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X appears to be juicing MrBeast’s views to woo the YouTuber to the platform, pushing video upload into users’ feeds as an unlabeled ad (mashable.com)
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X appears to be juicing MrBeast’s views to woo the YouTuber to the platform, pushing video upload into users’ feeds as an unlabeled ad::undefined

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[–] 37 points 2 years ago (20 children)

I, for one, have no idea who MrBeast is. Wish I also didn't know who Must was.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    I don't really know either but my son definitely knows.

    Somehow Mr. Beast vacuums kid's brains into a mind sucking vortex that has landed Mr. Beast as one of, if not the #1 most subscribed YouTuber in existence.

    Perhaps that also makes him the highest earning YouTuber as well, because the guy is seemingly just giving away insane $ figures at every turn yet always has more.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Mr Beast uses the revenue he got from YouTube views and donates them. Which he then videos and create more revenue. Not a bad business model if you ask me. He wasn't even rich to begin with. His assets and wealth all started from YouTube.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    For companies, it's free PR. "Mr Beast donates thousands of turkeys for thanksgiving!" - all of the them brought to you by [company], because they really care about you, for realsies!

    And, according to some videos, most of his challenges are setup for a specific person to win.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    The largest individual youtuber in the world. He has several channels, the main ones are Mr.Beast and Mr.Beast philanthropy.

    I think the main selling point of youtube is watching people do things you cannot, either due to time, expertise, or money. Mr.Beast kinda personifies that, as many of his videos cost over $1M to make and are original owing to nobody else being able to make them, ala 'I made a lazer dungeon, first person to reach the end wins $500k' .

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    I've seen some of those videos since my son likes him. The issue is that a lot of his content is obviously scripted. If the content itself is scripted (faked), why should I believe that money is actually given out in the end and, again, not just part of the script?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    He also was one of the first to master the YouTube algorithm and perfected the video format to engage viewers the most.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I agree but in a way where I absolutely hate that he did this. Mr Beast is one of the worst things to happen to YouTube.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Some rich guy that makes YouTube videos to make profit off of his philanthropist tax write offs

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    My brain keeps mis-reading his name as MrBean.

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