never understand the "someone please let me know in the comments" thing people say in YT videos when they're reacting to or looking at something... i'm instantly unimpressed that you didn't do the research yourself (or refuse to do it as part of the video). way to avoid everything interesting

@neonabyss It's not that they don't know or are lazy.

It's a bid for interaction, because like other platforms, YouTube uses "engagement" as a metric for deciding who to promote. GamersNexus pointed this out in a few of their videos when they became aware of it and Steve began prompting for comments in his scripts, saying that "it boosts engagement which helps us make more money out of YouTube", or words to that effect.

@tully ah yeah that's an obvious point i missed. very frustrating that at least on some channels it really kills the quality of the videos (GN is still great though).
@neonabyss I get a real "cargo cult" vibe from some tubers, like they're just doing copycat behaviour without it being particularly effective.