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Who remembers when this was the most watched video on YouTube?

"The clip received 70 million views in under 8 months. At that time, it was rated on YouTube as: #1 Most Viewed All Time Video on YouTube.com." - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judson_Laipply

"He uploaded the dance to YouTube on April 6th, 2006." - https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/evolution-of-dance

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[โ€“] Kinglink 76 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (16 children)

As someone said in the comments, they really don't make (promote) videos like this any more.

It's just a beautiful video, someone performed something on stage, the crowd clearly loved it. It required real talent, and wasn't just done to get Youtube views in a weekly/daily video posts trying only to drive engagement.

A shame that Youtube's best days are long behind it. Yes the beast is bigger than ever and has so many more people, but it's not quality rising to the top.

[โ€“] Nioxic 1 points 1 year ago

I never watched youtube for these "viral" videos..

I qatch it for the creators who make content they (and I) really care about.

The funny/viral stuff is great too but its not the reason i use youtube at all.

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