can someone explain "reaction videos" to me?

[fdeshieldplus]

to do a successful react video you have to be able to provide insight and glean information from it that others can't:

[freddie]

a lot of people just use it to make money piggybacking off of popular content. sometimes the reactions are completely canned and pre recorded.

when done right, it can make boring content interesting:

jfl @ this vi-deo jason bl-ahah i-s such a fucking clo-wn

[ΛΟΓΟΣ]

in 99% of cases, it's just some ugly nobody in his mom's basement recording his face while playing some content, and the face isn't even following what's going on in the video. they are just recording ... themselves sitting there and looking at the screen. most of the time it looks like the video of themselves isn't even about them watching the content, but a random short clip they recorded separately

interesting question, its for the same reason that some people dont turn off the tv at night to sleep

Spoiler

afraid of being alone

[ΛΟΓΟΣ]

you know how commentators get paid to ramble over sportsball games? well, it's sort of like that... normies love this because they always need someone else to tell them what to think, when to get excited, when to be angry etc.

this is true to some extent, but its more reflective than mind-holding. when i was a child id watch minecraft videos, the content was worth it because id learn a few things that id later branch out to do my own thing when i would play the game alone or with friends, but nowadays, a lot of things are on the internet as detailed articles. so back then, those youtubers were not only performing a role and playing out whole scripted scenarios to entertain their public, but they served as indirect guides, given the obscurity of some more recent games back then, the same way that not too long ago games used to come with 'tutorial' or 'guides.'

[ΛΟΓΟΣ]

interesting question, its for the same reason that some people dont turn off the tv at night to sleep

Spoiler

afraid of being alone

tbh i used to ask the same, and i think you can apply this to many things
why watch something if you can do it? considering that something to do isnt out of reach
why watch someone play something if you can yourself play the game, why not try? 
why watch someone watch something if you yourself can do so? why not try?
considering the popularity of streamers, which is more recent and most of the times, devoid of content compared to what digital content used to be not so long, id say its more of a loneliness issue, which is brutal in modern digital age

[kathisterima]

Top 5 my pet meltdowns reaction video

[mogs_me]

the type of "reaction videos" you are referring to in the OP are largely simply to avoid copyright claims
the viewers dont care about the reaction in this case, they just care about the content
the motivation for the poster is of course monetary (views)

as for actual reaction videos, I think it falls into two categories: people who are looking for their opinion to be supported by the reactor so they feel justified in their emotions, and people who are looking for someone to tell them what to think
the motivation for the poster is the same

[mogs_me]

the type of "reaction videos" you are referring to in the OP are largely simply to avoid copyright claims
the viewers dont care about the reaction in this case, they just care about the content
the motivation for the poster is of course monetary (views)

as for actual reaction videos, I think it falls into two categories: people who are looking for their opinion to be supported by the reactor so they feel justified in their emotions, and people who are looking for someone to tell them what to think
the motivation for the poster is the same

shouldn't a lawyer have thought of this first point by themselves? 

[Honest]

you missed the point entirely, butthurt incel. it's cringe exactly because there's 0 articulation of ... anything in those videos. those guys arent conveying anything with random clips of their ugly faces, let alone how anyone should feel about the content they are "reacting" to. and this stated pretty clearly in the op

lol at this legit autist thinking that facial expressions dont convey anything

[boiledpotatoes87]

I want to try becoming a YouTuber tbh

[Altruist]

shouldn't a lawyer have thought of this first point by themselves? 

Nope, for a million reasons

Only an infantile reclusive loser would think lawyers bother with such issues, let alone know what's a stupid internet trend, and what has a deeper reason behind seeming stupid nowadays

Not to mention laws are lagging decades behind when it comes to virtually anything online

But yeah, i m sure the masses need anonymous teenagers' crappy channels to get access to football game highlights nowadays (unless it's a trend for whichever typically retarded reason, which brings me back to my first point)

[Altruist]

I want to try becoming a YouTuber tbh

Mirin potential grind