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I looked at trending once. Never again.

There is great content on YouTube, but what I consider great is completely different from the next person, which is why trending makes no sense...

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I expect it's like how stamp collecting used to be the world's most popular hobby. It might not have been anybody's favorite activity, but it was commonly accessible to everyone. They call these things "lowest common denominator". If you have to pick something for everybody, that's probably a better choice than any niche group's favorite thing.

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