# Bizarre, preposterous videos about the UK royals on YouTube

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 27, 2024, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-preposterous-videos-about-the-uk-royals-on-youtube/1009292 "2024-10-27T09:20:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![md-2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9d8465/32.png) [@md-2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/md-2000)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2024, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-preposterous-videos-about-the-uk-royals-on-youtube/1009292/41 "2024-11-12T02:17:21Z")

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> [@Irishman](#):
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> “Click bait” is the traditional term for headlines written on that premise.

Certainly there is clickbait, but I’m thinking more the stuff already in your feed. It’s not like you click on it, it already shows up. The topic may be so outrageous you watch to the end and maybe check/click to see who has corrected them, or something you watch again to see if you really saw what you thought.

One particular one I recall was a guy on instagram installing wood flooring using a metal hammer fairly forcefully to push the planks against each other. Naturally the comments were full of “that’s not how to install flooring”, “you’re damaging the wood”, etc. The fact that he was an idiot did not diminish the mumber of views.

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**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2024, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-preposterous-videos-about-the-uk-royals-on-youtube/1009292/42 "2024-11-13T04:21:58Z")

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> [@md-2000](#):
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> People apparently get some sort of remuneration (or simply love the high of being the center of attention) based on the number of views, likes, and comments - ie. the audience particpation level.
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> If you say something outrageously stupid, ten thousand people (sometimes I’m one) will reply to explain why you are wrong… thus feeding ego and wallet.

I’ve got a buddy with a YouTube channel on car repair. He’s making decent coin. I’ll have to discuss this strategy with him.

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