• Chuymatt@beehaw.org
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    2 days ago

    Thankfully, he does seem to be interested in education as well as earning money recording himself doing ridiculous things.

    While it is not my cup of tea, my youngest loves it and has brought up engineering and physics concepts from it in appropriate situations, so I am not complaining.

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      2 days ago

      That’s great. I’m glad to hear it is having at least some positive impact despite my reservations.

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        2 days ago

        Yah. I, too, have had reservations, as it looks like every other Mr. beast type youtuber. But, I think we have to come to grips with the fact that it is driven by capitalism and YouTube’s algorithm.

        I think it was Linus Tech Tips that had a video explicitly explaining the A-B methods that are used to serve a thumbnail and how the annoying youtuber face ones tended to get more traffic and more new viewers.