Just in the last few months, it seems like everyone who is doing content creation on youtube (etc.) is holding a tiny mic up, in the frame of the camera.
I get that mics are needed, but a good desk mic or a headset or whatever else you might imagine is just as good acoustically, and far less distracting. And they were all in use up until a few months ago.
Is this just a fashion trend?
I thought it was kinda funny when some random YouTuber did it 5 years ago. Now i just think: still haven’t figured out a new gimmick to vopy, huh?
Is that what you call it when vloggers copy things?