From shooting strangers with paintball guns to harassing delivery drivers until they pull weapons, some creators seem to think filming makes any behavior acceptable. Why do you think people lose empathy when there's a camera involved? Is it the money, the views, or something deeper?

I think the camera creates this weird distance where people stop seeing others as real. It's like they are NPCs in their content instead of actual humans. The views and money definitely fuel it but there's also this performative thing happening.. they are playing a character and forget real consequences exist beyond the screen.

That “just a prank bro” line is tiring now. Half of these prank videos are not funny again, they’re just pure disrespect. You can’t embarrass somebody, then say “it’s content.” I remember one guy tried that in a mall, before he could explain, the other person gave him a dirty slap. People should learn boundaries.

Some of them take it too far. It’s like they forget that not everyone is comfortable being filmed. There’s prank and there’s harassment. I like the harmless ones like when it’s funny and nobody gets hurt. But once it turns disrespectful, I get angry and scroll past.