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> MrBeast has achieved mogul status with what imo is pretty wholesome content Can you elaborate on that, please? In other words, What defines a wholesome conte

by MKais 3y ago

> MrBeast has achieved mogul status with what imo is pretty wholesome content Can you elaborate on that, please? In other words, What defines a wholesome content in your opinion?

infecto 3y ago
No pranking, no real adult themes. Lots of silly games that while I might not enjoy are at least not crossing any clear morality lines. It might not be Mr. Wizard but pretty wholesome compared to the other stuff I have seen online. Additionally from the interviews I have seen from him, he seems grounded and treats his employees well. There are different ways to define "wholesome" but when looking at clips/videos of that get mass produced these days, I could see classifying his as wholesome.
- KomoD 3y ago
  > No pranking Not really correct
  - infecto 3y ago
    Fair, I guess in this age of internet media I was thinking of all the harmful content out there and while yes he does pranks, they either seem staged or the kind of prank like we made him think he won a car but we actually bought him a house kind of pranks.
- MKais 3y ago
  One rule of mine for content is: it's either learning or entertainment. What kind of entertainment is MrBeast for you? It's fine to pay (with clicks) for MrBeast (and Elon) to blow things up, or whatever, for the lulz.
  - infecto 3y ago
    What are you asking? Your question was how is he wholesome. I don't watch MrBeast on any regularity. I have seen his videos though and have seen most of his interviews. I don't have a classification but I can see how would could group his content in the wholesome category, not Wizard but not "Hey bro let me punch you in the face" prank.
    - MKais 3y ago
      I can undersrand that he's not the worst. I answered that here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39097051 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39097051 and here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39097193 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39097193
j0hnyl 3y ago
A lot of viral content out there is exploitative or trashy. (Sex, violence, rage-bait, etc.) None of MrBeast content is that.
- MKais 3y ago
  So I guess, you're just paying/voting for a more decent entertaining content. I can understand that even if I'm old. Peace kids
khazhoux 3y ago
Part of his routine is doing outrageously-pricey good deeds, at over a million dollars, such as paying for cataract surgery for 1,000 people. How the heck can a YouTuber afford this? Easy: with the ad revenue of same videos. It turns out people enjoy watching good-deed videos, and these huge giveaways wind up paying for themselves. It's really quite a clever cycle.
- MKais 3y ago
  clever.

by MKais 3y ago

> MrBeast has achieved mogul status with what imo is pretty wholesome content Can you elaborate on that, please? In other words, What defines a wholesome content in your opinion?

infecto 3y ago

No pranking, no real adult themes. Lots of silly games that while I might not enjoy are at least not crossing any clear morality lines. It might not be Mr. Wizard but pretty wholesome compared to the other stuff I have seen online. Additionally from the interviews I have seen from him, he seems grounded and treats his employees well. There are different ways to define "wholesome" but when looking at clips/videos of that get mass produced these days, I could see classifying his as wholesome.

KomoD 3y ago
> No pranking Not really correct
- infecto 3y ago
  Fair, I guess in this age of internet media I was thinking of all the harmful content out there and while yes he does pranks, they either seem staged or the kind of prank like we made him think he won a car but we actually bought him a house kind of pranks.
MKais 3y ago
One rule of mine for content is: it's either learning or entertainment. What kind of entertainment is MrBeast for you? It's fine to pay (with clicks) for MrBeast (and Elon) to blow things up, or whatever, for the lulz.
- infecto 3y ago
  What are you asking? Your question was how is he wholesome. I don't watch MrBeast on any regularity. I have seen his videos though and have seen most of his interviews. I don't have a classification but I can see how would could group his content in the wholesome category, not Wizard but not "Hey bro let me punch you in the face" prank.
  - MKais 3y ago
    I can undersrand that he's not the worst. I answered that here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39097051 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39097051 and here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39097193 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39097193

j0hnyl 3y ago

A lot of viral content out there is exploitative or trashy. (Sex, violence, rage-bait, etc.) None of MrBeast content is that.

MKais 3y ago
So I guess, you're just paying/voting for a more decent entertaining content. I can understand that even if I'm old. Peace kids

khazhoux 3y ago

Part of his routine is doing outrageously-pricey good deeds, at over a million dollars, such as paying for cataract surgery for 1,000 people. How the heck can a YouTuber afford this? Easy: with the ad revenue of same videos. It turns out people enjoy watching good-deed videos, and these huge giveaways wind up paying for themselves. It's really quite a clever cycle.

MKais 3y ago
clever.