Comment on YouTube star MrBeast buys youth-focused financial services app Step
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
This guy is creepy AF. I must be too old to understand the appeal of YouTubers.
I don’t get it either. I see millions of followers but their streams don’t give off a vibe of someone with charisma worthy of that type of obsession.
Most of them off of as really obnoxious loud people ranting into a mic. Well…maybe it does make sense seeing the type of people society has rallied around to hold positions of power.
I prefer watching YouTube videos where no one talks, they just do, building things, working on cars, etc. These kids screaming into a make “LETS GOOOOO!!” about every little thing and pranking and all that shit is just obnoxious.
I also enjoy those Police Activity videos and Audits too, so I suppose I just don’t follow the typical “influencer” hype either. Other than that, YouTube is great for various content.
I see millions of followers but their streams don’t give off a vibe of someone with charisma worthy of that type of obsession.
At some point, Youtube customers only watch the videos to get some kind of personal relationship with the YouTuber.
Lock Picking Lawyer explains why he is anonymous, and just how weird/dangerous youtube fans can get.
It’s just some sort of modern television.
Tetsuo@jlai.lu 1 day ago
Come on, are you really putting all the Youtubers in the same boat as MrBeast ?
Take a look at channels like :
They only share a platform with MrBeast but it’s nor fair to compare them to that prominent idiot.
It’s akin to saying all books are bad because you didn’t like your last book…
noride@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
I will say it’s a little ironic you mentioned Veritasium considering the channel was literally bought into by a corporation focused and maximizing revenue of YouTube channels. Good content, sure, but I think it’s indicative of exactly what’s wrong with the platform as a whole.
Also, to everyone and no one, if you like the content from Technology Connections, Veritasium, etc., AlphaPheonix is likely your speed, too.
dev_null@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
If the content is still good, and it allows hiring more people and produce more of the good content, then what’s the problem with the channel being bought? Sure, it may enshittify in the future, but let’s not judge them for things that haven’t happened.
noride@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Capitalism is caustic. A company positioning itself to ride the success of others to maximize their own profits is too reminiscent of the music industry for my tastes. Secondarily, I’ve gone through this so many times with so many other platforms. The “maximally grow the user base” phase is the beginning of the enshitification process. It’s much easier in my mind to abandon ship at this phase, rather than help them build a bigger mouse trap with my ad revenue, to ensnare the next hapless fool.
ToTheGraveMyLove@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
I think history has shown us again and again that it WILL enshitify in the future. The nail is already in the coffin, its just a matter of time until its buried.
Aeao@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I watch a lot of YouTuber myself. Answers with Joe being one of my favorites.
I can’t help but feel like there’s something off about him. Like years from they’ll find a bunch of dead homeless guys in his garage or something.
It might just be that smile, or the over enthusiastic way he talks. Like all preformers are fake. Joe from answers with Joe is also putting on a performance but Mr beast it just like an alien pretending to be a human.
And games just feel problematic and exploitative, on the other hand poor people have done far more degrading things for lesser domes of money.
Anyway long story short there’s just something about him that creeps me out
Coastal_Explorer@feddit.online 1 day ago
There was a former employee for MrBeast (Donaldson) who posted 2 very long videos about his time working for him:
https://wikipedia.org/wiki/DogPack404#cite_ref-173
The videos he posted are long (~51 and 54 min), but he does comment a lot on MrBeast’s character while making his case against him. His second video focuses a lot more on this and he brings in another former employee while showing off some screenshots of others who wanted to remain more anonymous.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHFvR0ArXPs
He mentioned a part 3 video, but never posted it.
On the other side, Legal Eagle offers a shorter video, focused only on the legal aspects of the DogPack’s allegations in the first video. Basically, MrBeast is likely protected by whatever waivers he has his employees/contestants sign.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4CePWWN1Xs
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
465 million followers.
20 million followers
3 million followers
Jake Paul
21 million followers
I rest my case about YouTube users.
Tetsuo@jlai.lu 1 day ago
I think you just contradicted yourself.
I rest my case about generalization.