@Tadano@redneonglow@lanodan@coolboymew from autist who played weird video games and weeb shit, to coomer who only plays a specific type of game, makes video essays that are "fuck my life", and wins the algorithm at what cost.
@PurpCat@Tadano@redneonglow@coolboymew Which is yet another reason to prefer blogs where view counter are very badly perceived and the dopamine is someone sending you a "Thanks!" email.
People think it's post pandemic that's been hurting views, but I also think youtube has been hurting because becoming a tool of the corrupt establishment is only as good a strategy as long as the corrupt establishment is overwhelmingly dominant.