UnforgivenTwin
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Somebody call VH1: "The Fine Bros" are trying to trademark "reaction videos"
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jasminlovesyoux
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I'm getting addicted to seeing the number go down. There's something good about seeing people react to bullshit and do something about it.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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Spoke too soon...
#REACTION said:
excuse me for linking my own tweet but i thought it was just typical how this keemstar dude joined the hate bandwagon (even if what TFB is doing is really bad) when it hasn't even been that long since he himself did something extremely awful
https://twitter.com/GuerrillaDawg/status/693931018336735237
https://twitter.com/GuerrillaDawg/status/693931018336735237
Damn it, why couldn't the Fine Brothers decide to do this 2 months ago, I could have written a project paper about all of this. The big difference seems to be whether the repsective action is an experiment/mistake or something inevitable like an individual being replaced or removed from the channel for whatever reason, both of which the viewers seem to be ok with sooner or later. Then you have something like this CoD player who pretty much ruined his channel through continuous efforts, and I assume he could have recovered if he had stopped early enough.
So basically you have to do something extremely bad or screw up constantly to really turn away subscribers.
This means that the Fine Brothers could still fix the situtation easily, despite the damage that already occured, and continue like nothing ever happened.
The next question is, how many lost subscribers really make an impact in terms of revenue?
The third option is that the respective person just didn't want to listen to the advice given to him. Either way, such a situation could have been avoided easily, so no sympathy from me.
KanameYuuki
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So they Jinxed themselves : (
Jacksinthe
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These are engagements and should be stacked against engagements, not total subs.They've lost 80k so far. Only a drop in the bucket but consider that this is also pushing against their daily gain of 5-6k subs.
Look at their reach with each video, its never more and often far less than 50% of their sub numbers. Some videos only at 10-15% of sub numbers.
So comparing the loss to the average engagement paints a clearer, bleaker picture, not to mention many of those engagements aren't from subs - people that likely won't care to view their videos again in the future.
The thing finebros should be most worried about now is the negative attention gaining more and more traction and their sponsors panicking. The sponsors are what is feeding their company, the subs are one thing, but losing the sponsors is going to be their biggest problem right about now.
Lilalaunebaer
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Yeah. Now whenever people think of them their first thought will be "Oh, those twats who tried to trademark reaction videos and abused YouTube's takedown system to remove "infringing" videos". Good luck getting sponsorship deals with that image.
Compsiox
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Indeed.
Their YT channel lost other 3,000+ subscribers in the last 18 minutes, thus slightly more than 1,000 subscribers lost every 6 minutes. If the "1,000 unsubscriptions every 10 minute" earlier estimate is accurate, it means the pace has increased.
Me too. Can't close the page anymore.
Keemstar is the worst asshole out there, a fucking manchild, hopefully he gets lice in his ass. I despise that fucker.
Dictator93
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They've lost 80k so far. Only a drop in the bucket but consider that this is also pushing against their daily gain of 5-6k subs.
heh
thx
That's the intersting part. You're definitely right, if they turn back now and say it was all a mistake, we're really sry etc.
But if reaction videos are continously being removed, who knows?

captainnapalm
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I still think much of the condemnation here is because of jumping to conclusions.
People think they want to control all reaction videos on Youtube and that 'React World' is some Orwellian scheme to make that happen, but they're just licencing their specific show formats for use in other countries, the way some tv shows do.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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This is so hilarious and addictive to watch
Who's this dude and what did he do?
His latest antic was falsely lynching an old man on Twitch as a pedophile, and the man broke down in tears live. When proven wrong, he said something like "Look at the bright side, he got Twitch viewers now!".
Oh brother, I'm not starting this bullshit with you again.
This is so hilarious and addictive to watch
Who's this dude and what did he do?
He makes videos about "internet drama" and very recently falsely accused a 63 year old runescape streamer of being a pedophile when it turns out it was a completely different person. He's apparently done some other gross shit over the years but that was the first one I heard about which was like 3 weeks ago.
What "format" do they own, I've been wondering this ever since they stated their "format" so please enlighten me?
Also, their hypocrisy adds salt to the wound.
Gentle Rodriguez
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I unsubbed the minute I saw their first video on the matter, sure the amount of subs lost isn't significant but the fact that they're losing subs in the first place is bad.
for them right?
water_wendi
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Its not PDPs numbers.. it says "example PDP" for the entry field. The channel is another one of theirs.
The one on the bottom right says React and the one on the top left is Fine Bros.
My mistake
water_wendi
Water is not wet!
Made the same one myself.
To what extent can you really license a format that is as loose and informal is this one?
What is the signature style that makes them different from any other reaction compilation?
Sibersk Esto
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Monty Mole
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If there was a TV show or video game called 'React' then I assume it would be trademarkable in their respective medium as IP. I mean, otherwise I could now make a show called '24', 'Blacklist' or 'Scandal', right? Just a number or words. I assume they are just treating their YouTube vids as a branded show and trying to do the same thing.
This is just YouTube becoming more commercialised, until one day I expect YouTube will just be a collection of commercial operators posting videos in their channels and we'll all be uploading our own videos elsewhere.
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