The Impact of Reaction Videos on Autistic People - Legal and Ethical Issues

[@user-ye1go6hw9r]

I'm here for the value you add to my autistic life and in the world in general. I'm here for the education, insight, relatability, understanding and community. NOT for the reactions. Thanks for what you do and how you do it!! ❤

[@sairhug]

Perfectly put! Was going to add my ten cents' worth but you've already said it 🙂

[@monriatitans]

Since you're having so much fun being in the reaction box, how about reacting to old videos to provide more context? Like a, "That's what I knew then, here's what I know about it now!" type thing?

[@syberphish]

This was like a reaction video to certain other videos without those other videos actually being shown whatsoever... 🤣 Brilliant.

[@Malhaus-b3s]

This had a profound impact on me Orion. Thank you. I've been on the fence about intellectual property for years, but am now convinced. Inadvertently you also swayed me on the whole 'disability vs difference' debate. I think it's fair to say that being critical of autistic creators in reaction videos is unethical precisely _because_ we're in some sense disabled, even if it doesn't _totally_ sum up our lived experience. Sure there are aspects of the autistic way of life I absolutely adore, and given the chance, I would never take a 'cure'; but it's not true to say we're "just different", and part of the ramifications of that is that it's not okay to send trauma-inducing signals to our already traumatised minds. You clarified two important questions with this: one ultimately materialistic, but one deeply personal and philosophical. Thank you for your work.

[@feralnonbinaryautistic]

I like to hear other peoples' reasoned opinions about things including videos, films, etc - I think it's important for me to spend time doing that. I really object to the channels which put out things like '100 shorts about autism I wish my family would watch', with no input of their own. They say nothing - no explanation of how the shorts resonated with them, or what they think is important about them. They don't even say 'welcome to my channel'. All they do is rack up views and watch time for themselves, on the back of someone else's effort.

[@geekydoc-i3c]

Thanks a ton Orion - you have taken the bull by the horns here mate. You've once again popped your head above the parapet and said what so many of us feel outraged about but don't have the influence - or the energy - to say. I am a Neurodivergent doctor, former ADHD assessor and lifelong advocate for ND's of all genders and ages here. I am autistic (Aspie + ADHD) - just out of a year long burnout and your keen listener / follower from the UK. BTW - in my medical practice, I screen my hormonal/ depressed patients for ND traits and masking fatigue - and then email them a list of resources with helpful videos and self assessments. And you can probably guess whose KZbin channel is the first one I give them as "Recommended Viewing"?? (In case you didn't guess for some obscure reason - it is yours! That Autistic Guy!!) You have literally overturned so many of my English patients' outdated perceptions of what it means to be autistic!

[@pmfg875]

Wow that is a great comment. As an autistic person I joined an online group connected to my special interest with many NTs involved from the UK, Australia and NZ. Your comment gives me confidence to visit your nation again. I became shy and very confused over time (3 years) because I was fawning nonstop and then the bullying started. I’m American and attempt to mask both autism and American behaviour rather ineffectively. Thanks for going over the way autism is dealt with in the UK. I was under the impression that autism was defined as a nonverbal dangerous person (what some of the people have said to me) so I became very avoidant of wanting to visit. I have already visited twice during the 1980s but now it’s more of a planned idea.

[@geekydoc-i3c]

@pmfg875 I am so sorry you did not have a positive experience in the past with British attitudes. It is way different now - younger and more open minded. I bet you will never again feel the need to mask either your ND traits or your American-ness - just stay confident that every trait just makes you that much cooler 😎 I can't speak for the whole of the UK population - or the NHS because I am self employed. But it is definitely evolving. Private doctors like me left the NHS because our own ND traits made us attract a lot of flak from a system built on the stiff upper lip foundation 😞. Bon voyage!

[@pmfg875]

@ Thanks so very much for the detailed response. The people mean very well, I consider them friends, I don’t want to make them uncomfortable. My special interest is equestrian sports (im a horse girl🤣) and a lot of people have scared me a bit because a survey got passed around by one of the unis about autistic people being “dangerous” “unable to feel pain” and “out of control” so I was shocked and asked why they were doing such a survey and the response was “autistic people can’t recognize when people are helping them and are ungrateful” and she said it to the original poster not to me (the commenter). The original poster I’m referring to is a veterinary researcher with no qualifications to assess autism. I had been interacting with him for a decade and even went to an academic conference with him and he treated me with respect until that moment when he thought I was defending autistic people. Also, someone called the “Mercycide police” as a result of my polite response and they checked my LinkedIn- it was scary. Thanks again.

[@geekydoc-i3c]

@@pmfg875 how awful!! That is simply unacceptable - perfect combo of ignorance and arrogance. Maybe Merseyside folk had too much time those days!! Luckily, Hampshire is pretty equestrian-friendly and the police NEVER answer the phone anyways - busy with a case backlog running into the thousands...🤣🤣

[@OutOfTheMudWellBEING]

I have a small channel and am an AuDHD creator and I actually worry about someone using something of mine in the manner your referring to... it's like going to the grocery store on your worst day looking awful and someone snaps a picture and you become a meme... we have enough critical responses to our existence, we don't need to fear it from other ND creators.

[@user-ye1go6hw9r]

@@OutOfTheMudWellBEING :::subbed::: nice to meet you here!

[@homesteadgamer1257]

This is exactly what it feels like. I don't make videos, but I've had my writing stolen (by a really bad writer who just destroyed my stuff) and it broke me and I felt just like how you described. It's not only not pretty, but it's not fair legally or morally.

[@OutOfTheMudWellBEING]

@user-ye1go6hw9r nice to meet your and thank you for the sub! Much appreciated.

[@Cnsalmoni]

Hi Heather! Subscribed and looking forward to watching your channel.

[@Autism_Forever]

Photographing people without their consent should be outlawed. My religious beliefs for example prohibit me from appearing in any sort of picture, video, or photograph. So photographing me without my consent is a violation of my religious rights. As to the grocery stores - I order online :) Grocery stores currently are too sensory unfriendly and are 100% inaccessible to me because of that.

[@zioah4560]

Totally agree with credit being given where credit is due!!!! I’ve noticed a certain channel does NOT link anything in the description and besides verbally mentioning whose content it is, there is pretty much nothing else. Considering the insane levels youtube goes to re copyright for so many other things it makes no sense for people to be able to play someone else’s creation in full and it not be copyright. Really get all that you raise and are pointing to Orion. Good on you for speaking out on this real issue.

[@windalfalatar333]

You do you: That's what I watch you for. You summarise and verbalise exactly what I am and what I think, to an extremely great. I am autistic like you.

[@AppreciateGoodMessag]

This is a fantastic educational video for anyone thinking about starting a KZbin whether they are neurodivergent or not. Kudos

[@lisalasers]

it’s not.

[@jillianoldfield2300]

I'm here to watch Orion's content, which he bases on research and respectful interviews. I'm not into brands. In the unlikely event Orion ever stops doing research and respectful interviews, I'll stop watching him. But looking at his record so far i consider that unlikely to happen.

[@geekydoc-i3c]

I just had to say here what I think about those "ND" content creators who make a habit of reaction videos denigrating someone else's heartfelt ND experiential content: They need to look into their own authenticity and integrity first. They don't even seem to understand the first thing about neurodivergence - even if identifying as ND themselves in some cases! One of the strongest, most consistent autistic traits is that of social justice - the ND mind is strongly grounded on a sense of ethical principles. We simply cannot ignore overt unfairness, often becoming inadvertent whistleblowers ourselves. An autistic person is hyper-empathic, and will not be motivated by petty gains. Knowing this, I strongly agree: the reaction videos from some KZbin channels claiming to be ND are NOT consistent with the actions of a genuine authentic ND mind.

[@diesalott]

This is setting off my Impostor syndrome and... lol. I have my reasons. At the same time, Tribalism has it's down sides. sorry for the ranting.

[@geekydoc-i3c]

@diesalott Aww - it is fine to rant - as you can see i am a miss rants-a-lot 😁 so please don't let this set off any negative thoughts. Your opinions come from a place of authenticity - I can tell - and you know how? Because the very fact that you engaged in mental debate reflects your sense of social justice. Imposters never have imposter syndrome. Just us poor ethical self-doubting sods 😅 You are no imposter (repeat that 10 times before your mirror) ✨

[@NeurodiverJENNt]

Thank you for speaking out on this Orion. I know the ability to react to content is an important part of free speech, but I think it's important to remember how this can be a gray area that is harmful sometimes. If significant portions of one creators videos are shown for reaction content, viewers will likely not go back to watch the video a second time on the original creators channel. This takes watch hours away from them... And you can say reaction content might generate exposure for the original creator, but the reactor is still profiting off of their content. This is different from direct promotion where the sole beneficiary is the original creator; and as you stated, sometimes this "exposure" can hurt. Used the right way reaction content can be educational and add value by way of addressing bad facts and expanding on ideas... However, these days it's just as equally being used as a mechanism to generate views and income for the person reacting. Reaction content could not exist without original content, period; and at the end of the day, it can look like bullying as you so rightly stated. Us autistics have endured enough of that in our lives... we shouldn't be cheering that on for other autistics when we know how bad that feels.

[@diesalott]

Can I profit off your "Two Cents." It's just two cents...

[@NeurodiverJENNt]

@diesalott two cents at a time 🤣

[@BlertaPupu]

I find it crazy that in our YT space (german YT) we had this discussion (not reacting to autistic people just reaction videos in general) years ago because we have some people that do like "internet/social-critique", they are looked at in high regards and one of the big channels made a video about it. Her conclusion was that it's okay, as long as you add enough and as long as you yeah don't slander or are open about why you slander (if you have a personal conflict with that person for example) and still then you should note that you're thankful for the other persons work and of course link to the video. Her argument further goes, that it's mostly already big content creators who do reaction content, so you kinda had to do original content for years and then when people already know you they actually care about your reactions. Now I see, how it would be a bit different with reacting to autistic individuals. Since often, that's done in bad faith for example to make fun of someone and that's absolutely horrible. You also don't need a big already existing platform to make this kind of content since people seem to kinda love slander content.

[@diesalott]

"Done in bad faith" agreed.

[@evelynspaghetti4978]

I know my opinion doesn't mean anything, but I like you, I'm drawn to you, you make laugh more than any other content creator in a genuine way, because you're a genuine person and that is such a blessing for everyone that comes into your orbit (space pun 🚀🌌)

[@oldchillyhands]

your opinion always means something ❤

[@0hffs]

I'm in no way a person who can record myself, nor do I have the self confidence to record myself. I'm UNHINGED as an Autistic and the world would simply cancel me for how I think about nearly everything. I can verbally express myself but even then, I feel unable to live life freely saying what I have to say. What I do know is that GOOD reaction videos (in general) make me feel connected with others. I often live vicariously through others. I understand what you're saying about theft, Orion. As far as Autistic "creators" goes, I do think that SOME of these social media creators are lazy and want their 5 secs of fame for using someone else's video's just to cause controversy. I do support your stance and if you feel as though you've been wronged, then I do support your opportunity to seek damages of your property. I just want you to know that this is more of a KZbin issue for not standing firm on the actual policies they have implemented and obviously have not done a great job doing.

[@vidark.6301]

Sounds to me like you're the type of person who would be interesting to listen to!

[@0hffs]

@vidark.6301 aw shucks, thanks but my family begs to differ 😂 🫂

[@strayspark1967]

i know what you mean

[@bluecheesehasmoldinit]

Same. I am afraid a lot to even have an opinion cuz of the backlash I get for having one. It's traumatizing. I still don't feel free. And I swear a fck ton cuz I'm a passionate person and a lot of people take that as anger. I fckn hate people but I'm starting to hate neurotypical people more now because of their BS comments saying I'm trying to gain "internet points" or having a "victim mentality". Like these people don't even have an fn clue wtf I got through daily. I don't want to hate neurotypicals but they aren't giving me any good reason to like them. I don't know if I will ever feel free.

[@cefk9944]

12:43 - 13:00 I'm not a lawyer, neither, but your work probably is (or should be) protected similarly strictly to "creative work" or "art". You said it yourself: You talk about "your own lived experience". That could be argued to be as "creative and unique" as art should be. It's something, you yourself created and gave to the world. Your "unmasked" videos might qualify even more so, in that sense. You're not just quoting some research-paper, after all .. Keep up the great work .. I love your videos :)

[@siljrath]

So good. Yes. True valuable original content. Much Appreciated. The Algorythm lies in its race to the bottom. Stay in integrity. :) Thanks Orion.

[@Minakie]

I am loving the irony of the algorithm suggesting I watch this rant after I had just watched a reaction video. Also, the fact you were doing commentary on your own video is hilarious. 🤣 I follow a few autistic creators who do commentary: Meg (I'm Autistic, Now What?), Mike (Autistic AF) and Thomas Henley. I watch some of Thomas' videos just for the engagement with the channel but, in his case, I sometimes prefer to just go to the link in the description and just watch the original video myself, without the commentary (probably because he's not just focusing on the video and giving his opinion but because he's also pausing to interact with his chat, which I find distracting). However, both Meg and Mike do great commentary videos, very detailed and heavily focused on their personal opinions and unique take on it, which actually is the majority of the video - their videos focus way more on their own commentary than on whatever it is they are commenting about. Meg also does a few videos just reacting to funny memes and those are a bit different but, for me, they're just a fun way to come across memes I wouldn't otherwise find on my own and maybe get some context for the jokes my friends are making. I don't think any of them reacts to content created by other autistic creators though.

[@TumblerJr]

Very informative and awesome video. Thank you so much for enlightening me to this actually legitimately important topic

[@Valionn]

I can think of two channels that regularly do reactions to content related to autism. The one actually only plays large amounts of content from other creators when criticizing misinformation, or reacts to memes or comments from other platforms. The other is a fairly large channel that sometimes reacts to counter misinformation, but largely just sits there watching content from other autistic creators and provides somewhat uninspired and questionable personal commentary of the whole video without really adding anything of value. I find the first creator to be entertaining and provide value, while the second one doesn't provide much value and I feel is just leeching off other creators as you say. I do appreciate your original work and especially enjoy your collaboration videos. Keep up the good work!

[@Underwater-Squad]

Content thieves are Olympians when it comes to mental gymnastics. Wish we had better legislation on reaction slop, and I wish more people realize that VODs of someone hitting spacebar (pause) once every 10 seconds with stream chat is NOT talent. Instead everyone comes to defend these thieves because they're already absorbed into the cult of personality.

[@thuggie1]

i agree with some of the things you are saying that showing the entire unadulterated video without content is just taking another persons work without in-depth analysis, rebuttals or in the case of a harmful video spreading misinformation stating why it is wrong is just using other peoples work. i do disagree with on the promotion part the more you plug other peoples channels in a particular niche topic the has a massive impact on the algorithm promoting the entire community as many people check out the channels ensamples of this are the new atheists, religious creators, LGBT creators, political creators and video game content creators. yes there is a downside that people use this format to harass and bully people but people like that will do that will do that even if they don't show the persons content and tend to go one w9orse and start the process of miss quoting them person by tragically edited clips, which is well with in fair use as they have completely transformed the clips into a hit paces taking everything out of context.

[@A.Abercrombie-uo9ji]

Please don't change anything about your unique way of expressing/explaining what life is like for you, an autistic adult...... pardon my language but fuck the "norm" I don't like the "norm" and I doubt that your other "Stars" would like the norm either. I'm just sorry people can't be creative on their own and instead steal someone else's creativity. 💙

[@spudmadethis]

The channels that just thread a tonne of unaltered and not spoken about TikTok’s get so many views and they don’t even speak, it’s mind boggling .

[@alejandro-314]

Really interesting topic. What would happen if reaction creators should pay royalties to the original creator? As in music

[@ryanhagge4090]

I've always found them stupid. I'd rather just have my own reactions, why do I care about some random person's reaction to a video? haha.

[@homesteadgamer1257]

🤣🤣🤣 Watching your tiny self up in the corner of the screen is hilarious!!

[@flyygurl18]

Fr 🤣 the intro was the One

[@nelsaf365]

Reaction videos are lazy content. 😂 Thank you, Not Lazy Orion!

[@mikaeljacobsson1437]

I like Cliff Beats who in every video tells the viewer to support the original creator by subscribing to the channel and to like the original video he is reacting to. I like The Charismatic Voice who talks about the singing and other part of music creation. Also that she through her growing channel have been able to have talks with interesting artists. I only watch music reactions from channels like those two.

[@Scorehound]

Sometimes reaction videos can lead you to content you did not know existed, and can, in theory, lead to more exposure for the comedian, musician, or creator being reacted to. The videos that drive me nuts are the ones where a content "creator" puts other people's content together into "best of", "worst of", "top 10" lists, and so on. These people advertise and do everything to promote their "content", and can have tons of exposure, likes, and subscribers, while all the while simply doing some voice overs to other people's content. That makes me shake my head.

[@JennaGetsCreative]

I appreciate contextual clips in a commentary video, especially when properly credited and linked and all that, but I agree there are a lot of channels on this platform and similar that are just taking content and not doing anything original. I'm particularly baffled by the TikTok reactors who "stitch" someone else's video and then half the screen is just this other person's face "reacting" (not changing at all, pointing at the screen, pulling an exaggerated face...) and this stays up. It's wild. Edit to add- I'm autistic and I'm not a very active content creator these days but I did have a good run of very consistent uploads. I filmed the process of making art and then spoke over the time lapse. Mostly I talked about the supplies or the art piece, but sometimes I took the opportunity to present an essay on something that interests me or on something that was going on at the time. I've been looking back over my content catalogue looking to see if I've ever clipped anyone for commentary and no, I haven't. I've painted my topic, but I haven't clipped them. I mostly avoided independent creator content, too. Like I did one video talking about Depp during that trial, and there was rumour going around at the time that he was being considered to play Beetlejuice in the sequel, so for my art piece that video I drew Depp as Beetlejuice. When the LGBTQIA+ community first started talking about how much damage Rowling is doing, I chimed in, and I painted a phoenix. I talked about why Robbin Williams didn't do more animation roles, and I made fan art of his Fern Gully character Batty. (I may have played a couple seconds of The Batty Rap to get people go watch the movie, because it's awesome!) The only time I made commentary on something happening here on KZbin was when I decided to talk about "cancel culture" around the time that James Charles and Tati Westbrook were having their big fallout, and I painted James Charles (not at all because I was picking a side, I didn't watch either, but because he looked more interesting to paint.) The video wasn't about the two of them, just used the most current conflict at the time to jump off into the topic of cancel culture. Oddly enough I did make a creator here on this platform mad with my content and I wasn't meaning to. There are a lot of art supply services where you can buy pre-curated boxes of supplies and there's always a value promise attached to them. I have a series (that I'd like to revive) where I look at past boxes that went out, what was in them, and try to recreate the challenge of creating art with only the contents of that box but using the closest matching things I can find from my own collection. There are some creators here on KZbin who partner with those box companies sometimes and of course I'll end up recreating their collaboration boxes too. Jazza has done a few boxes with Smart Art Box and with specific art supply brands like Spectrum Noir. The first time he did one exclusively with Spectrum Noir I tallied up the retail prices of everything in the box, as I always do in those videos, and compared it to the price of the box. I commented that the difference, because it didn't add up, was the "brand value" of the colouring pages included that were from his colouring books. Apparently this offended him. He found my tiny channel and defended himself in my comments, then on his next video about the box on his own channel, he "proved" that my math was wrong by showing a cart on the Spectrum Noir website filled with the box contents and that it was more than the price of the box. But his cart total included tax and my calculations did not, because we were both comparing to the before-tax price of the box. I haven't watched him since, both because his response was dishonest but also because I didn't say anything bad in the first place and I never expected my videos that got 100 views to be seen by a creator with over a million subscribers.

[@JustClaude13]

I've used reaction videos to see what was in a video to see if I want to spend money on the original product. Ironically, I just watched a meme reaction video on the I'm Autistic, Now What? channel.

[@deadpoetoftheyear]

Real reaction videos are just lazy and boring. I never understood why they did that. But I love some meme readers, they are active and funny, like the Click. That is still not serious content most of the time, but it's not lazy. It's still about something someone else said, wrote or showed, but very different.

[@grooviechickie]

Mate, I'm so sorry that this happened to you. I don't know of, and definitely won't watch, the video you are referring to in solidarity. In other news, I want your t-shirt.

[@x3SayuriChan]

I like watching reaction videos to media I‘ve already watched/listened to before to see another person‘s perspective on it. Ideally someone who goes in blind to compare even my own initial reaction with my thoughts afterwards. It‘s like showing a piece of media to a friend to watch their reaction. But not having any friends who enjoy the same niche hobbys like you, reaction videos are the next best thing to that. That‘s what made Let‘s Plays so popular back then and now it‘s reaction videos to other media too. Of course reaction videos to videos of another creator is something else than shows, movies, music and videogames and I personally don‘t see the appeal as much in that because that creator is already giving you another perspective and discussing things with the audience. Not necessarily as an interaction like with livestreams but still speaks more to you directly as a viewer than more traditional media. So I don‘t really see how a reaction of another person with another perspective on top adds as much value to it.

[@elvwood]

Very much this. 95+% is media (usually music), and media I know very well; and if a reactor I like is putting up a lot of reactions to songs by a band new to me, I will generally check out the original material before deciding whether to watch the reactions. I don't seek out reactions to other YT creators.

[@rsh793]

KZbin is huge - I watch what I like and what I don't - I've not seen reaction channels on ND creators that I like. I like some of the ones who really put in loads and loads of work into their content - whatever it is on - and 99% of reaction channels don't do that - so I don't watch those - but the 1% do good content over some things - for example, the anti-MLM channels who are helping people stay safe.

[@rsh793]

I was thinking about this on my dog walk - and also think - the bestest way is the way that I did it over the weekend, when I was talking on another forum regarding voices in the ND field as they were talking about men's masking - and I was talking about the males on KZbin - and linked in the channels I like - and gave a brief synopsis of each channel and what happens. But that was just talking about the creator and driving people to the channels. Which I think is a great way to stand together as a community.

[@stephenie44]

34:58 well if they weren’t intending to attack, they probably just thought they were joining the conversation and adding more nuance by providing additional educational content and personal experience…

[@autisticjenny]

Great points Orion. I agree with you! I don't like to watch a certain autistic content creator that does that and I think it's odd of them and not creative. Your creative way of presenting your point (you on you) is brilliant!

[@maidofcornwall]

This is the best 'reaction' video I've ever seen and I agree with you 100%.Thank you once again for making me smile. I saw one of these videos once where two people were apparently reacting to hearing Bohemian Rhapsody for the first time. Talk about fake! No one above a certain age could say they've not heard that song if they live in the digital world. In my opinion, if people want to react to someone's video, just use the comments section and tell them how you feel. If it's beneficial, then hopefully the original creator will read it and tag it so that others can see it. If anyone turns the comments off then simply respect their choice. There really is no need for this type of video. They are completely pointless and to me it's just another format for people to say "look at me, I'm wonderful". But the majority of them stink of apathy and narcissism.

[@RiverWoods111]

I am AuDHD, I am a visual artist and creator. I take offense to the fact that you think that it takes me 10 minutes to write a creative story, then illustrate multiple characters, to be taken into animation software to animate the characters, from there then into Premiere Pro to edit the video. Oh, I left a step out, I also have to do all the voice over of all the characters I created and illustrated, which means creating each character's voice and then recording all of the character's parts. Every time I mix up the voices of my characters or slip out of it or stutter because I do that too, I have to start all over with the voice-over recording. Also, because my work is completely creative and original, copyright obviously protects me more, because this work isn't available from anywhere other than my brain. My characters only live in my brain and nowhere else in the world. I get that you spend a lot of time gathering information and organizing it into a video and recording it, but it is nowhere even remotely the same as what I do as a creative Motion Graphics Designer, creative writer, and voice-over artist creating original work. I create you gather/research other people's work (scientists etc). Technically, you are not protected as much as you are using other people's work to start off with. That is why someone using more than 10 - 30 seconds of my work in a "reaction" video can easily receive a copyright strike. I agree with you about people reacting to autistic/ND content needing to do so with care and concern for the person they are reacting to. Too many are out there "reacting" with no knowledge of autism/ADHD/AUDHD and the rest of the list of ND brain types. They think it is funny to do this and call the content creator "FAKE" with no basis for doing so, even if the person has a formal diagnosis. I kind of like to see some lawsuits happen against these "Reaction Creators" for damage to the autistic creator's online business and their mental health, but alas it would be expensive to do.

[@orionkelly]

I have genuine respect for the work you do.

[@nathaliewilborts9869]

I do watch reaction videos BUT only those that are helpful for people. Examples are Dr Mike (who has KZbin episodes where he reacts to medical shows, which is often utterly hilarious!) and Hannah Alonzo, who uses other's content to warn people about MLMs and the Influencer Insanity. She does so respecfully and informative so that people understand the underlying problems. But people who simply use other people's stuff to 'react' to only to get their face out there, no.

[@homesteadgamer1257]

Yeah, same here. I don't watch too many medical ones, but there is definitely a line that needs to be drawn on what/how much is appropriate to use for a reaction video. Informative videos warning people of dangers of not trying stupid influencer content or not falling for MLMs is pretty important, as with medical professionals warning against harmful medical practices. I think not many other kinds of "reaction" videos fall into those helpful categories. Most reactions videos seem very lazy, like they're just there in hopes of making it big on youtube or something.

[@floridaLise]

I loved the ending!

[@flyygurl18]

😂

[@floridaLise]

I call it theft also. We all have the potential to create something unique from our own perspectives but that requires some work, thought and time. It's so easy to copy someone else and nitpick. I RARELY give these people any time. I used to be a fan of a very creative and different comedian but, most of his content is reaction videos and he just seems so lazy and boring now. I'm not a fan anymore. I just don't care about other people's opinions ESPECIALLY if they have something negative to say about the video that THEY are making money off of. I hope it's just a phase and more people will realize that 'original' is always better and we will see less of these reaction videos.

[@walpolekidscomics879]

What are you thoughts on video game let's play videos? I love them and have done them myself but have always been a bit irritated that's it's other people work animation art etc that fill up the screen

[@homesteadgamer1257]

I totally agree with you on this topic. I think the only reason "reactions" are acceptable are news coverage. Some people might not think that's not 'reacting", but it technically is (news would probably classify . I don't make videos, but I am an artist, digital art and writing, and when people use your work - your published work - without your permission is Plagiarism. We were all told in our school years that if we Plagiarize and try to take credit for it, there is severe punishment; in school, you don't pass and possibly suspension, in professional settings, there are legal repercussions. A really popular trend right now on youtube is stuff like "Creepy TikToks to make you Question Reality" and the like, and while I enjoy some of those mostly because I don't use TikTok so I'll otherwise never see them, but the few channels I watch on those actually give their own theories and perceptions and half of those videos have half original content like using their own TikToks. They only use others' video clips to compliment their own ideas. The only other ones I watch are reactions to my favorite rapper Tom MacDonald, especially when he made a rap song with Ben Shapiro (because the reactions were hilarious). And as someone who has had my work plagiarized (my writings), it's not only very insulting because I work months to write and self-edit, but insulting in the way of it's extremely demeaning and demoralizing because they only changed the names to fit their story because (and I quote) "I read it and was like, that's exactly what ~I~ want to write!" I get that people can have very similar if not almost identical ideas, using someone else's work as your own for their own attention or monetary benefit. That's pure laziness. It's plain and simple not okay. Especially when you're autistic and have literally poured entire months or a year and your entire heart and focus and often tears or sweat into it only to have someone post it as their own is almost as bad as losing a family member. Our works, be it writing or art or videos or inventions, are our Babies. We took great deal of care and often went without food or sleep to get our Baby just right. Then someone gets greedy and figures they can just use it because they're able to record or copy+paste. It's disgusting. (If you can't tell, I'm passionate about plagiarism). Again, I completely agree. We should get angry when someone steals our published creations just so they can make easy money. There is no excuse for using someone else's work without consent (and you'd think the world would be super hyped about ensuring consent these days).

[@alllscination]

Lovely topic, I've had that going on in the back of my mind. Thanks for making it explicit for me. I don't really watch many reaction videos other than AITA, red/green flag videos to get input to work on my healthy judgement capacity and autistic creators talking about how autistic people specifically are affected by things. I completely agree with you. Someone who is really original or creative doesn't need to rely heavily on other people content. I hope you don't stop making original content. I also have a request. Could you please try to be more mindful with how you talk about autism? There are a lot of us who don't consider it a neurodevelopmental disability/disorder but just a neurodevelopmental difference and you are representating our neurodivergent minority as a whole. Personally it makes me really sad when people just call it a disorder/disability. I don't like having that label put on me. I am differently abled and in a more open inclusive humane society I would probably be doing so well that there would be no reason to speak of disability in my case at all. In general putting the disability label on people IMO takes the focus away from systemic issues, makes it all the individuals responsibility and reinforces the normal/average vs abnormal/dysfunctional/disabled distinction that has been established during the time of the industrial revolution when all that mattered to the people in power was having drones to work in factories.

[@diesalott]

Sometimes you need that Disabled status...

[@peg_e]

To say that it only takes 10 minutes to create sth creative, is a bit far-fetched… but I am with you on the videos where someone is just laughing and not adding any value…that’s just not right

[@potatoejones]

For it to be fair use it has to reach the transformative threshold. Length of the original content used doesn’t seem to matter. The biggest thing is transformative

[@MaryKDayPetrano]

I like your really long, well thought out videos. Sometimes, though, if a creator is making an educational video, say on why it's wrong and inflicts harm for Neurotypical courts to use inability to look in the eyes to say an Autistic person is a "liar" and on that basis convict of a crime, then it helps educate Neurotypicals why this is wrong approach by using several clips from Autistic people explaining why they can't look in the eye because it shows there are huge numbers of Autistic people saying the same thing. That makes it very educational for Neurotypicals imposing Neurotypical expectations on Autistic people like me (carries over to civil cases) - and that's Fair Use. But a reaction video is also sometimes called for, for example when a Neurotypical-dominated organization is pressuring an Autistic person's license to make Oreo videos giving mis-information that 'Autism is a mental illness' so the licensing agency can use that to deny other Autistic people licenses - a reaction video is called for to give an opposing viewpoint. Another reason for a reaction video is when Neurotypical people are putting out Autism videos saying Autistic people have super-social skills so as to use such abelism to trivialize and neutralize the Autistic struggle to fit in -- this calls for a corrective reaction video to point out the diagnostic criteria of ASD include a social impairment component and that Autistics are not Neurotypicals hiding inside the Autistic person. I could think of more, but your videos are good. Don't shed any tears over people who don't think so. You help a lot of people.

[@pmfg875]

Orion, thank you for putting into words why I dislike social media. I even went completely anonymous online for a while, I was treated with respect and got high quality engagement. Of course if I ever say or do something offensive to you on social media let me know asap. Once my demographic was assumed I got even people I admired using my content, saying it was theirs -and then they told me I was “stealing” from them. Another major issue is that I make very neutral and factual content and NTs want to take it and use it for politics, soft science, marketing snake oil etc by putting a slant on it with pseudoscientific commentary that could cause someone harm. If I say anything about it I’m “bragging” or “thinking I’m better than others” when I’m just trying to help others. It’s a way to channel detailed info dumping tendencies. I had several athletic coaches get very weird about it. Twitter is the only place where people treat me normally. LinkedIn is ok. Facebook is terrible. So I have some science friends on twitter and they are great even though it’s a controversial platform. I can also write compare and contrast articles and polemic articles and that makes NTs say “we can’t take your opinion seriously because you have no common sense because you are autistic” so then I noticed that things work better when people don’t know I’m autistic or female. Eventually people figure it out though The legal discussion is very interesting. The factual information copyright/plagiarism situation is due to how we craft our referencing and citation in STEM so we can do the publish or perish thing and most of the STEM literature is collaborative and interdisciplinary. Clinical licensure is involved. I’m a researcher that has worked in international studies and we have to do it in a particular way. I had an Olympic trainer from Europe ask me the exact same thing you are discussing in your video so well. He was wondering why poetry and song lyrics are so much better protected.

[@Allthepills]

Has someone ripped you off Orion? Sounds like you are upset and someone has posted a reaction to you

[@Phil1982]

I just don't get them at all! We have a TV show here in the UK called 'Gogglebox' (slang here for a TV) which shows people watching TV shows in their own homes and their reactions and comments on them. I've never watched it nor do I want to watch it. If I wanted someone to talk over something I'm watching I'd just invite my 93 year old Auntie round!

[@brittanydaniels1102]

Thomas Henley who is autistic and lives in the UK does reaction videos where he is sitting in front of a microphone in normal size with the video he is reacting to behind him in his reaction videos done as lives and he does stop periodically to give his opinion on what he has just watched.

[@stephenie44]

I personally really like his content, he’s taught me a lot. Even when I’ve already seen the original video, I like hearing his thoughts on the topic.

[@HeidiBouman]

I like those and he always adds links to the creator and asks the viewer to like and subscribe to the original creator especially when it's autistic creators - he also makes his own content so not purely reactive.

[@the_mad.s_hatter]

I agree, I love Henley’s videos. I appreciate how he adds nuance to discussions around autism.

[@TheOneLostkin]

Not in to reaction vids. I like how you do your thing.

[@Jointknight]

A little push back on this Orion, I get what you are saying, and it is a pretty grey ethical line in the sand. Product/Service creation has a larger scope than simply profit. When you create amongst other people and they adopt your identity/creative value etc, it costs them time and social space to do what they are doing. Accepting your opinion, or even not accepting for instance has a net community cost. That means, just by acknowledging your existence, the community is participating with you. Yes, many people do this in very ethically questionable ways, but it's part of the larger whole. For every psychopath or bad actor that abuses your content for a buck (this is particularly bad in areas like you mention where content is very difficult to make, but a larger corporate body can easily closely duplicate it) there are many that as you say do see your shining face and the value you offer up. But again, it it's the Star Wars issue, at some point the community itself holds some level of influence on the product, and yes that's hyper risky and seemingly unfair to the original creator but it's also the nature of the beast so as to speak. As someone who runs a very small autistic Facebook group, I have been consistently recommending videos I find appropriate to the areas of autism, some of them are yours, I think are most substantially in need of. That being said I don't always add value (that I'm entirely aware of) nor do I feel the need to feel perfectly justified in sharing your exact opinions (though were pretty close with a tweak or two in difference). In similar vein I make zero for my extra effort nor do I intend to at this point, and yes it does cost me hours of my casual time. I keep it entirely in the vein of demonstrating the science of autism and showing others what the face of autism really looks like. Because people really need to know. You may or may not like that entirely, I would appreciate it if you did, but either way it is not 'for me' nor is it even really 'for you' it's to fix the inadequate and corrupt in many ways evaluation of the world at large in their comprehension of what autism is. The real devils aren't the pop girls and red pill boys trying to be online video stars which are neither you nor me, though ethically any advertisement itself is nothing shy of hormone farming. the real devils are mega corporations and corrupt bodies of humans running over those with disabilities for a dollar.

[@edwardallenthree]

"Cringe" is an adjective that is used by neurotypicals to talk about neurodivergents. That definition completely captures the meaning of the word. Reaction videos are about declaring things cringe, and enjoying the resultant schadenfreude.

[@donovangray4246]

I only follow one person who does this and it's mostly used to point out the stupidity of how other people on the internet choose to show unethical or some sort of discrimination against another group of people. I believe they gain permission before using any memes on his channel.

[@myimperfectlife2023]

When reaction videos are done properly they are educational and entertaining but the situation Orion is a KZbinr being lazy and opportunistic. I don't think either style is going away tho .

[@mikaeljacobsson1437]

I have mixed feelings regarding reaction channels. I like music reactions where the person has knowledge of music, share their thoughts and pays tributes to artists. Some even get to interview/talk to the artist. The part i really dont like are channels that clearly does react to videos to make money on other peoples work. Channels that really dont give you a reaction or its a weak theatrical performance. Where no or little credit is given to the creator. There are some really good reaction channels. There are some really bad ones and some that places somewhere in the between. I dont mind supporting the first one.

[@Krista-388]

Autistic in Canada about to go postal. Can you maybe help me with some media/content creation tips? I will email if yes

[@raven-nova275]

I think reaction videos really depends on context. If they are reacting to movies or tv shows, music etc then those are works that a creator has put out there for other people to enjoy and discuss. Most people who watch those videos will have already engaged with the media themselves and watch these videos to connect with others who enjoy them. I do think if you do exclusively reaction content you shouldn’t make money off of it. If your taking random clips of a person and reacting to them to make fun of them then it becomes a problem.

[@dannisayseffyou]

Thanks!

[@eva01iastate]

The only time I watch a reaction video is if it educates me more. For example I watch a lot of science education stuff. If there is a reaction that points out the wrong or flawed points in the argument then those for me are worth watching. Sometimes I will watch them about a new band. If I do that though its a breakdown of what makes them unique or skilled at their art since I am super left brain and dont understand the art stuff as much.

[@whitneymason406]

I dislike reaction videos, too. There definitely needs to be better guidelines around using other people's content. Great video! 👍

[@diesalott]

I'm afraid that AI could be used to censor good content. I'm not sure how this would work, but I'm sure there are ways to do it.

[@whitneymason406]

@diesalott oh yes, AI is a whole 'nother can of worms!

[@carladelagnomes]

I've never liked "reaction videos." What a waste of time watching something where an unknown person intrudes and interrupts someone else's vid. Why? What do I care about someone unknown individual's reaction to anything? How irritating! (Hadn't thought of it being thieving of the content creators work!)

[@engywook-usr]

you are really good thinks, i see others, 10-60min is "delete infos", and you ori.... 600min+ ! 🤟

[@RedSntDK]

I'd rather have someone "react" to something I made than rip it off word for word. One is, albeit usually lazily, transformative, and the other is actual intellectual theft, stealing my ideas, my thoughts. I try to imagine a world without money, and if said act without monetary implications isn't bad, then it's not really a problem in my world. Like, in a fully automated luxury communist world, I'd be honored if people thought my work was good enough to be reacted to.

[@diesalott]

the Star Trek Utopia... but we are still Human.

[@flyygurl18]

Lots of useful insight 🖖🏾 Thank you!

[@Autism_Forever]

I have added the following section to our class action lawsuit against the government and private abusers enabled by the government. Thank you for your input Orion ♥ You have voiced some very important points and concerns. "Reaction videos are prohibited Factual content is protected to same degree as creative content Making reaction or commentary work about neurodivergent people in which creator of such work engages in verbal assault of neurodivergent people is hate speech"

[@MaryKDayPetrano]

You're missing one part of reaction videos. That is, for example, if an Autistic content creator takes a clip of another self-diagnosed Autistic person who is saying he would rather sit behind the screen than travel to do a face-to-face, and that Autistic reaction creator is saying they have no problems with face-to-face in a way that suggests to other important people decision makers who are watching their videos that Autistic people don't have problems with face-to face, but you're more severe Autistic and you might make a reaction video about how you have problems with this broad statement and why you have problems with face-to-face, that's fair game and is educational and prevents the broad statement by the Level 1 Autistic from harming the more severe Level 2 Autistic and in no way can you say it's wrong for the Level 2 Autistic to make their own reaction video about this. If the Level 1 Autistic is going around making these types of very broad statements that harm a more severe Level Autistic, then the Level 1 Autistic is INVITING a reaction video to correct their broad statement explaining the harm the statement is doing to more severe Level Autistics. So that Level 1 can't be harming more severe Level Autistics and then hiding behind being "an Autistic content creator" to say a more severe Level Autistic who corrects the broad statement is somehow making the Level 1 Autistic person "reduced" in the eyes of viewers. No - Level 1 Autistics can't simply make broad statements of superiority and then say Levels 2 and 3 Autistics should not be heard from when the more severe Level Autistic is basically making a reaction self-defense video to prevent themselves from being harmed by Neurotypicals who would take the Level 1 Autistic's video as Gospel for all Autistics. The Level 1 Autistic can insulate their video by making a disclaimer that they are Level 1 and do not necessarily speak for more severe Level Autistics and their advice may not be valid for more severe Level Autistics. So it's a lot more nuanced than you're saying.

[@isabellefaguy7351]

I'm level 2 and was a content creator for several years. I had to oppose to the discourse of level 1 autistics who said stuff that causes danger to people with higher support needs. There are other ways than a reaction video to do that. For example, you can simply quote what the level 1 person said and then explain why saying such a thing is actually dangerous for autistic people with higher support needs. I've done it several times. For example, in my country a part of level 1 people were very noisy with the slogan "autism is just a difference, not a disability". I opposed, quoting the slogan and explaining that the politicians and the government employees are already convinced autistic people are just a bunch of lazy and generally morally bad people that needs punishment instead of support. And that saying this slogan is going to make us loose the status of disability and thus all support. And that level 2 and 3 autistic adults will litteraly die if we loose support. Level 1 people's ego was too affected, they continued to promote this slogan for 2 years. And then... ASD was removed from the list of disabilities so we can't receive disability money anymore. Anyways, that's just to say that even when faced with very dangerous speach from level 1 people who don't consider impacts of their discourse on higher support needs individuals, you don't need to do a reaction video to oppose.

[@jillianoldfield2300]

You both make such important points. NTs and level 1s should seek out content from level 2-3 creators, respectfully educate ourselves about your fight for justice, and support your work in a non-exploitative way.

[@MaryKDayPetrano]

@@isabellefaguy7351 I don't know what Country you live in, but in the U.S. when you are dealing with Courts and other officials who don't think Autism exists and are willfully ignorant about Autism, Yes you DO have to take the actual video clips of the anecdotal evidence of as many other Autistic people saying the same thing or series of things because that's all they will listen to to bring change. So, you're absolutely" wrong. Where did you go to law school ? How many Court have you been in as an Autistic person ? TY

[@diesalott]

First thing that came to mind, was Fox News. That's not the news, just your perspective and only your persective or crushing other perspectives. Putting people in smaller and smaller boxes will lose the meaning of the larger box. On the other hand, Art is... well ART! Everyone has their tastes and opinions, but interpreting it is also very important personally. Thank you for your bringing this this up. I don't really voice my opinion.... Great Video! Uhh... Bye!

[@nicolassilva8416]

I don't think your argument makes sense if they said something about you that isn't true, then that's defamation, there are laws to take care of that. If they said something good, you just got more viewers. They're not stealing, cause people are not there to watch your content, they're there to watch the other person talk and that's their brand. The same way that I don't come to your channel to hear about some random scientific study you cited, I come to watch YOU talk about it cause it's your brand.

[@diesalott]

Defamation is hard to claim. Legally. I am not a lawyer, lol. If so, Are you going to sue everybody? More viewers? Sure. Is that good or bad for the Original Content. It's up to Public Consumption. Humans... How much is Original Content and Opinion from the Reaction. Adding to the Content, rather than striking it down before fully understanding. How much of it is Entertainment and Information is a balancing act. Sorry, just my two cents. But you brought up a good argument!

[@cowsonzambonis6]

I’ve always thought it was weird that other creators can use someone’s content for their own video…

[@Autism_Forever]

Reaction videos are neurotypical concept. Because they care about feelings and peer approval. Reaction videos should be outlawed. As an Autistic savant I personally detest reaction videos about Autistic savants. Also known as inspiration porn. Like "This Autistic boy can count backwards to one octillion yet cannot tie his own shoes!" In these videos we are treated not as people but as entertaining circus freaks. Circus freaks is also neurotypical concept. When I was a child and won an important contest, reporters came to write about me. You should have seen disgusting expression that came over their faces once they discovered that kid who won the contest is very disabled (I am high support needs). My Mother told reporters to get the fuck out.

[@diesalott]

"inspiration porn." Adding value to a person that is not valued in that society. Using well... neurotypical perspectives. I have won crap before, but as the expectations mount makes me not want to be that. Engilsh is not my first language, but I try to be clear as I can be. I'd rather make myself and people around me happy as can be. Be damned the consequences.

[@stephenie44]

I’m so sorry that’s happened to you, that sounds horrendous…

[@Autism_Forever]

@@diesalott You have made a very great point. NT people view us as worthless. That trump thing that recently was elected as president where I live, has said that very disabled people "should just die off". I got similar reaction when I contacted hate group autism speaks when I came to usa in 2008. I was told that there is no hope, no programs, and no support for people like me (outside of institutions) and I should just die off. My question: who appointed NT people judges of the Universe? no one? they appointed themselves? Your English is great ♥ I am also non native speaker. I also think that it is important to be happy :) Ancient Asian proverb says "What does it matter that you are right if your woman is crying?"

[@qp4904]

Let's rename reaction videos to Content Regurgitator. They add no value and minimise the contributions made by creative artists and people who take it upon themselves to spend their time, money and emotions to better the lives of others. This same rubbish has been going on in the arts for many decades. People copy works created by others because they don't have the ability and capacity to create things themselves. The UK, USA and Australia have a copyright treaty. That means any work in Australia that is copyright (which automatically occurs when the work is published, which includes uploading online) is immediately considered copyright in the US as well. And as you mentioned, as little as 5% of a work can be copyright if it's intrinsic to the originality of the work. For decades people have been copying paintings, knitted and crochet works, etc. They think if they change the colour or change a tiny aspect that it voids copyright. They are terribly wrong. The people who don't care about copyright and IP aren't creative and have no morals, nor any education. If they looked into it even briefly they would be well aware their behaviour is unlawful. Bottom line is, copyright infringement is for low quality people who are lazy and stupid. They're not ignorant because they know what they are doing is wrong, they simply don't care. You are fantastic! I love all your videos and podcasts, especially the rants (because big autistic feelings are SO relatable). You help many of us. Thank you, so much.

[@jojozepofthejungle2655]

Reaction or legal slander?

[@elizabethsullivan7176]

Logically, if it's to help each other then it's great, but if it's to tear other people down then it's evil.

[@mikko.g]

I have a distaste for reaction videos. The problem is the way KZbin prioritizes its content and not that the creator made a reaction video. Would you have an issue with reaction videos if they didn't negatively impact your channel?

[@lisalasers]

I’m Audhd. I live reaction vidros. I want to make a reaction channnel. You should read and understand KZbin’s Content use and copyright policy. As an American lawyer, your opinion falls short and doesn’t account for KZbin’s policy or the actual law that complete picks apart all these concepts, so it’s unhelpful. You come across as bitter, plus lots of content creators love being featured in reaction channels

[@tanyatyrie]

Well said Orion.

[@daminox]

Watch 4 minutes of someone elses video without saying a word: "That's fair use." Listen to 2.5 seconds of a song you down own: copyright strike, channel banned, lawsuit filed against you I dont understand why the rules surrounding reaction content are so lax. They really push it beyond the limit of "transformative" when its just a person sitting there watching in silence for several minutes on end.

[@Autism_Forever]

I will share experience. Some NT people have built their entire channels showing off their Autistic children, often as circus freaks. One of such NT people shows his Autistic son go to Disney and touch actors who play characters there. From what I see his son is high support needs, born non verbal, and has sensory sensitivity to noise. I wrote "You should teach Thomas that touching people without their explicit permission should never be done. Set him up for success, not for failure." Because some of these actors can be someone like me or my Autistic spouse. A person with severe sensory sensitivity to touch and close proximity. NT person told me "It’s not you and never will be you. Stop trying to make yourself a ‘victim’ when you are literally not involved. Somehow you tried to make this whole video about YOU... Once again, making it all about YOU when you have nothing to do with it. Bye" And many other things. About me: I am high support needs Autistic person, born non verbal, with sensory sensitivity to noise. So it is literally me. I said "I think what really got me is your selective neurotypical "kindness". When a high support needs born non verbal Autistic person contacted you and pointed things out. You did not like these things and really unleashed on me. What I see is that first person to raise awareness needs to be yourself. What makes you think that other neurotypical people are going to treat Thomas any different than how you have treated me? We have just seen double empathy concept in action. So you just want to "raise awareness" about Thomas only? Other Autistic people should just screw off? Because this is what you are telling me to do. I call this "hypocrisy". If you do not want to hear the truth then do not communicate with Autistic people. To us, telling the truth, what we think, is the greatest kindness... It can be a tragedy when neurodivergent children are born to neurotypical parents. For both of them. It is very difficult. For both of them."

[@Taurusboy07]

I HATE REACTION videos. People are way too trendy and mediocre. I don’t understand why people do them.

[@carladelagnomes]

I don't understand why anyone watches them!

[@Taurusboy07]

@ Right!!! It’s feels like a plague of some sort, lol. 😂

[@markb2084]

Reaction videos, Yeah Nah! A great way to get the unsubscribe button pressed or even a do not recommend this channel.

[@kimsherlock8969]

Reactive advertising Especially when animals or starving people are used visually I feel this is emotionally manipulating A deliberate decision to be reactive .

[@hackidreemurr]

Haha the intro 😂😂 /pos

[@PossumMedic]

Odd take that people shouldn't be making reaction videos Reaction videos are especially helpful to me *because* I'm autistic Petition KZbin to give you a cut when your videos are used for reactions instead of trying to shut down other creators This just feels like "old man yells at clouds"

[@Low760]

Man reaction videos suck. They annoy me how lazy they are.

[@justinbutler117]

So, in other words dont be a sssniper wolf

[@turquoisemama33]

Are you talking to me? I love reaction videos. I in fact just did one my myself a few hours ago. My content is fair use fodder. We are all on this planet. All trying to put one foot in front of the other in the midst so much garbage and sewage that we have to walk through. We can nit pick everything and let that cause us to miss treasures in other people that are there that could be found. Sometimes the goal of a video is not evident to just anyone. Some content creators have different or more than one reason to make and post a video. Making an educated decision on any given topic and being presented all things from different perspectives is so important to that. Showing off each other through these videos, even when they are "negative" presentation, is part of life and being not the only one on the planet. All's fair in love and war..........................

[@nullifye7816]

Copyrightbrain nonsense. You don't have a right to enslave other's bodies and forbid their actions once you create a code that tells pixels to displayed in a particular way. Copying is the way of life itself and the path of organic creativity, not that reaction is copying - it's transformative and so legal even under the current system, in most cases.

[@diesalott]

The balance between Freedom of Speech and Protecting those who are Vulnerable, is where my head is at. There is an Insane amount of Information. (if you have access to the Internet.) I hate using the term Devil's avdvocate, rather the Socratic method.

[@InterDivergent]

Nice finish to that one.

[@uviewer714]

My reaction: You' re taking an interesting and important issue and trying to somehow shoehorn it into a neurodivergent context.Fail.

[@diesalott]

"The Impact of Reaction Videos on Autistic People - Legal and Ethical Issues"

[@misspat7555]

This is definitely a gray area. It’s like plagiarism. Copying and pasting whole paragraphs from someone else’s paper, unchanged or barely changed, well, that isn’t ethical. But taking small snippets from a dozen people’s papers, and adding your own comments interspersed throughout and citations, well, that’s research of the highest order! But where, exactly, is the line? I guess, wherever both sides are willing and able to fight for it to be… 🫤