Readit Newsasib commented on MrBeast Failed to Disclose Ads and Improperly Collected Children's Data bbbprograms.org/media/new... · Posted by u/_p2zi
Eh, Veritasium is now majority owned by PE now (Electrify). This is why they’ve been introducing new hosts and Derek is doing more intros / voiceovers - the end goal removing reliance on the original channel owner.
So does he need to do it to remain profitable or does PE need to do it to pay for all their overhead / etc?
Ah interesting, didn't know that. The video is at least 4 years old, so suppose it depends on when Derek sold. Anecdotally, I think all the new hosts came after that thumbnail video, but I couldn't say how closely the changes you mention followed.
In general, it seems this is a thing that YouTubers feel they need to do to avoid being swallowed, but the extent to which MrBeast does it could well be extreme, and thereby worthy of suspicion.
asib commented on MrBeast Failed to Disclose Ads and Improperly Collected Children's Data bbbprograms.org/media/new... · Posted by u/_p2zi
In the case of MrBeast it's not even really reputation laundering, he's just an algorithm goblin who iterated through different shticks until landing on giveaways and contests as the things which consistently brought in the most clicks. I don't think he was even that rich when he started doing them, as far as I can tell his first ever prize was just two $50 iTunes gift cards while still recording in his bedroom, and after that it wasn't long until nearly all of his content revolved around giveaways.
The whole operation is optimized to the gills for maximum engagement above all else, down to A/B testing a hundred different thumbnail variants for every video: https://x.com/Creator_Toolbox/status/1783995589543227402
> down to A/B testing a hundred different thumbnail variants for every video
To be fair, this is apparently table stakes for being a YouTuber at the moment. Maybe not hundreds but definitely several. Veritasium did a video [0] about how he has to do this to maintain enough viewership to keep YouTubing viable as a full-time job.
asib commented on Oxford loses top 3 university ranking in the UK hotminute.co.uk/2025/09/1... · Posted by u/ilamont
Well, yes. Everyone needs to try harder.
In China, they speak about 996 (working 9am to 9pm 6 days a week; and since we speak about education, Chinese kids often learn from 7am up to 9pm, and when they are getting ready for University, they pull 12–14 hours a day consistently), in Europe, we speak about working only 4 days a week, and whether it is bad for kids to have homeworks.
We all, in Europe, should speak about working a bit harder. Especially those, who are not happy with where they are.
> We all, in Europe, should speak about working a bit harder. Especially those, who are not happy with where they are.
There are plenty of people who are not happy with where they are despite working hard. This "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" mentality is cancer to the problem, it solves nothing.
Talking about a 6 day work week aspirationally is truly odd. There are parents of independent school kids who do not work 6 day weeks, I'd dare to wager many of them. It's foolish and naive to assume that grinding harder is the way to make up the difference.
asib commented on Oxford loses top 3 university ranking in the UK hotminute.co.uk/2025/09/1... · Posted by u/ilamont
There is a growing number of parents who, because of this exact overt and known discrimination against applicants from private schools, will first send their kids to elite private primary schools and then they switch them to the best secondary state schools they can find, using the money to supplement their education with private one-to-one tutors.
This is an entirely expected outcome. Water will find a way to ground.
Doesn’t this prove the reason for the existence of the disparity? The wealthy kid’s parents want tutors to supplement the education they get from their state school.
I understand an argument saying people will game this setup, but arguing that state school kids are not disadvantaged is indefensible, in my opinion
asib commented on Oxford loses top 3 university ranking in the UK hotminute.co.uk/2025/09/1... · Posted by u/ilamont
It's always the same argument.
If you are world-class talent (someone who gets to Oxford), you should be capable of similar results as kids from independent schools. Like Joe Seddon did (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Seddon - growing up with a single parent mom, working as a therapist in NHS).
It isn't fair to ask ones to have 4A* and others to have just 3As.
Only 1 in 2600 gets 4 A.
And 1 in 83 gets 3 As.
Making it 31
easier for people from state school is discrimination so bad, it should be illegal.If it's so much easier to get into Oxbridge from a state school, why do you think people with the means send their kids to private school? They'd save so much money not doing so.
I thought this was Hacker News.