Slop Economics

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Everyone seems to be talking about 'slop content'. But what is slop, and why is it bad? Might it be as bad for the slop producer as the slop consumer? That's what this video is about.

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Essay Library compilation:    • 27 Video Essays About Seasons  

Timestamps:
0:00 The cobra effect
01:29 Damsel
09:11 Digital economism
12:34 Already captured value
17:44 Wider slop
21:42 The cost of slop
27:46 What slop is & isn't

#slop #videoessay

Sources -
Videos shown:
Pinely's video:    • Netflix Made Their Own "Hunger Games"  
Fantano on Camila:    • The Camila Cabello Album Is Bad  
Raymundo on YouTube slop:    • YouTube Has A Slop Problem. (REVISED)  

Webpages quoted:
Justine Bateman with the Hollywood Reporter: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/...
Netlfix product officer on second screenability:
https://fortune.com/2023/12/19/netfli...
Vulture on The Adam Project:
https://www.vulture.com/article/movie...
Cory Doctorow on economism: https://pluralistic.net/2024/09/18/fa...
The Wrap on the shift in Netflix animation: https://www.thewrap.com/netflix-anima...

Webpages shown:
Atlas Obscura on the Hanoi Rat Massacre: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles...
NBC on boars: https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna23416106
Polygon on slop: https://www.polygon.com/entertainment...
Damsel as slop: https://letterboxd.com/silentdawn/fil...
https://www.disappointmentmedia.com/r...
Source for Netflix's algorithmic data being used to greenlight projects: https://www.newyorker.com/business/cu...
Source for Netflix prizing views, etc: https://about.netflix.com/en/news/wha...
Netflix stats: https://99firms.com/blog/netflix-stat...
CS case stats: https://csgocasetracker.com/blog/2023...
Imagine Dragons stats: https://www.billboard.com/pro/imagine...
Netflix adding ads: https://www.adweek.com/media/netflix-...
Netflix price rises: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c...

Drum loop for Netflix Sound Remix is by Lollllllllllik on Looperman: https://www.looperman.com/loops/detai...