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Do others find it shocking that people on youtube are 'creators' now? Wasn't it just for old simpsons clips and the like? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago by _number8_@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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it's genuinely startling. they all have stupid names too. who the fuck is mr beast what the fuck happened

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[–] kmkz_ninja@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago (1 child)

How old are you and when was the last time you used Youtube before this realization?

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[–] _number8_@lemmy.world [S] -3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

27, 10 minutes ago, it's bothered me for a while

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[–] kmkz_ninja@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

I mean, we had RayWilliamJohnson, Smosh, Tosh.0. Youtube has had big creators since 2010, at the very least.

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