Do others find it shocking that people on youtube are 'creators' now? Wasn't it just for old simpsons clips and the like?

_number8_@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml – -28 points –

it's genuinely startling. they all have stupid names too. who the fuck is mr beast what the fuck happened

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How old are you and when was the last time you used Youtube before this realization?

27, 10 minutes ago, it's bothered me for a while

I mean, we had RayWilliamJohnson, Smosh, Tosh.0. Youtube has had big creators since 2010, at the very least.

Did you just crawl out of a cave?

I remember when youtube was for sharing videos, like imgur now, it was somewhere you could post videos to put on forums. I still have lots of old home videos on there.

However, that was ages ago.

Since the ads have been suppressed with anti-pop-ups and blockers. The creators are always salespeople, they make videos of shit but at the same time they suggest you buy certain products, that's how advertising is done these days.