Film Theory: Twitter's Toxic Relationship With Movies

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Theorists, have you heard of Yellowstone? No? Well, you are not alone. Yet it is apparently one of the most popular shows right now. How is that possible? Enter the rollercoaster of a platform that is Twitter. Yes, Twitter. I have a hunch that it may have a hold on your media... and your MIND! Don't believe me? Just ask Avatar 2...
PS. This video has been in the works for a few weeks.
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[@ZackaryAsAlways]

It’s crazy how big people think Twitter is. I had no idea that Twitter is so insanely small compared to almost all other social media platforms

[@Antenox]

I double checked, and apparently Reddit has more registered users than Twitter. Not as many monthly active users, but the fact that they're extremely close to one another tells you how small Twitter is compared to, for example, Facebook.

[@imani7979]

@@Antenox not to mention twitter is prone to having users with multiple accounts, i.e. users with stan accounts.

[@autonomouspublishingincorp8241]

After years of twitter fraud, inflated user populations built of bots to deceive users and investors alike, and the now documented government censorship, these realities of Twiter have only recently come to light. Keep in mind, KZbin, Reddit, and Facebook were owned by the same conglomerates utilizing the same technology, meaning their current usership numbers are likely just as fraudulent and over-inflated as Twitter was, as the evidence seems to suggest is exactly the case. We do not collectively program the AI. The AI programs us. That's what the AI was programmed to do in the first place.

[@Rockmaster867]

Twitter is for three things. Marketing, activists and advertising ones onlyfans

[@Ashtarte3D]

The real issue is that Twitter IS an important gathering place for news and one of the few remaining bastions for NSFW creators of all breeds to gather and share easily.

[@badustephen]

I would pay millions to see Matpat’s watch history.

[@adrianamelo3575]

same

[@badustephen]

@Not gonna lie LOL❤

[@Usernotfound533]

so many bots

[@badustephen]

WTH so many bots?

[@jeromevaleska2014]

This is like the least original comment ever... yet I still love it every time!

[@pdzombie1906]

"Media is the message" Both Twitter and Facebook not only contain fake news, they ARE fake news themselves... Great video, Mat!! Best one of the year in Film Theory!

[@issacsantana6419]

Yeah, Elon Musk has really been exposing how much of a politically biased, censorship-ridden cesspool Twitter was before he bought it. Now there's close to no censorship, which comes at a cost, of course. But worth it nonetheless.

[@Abel_Rivera]

They're ran by the government, I don't think twitter is any more tho

[@dimitridionissiou1000]

I love when Matt uses these less significant topics such as movies to talk about real world issues like the echo chamber of Twitter. It reminds me of what he originally created Game Theory for, to talk about science through videogames.

[@SunScourge]

If the average Avatar fan is anything like me, they've been quietly following the ever-postponed release dates for 13 years, quietly getting hyped, and are not shouting from the rooftops how they're going to go see it in cinemas - but they will definitely go. It's been too long to be loud, but I never stopped loving the setting, and I'm quite excited to see the new writing and tech in action!

[@SharkGem2000]

Me too! I was 9 when I saw it in theatres. My parents got me the blu-ray collector's edition for Christmas the following year. I'm 22 now and I'm so amped for it!

[@Rainkit]

Man. After 13 years I don't think anything could live up to the hype.

[@nettemarie8073]

My boyfriend and I already have our tickets for the movie! Got it back in November I think they they released early online ticket sales.

[@rk9597]

This is the perfect way to put it I'd check on it once or twice a year every year and will be watching it more than once

[@reyshvin]

Damn...i watched the first one in cinemas when i was 5, and now still hyped for the sequel, hope it does great🤞🌊

[@thatdude3003]

Careful Matpat. You mentioned Twitter, I suggest locking your door and preparing for the worst.

[@Kat97__]

L + bozo + raito + sksksksk + fatherless + didn’t ask + your mom

[@Kat97__]

@Amelia Cameron 🅥 102.52-

[@443Cosmic]

@@Kat97__ do you even know what these words mean?

[@lorettoponton7218]

nah they are too bussy without their staff right now

[@Kat97__]

@@443Cosmic yes I do know that you live in your mom street

[@TheNobodyOfHarambe]

I had this video on my "watch later" list for a while and I'm so glad I finally watched it. It confirms all of my suspicions about Twitter and the cesspool of very vocal self proclaimed "film experts" that reside there. I swear I never saw anyone complain so vehemently about movie posters in my life. There was also an insane amount of users that screamed "no one cares about Avatar" on every Avatar related tweet before Avatar 2 released and even beyond. As evidenced by the money the movie is making, a lot of people care, myself included. At this point I'm convinced that 99% of people on Twitter are just trolls and bots. Most of the reactions to movies/games on Twitter are completely opposite to people's reactions in the real world. It's baffling but this video starts to make sense of it.

[@BrianGriffinW]

Its really annoying to see people talk about their hatred for Marvel movies aswell

[@jeremiahvalle9971]

So coincidental that I'm finishing S4 of Yellowstone and just finding out that it's the most popular show out there right now. Crushed 4 seasons under a week while being sick. Honestly an amazing show!

[@lolliii5477]

i wish i can watch it

[@no-feetmcgee5577]

I work in a library and the circulation of TV shows on DVD is super interesting as it reveals what people are actually watching (admittedly probably skewed towards older folks who are more likely to use the library). I was shocked to find that by far the shows which circulate the most are Yellowstone and British murder mysteries. In comparison, almost nobody is checking out shows like game of thrones or stranger things, or even classics like the Simpsons, which all get a lot more attention on social media.

[@gamemode_cat6606]

I feel like the DVD medium might be the biggest factor there

[@littlegerm2114]

You just called out my parents so hard lol. Although recently they've started to watch more of their British dramas on Amazon prime

[@kevinbarnard355]

There's a couple factors at play here. First, not as many people have Paramount + as compared to HBO Max or Netflix. That means folks who don't are more likely to borrow from the library. Also, the medium you are talking about skews toward older audiences by default. Lots of younger people don't have/keep DVDs anymore. They are more likely to have either converted to Blue Ray, or just stream their movies/TV shows. Finally, Simpsons, and other long running shows get talked about because everyone can relate to them. Most people with access to western media know what those shows are about, even if they haven't watched in years/decades.

[@adamlambboy8332]

Most younger people don’t know you can rent whole seasons from the library (I’d argue most older people don’t either). I’m not sure what series are the most popular at the library represents what shows are the most popular.

[@garthako]

causality vs correlation. You got it wrong

[@nathanieldonigan3659]

I love how mat is able to talk his opinions, while not mixing them up with facts or rubbing them in your face. And he knows all his facts as well. What a guy

[@Archer.Bean.]

Imagine if the mainstream media.... I'm not targeting anyone on any side of any issue. Just imagine if that comment could be made about our mainstream media

[@BoondockMysteries]

He got a perfect 1600 SAT/ACT so he's practically a genius lol

[@nathanieldonigan3659]

@@Archer.Bean. I feel that bro

[@TianmenSquare1989]

@@nathanieldonigan3659 Same, everything seems so biased now

[@-___-n8th4n92]

Nathaniel D

[@trs5127]

It should kind of be obvious that Twitter isn't representative of most things. Not only is the userbase small, but the toxicity is so high that most users barely visit it nowadays. I was actually really excited for Snydercut but never rallied for it on Twitter. Conversely, I know many Twitter users who rallied for it but never watched it. With how small the active userbase already is, these kinds of factors play an even bigger role. That's just how it works

[@elkboy2538]

In my opinion, the two most annoying social media platforms are Twitter and TikTok. Both have super annoying names and logos and everything I've ever heard or seen from them melts my brain. I hate it when people say something stupid is actually true just because they saw a TikTok or Tweet about it. I also have a very dark place in my heart for TikTok since a stupid trend was responsible for recking my school's bathrooms again and again. My advice for what it's worth would be to just stay on KZbin, where intellectuals of all kinds work... Although the adds are absolute torcher.

[@blade2453]

As someone who has spent a decent amount of time on twitter, but work a blue collar job where I interact with a variety of people through several counties and 2 cities in southern Virginia, everything that this video said about twitter not representing the majority of people is something I’ve been shouting about for years to my fellow GenZ peeps

[@x_kittrix]

@The FiIm Thoerists 🅥 this is by far the funniest thing I’ve seen a bit come to before. It literally makes zero sense.

[@z794hfbw8I]

@The FiIm Thoerists 🅥 the bot broke lmaooo

[@JahanMisra]

you also live in southern VA tho that’s about as far from twitter culture as you can get

[@lordphinix3]

"What's talked about on Twitter is not reflective of what's actually talked about out in the real world." Understatement of the year Mat

[@johnmarkson1998]

we know what the real world is like because of literal elections though. its more so people come on twitter to talk about specific things. why bring up yellowstone on twitter if its full of zoomers that dont care about it?

[@unidentifiedguy8253]

TBF, now it is. It went from trending only woke political topics and obviously curated trends to now trending Anime, Video games, and stuff people are actually talking about. It has had more activity in the last two day than the last half decade, which says a lot.

[@lordphinix3]

@SYED RIPEJ nah fam, Trojan viruses have been around for years.

[@sleepyfriendstm]

@@unidentifiedguy8253 I think that may just be a change in your algorithm. Everyone's trending is different.

[@shapeshiftingpedro]

@@sleepyfriendstm Japan no longer had political topics in their section of trending a bit after the changeover, and they thanked Elon for it. Japan hates getting into politics, so there's no doubt that it was being force-fed to them.

[@claudiafernandes1150]

I use Twitter only to find art from the Fandoms and enjoy and support artists and fanfic writers 😅. The algorithm is insanely quick to spiral down a rabbit hole which helps a lot if you want to find cute arts of your favorite characters or whatever but it makes it nearly impossible to find anything else on your time-line specially contrary views and stuff like that

[@masonharrell5711]

I am incredibly surprised that MatPat and everyone on his team has never even heard of Yellowstone. I’ve never watched the show but I knew it was the biggest show on tv right now. It is 100% the show I hear the most about form actual word of mouth. I live in Oklahoma and so so many people watch it. My parents and my sister love it. My aunt has a cat named after one of the characters. So it’s just kind of mind blowing to me that the theory crew has never even heard of it lol

[@SJPace1776]

Makes me think of NCIS. Huge show with spin offs that none of my peers watched. My parents did and their peers did. We get stuck in bubbles.

[@anonymous01792]

Ditto dude, I was SHOCKED at the “reveal” of the biggest show on tv but the shock was that MatPats job is to be up to date on current social trends and missed not one but THREE MASSIVE television events lol

[@digimonlover1632]

Literally have never heard of Yellowstone until now. Did heard of Jellystone though.

[@ElvenRaptor]

@@anonymous01792I was honestly expecting it to be some Reality TV nonsense. I've just had a tiny bit of faith in humanity restored.

[@Ethan-yd4gn]

I am SOOOO happy matpat addressed the vocal minority situation. I didnt even know half of this stuff myself and i feel beyond validated for thinking the things that happen on twitter simply cant be THAT common. It literally hurts me to think about how many take these platforms as if this is just how all people are. Its worse when you realize that twitter effects the way people those same people approach the real world and other real people. I wanna send this to everyone i know lmfao

[@trevorodell5564]

I love how MatPat hits the real issues by using entertainment media as an analogy. This effect applies to everything on social media.

[@Naokarma]

Average Twitter users love to think they're political experts cause they "beat" another user in a one-liner contest they'll insist was a debate. Next, let's hope Reddit goes next, since they're just about as bad, in this regard.

[@Death-999]

It's why so many people think pronouns are important, because on reddit and twitter they see so many people with odd pronouns. In the real world you''re more likely to get hit by a car than come across someone that doesn't go by their normal pronoun.

[@rokeYouuer]

There's a huge disconnect going on, with Twitter users thinking they're the catchall and be all of the internet, with the rest of the world tolerating them at best and actively hating them at worst.

[@finpin2622]

@@Death-999 idk man I've come across people with different pronouns irl way more often than I've been hit by a car (zero) and I live in a red state. It's definitely less common but not as rare as all that 😅

[@ziero1986]

I think that part of it is satisfaction. You usually don't hear about something in social media (as a whole) if it is 'good' or 'doing well'. Normally, there is only news of something doing either extremely well, or opposite of that, extremely bad. If people are just satisfied with some media (movie, tv show, video game) it doesn't seem to get a lot of attention.

[@hanniaedithmartinezadame794]

Now everything makes sense. For some reason I couldnt find specific themes in Twitter, personal hobbies like the care of queen ants, but in other platforms I find them. Interesting

[@BaryonyxGuy]

I owned ants once , intresting experience and i learned alot about them

[@TheAdvertisement]

If there's anything that I've learned from the internet, it's that no matter how wide I think my interests are, no matter how informed I think I am, I will always be left out of a lot, and being involved in what's "trending" and shared to you online is actually more isolating than anything. The world does not exist online.

[@Meanwhile-]

Knowing that twitter is an even smaller, annoying audience than I thought makes me hate the platform that much more comfortably. Thanks Matpat!

[@toonasag]

True!

[@tyriquesmith8850]

I'm glad that MatPat is helping to bring attention to the deceptions of Twitter

[@LilacMonarch]

I can understand letting users hide certain topics to avoid "triggering" content, blocking users, recommending things, etc. But what twitter does is not healthy...echo chambers are destructive

[@tyriquesmith8850]

@@LilacMonarch I'm not against those things in general. The issue I see with Twitter is the cherry picking nature in which they do it. They select certain ideas and people to moderate and ban. It's a shame because they promote the idea of free speech so strongly. If you want a platform for those things, then go ahead, it's your platform to do as you please. But the deception really annoys me.

[@hereisthefullclip7666]

Link to the Clip : They finally released this kzbin.info/www/bejne/h5OrcpSNrqt2sJY .

[@Mystdrago27]

My issue his his choice of timing, as well as the implications of malfisence that are being iplied but aimed at the the wrong party. This has been a problem for years, its only now that everyone is being honest about it. Trying to blaim the guy that buys a busted up car for it being busted up five minutes after he bought it is a form of slander.

[@smoothlyrough512]

Um, EVERYONE knows about Twitters deceptions. That's a will know fact

[@maougha]

Matt out here spitting facts. Also cool! I keep meaning to watch this show cause the guy who played Peter Hale on Teen Wolf is in it . . . so I'll watch for the plot. Yes. The plot.

[@CheshireFiles]

I didn’t learn about Yellowstone until Christmas 2022 and it was from my mother-in-law who kept hearing from her friends about it and could finally watch it. I am amazed at some of the movies coming out in 2023 as some actually look amazing. I’ve heard nothing about Avatar 2, nor have I seen it yet. Twitter has always been in my opinion trash, which is why I’m on Mastodon more than Twitter.

[@ramenlover1696]

As a journalist and hopeful film critic I appreciate this video dude. Twitter is rotting movie people’s brains

[@ZephlarNation]

Todays movies are rotting movie peoples brains. Hollywood writing is abysmal these days.

[@SarcasticSloth69]

Twitter is rotting people’s brains in general. Twitter has made it normal for people to scroll through social media and look for spots to make toxic/sassy/hateful comments. Weirdest generation so far in the history of mankind. Our future is screwed if these same people grow up and end up in control of important government offices 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@haitiankid9456]

@@ZephlarNation oh brudda here comes the all movies sucks nowadays guy...You sounds exactly like the type of guys the video is talking about who make Twitter accounts just to hate on movies

[@Pyramanager]

@@haitiankid9456 Theyre not wrong. There arent any memorable" movies that are put out today that will be considered "classics" 50 years from now. Most movies put out now are either bad or just okay. Compared to movies made during the "golden age of hollywood".

[@haitiankid9456]

@@Pyramanager Horrendous take my God, first of all obviously movies now aren't as good as the golden age, nothing that comes after a golden age will be as good, literally anything sports movies music books etc.. it's called a golden age for a reason. 2nd : Saying no movies today will be considered a classic is literally the perfect embodiment of "I don't watch enough movie plus I'm obsessed with nostalgia". A couple of examples alone Inception, Wolf of Wall Street, Interstellar, Django, Get Out, Blade Runner, Everything Everywhere will all be remembered for decades, and with streaming new generations will always be able to watch them and talk about them. And that's not even counting 2000s classics like the Lord of the rings trilogy or fight club etc And we're even leaving out things that will be classics in 50 years but that we don't even know about yet. You and people who think like you have a very close minded view of things, you'd rather go with the popular "new thing bad old things good" rhetoric instead of putting down the rose colored glasses and giving new things a fair chance.

[@LordEmperor421-1]

I haven't seen Yellowstone and I wasn't expecting it to be number one, but the fact MatPat and the entire theorist team hasn't even heard of it is insane to me.

[@imawallass]

It honestly makes me question this channels awareness.

[@danielknapp159]

I mean, is this a streamed show or an old fashion tv show?

[@jacksonbrickmedia939]

He never said nobody on the team had heard of it, he just said they had not watched any of it

[@jki808]

@@imawallass never heard of it, and neither have millions of socially aware teens-gen Zs.

[@imawallass]

@@jki808 you just contradicted yourself buddy... Socially aware group who haven't heard of the most popular show on TV.

[@RaphBlade7]

Bass Reeves is getting his own show? That's awesome as he's a really interesting historical figure (a former slave turned US Marshall during the Wild West who even brought in his own son who some believe may have been the inspiration behind the Lone Ranger)!

[@TheWRCS]

I looked up Yellowstone once and I was surprised with how many seasons it has. Like I remember hearing about the show, but I never started - mainly because I don’t have cable. But that really goes to show all hype doesn’t actually mean anything.

[@rabuie]

Thank god someone is finally talking about the issues with Twitter and the echo chamber it creates around media.

[@GreenLightMe]

100% how do people WHO Actually work in the media weren't able to figure this out??? Not to mention he didn't even go into the HUGE number of bots who inflate numbers of certain things and even if it's something you ARE interested in, you're not getting an accurate picture.

[@jameskarg3240]

Exactly, been seeing it for years: Disney and WB have been FORCED into where they are now becaude they followed suit with millions but got snared by these minority radicals that have them producing works MOST people can pick apart the ulterior message and rightfully lambast them for it. The corporations FEEL like they have no better option, because these same echo chambers have made it clear: "the alternative WILL mark you as an enemy of far more than those putside of us~" Now that twitter collapses, we, and hopefully these companys, see the lie that bluff always was, and they can FINALLY start making a decent effort in distancing themselves from it all and start salvaging whats left of their goodwill in cinema and Television without being forcibly influenced by MSM

[@gigim.9742]

Several KZbinrs have been talking about this for years. But those folks tend to get mobbed by Twits and their multiple accounts, loudly calling them Alt Right ists and phobes.

[@AndersWatches]

Not just the media. Everything.

[@davidv4018]

@@gigim.9742 Nah!

[@twobats]

The only reason I even know that Yellowstone exists is because of Spirit Halloween. I worked at my local pop up last month and we only had an endcap's worth of costumes. Some lady talks my ear off about it, saying how much she loves it and how she wishes she could convince her husband to dress up with her as Rip and Beth, despite her not having finished the second season yet. I come home, ask my mom about it, and she infodumps on me about it for like an hour and a half! I had zero idea that this show even existed literally a month ago, let alone that it's apparently the most popular show on TV.

[@ange631]

Worked at spirit Halloween too this year and you're so right. I also had the same reaction to the ted lasso end cap. Had never heard of either of them before. The only people buying either were older people in their 40s-60s

[@jessienerdis4179]

I literally only knew this show existed because I saw it on a bus stop ad but immediately dismissed it because the kind of movies/show that require bus stop ads aren't very popular

[@four-en-tee]

I can believe that, my parents are loving watching that show atm.

[@rpandya97]

I was looking for a cowboy hat at Halloween costume last month, and I’d heard of the show but didn’t realize it was big enough to have costumes so it confused me lmao.

[@audreywilcox187]

Thank you for these amazing educational videos. I am currently in school and I have cited one of his videos at least twice in each of my classes. MatPat is helping me earn my degree while making it fun and challenging my classmates' way of thinking. Thank you for you and your team's amazing work and I can't wait to see more videos like this.

[@TheSapientGod]

The way he described it @ 1:37 is spot on how I view Avatar (having not seen the first or second at all)

[@sarcasticat6979]

Wow. I never would've guessed how small Twitter is compared to other platforms, given it shows up in articles and news reports all the time, exactly as you said. I knew Elon's decision to buy it was already weird and even as a non rich person, seemed a bit expensive, but jeez, now it REALLY feels like he overpaid.

[@ctg4818]

Twitter cost: $45Bn Call of Duty cost: $70Bn Microsoft could have bought two Twitters instead of CoD last year.

[@DrDipsh1t]

That's the thing. Value is dictated by a market. My pair of expensive tennis shoes isn't made from material that costs 3 times as much as my gym shoes (my gym shoes probably cost more to make in all honesty lol). Twitter has value because people say it has value. And that value is held up by its use in curating content for news, celebrity drama, gossip, etc. I view it as an electronic tabloid magazine or something similar. Though Twitter posts have lead me to some good scientific substacks on occasion (I don't use Twitter, I just see mentions on Facebook).

[@mason7067]

Hmm. I'm guessing you vote blue?

[@sarcasticat6979]

@@mason7067 You need to vote blue to know he overpaid for Twitter?

[@neo-didact9285]

I thought it was popular when it first came out, it was like a companion to Facebook in the post-Myspace era where users would post quick snippets of what they were doing on their day. "Just walked my dog on with a beautiful evening sunset!" "My wife and I having a wonderful vacation at Disneyworld!" etc. But now it's turned into a cesspool of political strife, excessive 18+ content, pronouns everywhere, NFT scams, hating others for having certain opinions, etc. It's now mostly used by politicians, corporations for outreach, political activists, cryptobro scammers, and deviants. Not the post-MySpace site for normal, everyday people to "chime in on what they're doing" like it started. It became a monster.

[@truebornseeker9767]

I think a part of the strange disconnect is happening because no one tweets about every movie/show they watch, they usually only tweet about movies or shows that they’re part of a fandom for or that think is popular enough for people to care what they have to say, and the larger the fandom, the more people who tweet about it, and twitter is mostly people in their 20s-30s There’s likely many *many* reasons for this weird discrepancy

[@Nerium_Oleander13]

@@hereisthefullclip7666 Omg A Demon Sent From Twit- I Mean Heck

[@Laura-Yu]

Nah, not saying that isn’t the case but not the main point-more like Twitter is actually quite small and is literally mostly full of Gen Z and younger Millennials, but it doesn’t even represent those two groups well. The interests of Gen X and Boomers are not represented at all and gives this false idea to some of those Twitter users that because it’s not spoken about it on Twitter it must not be popular at all. Yellowstone shows that you can appeal to older audiences and not be popular on Twitter but still be widely successful. Maybe once Elon burns down Twitter, these Twitter users can actually get the sense of what the real world is like.

[@paulghignon4092]

@@Laura-Yu I think this is more than likely true. It represents a small portion of the population within a certain demographic. You also have to factor that twitter is also incredibly loaded with bots, and I've seen estimates as high as 80%. Dan Woods a well known security expert who's worked for both the CIA and FBI, has stated that it's very likely that upwards of 80% are bots. I've also seen extensive evidence of a particularly weird bot on twitter that will copy politically driven posts and repost them repeatedly. I don't think that the aforementioned bot is to drive for one particular party, but to drive engagement; as it'll get more real users talking. I genuinely think that these types of bots are what's driving this movie thing talked about in the video. If a movie has politically charged themes (regardless of left/right direction), it will be driven into trending by these same bots. Where exactly these bots are from no one really knows, but I've seen evidence of this first hand; such as identical tweets word for word within seconds of each other being posted by different accounts.

[@KiraFriede]

@@Laura-Yu So in your equation, what does generation Y use?

[@melusina8044]

that’s what i was thinking. twitter’s main function with trends is to be representative of the most tweeted about shows, not the most watched shows. Add to that online fandoms tendency to produce a large amount of tweets about one show and it makes sense when shows with larger online fandoms also trend on twitter more. Also unlike some commenters, I don’t consider this to be twitter lying or as being a negative thing about twitter. Matpats video is just an example of how online spaces will always be representative of only the subsection of the world that actively uses the platform. And that perhaps companies should remember this when gathering information. 😂

[@insideindividual1468]

I really actually wanted a whole video about Avatar and got exited when it was in the thumbnail 😅 I didn't know it was just about Twitter. But amazing video again tho, it was my fault that I didn't read

[@Heintzel_]

Now Avatar Way of Water is the third highest grossing film of all time

[@evandavis5223]

You also have to take into account the fact that lots of older people who don't use Twitter ARE still watching tv, while most younger folks probably watch very little if at all. They're watching KZbin, or TikTok, or Twitch. They're playing video games or browsing social media. Older folks have been just watching tv their whole lives so they have little interest in anything outside that, and the younger generation has so many more options that they just don't care about tv as much.

[@nyanbrox5418]

true, anyone currently watching TV right now is either over 40 or... actually I have no idea, like, why on earth would people still watch TV?

[@Attackontrashcan]

And if people do watch shows it's ussaly through streaming services like Netflix

[@Spagoooterman]

@@nyanbrox5418 I watch TV for those shows I can’t get on KZbin or other sites, like Bones or Criminal Minds (or better quality episodes of Kitchen Nightmares because the official KZbin uploads are shittyyyyy) and I’m WAY under 40

[@Elijah1573]

I just dont watch TV for the fact its way cheaper to just pay for netflix or disney+ ect

[@kiru3728]

hearing this reminds me of what was happening on japan twitter where before the mass removal of workers in twitter japan, all of the "popular" things where not actually the most popular things, and when the workers were removed, actual popular things finally started to pop up in the popular tab, it was very interesting to learn about.

[@stranget6033]

When you say workers, do you mean bots?

[@qwersher5340]

Where can I go to learn more about this, it sounds super interesting

[@lexnight8345]

@@stranget6033 Both the bots and the 100 people who managed them :)

[@tophersoccer]

I honestly was thinking about Yellowstone because I had just visited family(who are older, live in a rural town, and arent on twitter) and that show came up alot in conversation. So it really makes sense with the outcome of this video

[@mrpicklestudios804]

When I clicked on this video, I didn’t expect to hear so much about Yellowstone! However, it does explain a lot. My dad, grandpa, and tons of my dads friends love Yellowstone so much to the point that my dad gets Paramount Plus JUST to see it!!! I thought all the people I knew were weird!!!

[@coolbrotherf127]

I've known about this for a while, and I've been so confused why movie and game studios alike actually listen to Twitter users. What they care about usually is such a small minority of people that it's usually irrelevant to the rest of the global population.

[@Tony_409]

They consider using Twitter less costly and more time saving

[@ameliashawismine]

right?

[@bvoyelr]

It's kinda ironic talking about Twitter being fake, unrepresentative garbage on KZbin between bot spam comments. Seems weirdly symmetrical.

[@tincat2347]

@The FiIm Thoerists 🅥 not fooling anyone so, BEGONE BOT

[@hypnomouse4906]

it's not about Twitter being influential in any way. It's about the fact that Twitter has, before Elon got it, was used as a way for people in power, mainly the media, politicians, influencers, and people who have a voice get to talk about. And the Main flow of Twitter is very strongly US Democratic, even in other countries it's clear that Twitter was being used as a way to amplify things like racial representation. All Twitter is is an amplifier and only certain people controlled it. That's why you are seeing attacks on Twitter and Elon all by the US Democratic party. They no longer have full control over their most influential social media because it was all artificial, but for how artificial it is, people don't see that, and no matter how independent people are, they can and are swayed by the group. So if Twitter makes it look like the vast majority of people like or talk about something in a certain way, other people will inevitably gravitate to it and be consumed by it. The hardest thing for your average person to do is change their mind on something they care about.

[@SoniasWay]

“Twitter is borderline lying” I think that sums up the whole of twitter

[@SergioLeonardoCornejo]

Soon that will change.

[@goatmom2980]

It really does though.

[@darkmatter1855]

Borderline is an understatement

[@homerman76]

@@SergioLeonardoCornejo So they'll just actually be lying the

[@Sephiroth144]

@@SergioLeonardoCornejo Yeah, soon it'll go full reta*cough* "lying".

[@davidwilson8432]

1:01 that's on your personal TL, because on my own end, i see a lot of people debating about whether avatar has cultural impact or not in quite heated debates but putting it in perspective… yeah, i think people automatically downright assume that twitter is so vocal, when that's not the case

[@4citi]

This is one of the most important episodes you’ve made. The world and twitter are not necessarily the same. Maybe this will be the canary in room 101 warning of an avoidable Orwellian future.

[@The_Bearded_Lion]

Not that we're going to have to worry about Twitter much longer though.

[@animefan6662]

Generally, twitter uses agree that the site is not representative of reality. Only the most vocal, devout users refute this assertion.

[@ivymuncher]

@@The_Bearded_Lion I'm pretty happy that the internet is heading toward mastodon

[@calvinwilson3617]

The same is true for most social media

[@patrickk5287]

Heads up that you might enjoy MovieBob's channel. Film Theory apparently hired him to do some writing, and he's made a few videos detailing this phenomena already.

[@Cometstarlight]

I’ve been saying this for years-Twitter magnifies the vocal and angry minority rather than what a majority have to say on the matter. Glad someone’s touching on it. Yellowstone wasn’t for me, but it’s very interesting to see the metrics on it!

[@NicciGemz]

Sometimes. There's nuance to everything. Yellowstone is huge amongst Baby Boomers, but not necessarily what viewers of other generations and demographics are interested in watching. Twitter isn't everything, but there are reliable agencies dedicated to research and data like the Nielsen Group, which sometimes verify the concerns voiced on social platforms.

[@Tw0Dots]

Same Was not my thing lol

[@Naokarma]

@@NicciGemz ...That was kinda the point of the video. Twitter is not representative of the greater world, only a few minor groups of people.

[@NicciGemz]

@@Naokarma Twitter is not always representative of changes that should be made in terms of entertainment, but that's why I say this is a nuanced topic. There isn't a one-size-fits-all way to view this issue. There are trolls and people speaking out in bad faith, but simply not being in the majority isn't a reason enough to disregard some preferences. Companies just need to be honest and through about how they collect and represent data

[@bestestdev]

Yellowstone was meh. 1883 was fantastic.

[@juliaf6364]

I watched it with my parents since I was staying with them last year, but I probably wouldn't have heard of it if I wasn't staying with them since I don't watch live TV. Loved it, and binged it on paramount pretty quickly to catch up

[@ZENT747]

ZENT (AKA me): clicks on a matpat video 2 hours later:rewatched it 10 times

[@neospeciesnationreservearc1799]

The fact that I have been waiting for a Yellowstone theory and that Matpat hadn’t even heard of the show is upsetting.

[@modmaker7617]

As a person that never heard of Yellowstone before watching this video by MatPat and seeing Yellowstone fans showing up in the comments is fascinating.

[@blitxzy]

He purely introduced me to it because no one I know has been talking about it😂(Not my mom, grandparents, no one😃Though I haven’t seen much family recently so😅)

[@AgmaSchwa]

it's actually a really good show (I only know now cuz my boomer parents showed me some of season 4, lol)

[@jjaa_joyjoyartist]

It's one of my dad's favorite shows but I haven't been on it lately

[@bang_lihat]

I guess the show is only popular in US. I dont live in US and I have never heard about this show before, never seen it on any streaming platform, and never known anyone talks about it until today.

[@anderss.viking3084]

there is also the fact Twitter boosts certain topics to trending artificially as seen when almost the entire Japan crew was fired and what trended changed from controversial politics to what was actually being talked about, anime, and waifus

[@jaydenlobbe7911]

Nice

[@FlorianXXV]

Wait, the things going on on twitter aren't actually things the larger populace is interested in? I could never have guessed. /s

[@meganpresho3303]

Fun enough it’s also on peacock, I have that and buy it for me and my family. They immediately started watching Yellowstone and telling me I needed to watch it, my dad go intrigued because went there last year. After watching the first episode I binge watched the rest of the 4 seasons in one night. It’s awesome show that like Matt was saying only the older generation really watches but the thing is it’s not just about cowboys, highly recommend.

[@reddawnstudios2016]

I'm wondering if this kinda thing has been happening for video games too? There's too many things that come out to what seems like very little to no fanfare ( or worse, lots of repetitive and shallow criticism) when the actual game is fairly solid and fun. So much goes under the radar these days, and Im very sure social media is playing a major role in it.

[@SkyPilot-qx2sb]

A lot of great indie titles may get a few headlines instead of a lot of genuine deserved appreciation. Whereas the larger titles that a re bloated and preachy(final word dont debate me not opening that can of worms) get A LOT of attention.

[@reddawnstudios2016]

@@SkyPilot-qx2sb yeah, definitely, loads of good indie titles go unknown. Although, I'm fairly sure how much marketing the devs can afford, not to mention the Risk/reward factor of buying a game from lesser known or entirely new developers instead of the AAA studios, that while maybe not producing much creative and original stuff, at least you know what you're getting, and how all that factors into getting their game out there. But, yeah, there are some brilliant games that deserve just as much recognition as anything coming out of the major studios.

[@MrTaylork1]

Game pass is so huge for indie devs. It makes a lot of games, that would disappear into the Steam void with all the shovelware, actually get attention.

[@lolliii5477]

fun fact: phigros is/was what my channel's mainly based on.

[@CSALVA5]

100% in video games too. So many games go unnoticed on here.

[@TheKaos90]

This is precisely what I've been saying for the last 15 years.The public discussion is always derailed and biased towards serving a vocal minority.If because 90% of people are content with everything and don't want/expect change, why allow these literal children be the gatekeepers.The overwhelming impact of anything should be measured in the fact that everyone appreciated it and not in the negative feedback from a handful of vocal idiots.We need to stop pandering to vocal idiots

[@Shiftshapercat]

The damage has been done to an entire generation of younger millennials and older GenZers and it is generally "mission accomplished" for the establishment in creating a generatiotn of more loyal stooges dependent on big government for medicine for the lifestyle choices the corporate media has been promoting in the recent decade.

[@johnmarkson1998]

the majority of people in this world are stupid though. we need this vocal minority of smart people to control the rest of the bell curve. my parents will enjoy anything thrown at them on tv or movies simply because there basic. obviously there are stupid people on twitter (elon is unbanning a lot of them) but overall twitter is a good force that benefits the world. i think most of the US would be racist if social media didnt exist.

[@if7723]

As they provide no feedback at all persons who just watch and are neutral or enjoy/dislike but don't talk about a product are not a part of the discussion. You can't listen to a hall of mutes, but you can listen to the people who are vocal.

[@grampagohan3385]

@@if7723 but you can pay attention to the mutes and stop listening to the minority on preferences

[@if7723]

@@grampagohan3385 but you never know where they are on the scale. Presumably they like whatever it is but they could also be meh and it's just there because something has to be.

[@kararichardson9177]

Yes! I’ve never seen Yellowstone, and really didn’t even know what it was about until you re-capped it, but every Sunday when we call my grandparents their *biggest news* is always that they watched the new episode of Yellowstone

[@chazblank2717]

Pretty sure I remember hearing that Facebook comes pre-installed on smartphones, so that could account for a sizable chunk of their user figures.

[@kaijuroar8415]

Yeah, that would make sense as my Android came with it, can't delete it unfortunately and it sends notifications even if I'm not using it

[@Rainkit]

I'm glad you're pointing this stuff out. Twitter's oversized influence on just about everything has been really bothering me.

[@SoManyRandomRamblings]

Same

[@ericyounger1944]

How strange he didn't mention twitters oversized influence until now? What could possibly be the reason?

[@johnathan2023]

@Eric Younger yeah seems weird but I'm fksd he's covering it now especially with the Twitter files releasing lol

[@mpr746]

​@@ericyounger1944 For real. This video is old news.

[@honeybadgertheshield8157]

I don’t think calling twitter a water cooler was EVER the thought I had in my head. I’ve always seen it as a gladiator coliseum where some people fight to the death over certain (and a lot of the time unimportant) subjects while everyone else watches it all unfold and occasionally jump into the pit to fight as well.

[@thaias9654]

Tbh, this is a good summary of Twitter. It's basically a die-on-a-hill simulator

[@anirudhviswanathan3986]

T1J said that Twitter is more akin to bar. Like a bar, your emotions can vary wildly, you may get into fights, you can easily just stew in your own thoughts, and generally, it can either be a chill place to meet friends, or a way to get into trouble easily and be miserable.

[@michaelhillman4699]

Thank you Mattpatt!! What a great video

[@RamenTheSamurai]

Oh my how satisfying the text sounds were at the start-

[@ImmuneToThis]

As soon as I finished this episode, I went downstairs and found my parents WATCHING Yellowstone on the tv I was shocked (and I didn't even know this show existed)

[@Ethan-yd4gn]

Yellowstoneception

[@TonyMontanaDS]

It's a really really good show!

[@meghanhildebrand7085]

I’m amazed that the Theorist team hasn’t seen or even heard of Yellowstone. I’m in my 20’s and watch it every week with my in-laws and we all love it. Coincidentally, none of us are on Twitter. It’s important to remember that what’s popular on social media is usually not an accurate reflection of what a majority of people actually like or believe. This particular example of entertainment is very interesting but it goes beyond that to other more important areas of modern culture. Great episode!

[@YourFaulty]

“Coincidentally” as if the correlation between people watching it and not being on twitter wasnt the explanation that he came to in the video

[@bernychimanga4174]

R &m

[@JustSomethingElse]

i have never heard of Yellowstone before so im very surprised to hear about it

[@kevinw712]

I see it referenced plenty around on twitter that Matpat and his team should've at least heard of it. I don't watch it and might not ever, but I've known what it is (and the news of its spinoffs) for quite awhile

[@dido6738]

I've heard of it from the ranch girls that go to my school, they seem to like it

[@Meggy_Not_Here]

Hey MatPat, can you do a theory or 2 on Wednesday like: Who is Tyler's new master or Who is behind the stalker text messages?

[@FireRose720]

I definitely knew of Yellowstone's popularity, but only because 1. I live in the area the Texas spinoffs take place and it's SUPER popular here (Sam Elliot was spotted around town, it was a whole thing) 2. Ya'll put the answer in the video description

[@dado_the_dodo1558]

Trust me Matpat, you really would be into guilty gear once you find out about the lore

[@diosestodo1306]

The movie has so much lore there was so many things happening in the movie at once.

[@demothiguillermo2059]

And blazblue made by the same developer, Arcsystem

[@chameleon1835]

@@diosestodo1306 bot

[@geekoverlord9181]

I was thinking the same thing

[@ellymyths]

LOREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE *IS BLINDED BY THE POWER OF LORE*

[@Clayton9510]

Just before MatPat announced the the most watched TV Show, I thought to myself, "Huh, I wonder if it's gonna be Yellowstone", and Mat immediately followed my thought and calling out Yellowstone. I personally have only seen the show once or twice, but I have heard many people (including my parents) talking about it where I live.

[@Kingy_ra_d]

Me too

[@ZackeriseZeplane]

Same, but then I wrote it off at first and was surprised I was right

[@dillonnelson3046]

The only reason I knew the show existed was because my dad suggested it to me. Boomer sub-culture needs to be studied

[@TangentialTif]

I don’t get out much and even still I’ve overheard people talking about it. Boomer catnip.

[@lightstar_loves_arts]

At this moment, my parents are watching Yellowstone

[@BrunDawgie]

Started watching the Yellowstone. Thanks MattPatt, such a good show.

[@Semystic]

My wife started watching Yellowstone recently and it made me come back to this video lol.

[@eggsoffline]

on this Halloween, me and my friends were trick-or-treating in our downtown area, and literally one of the Yellowstone actors came riding down the street in the trunk of a Ford F-150 in this tv thing with an episode of Yellowstone playing behind him. hands down the coolest halloween I’ve ever had.

[@Corwin1141]

Interesting story, but it's made up bullshit.

[@toonasag]

That sounds so cool!

[@eggsoffline]

it was! some of us immediately recognized the actor despite him wearing these sick sunglasses. so cool lol

[@ryanparker260]

My initial response to why avatar 2 isn't showing it up on Twitter trending was just that I've never met a single person in real life who could name 3 characters from the original.

[@Lauren.E.O]

I definitely couldn’t. Avatar was marketed as this groundbreaking masterpiece of a movie, but it was SO bland!

[@ked49]

Good guy, bad guy, love interest, dr,

[@recitationtohear]

@@ked49 fr

[@WSendam]

A boring movie pretty much

[@YayaFeiLong]

@@Lauren.E.O To be fair, the main selling point of the movie was the VFX, not the story I couldn't name any of the characters, but I sure do remember the big blue people and giant tree and floating islands and wacky animals and stuff

[@gloriaschadlbauer1001]

Yellowstone is one of the best things I've ever watched, out of all digital media. It's so well done, every aspect of it. Just finished watching it with my husband, and if I didn't make him slow down, he would've watched the whole show in a few days.

[@NoonDragoon]

I actually did know about Yellowstone! But only because one of my friends is actually in the show as a recurring side character. I had no idea it was the most watched show though, just thought it was cool that a friend I went to college with made it on to tv.

[@blakeverdon4492]

While I wasn't expecting Yellowstone to be the answer, I can't say I'm all that surprised considering every time I've visited my grandparent's house since the show first aired, they've been watching. And it's gotten my interested when was there but I never really looked into it more

[@MirandaAltha]

I’m in the Midwest and I can believe it, Yellowstone is definitely the show everyone says to watch and the only show I really hear talked about

[@jd1800]

The show is poorly written overdramatic soapy trash.

[@laurapiacentinicasarin8205]

I find it really interesting how twitter has so much value in a lot of people lives, but for me its only a platform for memes, and i dont even have a twitter account, i only see printscreens on other social medias. For being such a small populated site, you would expect better from the people that uses it to not take everything there so serious, this video made me intrigued about what the basic life of these people is like, i would never think about it like this

[@mana-azir6808]

they think that the whole world revolves around twitter, yes it has impact cos of how its alot easier to reach big names there but thats about it

[@miyu_yuana]

Yes to be honest my parents are absolutely in love with the both first avatar movie and the new one so much that they watched it over 5 times together they even downloaded all the songs from the movie it was honestly the first time in my life I saw them so hyped for a movie they do not use any social media but they were so hyped for the release some people just rather be hyped quietly not just share about the hype to everyone in the world XDD

[@jonboy533]

As a Montanan I've heard of Yellowstone. I was in a play with one of the extras from that show. Never seen it myself, and I never would have guessed it was number one. I have heard of it though.

[@icarusgaming6269]

What's weird about Twitter is how much people talk about it on *other platforms.* How is it that it manages to punch so far above its weight class that its widely assumed to be the primary data point for social trends, even non-controversial ones?

[@wren_.]

people don’t talk on twitter, they talk about twitter.

[@Atroz7]

I could really use more of these “Social Media really isn’t that powerful” theories

[@jerandasciffer6465]

I deeply wish more eragon movies had been made. Absolutely loved those books

[@gabrielsalinas1019]

hey, mat, i also think gg is something that you would like, particularly a character named bedman that has a loooot of theories. also believe me, gullty gear is not your normal joe, nothing like his predecesors or his fellows fighting games

[@isaacwillis6042]

I’m actually shocked most people didnt know about Yellowstone (I’m 24) but kinda glad it stayed out of the limelight of media because it wasn’t being super influenced hope this doesn’t change anything

[@JakeGottfriedStudios]

I just think shows can be popular not because they have huge fanbases at conventions or post on any social media that they are watching it, but that they can just watch a show

[@herlastborn]

I've heard of one of the spinoffs, but I personally wouldn't watch that type of show. Also haven't watched "actual television" in a long time.

[@dramaticallydreaming3656]

Twitter can't cancel Matpat because then he would just be winning by proving a point

[@meljunmercado220]

Yeah but most of Twitter is dumb and will not listen

[@AleskyMaxomovishPeshkov]

Now it won’t since Elon musk owns it

[@Wolfgoddess56]

I'm not on Twitter and I also heard through some form of online media that Yellowstone was a good, new trending show. And that I should watch it.

[@downd.stairs2874]

havent finished the vid but yellowstone is something ive heard of just havent watched it yet thats one of the thing that shows up when i turn on the apple tv

[@Sakaki98]

“We forget just how small a platform Twitter actually is.” Truer words have never been said

[@fernh351]

I’m not surprised you haven’t heard about Yellowstone, I’ve work on all 5 shows and I rarely come across someone outside of the industry that’s heard of any of them.

[@grigoris.7732]

I live in the town they film in, and I've never seen an episode lol

[@murq_juulz4894]

ive never heard of it

[@miaperez8535]

My parents love Yellowstone and so does everyone they know but I never watched it 💀 I loved the 1883 spin off tho!!

[@nightfox24w]

I love Yellowstone and the spin off and the story and very well written too

[@Ryz414]

I only know about it since my dad watches it and he is 100% Boomer.

[@charlottesearle7997]

I can tell you something, I have a twitter account and I use it maybe... idk a couple times a month at BEST, plus I basically use it exclusively to look at artwork and nothing else. I don't post, I don't really interact beyond liking the occasional thing, I just use it to be able to look at art I wouldn't see otherwise. I can guarantee a lot of people probably do the same. Also, even tho Avatar 1 did so phenomenally (and I loved avatar 2 as well btw) the lack of cultural impact it has had is just wild to me. Like, Among Us was 1 game that did the rounds on youtube like so many others have done and should have just vanished but people are STILL making references online to this day. Avatar? Nothing. Maybe that whole silent majority thing is partly why? I know my Nan and my parents loved the movie and they aren't exactly huge presences online

[@ultrauniqueRRRfan216]

As an employee at a movie retail store that relies on Twitter buzz for our community’s media interest, this is very troubling to me. Especially since we are low on Yellowstone seasons. I've been wondering why there's been a surge in interest in that show, but we don't stock it because there's no interest on Twitter. Although, we must use trend analytics from other forms of social media, because we have an end cap for Helen Mirren and Harrison Ford, but none of the staff knows why.

[@MisterIncog]

I would actually say the conclusion of this episode was really obvious. What's far more interesting is how this is not that obvious to all these disney and sony movie makers and producers. Following news about the movie world for a long time, you really start to see how often they blunder specifically with audience analysis. Matt here did a better job just for some vid on yt than most of the people whose job is specifically analysing trends.

[@girldartsgaming9033]

Ya but mat pat will actually hold himself accountable

[@alinrajbhandari9257]

Ngl i thought house of the dragon had to be num one. Even old heads loved game of thrones.

[@jeffjeff9037]

The corporate overlords are idiots with heads up their trunks with limited perception. Play your cards right, and you can puppet them, thus, alter the world.

[@MisterIncog]

@@jeffjeff9037 the puppet becomes the puppeteer

[@Temperans]

I think it has more to do with the marketing teams that they hire being really bad, while the execs ask for how they can get the biggest audience possible. This is especially noticeable when you see them try to make a piece of media and completely ignore the core fans of said media, which more often than not just leads to the whole thing crashing down. Nepotism and hiring the cheapest writer/showrunner does not help the fact that audiences can tolerate mediocre art/set design if the writing is good. But they will notice when a piece of media is all looks and zero substance.

[@zachaboss]

I have to write an essay about cancel culture and Twitter in general. Gosh, having these channels as academic sources would save me so much time...

[@ked49]

I know. They do more research than the sources we are supposed to used most times

[@blunderingfool]

You're being allowed to spak to power? Well, aren't you lucky!

[@EverydayKiki]

you can use them as sources

[@anthonypc1]

and I never heard of Yellow Stone. We have a very fragmented media landscape

[@yeet8490]

Just watched avatar 2, i really loved it!

[@micahbirdlover8152]

how was it

[@baukewijnsma]

Great looks good camera use. Horrible story, bad writhing characters

[@justCedric]

I guess we all agree that Mat should do a Yellowstone themed Film Theory sometime in the future.

[@forcedtohaveahandle]

nah

[@SomeUsernameSomeoneElseTookIt]

@@forcedtohaveahandle yah

[@horse14t]

Yes

[@yassinealfath4001]

And probably an alphabet lore one too.

[@lucaselias9824]

@@yassinealfath4001 OH MY GOD! YES!

[@blorfgur5430]

It’s not just Twitter. Social media in general is surprisingly bad at reflecting the habits, opinions, and interests of the general public.

[@TheRawrnstuff]

Considering social media is by design where people go to chase clout by any means available to them, I'd have struck out the "surprisingly" bit from the get go. It's not the place where people go, lacking a better term, to "be real". Social media is performance, and people on it should be considered like characters in a movie, not their "actors".

[@LilacMonarch]

@@TheRawrnstuff On point. It is not surprising, it's doing exactly what it was made to do. The lie is the implied notion of it being actually reflective of people.

[@tntori5079]

Okay - didn't mention because I don't watch TV and had no pool of knowledge there BUT!! When you revealed that it was Yellowstone. . .ya. . .that 1000% tracks from my experience. In fact I'm way more shocked to hear you haven't heard of it. . . .

[@cheyennetindall5438]

I'd say Yellowstone, just because my mom loves that show a lot and I heard about it so often, plus with the actors in it. Two other guess I'd have if that is wrong are Riverdale and Law and Order SVU

[@AzureJoems]

Wow...I always thought that twitter is one of the leading social media platforms because of how so many news articles ALWAYS mention twitter as their source of...well, news and how twitter is used to change stuff like how Sonic looked like, as Matpat said.

[@hereisthefullclip7666]

Ft

[@thetruthisonlyperspective4872]

So what's that say then? It's far more efficient than any other outlet per scale. If the numbers are so inferior as stated here, yet seemingly everyone knows what it is says it all

[@kichukmenon]

I have never imagined Film Theory doing something on Twitter.

[@Ryderboycolor9]

What did you think about the video?

[@ExaValkur]

Ask yourself, why now? This information is nothing new. But something at Twitter is.

[@konahrikvolkihar0185]

@@ExaValkur you mean that it's dying? Honestly, don't see it as a bad thing at this point

[@mrbirddropping]

@@classictate. . ZZZ,, ,

[@HeliosimWorld]

Well,there is no "The Internet Theorists" channel,so Film Theory was the next best thing I guess

[@ZeldaLilly330]

I've never understood why people bring up Twitter a bunch. Even when it came out, it seemed (to me at least) like a little brother trying to live up to Facebook, but never really succeeding. I've tried it myself when it was a new thing, and it felt too limited, so I discarded it. This video has helped me better understand the same confusion I had about what's popular. I always just assumed the internet these days prefers to make popular that which is potentially controversial. Twitter does seem to be a big part of that ideology.

[@freyjathehealer5559]

As a younger Canadian I actually don’t know many people on Twitter. I always wondered if I was in the wrong age demographic or country.

[@amorfatikhb]

This really puts things into perspective. I don’t know if I had an inkling before this, but I certainly didn’t know the global trends outside of Twitter and just how many use it compared to other platforms. It’s actually really comforting.

[@Ethan-yd4gn]

right?!?!

[@martin_crakc786]

Those are not global trends, US trends.