I’m definitely not a fan of reaction videos. Why the fuck do I care what some douche on the internet thinks of some other douche on the internet?

React content is the lowest tier of entertainment, and then the streamers run ads or beg for subs as if they deserve anything beyond the brand deals they shill.

Content leeches. Always the shitest, lowest quality content around. There's at some some wiggle room, if they're actively participating / commenting on what's happening that's at least partially transformative, but way too many just sit and watch a whole vid and contribute nothing

The well made, expert reaction videos are fun. Like Legal Eagle reacting to videos to judge their legal accuracy. He also made a meta reaction video where he explained why some reaction channels were breaking the law and how to do it properly. Insider has a series of videos where they get an expert on a subject to react to movie clips (like a former bank robber reacting to heist movies or a marine biologist reacting to shark movies).

But I don't get the low quality stuff, where someone isn't an expert, doesn't provide meaningful commentary, etc. Some "reaction" videos are basically just stealing content and the only thing that seems interesting about them is the original content. The "reactor" adds nothing and just stole views from the original.

They're not "YouTubers" now, it's "content creators" now! Watching a video and laughing a little bit once a minute is valuable commentary.

The meme is commentary. Several tiers above react "content".

I use to hate it, but there are some guys that make great commentary on politics over videos not necessarily from YouTube. There are also a couple of channels that make very funny commentary on videos that I would never watch by myself.

And yet for some reason I can't stop watching reaction videos

It's like I get to enjoy the cool videos again but with someone else this time

Greatest truth was never memed.

There is one and ONLY one type of reaction video I watch. People discovering Devin Townsend for the first time. Specifically his EMGtv performance of Kingdom.

I like watching the original content creators making reaction videos to the reaction videos. I guess in this comic's case the orange cat would then be fishing out of the black cat's mouth?

it depends. if theyre showing parts of the video and adding meaningful commentary, its fine

Reactions can be great. They add to the overall experience for me. Even with reactions to shows. Often I feel like "wow i didnt see this twist coming. I wonder what youtuber x would say there". They only are bad if people watch videos without saying anything. Only laughing at some moments but not adding anything.

"I'm So Meta, Even This Acronym"

This is what you say, I only watch youtubers that react to awful content.

Points and nods in the corner

All cougar haters feel good about how the views of react contents change in the public eye.

TBF if the original content can be used to get a reaction it isn’t good.

I've enjoyed efap's coverage of reaction videos and clashes between creators. I like that they managed to get a few react video makers on with them and show how much they don't understand the problem.