• mrfugu [he/him, any]@hexbear.net
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      14 days ago

      nah you got “youtube” first of all and afaik the term “tube” originates from old tvs (the T in CRT). People used to call television “the tube.”

      • Erika3sis [she/her, xe/xem]@hexbear.net
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        14 days ago

        Yes, the term was coined ultimately in reference to YouTube, and YouTube was itself ultimately named in reference to CRT — but if you type “tube site” on Wikipedia it redirects you to the article “Porn 2.0”, and if you search “tube site” on Wiktionary it only lists a pornographic definition, and anecdotally I have personally only ever seen the term used in reference to porn.