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I didn't follow and I don't really know him or his channel (I just saw the news few month ago he was the most successful YT personality) but I did saw the annou

I didn't follow and I don't really know him or his channel (I just saw the news few month ago he was the most successful YT personality) but I did saw the announcement this video (a screenshot actually). To me it didn't look as someone who did a charity by helping people having a surgery, and also not someone who organised a charity to raise money to pay for people surgery, but it was looking like someone who used blind people to gain more fame and supporters. I may be wrong and I didn't care enough to investigate more, but that the first thing I noticed and I'm probably not alone

O__________O 4y ago
To you, what would an alternative video title, thumbnail, video, and video description look like? MrBeast content is basically a mirror of what viewers want to see with a concept that to him makes sense. In this case, the concept was how to share that millions of people are unable to see even though it’s a completely treatable and affordable medical condition. He clearly got something right, since video within days has 2x views of his average views per video and likely be in top 10 of the 734 videos he’s posted within the next year; all of his top 10 videos are year or more old. It’s already got 3x the views of top video on his philanthropy channel: - https://youtube.com/@BeastPhilanthropy/videos https://youtube.com/@BeastPhilanthropy/videos In the process, he actually helped 1000+ people see and likely helped that nonprofit raise millions; impact on nonprofit’s financials will likely be easy to see after a year or so, since their 990s have been public for years: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34567094 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34567094
- poulpy123 4y ago
  As I wrote I didn't look further and don't know if I was right or not, I just wanted to share how I felt when I saw it since OP is asking
  - O__________O 4y ago
    Understand, just don’t understand how to bridge the gap you experienced, and responded in case you had any additional thoughts that might resolve experiences like one you had.
Zetobal 4y ago
It's funny that you judge someone's character because he adheres to YouTube algorithms on his thumbnails. You should be more educated while working in tech.
- O__________O 4y ago
  Little harsh, guessing average person watching videos on YouTube has no idea how it works, what viewers want, etc; even if they’re in tech, marketing, etc. I would even argue that most YouTubers don’t even understand either.
  - Zetobal 4y ago
    If 90% of something (ie. Thumbnails) looks exactly the same most people would guess that there is more behind it...
    - burnished 4y ago
      You know, some people don't spend much or any time on youtube. Others curated their feeds long ago and arent exposed to the arms race of viewership attracting manipulations.
- poulpy123 4y ago
  You can't play the YouTube thumbnail game and ask to not be judged on a thumbnail
marsa 4y ago
yeah for some reason we harshly judge people who donate or help people in any way. if they do it in the open we tend to interpret it cynically as a publicity stunt, writing off the good they did as merely a fortunate side effect of their publicity seeking. but if they do it anonymously we praise them for their generosity and charity. we openly wonder and speculate who these good people might be, but if that info comes out at any point we start having second thoughts about a particular benefactor's motives (hold on, maybe the whole anonymity thing was part of the plan all along!). so yeah, it's not so much you being wrong, it's more us being wired the wrong way.
- poulpy123 4y ago
  I think there is a difference between doing charity even publicly and doing it as part of your show. Once again I'm not sure it was the case here, it just seemed to me it was.

O__________O 4y ago

To you, what would an alternative video title, thumbnail, video, and video description look like? MrBeast content is basically a mirror of what viewers want to see with a concept that to him makes sense. In this case, the concept was how to share that millions of people are unable to see even though it’s a completely treatable and affordable medical condition. He clearly got something right, since video within days has 2x views of his average views per video and likely be in top 10 of the 734 videos he’s posted within the next year; all of his top 10 videos are year or more old. It’s already got 3x the views of top video on his philanthropy channel: - https://youtube.com/@BeastPhilanthropy/videos https://youtube.com/@BeastPhilanthropy/videos In the process, he actually helped 1000+ people see and likely helped that nonprofit raise millions; impact on nonprofit’s financials will likely be easy to see after a year or so, since their 990s have been public for years: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34567094 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34567094

poulpy123 4y ago
As I wrote I didn't look further and don't know if I was right or not, I just wanted to share how I felt when I saw it since OP is asking
- O__________O 4y ago
  Understand, just don’t understand how to bridge the gap you experienced, and responded in case you had any additional thoughts that might resolve experiences like one you had.

Zetobal 4y ago

It's funny that you judge someone's character because he adheres to YouTube algorithms on his thumbnails. You should be more educated while working in tech.

O__________O 4y ago
Little harsh, guessing average person watching videos on YouTube has no idea how it works, what viewers want, etc; even if they’re in tech, marketing, etc. I would even argue that most YouTubers don’t even understand either.
- Zetobal 4y ago
  If 90% of something (ie. Thumbnails) looks exactly the same most people would guess that there is more behind it...
  - burnished 4y ago
    You know, some people don't spend much or any time on youtube. Others curated their feeds long ago and arent exposed to the arms race of viewership attracting manipulations.
poulpy123 4y ago
You can't play the YouTube thumbnail game and ask to not be judged on a thumbnail

marsa 4y ago

yeah for some reason we harshly judge people who donate or help people in any way. if they do it in the open we tend to interpret it cynically as a publicity stunt, writing off the good they did as merely a fortunate side effect of their publicity seeking. but if they do it anonymously we praise them for their generosity and charity. we openly wonder and speculate who these good people might be, but if that info comes out at any point we start having second thoughts about a particular benefactor's motives (hold on, maybe the whole anonymity thing was part of the plan all along!). so yeah, it's not so much you being wrong, it's more us being wired the wrong way.

poulpy123 4y ago
I think there is a difference between doing charity even publicly and doing it as part of your show. Once again I'm not sure it was the case here, it just seemed to me it was.