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>>babelf+(OP)
So basically:

Come up with contrived BS that caters to younger audiences, micromanage anyone who is holding you up, and attempt to game a blackbox algorithm on a site you don't pay for (YouTube)

The whole modern social media / influencer sphere seems like a huge bubble that will pop eventually. Google has already started wiping inactive accounts[0] presumably because storage isn't truly infinite or cheap. I imagine YT will also take the same path eventually.

0: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/12418290?hl=en

>>hypeat+s5
The guy has earned a net worth of maybe $700 million starting with YouTube. Saying it's all a bunch of contrived bullshit hides the fact the he is obviously brilliantly talented and dedicated at making a business from YouTube. If you or others blow off a document he wrote or an interview he gives because most of his videos are "just" gaming an algorithm then you must not be a very curious person.

I don't like coffee but I still might learn about the business since it's so big.

>>zulban+2a
I like your perspective but I don’t think liking coffee is the right comparison. It’s closer to reading a manual for a successful casino, where a lot of it is about manipulation rather than creating value. Obviously Mr. Beast isn’t as far out ethically as casinos, but IMO more in that direction than coffee tea preferences.

>>brooks+Fc
Both perspectives are somewhat true. Mr. Beast is building the best YouTube videos. It is a quality product and it is entertainment. It’s garbage for education or self improvement but it’s legit for entertainment and you can’t dismiss entertainment as a net bad for the world, not completely.

You both are right and wrong in a way. Parent poster who only had negative things to say is totally out of touch.

>>ninety+0f
> Mr. Beast is building the best YouTube videos. It is a quality product and it is entertainment.

Hard disagree. Is he making the most profitable, most clicked, or most viral videos? Maybe. That’s objectively quantifiable and I’ll give you that. But “best” is very subjective. I wouldn’t give a rat’s ass if Mr Beast stopped making videos and deleted his account today. His videos are the audiovisual equivalent of junk food: not good for you; negatively addictive; and big shady business.

Give me Folding Ideas any day. Now those are some quality and entertaining videos. The kind I save up to savour with some wine. That’s my definition of best. Yours will differ, but that’s the point.

https://www.youtube.com/@FoldingIdeas

>>latexr+fk
Most Entertainment is the equivalent of junk food.

Wine is toxic for your health. You think Mr. Beast is junk food based on an opinion while wine is scientifically proven to be garbage for your body. Yet here you are watching educational videos while downing liquid poison. You do more damage to yourself than watching a Mr. Beast video and not drinking wine.

The difference between you and people who watch Mr. Beast is raw snobbery. Sheesh. If you don’t understand why someone would watch a video purely for mindless entertainment and no educational value I don’t think you understand humans or how humans work.

>>ninety+En
You don’t need to be defensive, I wasn’t attacking you. I don’t think you have understood my comment in the slightest but I don’t wish to cause you further distress as you seem to have become quite irate. I will tell you that, like most people, I’m not above eating junk food on occasion. Also, I was upfront that I watch Folding Ideas videos for the entertainment. Savouring and entertainment aren’t mutually exclusive.

I urge you to attempt to engage with arguments as they are made, not with a version created in your head that vilifies the other person.

Finally, I wish you a calm and peaceful week, with no conflicts and all the YouTube videos you wish to gorge yourself upon, as long as the habit isn’t detrimental to you or others in any way.

>>latexr+Kq
your personal opinion doesn't matter at MrBest's scale and doesnt matter to this discussion at all, because you are a single person, but YouTube has few hundred million/billion other users and each of their individual opinion weights the same weight as yours.

basically what I am trying to say is you are not the median Youtube viewer