The Diablo clickbait is unreal, is the enshitification of the internet reaching the gaming communities now? - eviltoast

Does everyone just think they can make a living playing games? Trying to search for Diablo 4 info gets you nothing but mountains of useless clickbait youtube videos. Gotta waste my time jumping thru the video just to find out the guy is dumber about the game than I am.

Like I get it, YouTube is the only place you can monetize your “game knowledge”, but still… Why are there are only like two sites with build guides and info? And those two sites don’t even have community builds, its just a couple guides written by some l33t dude we are suppose to trust. Why is there no useful discussion forums, discords, or at least something not in video format? If people care about becoming gaming influencers so much why can’t we at least come out with a new monetization platform that doesn’t suck and has a dislike button.

Anyone else sharing my rage?

  • forvirreth@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Yes and no in sharing the rage. I can understand the how and why, but I also decide not to consume it for the most part. If I look for info, builds etc in games I always go to discord communities where I can get info bite-sized and written instead.

    The videos themselves are so strange, why spend 15 minutes talking about something that could be written in 1-2 A4 pages. Builds in games especially are something that just is so much better written, rather than spoken.

    • zebus@kbin.socialOP
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      1 year ago

      Cause you gotta get dem “views”. Don’t forget to smash that subscribe button.

      The format makes no sense for the information being consumed, it’s like this for their benefit not the viewers.

      Even the Maxroll build guides are like, oh yea go view our youtube video to get all the info.