I don’t understand why this is a thing? Who wants to watch someone nod their head to someone else’s content?

Just show the original video! How did this get popular and what is wrong with those that helped it to happen?

  • ikidd@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Its affirmation therapy for insecure people. “Somebody likes the thing I like!”

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      7 months ago

      Probably the most solid reason I’ve read so far. A few others have said similar.

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        7 months ago

        Another reason could be that it makes the act of watching a video feel less lonely than it actually is. Reaction videos turn it into a quasi-social thing.