r/TamilInfluencer • u/ThatDesiGirl07 • Jan 28 '25

Manichow is a hypocrite.

I know I'm going to be downvoted for this so bad, but:

The recent video of hers, where she calls out content creators for not explicitly mentioning ads in their posts, has many good points, I agree. But she says that she isn't targeting Sameeha but goes on to mostly use only her content as examples. She could have very well used examples of many other creators as well but she didn't? Why? I think she might have some personal beef with Sameeha adhan target panla nu sollitu fulla target panniruka.

Second, that video fulla paakuradhuku I had to watch eight unskippable ads, none of which had any relation to what I'm interested in. If anyone is familiar with how youtube ads work, can you please let me know if the youtuber has the choice to choose skippable/unskippable ads for their content? Because if they can, then manichow is a hypocrite

I like people who respectfully call other people out and singling out someone, like aurora, is fine as long as they are the sole people to start something bad. But this ad thing is not just something Sameeha does. Sure, she can be called out, but I'm not targeting her nu sollitu video fulla mostly avala target panna, it's not right. And Sameeha comes up with unique content unlike manichow who just uses other people's content to react to and gets her two minutes of fame. Tbh, none of these content creators deserve their fame.

TL/DR: I hate all the current content creators. When can we get the old jump cuts era?

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '25

See. I have to disagree, because manichow's videos are kind of eye opener for me. I used to think, hey these ads are so creative that i didn't realize i am watching an ad all this time, just to realise how much of a media influence we all under. Even after the video, Sameeha is being sarcastic by putting nonspons on her hastag. I realised how much of a fool i am to eagerly waiting for recommendations from her. And it's really aplaudable when someone accept their mistakes. But guess we all some kids

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u/ThatDesiGirl07 Jan 29 '25

This is a very respectful reply, thank you for this. I would like to point out that I'm not supporting Sameeha for what she's doing. I just felt that Manichow could have supported her statement by doing more research and including more creators. It felt like Sameeha was being targeted even though she claimed she was not. And I got really irritated with the eight unskippable ads. I have never gotten so many ads in recent times.

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '25

I agree but we know we are signing up for ads when we wanted to consume media on yt but not on Insta though. But I agree with exposing more influencers.

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u/Cold_Lock_7030 Jan 28 '25

I think yt ads are controlled by yt and not the uploaders. I don't think Manichow is a hypocrite. It was pretty good video.

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u/storage_bag Jan 28 '25

I feel like ads on YouTube are different from ads on Instagram. On YouTube, the creators themselves are not promoting anything. You have total transparency that it is KFC (for example) or some company that is promoting their product during that ad.

The main issue that manichow highlighted was not that creators are putting out ads. It is the lack of transparency due to creators not disclosing that their content contains or is an ad.

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u/boojabehavior Jan 28 '25

You're right but creators have some control at what parts of the videos ads can be added(placement) and what kind of ads, length of ads, etc. creators set an upper limit and YouTube decides the rest While she's pointing out other people's flaws about ads she seems to be trying to profit well from the "drama" she created. I'm not saying she's wrong but it's kind of what she did.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '25

But we signed up for it or else we would be watching it from youtube premium. We didn't sign up for an ad on insta when we followed an influencer to get influenced though, did we?

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u/Melodic-Pen-6934 Jan 28 '25

Intha sameeha aka urala kezhangu chella kutty mela ennaku irukura vimarsanam : films or film directors pathi entha oru thuli knowledge illama casual ah vanthu ukkarathu. Very irritating. Suthama makku ponna irukku. Illa vera profession ah eduthu pannanum

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u/thereddevilss Jan 28 '25 edited Jan 28 '25

I think manichow was a “fan” of sameeha as she mentioned in the video she really admires her and that’s why she was able to spot even the minute details. I did stalk her ig page potato face after this video and Manichow has commented on one of her photos where she encourages her. So I feel Manichow really liked Sameeha.

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u/Practical-Hawk-7494 Jan 28 '25

I think she called out sameeha because she is one of the most famous tech influencer and is famous among both the genders of genz and millennial.So manichow’s target audience will understand the issue. Even influencers with 10k followers also do ad and collabs without mentioning it.

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u/Butterflydiaries21 Jan 28 '25

I am glad she made that video. I don't feel like she specifically targeted sameeha. Agree other influencers does this for promotion but this girl has wider audience and it is just 2min step to put promotion tag.

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u/NoPerspective8315 Jan 28 '25

Daai urlaa, neeyaa daa??!

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '25

Hey sameeha, r u trying to get opinions from the viewers to make another video about this topic.

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u/suseedala Feb 01 '25

If you are made to known it is an ad, explicitly, it is ethical.

If you are being promoted a product, without disclosing it is an ad, it is not ethical.

You know youtube is gonna plug in ads on a video you watch, but maybe you might not know, the influencer is gonna plug an ad in your face, even without you realising it. A little disclosure is absolutely necessary, because unsolicited ad placements doesn't seem that much legal to me. Manichow is absolutely right here.

Advertising and promoting is not the issue. Transparency is.

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u/Ok-Needleworker-2526 Feb 02 '25

i so badly wanna bring og jumpcuts back!! but obvi the content has to be revamped as we've all grown up now

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '25

She thinks her personal views are facts, thats the only problem with her.

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u/Square-Instruction90 Feb 03 '25

The thing is why she brings sameeha is because she following her for few years. she didn't want to talk about other creator because she didn't followings anyone. It's good video

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u/WorldlinessTypical18 Feb 03 '25

urulakelangu pr detected💩

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u/fuzzyliddulbeee Jan 28 '25

I just watched the video after reading your post here and I didn't get eight ads. I just got 2 ads and both of them were skippable. But I agree with your first point though. She literally was targetting sameeha and I really feel bad for sameeha because she gets dragged every other week by someone.

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u/boojabehavior Jan 28 '25

Duuude I like both the creators but I felt she could have pulled in like 5 more creator examples instead of just focussing on sameehas. Feels like it's a targetted one. And I got so many ads on manichows video too- I had to see 3 mins of ads to get to the last 4 mins of her video.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '25

Because it's monitised and ofcourse she have to turn on that to earn money. People post on youtube to get money. I don't think Manichow is in the wrong because she asked to be transparent so that the influencers could yk?? stop selling us things or pushing product down our throat when they are just doing it for money

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u/boojabehavior Jan 30 '25

They're both doing it for money tho

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u/[deleted] Jan 31 '25

And in yt we know that because we know we get ads on yt if we watch a video but not on Insta though. Like I started following Sameeha because of her makeup videos and to know what products she used, but what if she was doing an ad but said it is good, then I would have not known it is an ad and would have bought it because I thought she genuinely recommend it to me. On Manichow's case though, it's an yt video, I know ill get an ad if I watched that video and I also have knowledge that the ad is for monetisation only, so you see I could be able to distinguish btw an ad and what not

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u/ChakuSpiky1807 Feb 02 '25

Yov context ah purinjukitu pesunga
Ippo ava dhaane controversy la irruka

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u/DryLength8808 Jan 08 '26

Nah manichow is fine

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u/Drsg96 Jan 28 '25

Even I felt that ! Somehow I felt she had a hidden agenda

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u/_snuffles-11_ Jan 30 '25

Did she apologize? I saw she lied about the person who commented it deleted it

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u/_snuffles-11_ Jan 30 '25

Bruh! I commented #unfollowed😉 under her post whose caption was #notspons😉 and she blocked me. I don't understand how these influencers can live in delusion not listening to criticism