• Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    I mean…you’re the only one engaging. Up until 3 days ago I had zero concept that this person existed.

    So just shut up, and he’ll go away. You don’t see anybody talking about Fred anymore. HEEEY ITTSSS FREEEEDDD!!! Remember him? Barely? Exactly.

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      8 days ago

      I mean…you’re the only one engaging. Up until 3 days ago I had zero concept that this person existed.

      The video has over 38 million views and 260,000+ comments in just a few days so they’re definitely not the only one engaging.

      So just shut up, and he’ll go away.

      That was sort of his point, apparently:

      The ordeal is a timely reminder that seeing no longer means believing when it comes to the online world. Perry told NBC News:

      While everybody pointed and laughed at me for overconsuming food, I was in total control the entire time. In reality, people are completely absorbed with internet personalities and obsessively watch their content. That is where a deeper level of overconsumption lies — and it’s the parallel I wanted to make.

      Most of the people who have watched his content over the years have been hate watchers, there to mock his weight gain and supposed descent into insanity. It’s the “lolcow” phenomenon, basically.

      Anyway, if people had actually ignored his low effort content it would have gone more like this. But they didn’t, so now it looks like he’s achieved something more masterful than he actually has.

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      8 days ago

      You realize Nikocado has over 4 million subscribers, plus another million on his second channel? It’s not like there’s just a small handful of people who engage with this person.

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        8 days ago

        You realize there’s 8 billion people on the planet? The majority of people either didn’t (or luckily for them still don’t) know who this guy is.

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        8 days ago

        their recent video was both the #1 thumbnail on chromecast after my youtube video ended and on the trending section of newpipe today. i’ve never interacted with their content I personally find it unwatchable, but guy is getting a hard push clearly

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        8 days ago

        “You realize Nikocado has over 4 million subscribers”

        I also realize Taylor Swift has hundreds of times more fans than that figure. Still I don’t force myself to listen and like her musci.

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        8 days ago

        Fred at his height was the most subscribed person on youtube.

        These people aren’t celebrities. They’re blink and you’ll miss it wisps in the wind. Their downfall happens real fast once people stop giving a shit.