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What do people earn uploading staged pirate porch videos? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 week ago by springs283@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Example here

some examples include just too good views of the ‘thief’ from several angles, cars positioned suspiciously well so you can see how the paint covers the whole vehicle when the device explodes, the supposed thieves not dropping the packages when they explode, ‘thieves’ reacting the same way (oh my god, are you kidding me?, gross…).

If the paint is going to cover your own porch upon explosion you’re obviously using a paint easy to get rid of.

Even though, seems to be much work for uncertain gain, but maybe I’m wrong?

The second part of the video seems to be real though: all those thieves angrily yelling to the people they just tried stealing from, calling the police, yelling they’re going to sue, the mother stealing with her son… does it look genuine to you?

The only ones I believe are genuine are the ones with cops on them.

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[–] Tabitha@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago

I doubt any of them are real. It's clear to me that whoever makes these aren't even watching them first to make sure they make any sense at all. The guy just walks in after stealing? They drove a car all the way up to the front-door but there's no tracks in the snow? It's probably a fully automated setup. Or maybe this was the best out of 10 prompt attempts. It wouldn't surprise me if most videos don't break even on the AI cost, but a handful going viral and the pages/channels eventually getting subscribers from principled slop connoisseurs most likely makes this financially viable.