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[–] CoderKat@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The well made, expert reaction videos are fun. Like Legal Eagle reacting to videos to judge their legal accuracy. He also made a meta reaction video where he explained why some reaction channels were breaking the law and how to do it properly. Insider has a series of videos where they get an expert on a subject to react to movie clips (like a former bank robber reacting to heist movies or a marine biologist reacting to shark movies).

But I don't get the low quality stuff, where someone isn't an expert, doesn't provide meaningful commentary, etc. Some "reaction" videos are basically just stealing content and the only thing that seems interesting about them is the original content. The "reactor" adds nothing and just stole views from the original.

[–] aprilmay@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

And yet for some reason I can't stop watching reaction videos

It's like I get to enjoy the cool videos again but with someone else this time

[–] narwhalperson@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I don’t hate react content hypothetically. However the modern standpoint of watching something entertaining without proper credit or any transformative input is really dumb. At least actually provide critique, enhanced understanding, or deeper analysis to the work instead of spending the whole time going “yep. Cool. Wow.”

[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Sometimes I like to see different generations take on something. Sometimes you get thoughtful comments about what they think and how they view it, but far too often it's just "ooohhhh"

[–] watson387@sopuli.xyz 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I’m definitely not a fan of reaction videos. Why the fuck do I care what some douche on the internet thinks of some other douche on the internet?

[–] gullible@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Whoa, that’s a profound opinion. Any chance you have a YouTube channel?