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minus-squareVaryk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up25arrow-down1·2 days agowhy is that vine so funny? I feel like a hundred other people could have done a hundred other videos with that same scene and it would not be as perfectly funny as that guy is.
minus-squaretetris11@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 days agoIt was a moment of easy unscripted spontaneity, on a popular platform known for pushing out the most desperately formulaic content for the sole purpose of making money. Things like that have a lot of staying power because their intent was pure.
minus-squarereal_squids@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 day agoafaik Vine didn’t even share revenue with creators, how’d they make money? (If I read that right)
minus-squaretetris11@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·23 hours agoSame way Smosh did it back when youtube was ad-free
minus-squaredickalan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·23 hours agoYou just gave a cryptic answer with an absolutely no clue how
minus-squaretetris11@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-222 hours agoMerchandise, baby! Step 1, get followers. Step 2, push merch. Step 3, disappear from the face of the internet completely
why is that vine so funny?
I feel like a hundred other people could have done a hundred other videos with that same scene and it would not be as perfectly funny as that guy is.
Its so raw and candid
It was a moment of easy unscripted spontaneity, on a popular platform known for pushing out the most desperately formulaic content for the sole purpose of making money.
Things like that have a lot of staying power because their intent was pure.
afaik Vine didn’t even share revenue with creators, how’d they make money? (If I read that right)
Same way Smosh did it back when youtube was ad-free
You just gave a cryptic answer with an absolutely no clue how
Merchandise, baby! Step 1, get followers. Step 2, push merch. Step 3, disappear from the face of the internet completely