• RQG@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    This has strong ‘ads don’t work on me’ vibes. That doesn’t mean I don’t believe you. I do.

    But statistically it works on enough people to be worth doing.

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      1 year ago

      Everybody says that, but no-one ever does a controlled study.

      My guess is that people sign up because they like the content whether reminded or not.

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      1 year ago

      They sometimes get me when they mention that 50% of viewers aren’t subscribed… Kinda guilts me in if I’ve watched a few of their videos already.

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      1 year ago

      Absolutely. I don’t mind it and don’t not subscribe out of spite. Just my timing for deciding when to subscribe is dependant on the content. Sometimes I sub half way through. Or sometimes the same creator gets targeted to me and sub before watching