Benedict Townsend

By this time, Brandon Calvillo was also a big player himself. And by virtue of living in California, he was right in the heart of Vineland.

By this time, Brandon Calvillo was also a big player himself. And by virtue of living in California, he was right in the heart of Vineland.

You know, to each their own. I'm a bit stuck on this. I'm just obsessed with the Vine Street house because I just think it's so funny. Do you know anything of what the process was to get to live in the house?

You know, to each their own. I'm a bit stuck on this. I'm just obsessed with the Vine Street house because I just think it's so funny. Do you know anything of what the process was to get to live in the house?

Did you have to have so many followers?

Did you have to have so many followers?

You mentioned the kind of mutual benefit. Smaller creators maybe were throwing out allegations that the big dogs were maybe gaming the system a little bit. But obviously there was a bit of a rewind for rewind. You know, there were certain people who could absolutely dominate the popular page. Do you think that was unfair?

You mentioned the kind of mutual benefit. Smaller creators maybe were throwing out allegations that the big dogs were maybe gaming the system a little bit. But obviously there was a bit of a rewind for rewind. You know, there were certain people who could absolutely dominate the popular page. Do you think that was unfair?

Let's take a moment to explain Revine for Revine here. Just get it sorted because it's going to keep coming up again and again. It's very simple. I feel like most people would be familiar with the idea of just sharing content or, for example, retweeting a tweet.

Let's take a moment to explain Revine for Revine here. Just get it sorted because it's going to keep coming up again and again. It's very simple. I feel like most people would be familiar with the idea of just sharing content or, for example, retweeting a tweet.

Basically, when you revine a video, you take someone else's video and you put it in front of the eyeballs of the people who follow you, right? And so very quickly, people realized they could game this because if I've got a million followers and you, Mary, have got a million followers, if we keep revining each other's videos, we're effectively putting it in front of two million people, right?

Basically, when you revine a video, you take someone else's video and you put it in front of the eyeballs of the people who follow you, right? And so very quickly, people realized they could game this because if I've got a million followers and you, Mary, have got a million followers, if we keep revining each other's videos, we're effectively putting it in front of two million people, right?

Supposing we've got different followers. Exactly.

Supposing we've got different followers. Exactly.

There might be some crossover.

There might be some crossover.

But there will definitely be some people who don't follow whatever. And so we're able to, one, just get way more eyeballs on our videos. And two, there's a little popular page, which is judged purely on how many views you're getting. And if you're, I'm not going to say scamming, but if you are cleverly getting lots and lots of views. I think you just said it. Don't want to hear me say that.

But there will definitely be some people who don't follow whatever. And so we're able to, one, just get way more eyeballs on our videos. And two, there's a little popular page, which is judged purely on how many views you're getting. And if you're, I'm not going to say scamming, but if you are cleverly getting lots and lots of views. I think you just said it. Don't want to hear me say that.

If you're getting lots and lots of views, you're going to shoot up that popular page.

If you're getting lots and lots of views, you're going to shoot up that popular page.