you now see 15+ minute long videos about seemingly nothing, that person has to keep jabbering on to keep the viewer interested.

smash · 08-06-2016 11:14AM

Your Face wrote: »

I never found YouTube hard to navigate.
I am able to read words though, so I might have an advantage.

I too can read words. This doesn't mean that there's less crap to trawl through. My point is still valid.

Boom_Bap · 08-06-2016 11:15AM

smash wrote: »

And why is that?

I used to appreciate the convenience of mediums like youtube when looking to find a how-to video or a music video or some current event. But all these fcuking 'youtubers' have destroyed the platform's convenience. Try to find something and you're guaranteed to have to trawl through shíte reply videos or reaction videos etc for a few minutes before actually locating what you want.

Deadly, I found that video on how to disable the alarm on my car with a hairbrush and a bit of tinfoil, but now I have to watch a 4 hour video of someone comparing the pro's and con's of hairbrushes to find the 2 minutes I actually need. :pac:

jimgoose · 08-06-2016 11:17AM

This is the antidote to selfies, Ms. Mourey, cis-gearboxes and all the rest of it. Watch, learn, relax, all together now - droooonnneee:

AnonoBoy · 08-06-2016 11:18AM

I don't understand why people watch these sorts of videos.

I don't understand why people make these sorts of videos.

I'm old.

I don't have to understand.

I still like watching television programs live on a television set and listening to albums from start to finish.

I'm happy with that.

I sometimes do wonder though what these Youtube Selfie types will not understand when they're my age.

I probably won't even hear about it whatever it is.

Is anyone putting the kettle on?

Think I might have a cup of tea and read a printed newspaper.

It's nice being old.

Your Face · 08-06-2016 11:20AM

smash wrote: »

I too can read words. This doesn't mean that there's less crap to trawl through. My point is still valid.

Of course your point is still valid. Your opinions matter.

StupidLikeAFox · 08-06-2016 11:30AM

I used to be with it, but then they changed what *it* was. Now what I'm with isn't *it*, and what's *it* seems weird and scary to me. It'll happen to you...

lawlolawl · 08-06-2016 11:45AM

Young people today are vacuous idiots obsessed with trivialities so it makes sense that their idols would be idiots like themselves.

Irish Guitarist · 08-06-2016 11:50AM

I clicked on that video and could tell straight away it was shite. If you've watched enough of the video to know that he doesn't start eating Tayto until the nine minute mark you only have yourself to blame.

riclad · 08-06-2016 12:22PM

I think these videos are mostly watched by kids, who find the person
sexy or are looking for a role model,
eg teens who do,nt know better .
There s 1000,s of people who make a living by putting up pics on instragram ,or make videos about make up ,fashion.
look at vine videos, they are mostly made by young people who
are attractive looking.
We are going into a future where most people will work in
services or shops ,offices .
Even people in factorys are being replaced by robots .
Youtube ,instragram is part of show business ,
they are providing entertainment .
before youtube those people would go on reality tv,
People whose main talent is they are good looking and
they can talk about nothing .
They talk about clothes ,
trivial things .
They are todays version of boybands .
i don,t think 25 year old adults are watching jenna marbles .
Any idiot with a laptop can put up videos on youtube,
theres no quality control .
These videos are like pop music,
made for young people ,
remember how each generation says i don,t understand this new music ,
its not made for you.

B.A._Baracus · 08-06-2016 01:20PM

Bloody stupid videos. I can totally understand someone trying to make money from youtube but these people want more than that.... they wan't fame. As pointed out the videos are about them.

I remember clicking on one popular guy's video once out of curiousity. It kept coming up on the homepage on youtube. So anyways, the entire video was about him and his boyfriend going to a restaurant. That's it. His arm in the "selfie" position recording himself the whole time. Video had a million views as well.

Like, well done for making money for old rope (seriously, well done) But people watch this crap!?

irishguitarlad · 08-06-2016 05:39PM

Just after deleting my instagram, originally it was cool followed a load of cool photigraphers but then when i started university, everyone was like do you have instagram and i was like sure and they were like add me. So basically my feed was taken up by ****e selfies and thats why rather than stop following them and face an inquisition I said **** it I'll delete it.

namloc1980 · 08-06-2016 05:44PM

irishguitarlad wrote: »

Just after deleting my instagram, originally it was cool followed a load of cool photigraphers but then when i started university, everyone was like do you have instagram and i was like sure and they were like add me. So basically my feed was taken up by ****e selfies and thats why rather than stop following them and face an inquisition I said **** it I'll delete it.

Right on man!

thegreatgonzo · 08-06-2016 05:45PM

irishguitarlad wrote: »

Just after deleting my instagram, originally it was cool followed a load of cool photigraphers but then when i started university, everyone was like do you have instagram and i was like sure and they were like add me. So basically my feed was taken up by ****e selfies and thats why rather than stop following them and face an inquisition I said **** it I'll delete it.

I'm thinking of using Instagram. Do you sign up through Facebook or can you keep your identity private?

LightsStillOn · 08-06-2016 05:49PM

irishguitarlad wrote: »

Just after deleting my instagram, originally it was cool followed a load of cool photigraphers but then when i started university, everyone was like do you have instagram and i was like sure and they were like add me. So basically my feed was taken up by ****e selfies and thats why rather than stop following them and face an inquisition I said **** it I'll delete it.

Why don't you just opened up another Instagram page under a different username, follow all the cool photographers with that one, and keep the original Instagram for real life people. Problem sorted

irishguitarlad · 08-06-2016 05:49PM

thegreatgonzo wrote: »

I'm thinking of using Instagram. Do you sign up through Facebook or can you keep your identity private?

You can sign up private, national geographic and their photographers have some really cool photos, also all the different provinces of the comunidades in spain have really cool photos also.

irishguitarlad · 08-06-2016 05:50PM

LightsStillOn wrote: »

Why don't you just opened up another Instagram page under a different username, follow all the cool photographers with that one, and keep the original Instagram for real life people. Problem sorted

Ah balls that's a good idea

thegreatgonzo · 08-06-2016 05:51PM

irishguitarlad wrote: »

You can sign up private, national geographic and their photographers have some really cool photos, also all the different provinces of the comunidades in spain have really cool photos also.

Cool. I will fill the internet with cows!:D

08-06-2016 06:00PM

People watch people playing games on Youtube. What the actual f*ck? This Youtuber Pewdiepie does just that and has over 12 billion views on his channel and made 12million dollars last year for doing it. He's 26. Unbelievable.

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