This video took an unbelievable amount of hard work and time, so I rarely say this, but I'd love you FOREVER if you liked, commented and shared!! It takes 5 seconds and helps out SOOO MUCH. Also, what did you think of the video?! What's your opinion on the topic??? I'd love to hear it :) I'll be reading every comment.

@Porkor23

5 ай бұрын

Thank you Circle for another great vid! I’m really excited to get the Fool’s Blade Cards too!!

@buffsuki5654

5 ай бұрын

nailed it

@pokegard

5 ай бұрын

My general opinion on the topic is: A: I hate TikTok and everything it stands for B: reaction content can be good in some cases, but definitely is a slippery slope if you aren’t careful/respectful And the video is great Edit: In got replaced with is

@TMind109

5 ай бұрын

Video is on point, logical, and entertaining. I learned more from this Video than my 4 years in high school

@user-ln9zb9tl8c

5 ай бұрын

hi circie

TikTok has basically shadow banned me for calling attention to the theft and now my videos there get a fraction of what they once did. While the stolen content is still doing great. Obviously everytime I bring this up someone quotes the whole 'but MrBeast said steal my content' thing. Well when you aren't MrBeast and your content needs those eyeballs to pay for editors, that logic falls apart. Also the amount of people who think those accounts are me is insane. I regularly get congratulated by friends on a viral tiktok even when I haven't posted anything. What happens when these accounts start taking brand deals or using their identity theft to prey on fans? I've tried to get verified to at least put some kind of protection up here, but I've been denied every time. I'm represented by a big agency called CAA, even they have been told they won't verify me. These accounts are rapidly becoming bigger than my own. Seriously fuck TikTok. Anyways man. Thanks for the great video and insight.

@noobynoob138

5 ай бұрын

huh, 60 seconds ago..... It's weirdly otherworldly seeing the comment of someone so well known, when that comment hasn't been moticed by many people yet. It's such a simple thing, but it makes me rethink my own opinions on social status. Like your content and agree with your points tho.

@tobiasbayer4866

5 ай бұрын

There is nothing I hate more than the "but this already huge and successful creator said stealing is fine!" defense. The only reason they are saying that is because they are already so big that it doesnt hurt them and/or they steal themselves and want to justify doing it.

@abc1236092

5 ай бұрын

TikTok is trash. I never went on it and will continue to stay off.

@khajandes2066

5 ай бұрын

@@abc1236092 I have never agreed more in my life.

@matowakan

5 ай бұрын

@@abc1236092 old

Seeing you upload something so long compared to your usual content already tells me that this means something to you. Always great to see these kinds of videos.

@concept5631

5 ай бұрын

Indeed

@Terrinist

5 ай бұрын

we need to be like these people, who aren't money greedy people

@BlueLightningHawk

5 ай бұрын

I think getting paid for your work means a lot to most people lol

@RyanSoltani

5 ай бұрын

@@BlueLightningHawklol fr

@carlsoll

5 ай бұрын

Yeah, this means *War*

I actually did the ten minute "challenge" that circle talked about to see how original my feeds were on different apps. About 18% of yt shorts I saw in the ten minutes were unoriginal, 48% of tiktoks were unoriginal, and 65% of Instagram reels were completely unoriginal.

@mishagaming1075

3 ай бұрын

Well atleast youtube shorts haven't yet fully transformed into tiktok.

@taphy4873

3 ай бұрын

@@mishagaming1075”yet” being the keyword

@nathangaspacio6128

3 ай бұрын

went on instagram reels and around 75% were copied, 15% had some originality but copied ideas or used audio, and 10% were actually completely new content.

I feel so much happier that I never used TikTok EVEN ONCE and limit my KZread Short content to creatives I actually enjoy.

@nickkohlmann

3 ай бұрын

Same.

@BinglesP

3 ай бұрын

YES SAME If I ever get a TikTok account, I will never watch a single thing on there. I'll just post a single video promoting my other stuff(bc TikTok manipulates ppl by making their first video reach more people for a chasing-the-dragon motive) and I won't scroll down For You for a single second.

@victorlinares4137

3 ай бұрын

Same a avoid it like the plague. Even when it very first showed up i instantly recognized the low effort garbage that harbored it

@Sadcat-xd7qs

2 ай бұрын

Hell yeah

@amazingnoo9935

2 ай бұрын

Same.

I think the worst about this whole ordeal is the "encouraging" aspect of it. It's one thing to have everyone and their mothers do reaction videos. But it's getting worst when the platform in charge of hosting, and paying the content creators, to tell them "That's the right method to get rewarded and if you don't, tough luck."

@Burn2themall

5 ай бұрын

Especially when the platform itself tends to barely even pay the creators who's content is bringing people back and when it's stolen that creator loses the revenue that could have been theird

@shawklan27

5 ай бұрын

​​​@@Burn2themall sucks when channels under a 1,000 subs gets their content stolen by the big ones it just pisses me the fuck off considering they will benefit so much from the exposure but get no credit

@devilmikey00

5 ай бұрын

Not only telling them it's the right method but streamlining and providing them tools to expedite the process.

@Burn2themall

5 ай бұрын

@@shawklan27 and then even with the exposure they don't get the views needed cause as circle said why watch a vid again when you just watched it? It's rare to find vids to watch on repeat sadly

@Someone-sc2hk

5 ай бұрын

it's literally the minority of people who do reaction content.

Sad to say, but as an animator, I know the feeling. It takes us hundreds of hours just to make a single video. I've dedicated my life into this craft. Countless days without sleep. Countless hours of coming up with fresh ideas.

@inkchariot6147

5 ай бұрын

Ayo Tim

@bigjohnsbreakfastlog5819

5 ай бұрын

You spend hours of your life pouring your energy into a project and some jackass just stares at it and somehow makes more money than you. Really makes you proud of humanity, huh?

@Colorstormfur

4 ай бұрын

I know the feeling working my ass off to keep the lights on with my other job so I can continue my passion...even being late on rent this month...

@Goremize

4 ай бұрын

What's interesting here is that even if an animator spent thousands of dollars, years, got a group together, worked on this project with all their heart and soul If someone like Markiplier reacted to it, they would get all the views while having done no work while your animation sits in the hundreds. But youtube or tiktok or any of these sites have always been a popularity contest. it doesn't matter what you do, it matters how popular you are. People will defend popular people as if they knew them when they don't, as if the popular people cared about them which they don't. Some fans seem to defend popular people as if their lives depend on them for some reason. Which always kinda sucks. It would be nice if true good works would be promoted by the original creators on KZread. It would be nice if KZread never recommended popular people or reaction vids. Give other people a chance.

@liamsteffens9687

4 ай бұрын

yoo tim The g

"WE ARE LEARNING ABOUT THE PLESIOSAURUS!" The plesiosaurus, not a dinosaur: That killed me

@RiverWilliamson

9 сағат бұрын

I'm relieved that I'm not the only one

6:18 this is the stuff that I hate, HATE so much about these social platforms and clone accounts not getting stopped, banned, or deleted (without a way to come back).

@Thebrowntabb

2 ай бұрын

Yes usually sometimes some apps would ban plagiarism

@Dollarstorestuff

Ай бұрын

I like robert idk

The payout from these platforms has always been a concern of mine along with the promotion of theft. With how little these platforms pay for these short-form videos, creators have to spam their channels with as many videos as possible to make any income. Since we see a high volume of spammed content, these platforms see a higher volume of traffic, allowing them to take these new artificially inflated numbers to investors and rake in a higher profit. The problem is that creators get paid less, these platform heads get paid more, and we see a degradation in the quality of the content provided on these platforms. This mixed with the meta currently being theft (as its the easiest form of content to spam), only works out for the heads to not do anything about it which is why I'm glad creators are finally discussing it. This video was really well put together. Good job friend

@SomeThingElseYT

5 ай бұрын

KZread shorts being my biggest gripe since youtube keeps advising me to focus more on it rather than my main channel stuff (i refuse).

@isaacPc9

5 ай бұрын

Hey! Good to see you here!

@MCKL8

5 ай бұрын

@@SomeThingElseYT I 100% agree

@user-po3vg5qm7t

5 ай бұрын

Well said.

@AGTaNGrA.

5 ай бұрын

Dw cuz YT is also promoting low quality and stolen content,Tik Tok didnt discover it first. KZread has been doing it for a few years also and its getting worse + literally has no support,u cant report or complain about anything cuz YT and google "support" is AI with the intelligence of a 3yo toddler.

I miss Vine. Well worded and well executed vid man.

@myparentsaredivorced4573

5 ай бұрын

Vine was legit miles better in the fact that it was formatted to promote genuine creativity without most of the stealing part. There were like hundreds of Vines I could remember, yet I could only tell you of Tiktok sounds I remember and not the videos that played under them. If only Vine didn’t fumble so hard. Tiktok is honestly so harmful to many of us.

@ivoneo2806

4 ай бұрын

​@@myparentsaredivorced4573(in my opinion) well yes I understand and agree Vine had those same problems as tiktok

@mr.person1219

4 ай бұрын

I've seen so many of your videos being taken and not have you creditted.

@BredaTreanor-wv8ch

28 күн бұрын

Vine had say more stealing like I could find more then a million stolen Brandon Rodgers videos.

I have seen a single "Reacts" video of any worth, and it was a Coast Guard guy watching a video on the Coasta Concordia. Because the guy actually provided things like further context and facts about seaborne rescue operations. It wasn't just a guy grunting and smiling a bunch.

@ihatethisgame6827

2 ай бұрын

I've seen a few different types, like doctors reacting to fictional injuries, or veterans reacting to military scenes, that were really creative as well. I like those

@Longardia

Ай бұрын

@@ihatethisgame6827 Yes, this! Reaction videos can be transformative and this is an example. If you are an authority figure on something providing professional insight on a viral video to provide needed context, criticism, or analysis of ideas can be super interesting content. Most people wouldn't qualify as knowledgable enough on topics that interest them to a degree that they could contribute in a meaningful way. Cinema Therapy, Legal Eagle and Corridor Crew, are three channels that I feel excell at this type of content!

@Dollarstorestuff

Ай бұрын

I like robert idk

@luizotavio44

25 күн бұрын

I dont mind react as much as long as theyre actually sharing their own opnionson the subject and making actual commentary and honestly like out of 100 react videos only 2 are actually transformative

@person6117

15 күн бұрын

Nah, it’s still blatant theft and narcissism.

I like how in the beginning Sssniperwolf is depicted as a trash can, because it is entirely true

The issue isn't just that you won't watch the original after watching a reaction. It's that the reaction content is pushed more by the algorithms because react channels have a higher concentration of high quality content uploaded faster and at higher volumes than the channels who actually create the content in the first place.

@trajectoryunown

5 ай бұрын

You're making a case for only watching reaction channels here. "We've pre-screened content to ensure quality entertainment so you don't have to! Why waste time subscribing to someone else when up to half of their videos aren't even that entertaining?"

@SadToffee

5 ай бұрын

@@trajectoryunown yes I am! This is why they're effective! On a surface level they are a better option! They steal all the good shit and bundle it into a nice neat package. But they don't create! They just steal! And slowly dry up the well of actual creative people to steal from until it's empty.

@cadenglass1387

5 ай бұрын

That is why I do it ​@@trajectoryunown.

@jackbequick

5 ай бұрын

@@trajectoryunown let's kill off the content altogether, right?

@trajectoryunown

5 ай бұрын

@@jackbequick Nah, I was just pointing out that SadToffee isn't actually making the case they think they're making here. Reaction channels can actually serve a valuable purpose in generating what's called "earned advertisement", spreading awareness about things that other people might not encounter. It also helps boost entire subjects in algorithms for social media feeds. This works _particularly_ well for little bits of information or advertisement for video games, music, and artists. However, it's intensely negative for long-form videos or content where the main draw is a story... The kind of stuff you would normally enjoy alone and wouldn't seek to revisit and share with friends. It's detrimental in that case. This whole genre is actually very nuanced. Properly thought out reaction channels can create a mutually beneficial ecosystem for all involved parties.. However, poorly thought out ones created with lazy and selfish intentions waste valuable server storage and pollute our collective unconscious. Just like any low-brow content, really.

It really feels refreshing to see such a brutally honest video like this being updated, keep it going bro.

Duuude your rant videos are the best and this is the best one

I like how you pointed out that social media and content creation used to be separate avenues of the internet, but now they’ve merged. I feel like it helps put things in perspective, so we can get a better sense of where we’ve been and where we’re going.

@mechanicalmonk2020

5 ай бұрын

About 15 years ago. Yeah. They used to be separate. They've been one and the same for at least the past decade.

@Someone-sc2hk

5 ай бұрын

you know, we don't have to be spectators, we can actually do something about it

@ImNotAzure

5 ай бұрын

@@Someone-sc2hk then what is your solution lmao

@Someone-sc2hk

5 ай бұрын

@@ImNotAzure protesting online's a good start, also spreading awareness to the major contributors (like sssniperwolf) so that hopefully we can get more and more people to not watch her or any other reaction youtubers

@ImNotAzure

5 ай бұрын

@@Someone-sc2hki mean we're already kinda doing that

Circle, good luck not getting doxxed by sssniperwolf for preaching yhe truth

@Gildedshadow2054

5 ай бұрын

Yet…

@JokukranTheileochy

5 ай бұрын

Who is sssniperwolf, and what did they do?

@ImNotAzure

5 ай бұрын

@@JokukranTheileochy doxxed a youtuber called jacksfilms and got away with it because she's getting youtube money

@JokukranTheileochy

5 ай бұрын

@@ImNotAzure Yeah I just researched her and it's f*cked up what kind of things she did and that KZread let's her get away with it.

@ajayajith5816

Ай бұрын

​​@@JokukranTheileochy I know, it's stupid how KZread just let her off like that, hope these type of people face judgement day. . .

Agree with the point. Auto skip any TTS filled with random stuff. Never like reposted stuff and try to search for the original.

Pure gold, Nothing else to add. I'm 110% agreing with you and I always try to watch the original vid. You are amazing and your contents always been great.

It was a blast doing the storyboards for this one! Thanks to everyone for watching and sharing this, and congrats to the entire crew for putting together such a great video!

@TheAzulmagia

5 ай бұрын

The unfortunate part is that someone is going to make a reaction video to this.

@decaf9150

5 ай бұрын

It came together to be a masterpiece, I can see the fun that was had in creating it lmao

@borger1723

5 ай бұрын

I wonder how these guys get jobs for youtubers like circle?

@RyanSoltani

5 ай бұрын

@@TheAzulmagiait’s inevitable

“IT CAME FROM MY LUNGS AND MY HEART”. This dude is mad funny. I like that you’re getting more recognition, been watching you for a while!!

@gene8447

5 ай бұрын

Please say one unique thing. Please.

@TwoGalxy

5 ай бұрын

you can buy lungs that are plushies@@gene8447

@Chimpin_

5 ай бұрын

@@gene8447 he literally proved the entire point of the video but in word form 😂😂

@sicawhoremanchester6821

5 ай бұрын

Bro its a comment section on a video, we are more than welcome to quote the video​ to iterate what we found most enjoyable in the video. Why does every idiot on the platform these days think a comment has to be so deep that is changes someone's life? @gene8447

@gene8447

4 ай бұрын

@@sicawhoremanchester6821 local commenter entirely misses the point.

I’m sorry this showed up so late in my feed thank you for making this. Feels so validating as a content creator to see others acknowledge how horrible this situation has become.

I haven’t watched your videos in a long while, seeing the animation you did in this one really blew me away man, this is some really fluid and cool animations.

Shoutout to JJJacksfilms for also working to combat the theft craze in his own way by turning his reaction content into a creator's workshop of sorts It's something you voluntarily submit content to and he'll provide as much genuinely good constructive criticism as he can muster, everyone wins!

@itskdog

5 ай бұрын

JJJacksfilms was a parody from the start, Jack's been calling out reaction channels all the way back to RWJ.

@AR7271

5 ай бұрын

​@@itskdogfor those who don't know, RWJ is Ray William Johnson.

@CringusMcDingus

5 ай бұрын

@@itskdogdid you know Jacksfilms got doxxed by ssniperwolf?

@JenyaFio

4 ай бұрын

@@CringusMcDingus I'm sure he already is, alongside many others.

@DeosPraetorian

12 күн бұрын

​@@itskdogyeah but I mean his whole thing was showing clips and making jokes about them.

This sounds like something an Australian might want to make a 14 page video essay about

@IAMA1

5 ай бұрын

Was thinking the same thing

@computethis1533

5 ай бұрын

FOURTEEN PAGES!???!! Next you’re going to tell me he thinks Michael wasn’t in witness protection

@Carhill

5 ай бұрын

Who is this in reference to?

@TheSteeltec

5 ай бұрын

GASP 14 WHOLE PAGES!?!?!? my, that's basically more pages than the Bible! it would be some absolutely insurmountable tasks to be able to read a whole 14 pages worth of words! Like Sisyphus rolling that boulder up a hill for ever it is a nigh impossible task to even comprehend!

@EgZhiGen1949CD

5 ай бұрын

​@@CarhillSunnyV2

The difference between this video and all the garbage short form content you see today is how we'll never forget it. I'd love to see you splice more long form content like this between your smaller projects every handful of months or so. The passion just oozes out of this one.

14:35 and that's how one man destroyed animation memes...

I got so sad when the doxxing happened and youtube just rolled over and let her win. I haven't been able to watch Jack since because it's just so depressing. The bad guy won.

@nerdtuga9180

5 ай бұрын

Luckily SSSniperwolf's "temporary" demonetization is getting closer and closer to permanent. It's still not a full deplatforming, which would've been preferable, but it's something.

@sociallyundead419

5 ай бұрын

People are still commenting with what she did on every video she makes. If people stay stubborn it'll be clear this won't blow over.

@F-Lambda

5 ай бұрын

ugh, that was *her*?

@AR7271

5 ай бұрын

Sssniperwolf finally made original content and you all lost your minds

@sociallyundead419

5 ай бұрын

@@AR7271 Isn't s3xu@lly manipulating minors overdone on KZread? I think she's still copycatting! Haha... ugh. I laugh because if I don't I will start crying.

Great video! hear hear! I wish the platforms would create ways for creators to mark original videos available for reactions with a revenue split (and a way to block em if undesired). There's a lot of technicalities to sort out there, but they've been able to do something like it for record labels when the incentives were there 👀

@DDann99

5 ай бұрын

I'd love to see a "Allowed to be reacted to" and "this Channel allows this" to their videos. It would be a great help to reaction channels to be aware If people can react to their videos and know If they can show the video on their reactions and know If they can monetize It.

@DDann99

5 ай бұрын

@Leeloo_the_fox indeed, nowadays plataforms like KZread and Twitch are only after the money instead of helping the majority of the content creators.

@unfathomablyunfathomable

5 ай бұрын

@@DDann99 Twitch is doing anything they can for money since they have been actively loosing a bunch of money for ages (for some reason). The only reason Twitch still exists is Amazon constantly giving them money.

@AR7271

5 ай бұрын

Most of these punks don't even link to the original videos. Do you really think they want to do revenue share?

@weirdo3116

5 ай бұрын

I wish people would properly define "original". Cause at a certain point nothing is original.

I’m sad it took me so long to find this video. I’ll be honest, I rarely ever watch KZread Shorts (maybe once a month tops) and I’ve never downloaded a single of those other apps (TikTok, Instagram, etc.) because I could tell immediately that it was going to destroy social media for years to come. Even back when TikTok came out, I knew it was going to cause problems, and I was correct in that believe. I am glad to see not all quality content has been erased, but it’s sad that a large chunk of it has. Love your work, Circle! Glad to see someone else touching on this subject matter.

Awesome stuff! Very well put together and articulated.

Vine was the golden age of short-form content. Not only was the content EXTREMELY digestible, it was also incredibly easy to share. I remember vines being used to express certain reactions. Back then, Vine was basically the new version of reaction gifs.

@Greenplumber

5 ай бұрын

Then Twitter walked in, bought it, chewed it up and spat it onto the floor

@eisgnom7383

5 ай бұрын

Vine sucked. People only got popular for being pretty, it was granted the mercy of death before this recent shitflood.

@unfathomablyunfathomable

5 ай бұрын

@@Greenplumber And then came Elon, who did the same thing to twitter :)

@DarkSamael55

5 ай бұрын

@@eisgnom7383 I think you're mistaken vine with tik tok. The most popular vines were just jokes and memes. While on tik tok, people can basically be nude and twerk. Haven't seen such thing in vine

@joedav67

5 ай бұрын

@@GreenplumberVine was never gonna be profitable. Drew Gooden gave a good explanation why

I’m so happy to see so many people communicating about how bad KZread shorts and tiktok are for every bit of the internet

Love your videos. Your sense of humor, writing, performance, animation just *chef's kiss*. Magnifique. Honestly, getting Genie from Aladdin vibes. Thank you and keep doing what you're doing.

Dude I love this video, you can tell so much passion and effort went into it.

DarkViperAU made an incredible series about the parasitic nature of react content that I believe everyone should watch. Such a good argument about react content and how it harms literally everyone except the reactor on KZread. I know of nobody who has actually watched every video without having their mind changed

@KIWI_DUDE.

5 ай бұрын

That man puts so much effort into that series. It sucks that it was misrepresented even before it got made into a video, by a reaction channel no less.

@Meloncholiac

5 ай бұрын

"13 PAGGEEESSSS!!!1!"

@kup1hu696

5 ай бұрын

14

@manelneedsaname1773

5 ай бұрын

Oh god yes, such a good and well argumented series

@pstm53

5 ай бұрын

@@Meloncholiac14 PAGES!!! FOUR TEEN

god... i've been feeling this for a LONG time but have never been able to put into worlds without me looking like "old man yelling at clouds" ass. Thank you for drawing attention to this maddness.

I feel like another side effect of all this is the fundamental devaluing of creative works. When these platforms actively encourage the mindless theft and regurgitation of content (which you proved), it shifts how the viewer engages with what they consume from appreciation/enjoyment to opportunism/exploitation. I'm no longer watching a video to see what this fellow human made, I'm watching it to see how I can directly benefit from it. With that shift comes a steady erosion of a person's ability to view ANYTHING through a lens other than "how can I use this." Fantastic video, huge props to you and your team!

Circletoons throwing it back took me by surprise I was showing it to my friends

The funniest thing to me was when multiple reactors declined debating and defending their argument against people like DarkViperAU (who has very informative, well researched and strongly argued videos showing in detail the terrible reality of react "content"), and we all know why they declined, they know that they can not in any rational way defend what is the dictionary definition of theft, rather than content

@godqueensadie

5 ай бұрын

They're all disingenuous, dense mf-ers

@mohamedbelkacem9889

4 ай бұрын

Mauler did a podcast with destiny and invited XQC to talk about this, and it was difficult to watch

@TawnyGryn

4 ай бұрын

They chose to attack the 'date rape' part of his argument

@joevile240

4 ай бұрын

​@@mohamedbelkacem9889 That was hard to get through, but the EFAP converage of Twitch reactors is great.

@mohamedbelkacem9889

4 ай бұрын

@@joevile240 thank you for the hard work of going through it

The animations in this video felt like they were more alive than usual. Not sure if it was the complex emotions you were trying to convey or something else, but it looked awesome!!! Thank you for making great content :)

@illpunchyouintheface9094

5 ай бұрын

He probably made it better then normal to help convey the idea of hard work and originality is way better then stealing.

@Robonauta

4 ай бұрын

Dunno about Circle, but when I'm pissed at something, my drawings of said thing come out real fast and easy, making my "emotional point" super clear, too.

First video I've ever seen of yours & this is SO GOOD & WELL THOUGHT OUT 1000% subscribing

This was an excellent video!! I share a lot of these thoughts and feelings. Ive enjoyed your animation and videos for a while, but only now have I subscribed! Thank you for making this video.

The saddest thing is that YT always had a good amount of insanely creative people but the algorithm pushed many away and the execs decided they want it to be more like TikTok, it'll get worse and worse

@dakat5131

5 ай бұрын

Creative stuff gets suppressed so hard. Make something new and passionate? Nah, let's just have AI read reddit or make up stories about videos. Making something with care takes time while those with no care can spam a ton of stuff. And then the crowd just repeats that the algorithm somehow knows what quality content is and that if something isn't being promoted, it doesn't deserve any attention at all...as if the spam and creepy stuff is somehow world leading art.

To quote Ian Malcolm (from Jurassic Park), "You stood on the shoulders of geniuses to accomplish something as fast as you could and before you even knew what you had you patented it and packaged it and slapped it on a plastic lunchbox, and now you’re selling it, you want to sell it."

@ABAgamer_

5 ай бұрын

Bless Ian Malcolm for having some of the best quotes from the Jurassic Park franchise.

@jimbo9305

5 ай бұрын

@@ABAgamer_ No doubt. Even before that quote he says, "It didn't require any discipline to obtain it. You read what others had done and you took the next step." And there's the other gem that I was going to put which was, "They were so preoccupied with if they could that they didn't stopped to think if they should." It's two minutes of dialogue that is very heavy thinking material.

@ABAgamer_

5 ай бұрын

@@jimbo9305 The more I think about it, all that great dialogue comes from ONE SCENE out of a movie with multiple just as memorable. Goes to show how well the first movie stands the test of time!

This was really good and well-argued, but it's also edited impressively well, was easy to watch straight through without pausing or getting distracted.

I see myself laughing on ALL of your videos! Thanks man! Keep up the good work!

I agree. As an animator, I spend weeks working on an animation while others make short gag and get millions of views and revenue while creators and artists get pushed to the side. It’s unfortunate, but that’s the internet we live in. It’s also worse when it’s stolen from us.

@handson4580

5 ай бұрын

My deepest condolences we live in a time of creative rot and animators like yourself are a dieing breed

@Someone-sc2hk

5 ай бұрын

and that's why we have to fight against it.

This was a certified knee slapper as well as a really well said, animated, voice acted and overall created video. I've been making videos for most of my life and always did it as a way to self express and to become better at something and the reason I'm making content with creativity to it is because I grew up on creators who made really amazing videos that inspired me to create something in the hopes I could make something as good someday. I feel bad for all the young people who are exposed to low quality and stolen content for the most part and never feel that excitemend and inspiration from incredible videos because they only use youtube shorts, tiktok and instagram reels and don't get that impact that long format has had on me.

This is the video that made me subscribe to your channel. It's not a fun topic, but life isn't all fun and games, sometimes you have to put the effort in. I really don't like commenting, I worry about being misunderstood, but I felt the need to say that I enjoy the videos you create, and that they bring a smile or chuckle each time.

The raw anger and emotion in this video is the most relatable feeling towards reaction content ever.

The way your little guy articulated seething rage and unbridled fury is incredible. Now I, too, am a carrier of this rage.

its so f*cking true and its annoying and the worst part is that youtube is forcing us to watch shorts by opening shorts the moment you open the app or straight up put a short after scrolling down a bit

@OkamiToge

5 ай бұрын

They also got rid of the option for me to NOT recommend channels watching shorts as well and report as spam for a ton of spam crap.

@MayaPosch

5 ай бұрын

I installed some add-ons to nuke shorts in KZread (tab & more), and have never been happier. It's like they don't exist any more.

@shawklan27

5 ай бұрын

Plus dem unskippable ads and even when you pick the stop showing this ad option I still get those annoying ads repeated.

@joe564338

5 ай бұрын

Revanced is your friend

@ArshadZahid_nohandleideas

5 ай бұрын

I believe the app only opens on Shorts if you close the app while watching one

i understand where you're coming from and for the most part agree but i also think sometimes its nice to sit down with what feels like a friend and laugh at funny tik toks or other content. taking the slog of going through my own feed out of the equation and just chilling with someone you enjoy, especially if you don't have many (or any) friends to do that with to begin with 😭

@joedav67

2 ай бұрын

Parasocial relationships are not healthy in the slightest. And if scrolling through a feed is a "slog" then the problem is you

I love video essays from circletoons soo fucking much

I can’t imagine how long this took!! I also can’t imagine the pain of losing your content to someone else and not being able to do anything. I really hope it’ll change but I doubt it ever will because of how much of it is a uphill battle. Best we can do is keep fighting and hope the pirates will go back to pirating games and not content.

@Mrhellslayerz

5 ай бұрын

Considering how AI users argue that it's ok to just simply mix a bunch of "samples" together to make a new thing without even mentioning where they got said "samples", or who provided said "samples", I doubt this will change any time soon.

@Someone-sc2hk

5 ай бұрын

"not being able to do anything" recently, Jacksfilms (which, at this point we all know about his fight agains reaction content) has recently made a video where he mentioned one creator who got their content stolen, but he then reported it to yt, and surprisingly, it worked, his clip was removed from the sssniperwolf video, so there is something we can do about it.

The anger at the end was not only his, it was everyones hearing that voice. We all pooled our anger together to destroy that phone.

I loved this whole video beginning to end. Preach buddy. And I’m guilty of falling victim to the reels too. Also the end when you angrily destroyed the phone when it spoke with the annoying tiktok voice really spoke to me.

It has been so long since i laughed this much over a KZread video. Amazing content my dude, much respect.

As someone who makes art and videos, any sort of theft is genuinely one of my worst fears.

@Crashgen

4 ай бұрын

It sucks honestly. I understand your fear and lived it.

I’m so glad this is being mentioned and talked about, my good friend AliveWake makes AMAZING video game art. Chances are most of you reading this have seen his Ultrakill, elden ring art or his commission from slimecicle for Jort storm (it’s the art on Spotify). The issue is people keep taking his art and putting some music over it and getting way more attention than he is. He wants to do more with his art and try to be a content creator but isn’t getting enough support and doesn’t have enough money to do so. It takes zero effort to steal someone else’s work and repost it with “omg cool thing” and get alot more attention than the original creator. Idk what we need to do to change all this but there needs to be a change.

I think one thing you didn’t touch on is the fact many ppl don’t have interactions with other ppl on a daily basis. Most ppl go to work come home and go on the internet. It’s a weird period where we’ve never been more connected but at the same time we’re more alone than ever. So ppl go to react videos to get the sensation of watching something with someone. Even if it’s artificial and fake it’s just enough to get the euphoria that is being with someone. And the ppl that do have friends they do hang with on a daily basis might not be into the same videos/topics your into so they won’t react to the video with you. So what’s the alternative? Go online and watch someone give a reaction/ insight on a video you thinks funny or interesting. It’s essentially a drug at this point and nobody has addressed it head on because it’s not a drug you would normally think of. And when you say reaction videos does this include game reviews? And when you say content theft does that mean clips only of KZreadr content or all content in general? These are questions that should be being asked and decided on. But the internet is moving so fast and rapidly you could say congress and government hasn’t even come close to coming up with laws for problems with the internet. They’re honestly probably a decade or two behind these problems. The issues is they’re so many problems in the world rn the government is overwhelmed with physical problems and having even thought of the mental problems coming with the rise of the internet. My best advice to you would be to gather up as much KZreadr content creators as you can and demand a whole new Committee to oversee the internet as a whole. Please like this comment so that he sees this idea.

New favorite piece of content: animated video essay

The biggest thing is I don’t think people realise how long it takes to create videos, sometimes they take up to 50+ hours for just a 15 min video… When you think of that aspect and have that experience, you start feeling really bad for the people whos content is unwillingly getting stolen

@Darca1n

5 ай бұрын

You shouldn't even need to think that far to be pissed off at the theft, theft is theft and it's screwing over the actual creators bigtime.

@Vrile

5 ай бұрын

@@Darca1n Oh yeah I agree, but by putting it in a bigger perspective you’re able to get people to understand the level of creativity and craftsmanship that is needed for videos to be made.

@gumerzambrano

5 ай бұрын

Why would the average consumer even keep in mind how long videos take to make. We have our own issues to worry about

@Vrile

5 ай бұрын

@@gumerzambrano Well that’s just the problem I’m talking about, if people know the time and effort it took they would most likely respect it more. At this time people don’t

@gumerzambrano

5 ай бұрын

@@Vrile of course people should be more respectful. But this is the internet we're talking about

Feels ironic how a content creator can have their entire life ripped out from under them if they use 5 seconds of copyrighted material, but if somebody reuploads your entire video somewhere else with a face cam overlay and saying "WOAAHHH DUUUUDE" every couple minutes, platforms will do nothing about it. Makes me think that it's more about abusing the small creators for money while helping out the companies who are already big enough to be buying advertising space.

The fact you put an entire story with your bits is great. The Argument Police is just insanely funny.

How do I double like this video? Could not agree with you more, well made and animation is amazing ❤

Remember when KZread screwed over every single animation account by going from favouring clicks to watch time to combat re-reply channels only to later make the whole site about re-replying. Truly stunning

@cosmicspacething3474

5 ай бұрын

Why not just have all those things be factors?

Spot. The fuck. On. Respect Circle ❤️ I can't even highlight one specific part of this video that stood out for accuracy, because ALL OF IT hit the bullseye, nail on the head, and flawlessly accurate. And god damn you're so right about that fucking voice at the end, drives me insane just hearing it. Every day I'm just glad I never fell into TikTok like so many others did (It was even heavily attached to my University dissertation, and it stood out as by far one of the worst platforms, even though I did a shit job of exploring it, I got the gist as to why, with the predatory algorithm part of it being front and center...)

Saw a TikTok video with subway Surfers, gta racing AND Minecraft parkour in the background of a reddit story

11:18 CAN WE TAKE A MOMENT OF SLIENCE FOR THE FACT THAT HE HAD TO DRAW THAT

@atarias1313

5 ай бұрын

my man really made a reference to the big caboose video from let me explain

@Mr.Black61.

5 ай бұрын

We can only give our respect to him because he went through this horror

@Banana321Boi

5 ай бұрын

Rip

@Demonmask-whatareyoulookingat

5 ай бұрын

Oh my god

@rjseditsandcleanytps

4 ай бұрын

the fact people actually like level 2 furries, is crazy

I could not agree more, I'm sick of seeing actual talent and effort being overshadowed by the laziest soulless content imaginable, it makes me sick. Thank you for calling this out

Holy crap this made me laugh so hard bro, please don’t stop doing stuff like this

yeah thats true react videos are everywhere glad you stuck with this kind of video there always a joy to watch

15 minuts of high quality animation is NUTS! Good job to you and everyone else thay helped make this, hats off 👏👏👏

@babooeyygaming7695

5 ай бұрын

Its simple animation chill the fuck out

Despite all of their shortcomings and problems, I have to admit that Fine Bros did more for reaction content than anyone else has before or since their peak. They didn't just slap people down into chairs to watch videos, they also interviewed them, had them express their feelings about the topic before and after viewing the video in discussion. They also didnt just show the entire video, but just the parts where the people watching had the most interesting responses. And above all that, they also gave proper credit, showing the title and creator in both the video itself and the description with a link. It felt less like a reaction and more like a discussion piece, and I remember that being one of my favorite parts of their videos back when I watched them.

I thought it would be a perfect score, but no, 2 of them were JUST FUCKING READING MEMES DAMMIT

0:34 I can’t believe this. POOPSHITTER LIED??? WHAT?? I TRUSTED HIM

I’m not a content creator (unless you count 2 random videos of me playing deep rock) or proper artist or anything, but as someone who has spent many hours building and painting tabletop minis I can certainly confirm that making something of your own with your own skill and hard work is something that really does mean something to you and I cant imagine how much it would hurt to just have it stolen and remade and ruined by random people you don’t know

@UnemployedStormtrooper

5 ай бұрын

ROCK AND STONE

@KirbyPlaysMinecraft

5 ай бұрын

Rock and stone, Karl would be proud

@jakobi-wan6500

5 ай бұрын

ROCK AND STONE

You know I absolutely hate vertical videos, I avoid them as much as possible.

@bluwasabi7635

5 ай бұрын

here, here! They look disgusting and often act like cognitive poison.

@jesusramirezromo2037

5 ай бұрын

Same, they're a disgusting aspect ratio

Reporting back: I scrolled for 10 minutes on TikTok. Here were the results: 22 videos were completely original. No stolen sounds, and if the video wasn’t the creators, they always had an interesting spin to it. 7 videos were at least somewhat stolen. Whether all of the content was stolen or just the sound, it didn’t matter. I hope you find that the results of my experiment were helpful.

"Someone turn on Townsends!" was too real lol

With you being one of my favorite animators, thank you. It's really sad to see this become the reality of social media today and I feel like not enough people are aware of it and more people need to be bringing this up. Maybe there are, and the algorithms just tend to make sure it never gets pushed to anyone, which is sad. Things are starting to feel so much more corrupted. So with the bottom of my heart, thank you for making this video.

@ivoneo2806

4 ай бұрын

Tbf corrupt stuff and that reality of social media happened years ago too but yeah in my opinion the algorithm needs to do better

12:13 RIP BIG OUNCE🕊

Couldn't have explained all of this shitshow better. Amazing execution, articulation and organization of ideas. Keep up the good work. Cheers :)

I scrolled through KZread shorts for five minutes, not watching most videos, and only about 25 videos actually took more that 15 seconds to make

original: 53 stolen: 47 watched: 100 those were the response to 14:10 for my feed

Watch parties are a very enjoyable form of social interaction for me. Getting in a discord call with a handful of close friends and watching the stuff that I personally think they would enjoy seeing has been a great and engaging way to spend our time and enjoy each other’s shared emotional responses. React streams seem like this concept except with all the actual personal relationship side of things stripped out. Another thing I enjoyed about react content before it blew up, was seeing a particular piece of media (like shows or animations or game moments), enjoying the everloving crap out of it, and looking to react videos to ride that high a bit longer, to watch other people get the joke or feel the same emotions I did while getting to rewatch the content. While this is a valid use case, it doesn’t really apply if reaction content is made the *first* exposure to the media. One thing I feel would help is normalization of “watch the original first”, if more platforms *by default* had an easy to use link to the original content.

@crazydrunkenirishdude6503

5 ай бұрын

Watch the original first still doesn't solve the issue, these videos of reactions somehow have millions of views, this pushes it in the algorithm and gets rid of actual creators having the possibility of getting their video clicked on, there is a limited amount of videos that KZread can show a person on the homepage, therefore having any react videos damages everyone.

@LittleDanny9899

5 ай бұрын

@@crazydrunkenirishdude6503 I mean that once agein is a bit to broad of a statement. i Generaly dont watch React content exept for one dude Well his Reaction to a Video tends to be 2 minutes of video to React to in a 30 minute video where he Talks about things Relatet to that (In his case he Was a Former Soldier in the Us Military and mostly reacts to things that fit in some way with his Background)

@reystlin7789

5 ай бұрын

I feel you. I completely acknowledge the fact what a disaster reaction content has become. But I can’t stop watching it. I’m not talking about KZread shorts or Tik-Tok, but rather about an hour long reactions to my favorite series or something. It’s my guilty pleasure.

@the_furf_of_july4652

5 ай бұрын

@@LittleDanny9899 "Experts React"-type content is honestly great! It's very enjoyable seeing an expert in a field praise something relating to it in a game or animation. There are too many examples to count. But I genuinely think the world is better with that content than without it. That doesn't excuse low effort reacts in the slightest, though.

@drewo.127

4 ай бұрын

YES YES 9000% YES! While it’s not quite the same, the edutainment coding platform Scratch allows people to remix each other’s projects, but whenever they do, the site automatically provides a handy link to a visual aid to see how many people remixed it, if what you’re watching is a remix, and of course, the original version at the root of all the iterations! And each username on the visual is a link to each respective version! If KZread, TwitterX, and TikTok had an easy, automatic link to the original and/or the requirement for creators to leave a link to the original source of a reaction or other video, that can certainly help! It’s not perfect, (and Scratch is not the same kind of website as places like KZread, Rumble, or even Newgrounds) but it would be a good start!

It's interesting how i only found your channel through a reaction to one of your vids. It was a great video. I watched your whole vid and subbed. Now im here. Cheers man and keep fighting the good fight!

The fact i forgot doodle had a chanel, nice to see him again, and thanks to you

This a HUGE problem and why I am trying to stop social media use. It is SO draining by forcing reels down my throat. Tik Tok especially ruined this. Social Media used to be fun! Watching reactions, of a reactor reacting to videos is so frustrating but thats the “meta” now. I really hope that it changes but I doubt it. Which is why I’m scared to even post my own stuff for fearing of me becoming a react video 😭 It’s an endless void and it’s’ frustrating. Thank you for this video!

@Lumberjack_king

5 ай бұрын

Are reactions ok if people ask permission

@googleisevil8958

5 ай бұрын

That's because it's all about engagement so the companies can to advertisers and go "Look how many people watched these videos! Here are there interested to help you made more annoying ads! GIVE ME MONEY NOW!" In the end, YOU are the product. They don't care about the content on their platform, they only care about engagement.

10:32 ... No. Never. Do that again. Ever.

@TheKING_BEAST335

5 ай бұрын

Keep doing that always do it

@spinechiller567

5 ай бұрын

Dude doesn't wanna expose himself

@this_dude3881

5 ай бұрын

*Smash.*

His voice is both familiar and fresh at the same time. Anyway I love the animation, visual gag, and vocal jokes

Love your content man! I actually report every stolen videos or fake accounts i can see because of this trend.

The only reaction video from large creators I regularly watch are reactions to Nintendo directs because it’s so much fun to see them get excited to seeing sequels or new projects involving their favorite game franchises get announced. Even if I’m not the biggest fan of a certain series, seeing someone else get excited over it, just adds to the enjoyment for me.

@KUwUpa

5 ай бұрын

Agree, I think reactions to announcements for games and movies are still valid since it's relatively easy to say something of your own opinion for a game or movie trailer. I just don't watch reactions to individual content creation anymore since I'd rather support the original creation.

My playlist of videos where people are speaking out against plagiarism and the miserable state created by the current nature of online "content" has another perfect addition. Really, truly hope videos like this will continue to be made, recieve the attention they deserve and by proxy allow viewers and consumers the chance to understand the problem and strive to fix it or at least not add to it. Great work circle.

@sirbaconbuster

5 ай бұрын

You wouldn't happen to have a link to that playlist, would you?

@BigSizzle69

5 ай бұрын

DarkviperAU is the goat of trashing on reactors

I love your videos and they are very clever and hilarious. Keep up the amazing work😊

Lovely video. Incredible insights, silly jokes, and great animation, but I think you should consider linking sources in the description (or linking to a spot that has links to all the sources) so people can find them if they want to see more.

Not sure what else I can say to truly contribute to the conversation, but I appreciate that you, with the massive platform you have, are not afraid to voice your opinions, despite it being an overall risk to your channel's statistics. You have proven that you care more about the state of the world than your channel's longevity. Due to this, you have earned my respect, my like, and my subscription. You deserve it. :)