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> How does Mr. Beast have the money to create these videos? He’s the fifth most subscribed to YouTube channel in the world. I had never heard of him or watched

by bambax 4y ago

> How does Mr. Beast have the money to create these videos? He’s the fifth most subscribed to YouTube channel in the world. I had never heard of him or watched any of his videos. And now I have, and I'm afraid YT will recommend more. Not that I would ever watch one again except by accident, but still. I feel dirty. Also, about this: > t’s terrifying that a man spent one hundred days in a small circle in an empty field. It’s even more terrifying that this is solely at the whims of a single former Minecraft YouTube creator (...) But there’s no standards, no compliance department telling Mr. Beast that this video maybe isn’t the best idea Apparently the author has never heard of Tomoaki Hamatsu (Nasubi), a Japanese guy who was tricked into surviving off sweepstakes, fully naked, not for 100 days but for 15 months, while filmed and broadcasted 24/7 (without him even knowing it). This stunt was organized by Nippon TV in 2000. It fascinated the whole country of Japan for as long as it ran, and some time after that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasubi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasubi

cube00 4y ago
But it's all for the viewers...he's only doing it for you. > In interviews, he explains that many of his videos lose money, and he invests almost all of his earnings from You back into more videos.
tenpies 4y ago
At this point he's quite likely the majority shareholder of a fast food empire, a chocolate bar company, and the owner of the Youtube channel. On top of that there is a layer of distribution deals and sub-channels (I mean there's even a Mr. Beast in Español channel). I suspect that early on much of it was carried on the back of personal and business debt, but once the fast food division took off it all made more sense. I also don't like where this is heading culturally, and while I find him odd, his crew or whatever the other members are seem incredibly annoying and vapid. It's also through watching Mr Beast videos, that every Westerner should immediately be able to understand why so much of the world has varying degrees of hate towards the West.
- n-i-g-g-e-r 4y ago
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- Krighsu 4y ago
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- Applejinx 4y ago
  I think it's extremely plausible that he dumps all his earnings back into furthering his empire. It's the Amazon model, but for a personality (Bezos profits off Amazon beating all its competitors at executing on being an online store, MrBeast profits off beating all his competitors at being a youtuber) It's basically an endgame for capitalism. When you lower the friction of engagement and globalize everything so it becomes possible to try and be the winner of 'the market' as in the WORLD, there will be people in control who insist on being THE winner even if it costs them. It makes perfect sense that MrBeast dumps all his money back into YouTube attention, and it makes perfect sense that he conducts money give-aways to immunize himself against criticism, and everything that he makes (and re-gives) also makes YouTube money, so they are deeply invested in aligning with him and his approach. He is not ABOUT bringing a return on his investments (or indeed, fairly paying or treating his own employees). He is about beating the market, about winning, and anything else is disposable externalities. He paid off his mom's house when it became trivial for him to do so. When he dies, it all collapses. He's not building anything except that he's cementing YouTube dominance.

by bambax 4y ago

cube00 4y ago

But it's all for the viewers...he's only doing it for you. > In interviews, he explains that many of his videos lose money, and he invests almost all of his earnings from You back into more videos.

tenpies 4y ago

At this point he's quite likely the majority shareholder of a fast food empire, a chocolate bar company, and the owner of the Youtube channel. On top of that there is a layer of distribution deals and sub-channels (I mean there's even a Mr. Beast in Español channel). I suspect that early on much of it was carried on the back of personal and business debt, but once the fast food division took off it all made more sense. I also don't like where this is heading culturally, and while I find him odd, his crew or whatever the other members are seem incredibly annoying and vapid. It's also through watching Mr Beast videos, that every Westerner should immediately be able to understand why so much of the world has varying degrees of hate towards the West.

n-i-g-g-e-r 4y ago
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Krighsu 4y ago
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Applejinx 4y ago
I think it's extremely plausible that he dumps all his earnings back into furthering his empire. It's the Amazon model, but for a personality (Bezos profits off Amazon beating all its competitors at executing on being an online store, MrBeast profits off beating all his competitors at being a youtuber) It's basically an endgame for capitalism. When you lower the friction of engagement and globalize everything so it becomes possible to try and be the winner of 'the market' as in the WORLD, there will be people in control who insist on being THE winner even if it costs them. It makes perfect sense that MrBeast dumps all his money back into YouTube attention, and it makes perfect sense that he conducts money give-aways to immunize himself against criticism, and everything that he makes (and re-gives) also makes YouTube money, so they are deeply invested in aligning with him and his approach. He is not ABOUT bringing a return on his investments (or indeed, fairly paying or treating his own employees). He is about beating the market, about winning, and anything else is disposable externalities. He paid off his mom's house when it became trivial for him to do so. When he dies, it all collapses. He's not building anything except that he's cementing YouTube dominance.