We’ve all seen it before. In YouTube comments, there’s always one. Don’t say that you’ve never seen something like this:
‘you are correct. i really got shocked when i receive my ipad3 without any dime @ my home yesterday. Listen to this, you just need to give email addrss and tell them where you want to send. i found it here => bit.ly/YZXIhM?=jywrj’
Or this:
‘yeah, i couldn’t believe it when my friend told me about this site. i can tell you one thing, i get sent a list of high paying surveys every few days and easy make around $60 off each list. you can get it from here: bit.ly/12qbRI8?=qqpyl’
Or even this:
‘yes, this is really fantastic. i know one thing for sure, really lucky that i registered and earning more than $40 daily from this web site :). i found it here: bit.ly/ZJLtZR?=sjxsk’
And what’s hilarious is that they all seem to follow the same 5-step formula:
1. Make some crude attempt at making the comment match the video, usually with a feeble handwave like ‘this is great’, or, even in cases where it makes no sense, ‘yes, you are correct’ etc.
2. Tell some clearly made-up story about how you/your friend/a family member found ‘this awesome site’.
3. Go on to describe how much money you can make daily/weekly/hourly from ‘this awesome site’.
4. Provide a TinyURL’d link that’ll probably riddle your computer with viruses, complete with a side order of identity thefts and crashes.
5. Rinse and repeat on other videos.
Top it all off with some atrocious grammar, and there you have it: the ’You’re Right/Correct, I’m So Lucky to X’ subculture!
It’s a steadily growing group of people whose pitiful existence seems to be only to advertise these cheap shot sites that are evidently computer-crippling Trojans. Though many don’t realise it, it’s a fast-growing trend, and it’s now near impossible to go onto a YouTube video’s comments without seeing at least one, usually accompanied with a flag for spam and several infuriated responses.
To get an idea of how bad it’s gotten, here’s a prime offender, a Mr. ‘Wilson Molina’ who’s been at it since 2011: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuviTkv1R3QqdRqjNhMc1rQ/feed?filter=2
Notice how ALL OF HISCOMMENTSCONSIST OF THIS.
Again, it’s nigh-on impossible to check out the comments of a popular video without seeing one, especially in the 5-step format outlined above. Go on. Try it.