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by josefx 1682 days ago
> Or do you truly believe that video was somehow literally the worst video on Youtube?

It was "EA pride and accomplishment" bad. A brainless self glorifying marketing piece that didn't spend a second to even acknowledge all the issues many channels suffered under.

> Or do you truly believe that video was somehow literally the worst video on YouTube?

The worst video on YouTube probably doesn't get actively promoted by Google or carry the weight of being made by Google.
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ehsankia 1682 days ago
> It was "EA pride and accomplishment" bad

It's funny you refer to Reddit because that's also historically well known for pile-on behavior. Why do you think features such as "hiding vote count for the first few hours" exist? It's been shown that the very first few votes you get can result in the same comment either being downvoted to hell or upvoted.

So if the EA accident was your reasoning for why having dislikes is a good idea, then you really just proved my point, as that too was mostly a meme and perfect proof of pile-on behavior.

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josefx 1681 days ago
> So if the EA accident

Apparently you seem to be in agreement with the group piling on that the contents of the post were bad, otherwise why call it an accident?

> as that too was mostly a meme and perfect proof of pile-on behavior.

So you are saying if it hadn't been a meme most gamers would have up voted a post saying they should feel good from having to spend more on an already full price game?

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BeFlatXIII 1682 days ago
> It was "EA pride and accomplishment" bad. A brainless self glorifying marketing piece that didn't spend a second to even acknowledge all the issues many channels suffered under.

What made the 2018 Rewind any worse than the Rewinds of previous years?

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josefx 1682 days ago
Just re-watched 2017 and 2018

* 2017 music + people doing fun/weird things

* 2018 constant commentary, including mentions on how good youtube/they are and how many good things they did with some music in between. Lead by non other than the man who made it all possible, Mr. Youtube himself: Will Smith.

That last part was sarcasm. There are breakdowns by people more into youtube culture that can point out in detail which inclusions didn't make sense, why music videos from 2016 seem misplaced in a 2018 rewind and how many high profile content creators youtube passed over in order to create the specific public image it wanted to present.

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