Tuesday, April 23, 2013

The existential question to end them all.

When someone on YouTube asks to like/comment/subscribe, does ANYONE ever do so just because they asked, as opposed to doing so of your own free will anyway?

11 comments:

  1. Sometimes I like because I usually forget. I've never subbed because someone told me. I also generally only comment on videos when I have a question for the uploader.

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  2. I only sub if the work in question is good/entertaining.

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  3. I WILL end up commenting anyway. Liking and subscribing depends on the quality. These days, I usually only ask those who watch to tell me what I can do better (besides leave YouTube). I guess I am some sort of critic because some people PM me and ask me to watch some guys' LPs. I do not...

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  4. If someone asks me to "like" a video and I actually liked the video but haven't already "liked" it I will. If I haven't enjoyed it that much, it is just annoying, but not when it reminds me to do so when I would have forgotten to.

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  5. I feel like it's becoming more of an ironic thing to say now. The Game Grumps, for example, say "LIKE COMMENT SUBSCRIBE" after they say or do something particularly stupid. I haven't heard someone say it seriously in quite a while, because everyone knows how ineffectual and desperate it sounds.

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  6. There are a few people I'm subscribed to that I like just about everything they put out, but short of a particular video being amazing, I will never go out of my way to click the like button. However, if afterwards they ask for it, generally I will. I never sub or comment if asked though.

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  7. No. It's like a movie character turning to the camera and asking me to buy popcorn.

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  8. I have a moral objection to doing so if I'm asked to seriously. My brain just says "Oh, fuck off, you sad bastard."

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  9. I only do it if I legitimately like the video, which for the people who always say that I rarely like their video to that extent. The thing I hate about it is that most people that do that put an annotation saying "Give a like for X happening in video" is at the very beginning of the video. It's like saying "Don't bother watching the whole video just leave a like because that's all I care about."

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  10. Depends on the video/person. If they ask for a like, and I enjoyed the video, then I usually go for it. Asking for subs is taboo and I'll probably never watch again, and why comment if I have nothing to say?

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  11. Even a Youtuber I thought he just didn't give a shit about his success on Youtube has fallen to the dark side of begging for Likes and Favorites... He didn't ask for subs yet, but I fear it won't be long before he does so as well.

    Another I found recently do so as well, but in such a ridiculous manner it just has to be a parody of some sorts, especially since his endslates are completely unscripted and drags on forever uselessly since he rambles on so much. (I find it hilarious for some reasons.)

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