this video was too long and not fast paced enough for me so unfortunately i speak for everyone when i say we will be taking our viewership back to tiktok now
I mean, the points he makes still stand. And no, if that's what you thought this video was you kind of missed the point. He's fine with Mrbeast videos personally, it's the effect on youtube and the people who copy him that he dislikes.
It's like he sold his soul or something. I remember when he made edgy jokes and dunked on children's crappy videos. Then he counted to a 100000 and everything changed..
"This dude MrBeast-ified poverty" is depressing both for being a sentence we can truthfully say and for being one that everyone here instantly understood
Oh my god I was so annoyed by these videos and everyone seems to praise them as youtube masterclass. Thank you for this video. Such a breath of fresh air.
Sure but Mr Beast makes money from his charity videos, which lets him spend thousands of dollars on more charity videos. Without his camera, he wouldn’t be able to afford to totally change peoples lives with thousands of dollars like he does now.
I've had a conversation about this very topic one time because we we're doing charity and cleaning drive. I've asked my mom about this very same issue that if we're helping people why not just help people silently without seeking attention. She answered simply that Investors needs to see concrete proof that you/your organization actually delivered on your end of the bargain so they can trust you with more of their money, because to them it's a marketing strategy and a way for people to know them.
In general UA-cam is just getting weird now as everyone is getting homogenized. Sorry I get your points though it feels weird when we talk about editing and retention as you have an edit after ever sentence or two of it zoomed in and cropped on you, slow zoom in, close up crop. With it just cycling over and over which is now the hall mark of people holding up microphones to their mouth video essayists thing.
i think sean means that he doesnt like how mr. beasts content changed youtube. i dont think sean has any actual problems with jimmy beast as a person, just his content, and i can honestly agree.
when a video wants you to be engaged EVERY SECOND, no part of it stands out and it becomes boring. absolutely loved this, really glad someone tackled this topic
It’s like these UA-camrs are always in a state of being excited, and yeah, it pretty quickly wears down because it comes off as fake when you act like that 100% of the time
Dude goes to the poorest country in the world. He could have discussed the issues that lead to this country being so poor, but he didn’t. Props to those orphanage workers who didn’t let him film the children
the eating one is incredibly scary for his audience demographic, losing weight like that is rarely long term is very dangerous and can give you an eating disorder that can put you in hospital if you don't manage to recover and eat normal healthy amounts again. As somebody who nearly lost a friend to anorexia this shit scares me so much
@@alozie__ like our dude mentioned in the video, lots of those people started out successfully before the money p$rn began. So they are perfectly capable of doing meaningful stuff if they wanted. And they influence young people to seek this....greed kills. As for the people of that country. It's not a UA-camr"s fault or job to fix them. This guy? Straight used them.
as someone w anorexia, the mr beast not eating video definitely (even if unintentionally) promotes restrictive eating disorders. “look guys! in just one day i lost this much!” this is so so so bad.😭 he even shows how absolutely tired and disheveled he is because of this and it just hurts me to know how many kids are watching that video
Throughout the video, he stated that he had a medical team monitoring him and warned everyone watching the video to not do what he is doing. He couldn't even eat what Gordon Ramsay made him because he could have died from refeeding syndrome, which he also stated in the video.
yeah but next day you're just going to gain double that weight, because when you spend too much time not eating, your body goes into starvation mode and absorbs and stores everything you eat, never wondered why those mexican ladies that live in poverty end up so fat anyways? it's ironic that not eating in a way ends up making you fatter than eating and exercising.
What’s more frustrating is that a MrBeast challenge would actually be more interesting if it was slow-paced with actual personality. Seeing the thought process and and in-depth techniques behind these crazy shenanigans would be really interesting. But instead it’s all conveyed in a lightning-fast stream of hyperedited gibble-gobble that no one could ever possibly keep up with.
I agree, many of his older challenges that he did with his friends took this approach. The videos showed how the challenges were completed and followed all the friends, making you invested in who was going to win. I think he could do something similar with random people, but as you said, he should take his time letting us get acquainted with them individually, show more of their personalities, and show how these challenges are set up. He could also do behind-the-scenes videos which could help solve this issue.
Exactly! That would be great. We already see the fast-paced, overedited stuff on TV, but you know what I and other people have always thought? "It'd be cool to see a reality/game-show that's _actually_ real." Combining it with the personal element UA-cam was known for would be great.
They’re not making this content for adults with attention spans though. They’re making the content for kids. My 10 year old son is attracted to the hyper, yelling, crazy content like a moth to a lightbulb. I have to seriously regulate his devices and what I let him watch or he will sit and watch related video after related video for hours on end. They know what they’re doing when they make content like this, and it’s not for us.
I feel like the mindset is such a big part of it. If mr beast finished those 14 days and then started restricting, feeling guilty after eating or starting to binge eat, then that would probably be an eating disorder. But if he just started eating normally then I don't see how that would be considered one
No. An eating disorder is when you behave in a way you dont choose. MrBeast chose to not eat for 30 days BUT only for 30 days and then continue eating a healthy amount. If someone has an ED, they don't choose to eat or not to eat, their ED makes them do so. They can't just simply start or stop eating.
@@jil12345in the age of the internet, this isn’t correct anymore. Many people are educated enough about EDs from a young age that they’re able to recognize certain patterns in themselves that they recognize they are in a dangerous position. However the disorder creates such an ambivalence around your own health that you don’t care enough to want to get yourself help, or you’re actively so sick that you do it on purpose but WANT to die from it. Eating disorders are not cookie cutter and most people know what they are when they see it… What you’re saying is factually incorrect and dangerous. Knowledge of one’s own behaviors has absolutely nothing to do with diagnosis of an ED.
@@jil12345no, if you have an ED that's the whole point. You choose not to eat or eat. It's not out of your control. That's literally the whole point. Control. An ED is not a different entity controlling you.
@@homoeroticclown5314 of course it's not another entity. But with an ED it is not a choice in the sense of what choice means. An ED is an illness and your eating behaviour is not under your control if you suffer from one. Of course there isn't physically anything that would stop you from eating but it is still not a conscious choice.
As a new UA-camr who just wants to do the classic “talking to a camera” I feel so much pressure 😭😭 like I don’t wanna be overly loud and hype or have crazy edits. I just wanna vibe.
I've been doing UA-cam for 7 years now and I've mostly been doing the talk to the camera style since 2020 and all I'll say is success is by no means gonna be easy with that style but I personally don't care cause after 7 years I haven't had any success and I really just don't care about that anymore
For a editing style that’s meant to hold your attention span, it really does the opposite for me, a person with ADHD. Frankly, it makes me more overstimulated to the point I feel like my brain will explode
Hyper editing has always been a thing on UA-cam, from the loud copyright free music playing in the background of kids videos to the break neck speed of pacing of…you guessed it. Kids videos.
Ytp have existed long before Mr. Beast, I would argue that they started hyper editings shift to mainstream. Ytps aren't too good when you grow up, but Mr Beast isn't either so
@@Miriam_J_ yes while both styles of content use lots of edits, they are fundamentally different. If you take the edits out of a ytp, you lose the whole point of a ytp. Mr. Beast and his clones can use a more low-intensity style of editing and still end up with fundamentally the same video.
You freaking nailed this, I want old UA-cam back - it's almost like we have no choice but to feed the algorithm the Mr.Beastification versions of videos because that's what ends up working in the algorithm and paying the bills
I’d like to point out that Mr Beast had a golden period when he really blew up where Jimmy struck the right balance of relatability and the typical UA-cam insanity. Things like spending a full day in a desert with a group of friends or being buried alive for a night are like dumb ideas that cross your mind in conversation. And there were even storylines(Chandler never winning any challenges for example) that were like running jokes within a friend-group. But nowadays his remaining friends are more like crew members that’re obliged to be there and do jobs in the videos.
Said it better than I could 😭 I used to watch him/them all a lot and after a while it just became so... much. Like it became a chore to watch them since so much was happening, and it's so hard to relate to them now imo
I never realized how much his content changed, but you're so right! Like, every video was crazy, they had funny and interesting moments. The video's are now just one long moment (if that makes sense). I miss the old video's, they were really good.
This! I haven’t seen any good chandler moments in years, he was my favorite person on the channel and now they just kinda seem like his employees who only feel obligated to be there, what sucks is that all of the funny moments with his friends that would typically happen in 2018-2020 videos probably still happen while filming but are cut so we can get to the point of the video, even though the funny and relatable moments with his friends were the best part of his old vids
Ikr, I remember when his friends actually had personality. Like chandler pooping all the time, chris being good at survival, viking being strong. But now its just like their robots,
I think it's funny that his editing style that's supposed to grab your attention and keep you watching has the opposite effect on me, considering I have ADHD and normally lose interest when stuff *isn't* engaging enough
Same. Idk what exactly but there's something about that editing style that just annoys me. And I know that it's not that I don't like fast editing, Max0r is a favorite channel of mine and his editing is like someone shot a machine gun directly into your brain.
It’s funny how there needs to be the perfect balance of dynamic editing. If there’s not enough variation I get bored and tap away, but if there’s too much it’s just total sensory overwhelm!
I think this is why I've moved far more towards watching video essays. It feels like all forms of content have began to learn towards just "spending loads of money" except for video essays, mainly because the intentions of them are solely a personal and niece topic. Whilst this is obviously not 100% of essayists I feel that the personal quality is what I really crave in the content I watch. Anyways great vid pinely
"spending loads of money" Money that I'm sure Beast writes off on his taxes as charity. Plus all these big channels that whine about "high production value" are just ridiculous. The same quality could be achieved by a couple modern iPhones, a green screen, and a medium-level laptop for a fraction of the cost. Funny how we're supposed to believe they need a $1000 camera just to use as a facecam.
one thing i absolutely HATE about Matthew Beam is that he does not shut up about MrBeast. Like his entire personality is knowing MrBeast. In his MrBeast island video he calls every single fucking thing “Mrbeast.” eg. “MrBeast cave” “MrBeast pathway” like it’s not his thing 💀😭
Today, jacksepticeye and MrBeast had some weird Twitter “argument” about how jack doesn’t like MrBeast because he “MrBeastified” UA-cam, then I get recommended this video. I firmly believe MrBeast a couple years ago was the best one. It was kinda half half with the commercialized style of content, but he also had fun. Nowadays, when he goes into podcasts and talks about his daily life, it sounds like he’s enslaving himself. He says he’s constantly booked and when he isn’t he’s thinking of new ideas and whatnot. Okay that’s fine but for all those amazing ideas and all that money spent on a video that can potentially be hours long, gets cut down to about 10-15 minutes of super fast, oversaturated garbage. I like his videos sometimes, but other times it just seems like he’s simply not original. Like his new video was him crushing a lambo and exploding bank vaults. That’s cool and all but where’s the originality in that? How many more explosions need to happen and cars need to get destroyed before we can move away from this sludgy content style? Besides all of that, I absolutely love how MrBeast is a positive youtuber and everything he’s done has clearly inspired everyone to do the same. Good for him!!
To add on, the genre has changed a lot recently. Back in the past when we had these awesome gaming UA-camrs, irl UA-camrs, etc.. the videos were longer not much edited, and were just soothing to listen to. Nowadays every youtube video is filled with sensory overload. Old UA-camrs are something of the past, they either fell off, quit or are not appealing to today's generation
Wow this was incredible and accurate. For me, I think what annoys me the most is the copycats. There's no personality and half of their videos are faked / exaggerated. I've always felt my own videos were too boring, not kept up with todays standards to keep retention, but after watching this, I felt a lot better. I've always tried to be myself and not some copycat robot and this video really spoke to me. Thank you for speaking what so many of us creators wanted to put into words. It's just sad the algorithm is rewarding this type of content right now. UA-cam needs to go back to their roots and remember what made this site successful to begin with IMO..
Your videos have a very enjoyable pace Matt! The editing is good and I appreciate that you keep things high energy without being fake or over the top. I'm 32 but have watched your videos for as long as I've been on UA-cam. Probably a testament to the quality of your content! Keep it up, and cool to see you here 😎
It's not just the algorithm, it's the people clicking and watching the videos. If people didn't give these creators/videos millions of views, they wouldn't make this content.
is it really their fault for not having personality? after all, the person they are trying to copy also doesn't have personality. in this video, Mr beast himself said having personality is bad for making videos. mr beast doesn't have any personality. he is just chasing trends in UA-cam algorithm. why can't other people do the same? it's like saying Emma Chamberlain is a copy cat because Casey Neistat invented vlogging and only he can vlog, no one else can.
I'm a nanny to a little boy who worships Mrbeast, he's only ten so to him Mrbeast is the coolest man ever! I'd normally just right it off, little boys try to emulate their idols all the time, but seeing the "I stopped eating for 30 days" makes me hesitate. it's hard enough trying to get him to eat on a normal occasion, I have to fight him sometimes even, so what if he watches or has watched that particular video and has it in his head "well Mrbeast went days without eating" he's seriously always concerned about gaining weight as it is so for him to see his idol do it, to see his idol celebrating losing weight while on a crash diet- what message will that send him? Mrbeast and his clones are marketed towards kids, like I can't see anyone in their twenties or up watching more than a few of his videos and enjoying it, usually what they put on screen is harmless stupid fun, but then there are those videos that really aren't so harmless.
@@yreva9882 fr. it really feels like his dick rider fans are supporting him mostly because they want money. dude is not the bigger person if he responded to jacks statement in the first place so his good guy act I'm 95% sure is fake.
@yreva9882 b-b-but mr beast donates to charity and cured blindness!!! He does nice stuff so you HAVE to like him!! No reason to criticise him at all /s
Dad! You should still make a video on this subject, the dude chilling in the poorest country in the world is almost like brain worms material and I’d be down to hear your opinion on it!
mr. beast use to be a favourite channel of mine, specifically in the "jimmy and his friends do dumb shit" era where he and his friends conveyed genuine chemistry and were hilarious, and not as family friendly. now when I watch a mr. beast video it feels like im reading a school textbook in the sense that its is just genuinely a bother to consume.
the weird thing for me is that his videos have like anti-clickbait to me (even though they're not supposed to). It looks like it will be boring, but it's actually a lot more interesting than I would've thought
yeah like his "we spent 24 hours in [random place]" videos where he and his crew would just go into the wilderness and fuck around for a day, or where he'd have his own crew doing challenges and it wouldn't so much revolve around who wins but the relationships between them (like that one penny for every view video)
@@SuperM789 Is it tho? Tell me copies of Mr Beast who are just like him but boring or scummy would exist on this scale, helping contribute to the destruction of the modern attention span at this level if there wasn't an economic incentive
The fast-paced editing is such a high-stimulus-but-shallow style of content, as it doesn't allow thoughts and emotions to sink in, and reflections to simmer. I feel like streaming kinda dodges this issue (it turns out you don't need ANY cuts AT ALL), and video essays are forced to edit to the shape of their points/arguments, because the audience needs to process the information--that's the entire point. A nerdwriter video can show a simple zoom and nothing else for 10 seconds, and I'm absolutely hooked--the rhythm of his music, voice, and visuals carries viewers effortlessly through the video. The more jarring cuts are only done when they add to the viewing experience, whereas in mr-beast-style videos, jarring cuts are so frequent that we're just numb to it. Walter Murch said in his iconic book on editing: "I recall once coming back to the editing room after a few weeks in the mixing theater (where all movements are smooth and incremental) and being appalled at the brutality of the process of cutting. The 'patient' is pinned to the slab and: Whack! Either/Or! This or That! In or Out!"
was drawn to this video due to sharing the same opinions, and oh boy after hearing your thoughts on the editing preventing what could have been a really interesting video with the not eating video, I would love to hear your opinion on the man who was stuck in a circle for 100 days. what a waste of what could have been one of the most interesting videos on the platform.
True, that was a good video, but I agree: I feel like I didn't get to know they guy as well as I should have. I just know the highest and lowest points but not much in between.
In 2012, PewDiePie made history and recreated the Let's Play videos and popularized it to the extent that until now, all other gaming youtubers are doing the same thing. Now, in 2022, the MrBeast clones are doing the same thing.
@@darukineo He made the other vloggers up their production value. Before Casey, vlogs were just recorded on a phone and poorly edited. Casey came along and basically made a mini cinematic video with his vlogs
Yep, as the UA-cam algorithm has been adjusted and viewer expectations have evolved, there's always a new trend that people jump on and milk dry. Back in the day it was Angry Video Game Nerd's over the top game "reviews" that spawned a bunch of imitators. It was all the rage until watch time was made more important than views.
As someone who grew up when there was a crash dieting epidemic among teenage girls (and guys, but primarily girls,) seeing the video where MrBeast starves himself and shows his weight loss set off serious alarm bells in my head. It is SUCH a bad idea to show that to a young, impressionable audience.
The crazy thing is if I had access to Mr. Beast’s tax refunds or construction drawings for his crazy ass one use sets. And the dedication to do all that math, I could tell you with a decent degree of certainty how much unnecessary pollution/energy/carbon/water his content is creating. Which admittedly, not that crazy, rich guy uses large amount of earths resources who’s shocked. But the part where it gets interesting is you’d find those millions and millions of dollars he specifically asked the public to help him fund to clean the seas, plant trees all that money wouldn’t even offset the emissions Mr. Beasts videos ALONE cause the planet in a short period of time (months?). So literally it’d be more environmentally friendly for Mr. Beast to not make videos or content at all. The main issue is the way he tried to help out by planting trees and cleaning debris. It’s not an effective way to help with money on any large scale but the public doesn’t know that especially kids. That money could’ve been sent to a much more proactive cause and prevented billions of dollars of pollution instead of cleaning it up after the damage is already done but I don’t think he wants to do that because it’s less UA-cam flashy. Like jimmy cmon you don’t have to build a whole ass 30,000 sqft chocolate factory for a one off UA-cam video
I think a lot of the "MrBeast-ification" also comes down to youtubers realising how profitable young kids are, so they deliberately make the content super quick and digestable since their attention spans are so low
It is kinda sad that the next generation all are becoming manipulated by corporate businesses pandering to the most vulnerable. It really goes to show that no company cares about wellbeing, only profit whether purposefully or not.
I 100% agree with everything you pointed out here. My brother was chosen to go to be in a Mr. Beast video recently. I actually found this video while checking to see if it had come out yet. Neither of us watches his channel, but my brother said he figured it would be a fun experience so he accepted the offer. He later told me and my friends that everything happens so incredibly fast that him and many other contestants could not even process or enjoy what was happening because it was just too chaotic, random, and fast paced. After going back and really trying to watch his videos, I completely get why people may get headaches watching and/or participating in them ahahaha
Yeah true, his channel has become more like a business which has made his videos overall way less enjoying to watch knowing that most of these challenges are just ways of grabbing views and making money
I think a lot of content creators that have collabed with him have also expressed similar concerns where his team reaches out to them for a collab and then the collab is happening in an extremely short timeframe...
Orr exclusively referring to him as “Jimmy Beast” is a beautiful thing. Honestly forgot MrBeast’s last name for a while and only realized that it is not in fact Beast about halfway through the vid.
I just learned from this comment that his name isn't actually Mr Beast bc I'm used to watching people who aren't LIARS! (Jk) People like Mr Beard for instance.
In the D&D community we have a phrase called "The Matt Mercer Effect" because there is the Dungeon Master named Matthew Mercer (most famous from critical role) who is perceived as such a perfect Dungeon Master that everyone tries to emulate him not really realizing that his abilities are a skill he worked on and it makes people deny their own skills in exchange for trying to be a better dungeon master This kinda feels like the same situation
The difference is that Mercer Effect is there because Mercer is doing his own thing, with no regard for replicability. Beast is intentionally acting as a template devoid of individuality. So, the Mercer Effect is because people are not doing what Mercer's doing (playing to their own strengths) while the Beast Effect is because they are successfully doing what Beast is doing.
I'd add that the issue with the Matt Mercer Effect is also that it doesn't take into account the personality of the table that aspiring DM plays at and their playstyle and also the personality and the strengths of the DM themselves. It is a pretty good analogy for what's happening with Mr beast :(
Your room is so nice lol, the bright yellow walls and your pink-ish shirt contrast really well and I didn't expect to stay for the entire 44 minute video. Really entertaining!
@@AliceB0 oh well it's cool that you know me so well then. How'd you come to this brilliant conclusion? Pull it out of the same place you keep your head?
Commentary videos are fast food: quick, cheap, kinda bad for you. Mr Beast videos are more like Olive Garden: not particularly amazing, but he's clearly spending time and effort on them.
I love the shirt, man. Also, I've noticed you stepping up the effort and quality in what you make. I always love to see that, because I've outgrown so many creators' content when they continued to make low effort, thoughtless/passionless, and childish commentary despite also growing older and richer. Thoughtfulness and writing is always more important than any visuals or crazy editing.
@@Pinely No problem. And that wasn't meant to insult any older videos you might've made. It's just I've noticed a trend after watching UA-cam for years now that some creators stagnate and clearly stop enjoying what they do at all to a point where it ruins the channel. And then others seem to grow personally and go for something better for their own fulfillment and it sets them up for a better situation long term. It's cool to see, and I'll keep tuning in. (I was talking about the JPEGMAFIA shirt by the way, but then that shirt went away lol)
I miss the old youtube, the days where creators had a passion for the specific field they were in, now everything is so generic and factory made, one great example was ryan higa whos videos had a production value of like 2 dollars but were extremly entertaining and seemed full of energy
If you start looking for an interesting content. Slowly but surely the algorithm will figure it out and it will start showing you other interesting channels
@@VulgarTruthyeah the people who complain about this are the same people who say "why are all these naked ladies in my TikTok feed?" Bro you're literally stopping on each and everyone of those. You can lie to yourself but not to the algorithm.
Woah. This is my first video of yours I’ve seen… this was a relief to watch. My gooooodness. I’ve felt this way for a while and haven’t heard anyone go into this much detail. So thanks
"Being obsessed with retention" to me basically means "catering to the interests and attention spans of children". But these people seem to forget how many late teens to thirty-somethings and above watch UA-cam. It's one approach to take for growth, but imo will not usually allow for long term success and will kill your soul. Lol. There are so many successful educational channels, video essayists, comedy channels directed at adults, and blends of these things that achieve deeper success by actually putting their heart into content that's more than just flashy and loud.
Actually I think too much editing makes it so exhausting you end up turning it off. Meanwhile this video 44 mints and I watched it all cause I can actually focus
@@unknown455667 No, my point was obviously that children are only one demographic group on UA-cam and it destroys everything good about the platform to cater exclusively to them. Yeah, more children will always be born but likewise children always grow up and those adults spend more money. And besides that we need some creators to have some sense of integrity in creating half decent content.
@@dingdongshush I didn't intend to exclude the 40-somethings or anyone else, I just stopped it at "30 plus" because it's considered a different demographic above 30 or so. You're valid lol.
crying at the guy who bought all those chocolate bars to get the golden ticket because he either didn't watch/read charlie and the chocolate factory or _really really_ didn't understand the point of the story 😭
39:39 what orphanage would allow two strange men with cameras to come inside not to interview like the head of the orphanage but to walk around and FILM kids. its like the social norms doesnt change just cause people are poor thats still creepy
Finally someone making a video on something I’ve been telling people since this became the norm. Highly edited, Big productions, and highly scripted content makes it feel like Tv and not a personal feeling that UA-cam was back in the day. Personality has been drained for a cookie cutter of what a UA-camr is now
The biggest problem is the TikTok-ifying of UA-cam. As more people get used to short-form content, UA-cam videos are trying to imitate the rhythm of them. Being brought up on TV in the 90s, I find it exhausting to watch, but Gen Z has had their attention spans destroyed by fast content overload.
As someone from Gen Z, I agree. Like I can sit and watch a 3 hour movie with no problem but most can't go a minute without looking at the time and being bored.
Over quarantine I had my attention span absolutely shattered by the amount of time I spent on tik tok and recovering from that is very hard, especially when everyone around you is destroying theirs and encouraging you to. The only reason I got tik tok was because of my friends.
You kept our attention for 44 minutes, you just proved that the MrBeast style of videos desperatelly trying to grab our attention every single second is not the way to go
To be honest, the MrBeast-like editing with all the fast-paced shots and sound effects, mixed with the constant screaming, just ends up entering my brain as noise, I no longer recognize anything
I started to watch mrbeast right before he really exploded in popularity. Looking back, it was crazy to see his videos get progressively more intense. He went from smashing laptops to being a celebrity in what felt like 2 years.
I started watching him way back when he started doing worst intros and that sort of thing. Well below 100k subs, probably below 50k or even 25k At some point I stopped watching, and like a year or two later, he had blown up and was UA-cam royalty. Everyone was talking about him. Insane rise in popularity and a huge change in content direction. I haven’t really watched anything he’s done in years
You can’t make UA-cam videos like you used to. Everything has to be advertiser friendly and marketable. UA-cam is awful now and I find myself barely watching videos anymore.
I'm so glad someone is finally talking about this, I was thinking of how so many videos nowadays are so "overedited" like I was watching a youtuber called moon and just had to notice how incredibly fast paced his content was, there was not a single pause or a second of silence throughout the whole video. The comments here have reassured me that people won't always want fast content and that you can take it slow on UA-cam and still form a fanbase.
I like Moon’s videos, but MrBeast videos are a little Spin-Off-y for me now. Of course I think MrBeast is a good guy, but spending millions on UA-cam videos when millions of people are STARVING is not acceptable.
I miss the transition era of mrbeast where it was just him and his friends goofing off doing fun stuff, it made you care way more about the people winning things because you actually got to know them, like the first "first to leave the circle" video. Nowadays all his friends are in his content are loud guys who yell at the contestants
Yeah that first circle video was amazing, it's calm, it builds characters and relationships, it takes the time to let you immerse yourself and care about whoever wins The new shit is just some random person getting yelled at and winning thousands of dollars while giving no time to learn who they are, and by the end you've forgotten their name
@@blokvader8283 I actually really liked the crashed jet video, but i feel like actually great mrbeast videos are the exceptions now, whereas they used to be the norm
I don't think I've ever managed to sit through a MrBeast video til the end. Okay, I get that he does crazy things, spends a lot of money and is charitable, but the videos themselves are just obnoxious. I hate this style with a passion. Everything from the oversaturated eye candy thumbnails, constant shouting designed to hold attention of toddlers and lightining fast editing that makes me feel exhausted. Jimmy is clearly winning a UA-cam game but I just can't take him seriously. To me he's just another corporate creator making content that has been tested in a fkin lab to be most profitable. I get the same vibes from MrBeast as I get from all those Russian content farms like 5 Minutes Crafts or something. He's a perfect proof that bigger doesn't mean better. His videos are bombastic but they feel like random TV shows like Total Wipeout, Brainiac or something like that. UA-cam was supposed to be all about creativity and personality. Now it's just another medium for corporations to rake in millions of dollars by pumping out overproduced BS.
I have never once seen a single MrBeast video and at this point, it's being shoved in my face so much that I refuse to out of spite. Like, I'm sure his videos are fine, fun even, but I keep feeling like I could pretty much get the gist of the video just from the thumbnail and title
100% how I feel. nothing personal, he seems great and actually cares abt making his content decent, but his approach to UA-cam I think has been detrimental to the platform
I too have never seen one and although I don't care any which way about it. It's simply just not my kind of content. I have however, watched the Joe Rogan interview and now this. I'm a person of substance 🧐😄
hearing "history of youtube" when i'm older than google (i'm 33) aged me GREATLY. enjoying this breakdown, thanks! been listening to a few of your videos while i do a lil paint by numbers and i'm gonna subscribe. (commenting for ze algorithm gods)
I wholeheartedly agree. I have fallen into the mrbeast-ification trap myself as I have tried to grow my channel. Over the past year I saw tremendous growth from using those strategies, fast cuts, etc. but I always felt like I had to fight to keep people entertained. and that feeling of "fighting" to keep people on the video made me feel like I was wasting my own time and effort, because the truth is that if someone doesn't want to watch a video they also shouldn't be forced to by using dopamine hits against them. It felt like I was trying to keep my audience prisoner inside of my videos rather than just letting them have a good time because they like me or they like the content. That made me unhappy to make, and I struggled to pump out videos because it felt like it was an empty-shell of a video. UA-cam has been a game-show recently, but I love movies where you see characters develop because I think that hits home harder and on a deeper more personal level. in the last couple of vlogs ive made, ive purposely slowed down my editing, eliminated cuts, and let people talk more slowly, stopped putting so many sound effects, and eliminated text from the screen when it wasn't necessary. It made me happy to create content again, even if I am going to sacrifice "views" id rather sacrifice that than the human element of a video. Its a lesson I myself am learning, I have to un-learn how to mrbeast-ify myself and my own content and come back to the core of UA-cam so we can move past this stage and into the next one. I love UA-cam and I think were all grateful for what mrbeast has done and will continue to do, but that doesn't mean we all have to act like and pretend to wanna-be mr beast. he's a legend in his own right but that doesn't mean we need a million copycat versions of him running around UA-cam. The Mrbeast copycat era will come to an end when more and more people wake up to the retention brainwashing our desperation for views has led us into. UA-cam still has the potential to connect with people in a positive way even more so than any other platform, it just has to be done correctly and the path must change now before were so lost we can't recognize our own humanity inside of content and storytelling anymore.
A nice comment from a nice UA-camr, Thanks for sharing you point of view, we as viewers don't always get to see thid inner fight youtuber's have with themselves weather to make videos for views or to entertain people. Keep being great.
Never heard of the guy, but my 2 cents are on it's more a yt problem than a creators problem. Yt now basically pushes for the 'soulless, sanitized, kids-safe' stuff, not much different from cable tv. If the guy made money with it, good for him. Fact is, yt is no longer the platform for weirdos and no filters creators it once was.
@@DarkLorddReviews i only know him as the annoy honey guy that wants me to put honey on every computer in the house and if i do it i get nothing worst challenge reward ever
I think Ryan Trahan is genuinely the best content creator on UA-cam. He can turn "boring" ideas like sitting in a room in silence for 60 minutes, building a shelter in the woods, and racing an old man on an airport walkway into actually entertaining and funny videos which show off his personality. Guy can make stories from thin air
@@h0ser If theres one thing I can stand its youtubers who spend all of their time metagaming the algorithm for the most popularity possible, it takes away any human element from the content and it just turns into corperate nothingness
One thing I've come to learn over time is there are genuinely tons of people with no soul that can't even think for themselves they just parrot other people. No internal monologue
from someone with a past eating disorder, the food video was so uncomfortable and i can easily see it triggering ppl who are actively recovering, hell even the thumbnail can be taken as a challenge to someone with disordered eating, but for him to show off how much weight he lost while starving himself thats so incredibly irresponsible and dangerous i sincerely hope youtube removes it or he adds a disclaimer/trigger warning because thats just an advertisement for anorexia as a weight loss tool (even if he includes the negative aspect of starving ppl with eating disorders will disregard them or view them as challenges or signs of success)
He did add about 5 warning through out the video pointing out that you could die if you do the challange and that he has a team of doctors monotiring him 24/7 through out the challange.
lol...jeez. I have a history with eating disorders and before I read this comment, in my mind I was like "only 30 days? I could do that" ;___; ... NO !!!!
You know, my youngest son is 17, and we have been watching youtube together for a long time. When he was younger, his turn for a video would drive me crazy.. I'd kind of feel like I was losing my mind. I never could see what it was that I hated so much.. It felt like everyone was on speed, including me. I'm not sure why I needed the endless cuts stuff pointed out for me, but at least I no longer feel like I was just being judgy about youngster centered content. Also, the poverty porn is really gross.
New to your channel and loving it. You deliver some really profound insights with amazing wit. Though this video did over-stimulate me a bit. 😁 Don't change, no matter what the soulless algorithm does.
as a small and new youtuber it is really hard to get views because my videos doesn't have a mr.beast video editing, it feels like i need to up my game just to get views, but after watching this video it somehow helps me just to be yourself while recording something you're fond to.
I think you have some room for potential, but one thing I will say is save up for a good enough mic and learn how to project your voice clearer. Otherwise, small editing to make it more professional and you can gain upwards of 100k at the very minimum. Sure 100k might not be the best in terms of subs but you can aim to work for money on that regard
My favourite IRL content creator is Ryan Trahan because all his videos have this sort of implict development and ends with a message. It may be just me, but his videos always seem meaningful to me, like in his 30 day series, he met so many people who were genuinely so kind and friendly, and that really put a smile on my face. It’s like his videos themselves don’t focus on flashiness or anything and he just wants to use UA-cam as a voice to communicate a message.
Yea, Ryan Trahan is definitely a really good UA-camr along with Airrack who I think is the better version of MrBeast since he is able to capture that feeling that old MrBeast videos where it was just him and his friends having good chemistry and having a main goal to accomplish while also making better and better videos
I fell asleep while watching this video. When I woke up and continued watching the first I saw is "on my island, is buried a treasure chest" gag. It was repeated over and over and over and over again and it felt like I was still having a fever dream. This was one of the Weirdest mornings ever
I think videos like these are hilarious because my favorite channel on UA-cam consists of hours of a guy sitting in a chair and talking about one thing. I have a whole seizure every time I click on one of the Mr. Beast style videos. Great video, by the way. Kept my attention all the way through without needing insane sound effects or anything.
This is why I only follow creators who are led by their drive to create, not by appeasing the algorithm. Sadly YT heavily pushes more corporate content so I have to be deliberate about what I click on. I have never watched a Mr Beast video because I knew what it was, but appreciate this general look at “the problem” (if we can even call it that because it seems to be what YT wants).
Ironically (or not), this video VERY MUCH stood out to me, grasped and sustained my attention, had me engaged for almost 45mins straight and made me subscribe to your channel.
I think a good example of doing big sets or setups that's highly unique and entertaining without feeling like tv is Jerma985. He does these elaborate concepts that uniquely him and tied to his personality that make it highly entertaining to watch even if you like his personality or not. The idea of having a dollhouse where it behaves like the Sims is very cool. A joke baseball game with lore built around it, or setting up a carnival where he's at the receiving end of his chat is something other creators can learn. There's some escalation due to him making more money from sponsors and donations, but its not in this weird treadmill where each video has to be a cookie cutter "I did X and then X with $1000000". This TVfucation of youtube was bound to happen. It was a matter of time. Ads and views are the only thing that matters for any kind of content, so most people will just make things that are highly appealing and works. Hell youtube itself has rigged it so it steers creators in that direction. Same with hollywood, general tv. I avoid these creators so I wasnt aware how bad this was but everything now is so catered to family friendly content to make money. The platform started as a beautiful chaotic thing but now its this watered down clean online free TV slop.
im super out of subject but its hilarious to me : the person that bought 10 thousand chocolate bars to get a chance to get into mr beast's chocolate factory, he's acting exactly like the spoiled kids in the movie. thats. So funny to me.
like and subscribe if onma island is buried a treasure chest
give me money
Dad?
stop with the weird twitter lore i beg you
@@whenthewifisgay i don't know about you, but I think talking about a joke that started because of me making this video, in my video, is pretty fair
I love when onma island is buried a treasure chest!
this video was too long and not fast paced enough for me so unfortunately i speak for everyone when i say we will be taking our viewership back to tiktok now
seamus gorman you are a twisted twisted man
@@Pinely i have nothing else to do so a fourty minute video was perfect lol
Seamus! Fancy seeing you here
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Hi Pixar wizard
"I don't dislike Mr Beast, I just dislike everything his brand represents" Well played, sir
I mean, the points he makes still stand.
And no, if that's what you thought this video was you kind of missed the point. He's fine with Mrbeast videos personally, it's the effect on youtube and the people who copy him that he dislikes.
@@x0cx102 which is exactly what OP said
Yeah you can dislike someones work without disliking the person.
@@x0cx102okay? That’s what the op was saying🤨
It's like he sold his soul or something. I remember when he made edgy jokes and dunked on children's crappy videos. Then he counted to a 100000 and everything changed..
This video perfectly showed what jacksepticeye meant when he said “mr beast is ruining UA-cam”
It's not his fault people are copying him
Jack is doing the same with all the let's plays yet whining about beast. Kinda stupid but then again so are his fans for justifying his stupid take.
@@personalemail9329i think lil bro is just a mrbeast fanboy, how did jacksepticeye "ruin" let's plays? Explain
@@personalemail9329 Jacksepticeye videos saved me from depression Mrbeast videos raised my BP
@@khorvairnah seriously 😭 jack's one of the gaming og's too
"This dude MrBeast-ified poverty" is depressing both for being a sentence we can truthfully say and for being one that everyone here instantly understood
Oh my god I was so annoyed by these videos and everyone seems to praise them as youtube masterclass. Thank you for this video. Such a breath of fresh air.
Omfg kwoowk!! Bro i love your cooking videos they got me through college! What did u graduate in btw lol??
Hello
@@itsbonjee Same, love the videos
Heyy, Kwoowk!! Your short food videos are indeed getting me through college
Hello Kwook!:)
The hyper editing style that he popularized most definitely has permanently reduced a lot of kids attention spans.
that's not how it works
@@strangelyukrainian7314 what makes you think only they are the ones responsible?
i hate this editing style.
@@CaptainWackyLaterNamedHomer Same, it really bothers me
@@Gabi-nn6xu it kinda is actually
Did you know, you can be generous and charitable without sticking a camera in someone's face
Sure but Mr Beast makes money from his charity videos, which lets him spend thousands of dollars on more charity videos. Without his camera, he wouldn’t be able to afford to totally change peoples lives with thousands of dollars like he does now.
@@kandelion4366I don’t think anyone should have the money to change people’s lives in a second. It’s too much money for one person
That part @@ghoultooth
I've had a conversation about this very topic one time because we we're doing charity and cleaning drive. I've asked my mom about this very same issue that if we're helping people why not just help people silently without seeking attention. She answered simply that Investors needs to see concrete proof that you/your organization actually delivered on your end of the bargain so they can trust you with more of their money, because to them it's a marketing strategy and a way for people to know them.
In general UA-cam is just getting weird now as everyone is getting homogenized. Sorry I get your points though it feels weird when we talk about editing and retention as you have an edit after ever sentence or two of it zoomed in and cropped on you, slow zoom in, close up crop. With it just cycling over and over which is now the hall mark of people holding up microphones to their mouth video essayists thing.
this is what jacksepticeye meant when he said he doesn't like mr.beast
i think sean means that he doesnt like how mr. beasts content changed youtube. i dont think sean has any actual problems with jimmy beast as a person, just his content, and i can honestly agree.
@@Krimsin01what video did he talk about this
He didn't even mean it like that, your just twisting his words
when a video wants you to be engaged EVERY SECOND, no part of it stands out and it becomes boring. absolutely loved this, really glad someone tackled this topic
i literally just watched a video of yours, wow
omg it is Man Carrying Thing!
Lemme guess you’re a man that carries things?
MAN CARRYING THING I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS!!!!
It’s like these UA-camrs are always in a state of being excited, and yeah, it pretty quickly wears down because it comes off as fake when you act like that 100% of the time
Dude goes to the poorest country in the world. He could have discussed the issues that lead to this country being so poor, but he didn’t. Props to those orphanage workers who didn’t let him film the children
yeah poverty tourism is a disgusting yet common thing rich weirdos do
@@NocturnalTyphlosion He is spreading awareness. There isn't anything wrong filming kids!
@@user-gn8eb4ii9payooo?
@@user-gn8eb4ii9p spreading awareness does not equal actionable cause.
Lol@@user-gn8eb4ii9p
"I spent 100 hours in the world's poorest country."
Does "100 hours" sound longer and cooler than "4 days"?
yeah, 100 is big and kids love big number
the eating one is incredibly scary for his audience demographic, losing weight like that is rarely long term is very dangerous and can give you an eating disorder that can put you in hospital if you don't manage to recover and eat normal healthy amounts again. As somebody who nearly lost a friend to anorexia this shit scares me so much
"This dude Mr. Beastified poverty" threw me for a loop
yeah... that was pretty surreal for me too. the simple fact of it shows lack for genuine emotion in it.
The amount of money they waste on stupid shit, could feed these people for a year or more..
@@Clowdelion how will they generate revenue then?
@@alozie__ like our dude mentioned in the video, lots of those people started out successfully before the money p$rn began. So they are perfectly capable of doing meaningful stuff if they wanted. And they influence young people to seek this....greed kills.
As for the people of that country. It's not a UA-camr"s fault or job to fix them. This guy? Straight used them.
The fact that you can keep our attention for 44 minutes is proof that you don’t need fast paced content to keep peoples attention.
Yes this video is really well made
This comment has about 100 words I'm not reading that
where's emoji where's buzzwors muh attention span
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@@porguinturtle3854 it's so dumb that youtube blocked out your comment but it doesn't block out mr beast videos
Omg i know right? I just noticed it!!!
as someone w anorexia, the mr beast not eating video definitely (even if unintentionally) promotes restrictive eating disorders. “look guys! in just one day i lost this much!” this is so so so bad.😭 he even shows how absolutely tired and disheveled he is because of this and it just hurts me to know how many kids are watching that video
Throughout the video, he stated that he had a medical team monitoring him and warned everyone watching the video to not do what he is doing. He couldn't even eat what Gordon Ramsay made him because he could have died from refeeding syndrome, which he also stated in the video.
@@shaispas6149 Ye i agree there was no ill intent jimmy is just a guy
yeah but next day you're just going to gain double that weight, because when you spend too much time not eating, your body goes into starvation mode and absorbs and stores everything you eat, never wondered why those mexican ladies that live in poverty end up so fat anyways?
it's ironic that not eating in a way ends up making you fatter than eating and exercising.
U should eat everyday if a vid convinces u to not do a human instinct there are bigger problems with u
@@antwanrandleel499Yep! Those bigger problems are called “eating disorders”
What’s more frustrating is that a MrBeast challenge would actually be more interesting if it was slow-paced with actual personality. Seeing the thought process and and in-depth techniques behind these crazy shenanigans would be really interesting. But instead it’s all conveyed in a lightning-fast stream of hyperedited gibble-gobble that no one could ever possibly keep up with.
I agree, many of his older challenges that he did with his friends took this approach. The videos showed how the challenges were completed and followed all the friends, making you invested in who was going to win. I think he could do something similar with random people, but as you said, he should take his time letting us get acquainted with them individually, show more of their personalities, and show how these challenges are set up. He could also do behind-the-scenes videos which could help solve this issue.
Exactly! That would be great. We already see the fast-paced, overedited stuff on TV, but you know what I and other people have always thought? "It'd be cool to see a reality/game-show that's _actually_ real." Combining it with the personal element UA-cam was known for would be great.
They’re not making this content for adults with attention spans though. They’re making the content for kids. My 10 year old son is attracted to the hyper, yelling, crazy content like a moth to a lightbulb. I have to seriously regulate his devices and what I let him watch or he will sit and watch related video after related video for hours on end. They know what they’re doing when they make content like this, and it’s not for us.
Yeah his videos feel like YT kids content now
This
You finally said what no one was brave enough to say. Thank you, Pinely.
it would be even better if he didn't try to rim mr.beast ass so much, I thought he was a leftist
I am struggling mentally to decipher... are you saying you're impressed, or..?
.. .
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please forgive my pompous dumbasserié. lol
brave enough to say onma island is buried a treasure chest 🙏😔
What exactly are you referring to? He's not the first to criticise Mr Beast or his copycats, so what was the thing no one else dared say?
Onma island is buried a treasure chest
"I didn't eat for 30 days" that's called an eating disorder
I feel like the mindset is such a big part of it. If mr beast finished those 14 days and then started restricting, feeling guilty after eating or starting to binge eat, then that would probably be an eating disorder. But if he just started eating normally then I don't see how that would be considered one
No. An eating disorder is when you behave in a way you dont choose. MrBeast chose to not eat for 30 days BUT only for 30 days and then continue eating a healthy amount. If someone has an ED, they don't choose to eat or not to eat, their ED makes them do so. They can't just simply start or stop eating.
@@jil12345in the age of the internet, this isn’t correct anymore. Many people are educated enough about EDs from a young age that they’re able to recognize certain patterns in themselves that they recognize they are in a dangerous position. However the disorder creates such an ambivalence around your own health that you don’t care enough to want to get yourself help, or you’re actively so sick that you do it on purpose but WANT to die from it.
Eating disorders are not cookie cutter and most people know what they are when they see it… What you’re saying is factually incorrect and dangerous. Knowledge of one’s own behaviors has absolutely nothing to do with diagnosis of an ED.
@@jil12345no, if you have an ED that's the whole point. You choose not to eat or eat. It's not out of your control. That's literally the whole point. Control. An ED is not a different entity controlling you.
@@homoeroticclown5314 of course it's not another entity. But with an ED it is not a choice in the sense of what choice means. An ED is an illness and your eating behaviour is not under your control if you suffer from one. Of course there isn't physically anything that would stop you from eating but it is still not a conscious choice.
As a new UA-camr who just wants to do the classic “talking to a camera” I feel so much pressure 😭😭 like I don’t wanna be overly loud and hype or have crazy edits. I just wanna vibe.
I've been doing UA-cam for 7 years now and I've mostly been doing the talk to the camera style since 2020 and all I'll say is success is by no means gonna be easy with that style but I personally don't care cause after 7 years I haven't had any success and I really just don't care about that anymore
For a editing style that’s meant to hold your attention span, it really does the opposite for me, a person with ADHD. Frankly, it makes me more overstimulated to the point I feel like my brain will explode
Yeah same I’m autistic and it annoys me so much lol
I am both and it can be very overwhelming/overstimulating
SAME.
Same, as a guy with Aspergers and ADD, those fast paced over edited videos stress me out lol
@@thebuilder5271 same here. The yelling makes me *beyond* uncomfortable.
hyper editing really appeals to kids nowadays, and mr beast really took that type of editing mainstream.
It always has. Just look at american television in general compared to European editing
Hyper editing has always been a thing on UA-cam, from the loud copyright free music playing in the background of kids videos to the break neck speed of pacing of…you guessed it. Kids videos.
And kids have strong re-watchability that explains how mrbeast pulls millions futher time
Ytp have existed long before Mr. Beast, I would argue that they started hyper editings shift to mainstream. Ytps aren't too good when you grow up, but Mr Beast isn't either so
@@Miriam_J_ yes while both styles of content use lots of edits, they are fundamentally different. If you take the edits out of a ytp, you lose the whole point of a ytp. Mr. Beast and his clones can use a more low-intensity style of editing and still end up with fundamentally the same video.
Dude I was getting so sick of "onma island buried a treasure chest" repeating in the video until you told us the context and now i cant stop laughing
You freaking nailed this, I want old UA-cam back - it's almost like we have no choice but to feed the algorithm the Mr.Beastification versions of videos because that's what ends up working in the algorithm and paying the bills
I’d like to point out that Mr Beast had a golden period when he really blew up where Jimmy struck the right balance of relatability and the typical UA-cam insanity.
Things like spending a full day in a desert with a group of friends or being buried alive for a night are like dumb ideas that cross your mind in conversation. And there were even storylines(Chandler never winning any challenges for example) that were like running jokes within a friend-group.
But nowadays his remaining friends are more like crew members that’re obliged to be there and do jobs in the videos.
Said it better than I could 😭 I used to watch him/them all a lot and after a while it just became so... much. Like it became a chore to watch them since so much was happening, and it's so hard to relate to them now imo
I like MrBeast but the challenges he did with his friends are better than the new one’s with random subscribers
I never realized how much his content changed, but you're so right! Like, every video was crazy, they had funny and interesting moments. The video's are now just one long moment (if that makes sense). I miss the old video's, they were really good.
This! I haven’t seen any good chandler moments in years, he was my favorite person on the channel and now they just kinda seem like his employees who only feel obligated to be there, what sucks is that all of the funny moments with his friends that would typically happen in 2018-2020 videos probably still happen while filming but are cut so we can get to the point of the video, even though the funny and relatable moments with his friends were the best part of his old vids
Ikr, I remember when his friends actually had personality. Like chandler pooping all the time, chris being good at survival, viking being strong. But now its just like their robots,
I think it's funny that his editing style that's supposed to grab your attention and keep you watching has the opposite effect on me, considering I have ADHD and normally lose interest when stuff *isn't* engaging enough
Same. Idk what exactly but there's something about that editing style that just annoys me. And I know that it's not that I don't like fast editing, Max0r is a favorite channel of mine and his editing is like someone shot a machine gun directly into your brain.
THIS.
I have ADHD also, and I get immediately overwhelmed by the standard UA-cam editing style.
It’s funny how there needs to be the perfect balance of dynamic editing. If there’s not enough variation I get bored and tap away, but if there’s too much it’s just total sensory overwhelm!
OMG SAME
As someone who also has ADHD, I couldn't agree more!
Crazy how the time MrBeast made content on making fun of kids minecraft intros has been erased from history, and no one even knew he used to do that 💀
That's how i found mrbeast and i was sad to learn he deleted all of those videos, they were classic
This is what Jacksepticeye was referring to in his recent "drama" with MrBeast
I think this is why I've moved far more towards watching video essays. It feels like all forms of content have began to learn towards just "spending loads of money" except for video essays, mainly because the intentions of them are solely a personal and niece topic. Whilst this is obviously not 100% of essayists I feel that the personal quality is what I really crave in the content I watch.
Anyways great vid pinely
do you have any channel recommendations for video essays?
@@lilgrey8363 Jacob Geller is a personal favorite. Does stuff like "fear of the cold" or "fear of the dark" and stuff.
"spending loads of money" Money that I'm sure Beast writes off on his taxes as charity. Plus all these big channels that whine about "high production value" are just ridiculous. The same quality could be achieved by a couple modern iPhones, a green screen, and a medium-level laptop for a fraction of the cost. Funny how we're supposed to believe they need a $1000 camera just to use as a facecam.
@@lilgrey8363 Emplemon is a pretty good one
@@lilgrey8363 j aubrey and the right opinion are good
one thing i absolutely HATE about Matthew Beam is that he does not shut up about MrBeast. Like his entire personality is knowing MrBeast. In his MrBeast island video he calls every single fucking thing “Mrbeast.” eg. “MrBeast cave” “MrBeast pathway” like it’s not his thing 💀😭
I lowkey feel bad for him. The guy legit has no identity of his own.
His videos are just unbearable tbh
Ikr its fucking caveman speech 😭
@@notaneboy ohyupp in my opinion he is the worst of the clones
I can't get over his haircut. It's so... David Dobrik.
Today, jacksepticeye and MrBeast had some weird Twitter “argument” about how jack doesn’t like MrBeast because he “MrBeastified” UA-cam, then I get recommended this video. I firmly believe MrBeast a couple years ago was the best one. It was kinda half half with the commercialized style of content, but he also had fun. Nowadays, when he goes into podcasts and talks about his daily life, it sounds like he’s enslaving himself. He says he’s constantly booked and when he isn’t he’s thinking of new ideas and whatnot. Okay that’s fine but for all those amazing ideas and all that money spent on a video that can potentially be hours long, gets cut down to about 10-15 minutes of super fast, oversaturated garbage. I like his videos sometimes, but other times it just seems like he’s simply not original. Like his new video was him crushing a lambo and exploding bank vaults. That’s cool and all but where’s the originality in that? How many more explosions need to happen and cars need to get destroyed before we can move away from this sludgy content style?
Besides all of that, I absolutely love how MrBeast is a positive youtuber and everything he’s done has clearly inspired everyone to do the same. Good for him!!
To add on, the genre has changed a lot recently. Back in the past when we had these awesome gaming UA-camrs, irl UA-camrs, etc.. the videos were longer not much edited, and were just soothing to listen to. Nowadays every youtube video is filled with sensory overload. Old UA-camrs are something of the past, they either fell off, quit or are not appealing to today's generation
They still exist, I think they're just harder to find nowadays
His style of editing makes the entire video feel like an intro.
Wow this was incredible and accurate. For me, I think what annoys me the most is the copycats. There's no personality and half of their videos are faked / exaggerated. I've always felt my own videos were too boring, not kept up with todays standards to keep retention, but after watching this, I felt a lot better. I've always tried to be myself and not some copycat robot and this video really spoke to me. Thank you for speaking what so many of us creators wanted to put into words. It's just sad the algorithm is rewarding this type of content right now. UA-cam needs to go back to their roots and remember what made this site successful to begin with IMO..
Your videos have a very enjoyable pace Matt! The editing is good and I appreciate that you keep things high energy without being fake or over the top. I'm 32 but have watched your videos for as long as I've been on UA-cam. Probably a testament to the quality of your content!
Keep it up, and cool to see you here 😎
My dude
You are what I always wanted to be as a kid
You are a goddamn national treasure, never change
It's not just the algorithm, it's the people clicking and watching the videos. If people didn't give these creators/videos millions of views, they wouldn't make this content.
@@mcmandy086That's like blaming society for capitalism because they buy stuff from Amazon. true, but stupid
is it really their fault for not having personality? after all, the person they are trying to copy also doesn't have personality. in this video, Mr beast himself said having personality is bad for making videos. mr beast doesn't have any personality. he is just chasing trends in UA-cam algorithm. why can't other people do the same? it's like saying Emma Chamberlain is a copy cat because Casey Neistat invented vlogging and only he can vlog, no one else can.
"Everything in this store is off-brand MrBeast"
At least he has a healthy amount of self-awareness
youtube be like
I'm a nanny to a little boy who worships Mrbeast, he's only ten so to him Mrbeast is the coolest man ever! I'd normally just right it off, little boys try to emulate their idols all the time, but seeing the "I stopped eating for 30 days" makes me hesitate. it's hard enough trying to get him to eat on a normal occasion, I have to fight him sometimes even, so what if he watches or has watched that particular video and has it in his head "well Mrbeast went days without eating" he's seriously always concerned about gaining weight as it is so for him to see his idol do it, to see his idol celebrating losing weight while on a crash diet- what message will that send him? Mrbeast and his clones are marketed towards kids, like I can't see anyone in their twenties or up watching more than a few of his videos and enjoying it, usually what they put on screen is harmless stupid fun, but then there are those videos that really aren't so harmless.
jack is 100% right btw
exactly. and the fact that you really cant "Criticize" mr.beast without getting called a "broke hater"... its annoying asf.
@@yreva9882 fr. it really feels like his dick rider fans are supporting him mostly because they want money. dude is not the bigger person if he responded to jacks statement in the first place so his good guy act I'm 95% sure is fake.
@yreva9882 b-b-but mr beast donates to charity and cured blindness!!! He does nice stuff so you HAVE to like him!! No reason to criticise him at all /s
real!!!
@yreva9882 real mr beast fans glaze him way too much
this exact video idea was on my next up list but you did a better job than i would of, well done home slice
Dad! You should still make a video on this subject, the dude chilling in the poorest country in the world is almost like brain worms material and I’d be down to hear your opinion on it!
Go for it, still love to see it
Aww leon you lovely man!
would've*
so you'll just copy him?
mr. beast use to be a favourite channel of mine, specifically in the "jimmy and his friends do dumb shit" era where he and his friends conveyed genuine chemistry and were hilarious, and not as family friendly. now when I watch a mr. beast video it feels like im reading a school textbook in the sense that its is just genuinely a bother to consume.
you described it *P E R F E C T L Y* 10/10!!!
the weird thing for me is that his videos have like anti-clickbait to me (even though they're not supposed to). It looks like it will be boring, but it's actually a lot more interesting than I would've thought
yeah like his "we spent 24 hours in [random place]" videos where he and his crew would just go into the wilderness and fuck around for a day, or where he'd have his own crew doing challenges and it wouldn't so much revolve around who wins but the relationships between them (like that one penny for every view video)
Ok
Eh the older ones were somewhat cringe
"Capitalism breeds innovation"
The innovation in question:
wrong approach
@@SuperM789 Is it tho? Tell me copies of Mr Beast who are just like him but boring or scummy would exist on this scale, helping contribute to the destruction of the modern attention span at this level if there wasn't an economic incentive
Capitalism breeds innovation, but only the kind of innovation which serves someone in capitalism, and it's frequently useless in any other capacity
Wow how enlightened. Capitalism creates what people want. You don’t think this guy does the same thing?
@@Umamaahoe Really? Do you want eight million copies of the same brain-melting, attention span-crushing editing?
The fast-paced editing is such a high-stimulus-but-shallow style of content, as it doesn't allow thoughts and emotions to sink in, and reflections to simmer. I feel like streaming kinda dodges this issue (it turns out you don't need ANY cuts AT ALL), and video essays are forced to edit to the shape of their points/arguments, because the audience needs to process the information--that's the entire point. A nerdwriter video can show a simple zoom and nothing else for 10 seconds, and I'm absolutely hooked--the rhythm of his music, voice, and visuals carries viewers effortlessly through the video. The more jarring cuts are only done when they add to the viewing experience, whereas in mr-beast-style videos, jarring cuts are so frequent that we're just numb to it. Walter Murch said in his iconic book on editing: "I recall once coming back to the editing room after a few weeks in the
mixing theater (where all movements are smooth and incremental) and being
appalled at the brutality of the process of cutting. The 'patient' is pinned to the
slab and: Whack! Either/Or! This or That! In or Out!"
was drawn to this video due to sharing the same opinions, and oh boy after hearing your thoughts on the editing preventing what could have been a really interesting video with the not eating video, I would love to hear your opinion on the man who was stuck in a circle for 100 days. what a waste of what could have been one of the most interesting videos on the platform.
I feel bad for that guy, he couldnt meet his family for weeks on end, couldnt go anywhere, its like quarantine but without family. Btw hi wadzee
True, that was a good video, but I agree: I feel like I didn't get to know they guy as well as I should have. I just know the highest and lowest points but not much in between.
Agreed, if MrBeast were to make his videos have more depth and longer it would probably draw more people in and be a lot more interesting
100 days watered down to 18 minutes with some quick zappy screen effects, it's sad
common wadzee w
In 2012, PewDiePie made history and recreated the Let's Play videos and popularized it to the extent that until now, all other gaming youtubers are doing the same thing.
Now, in 2022, the MrBeast clones are doing the same thing.
Same with Casey vlogs back in the day. Every vlogger was just a mini Casey
@@darukineo did i say he created vlogs? lol
Time is a flat circle
@@darukineo He made the other vloggers up their production value. Before Casey, vlogs were just recorded on a phone and poorly edited. Casey came along and basically made a mini cinematic video with his vlogs
Yep, as the UA-cam algorithm has been adjusted and viewer expectations have evolved, there's always a new trend that people jump on and milk dry. Back in the day it was Angry Video Game Nerd's over the top game "reviews" that spawned a bunch of imitators. It was all the rage until watch time was made more important than views.
As someone who grew up when there was a crash dieting epidemic among teenage girls (and guys, but primarily girls,) seeing the video where MrBeast starves himself and shows his weight loss set off serious alarm bells in my head. It is SUCH a bad idea to show that to a young, impressionable audience.
The crazy thing is if I had access to Mr. Beast’s tax refunds or construction drawings for his crazy ass one use sets. And the dedication to do all that math, I could tell you with a decent degree of certainty how much unnecessary pollution/energy/carbon/water his content is creating. Which admittedly, not that crazy, rich guy uses large amount of earths resources who’s shocked. But the part where it gets interesting is you’d find those millions and millions of dollars he specifically asked the public to help him fund to clean the seas, plant trees all that money wouldn’t even offset the emissions Mr. Beasts videos ALONE cause the planet in a short period of time (months?). So literally it’d be more environmentally friendly for Mr. Beast to not make videos or content at all. The main issue is the way he tried to help out by planting trees and cleaning debris. It’s not an effective way to help with money on any large scale but the public doesn’t know that especially kids. That money could’ve been sent to a much more proactive cause and prevented billions of dollars of pollution instead of cleaning it up after the damage is already done but I don’t think he wants to do that because it’s less UA-cam flashy. Like jimmy cmon you don’t have to build a whole ass 30,000 sqft chocolate factory for a one off UA-cam video
Very true.
I think a lot of the "MrBeast-ification" also comes down to youtubers realising how profitable young kids are, so they deliberately make the content super quick and digestable since their attention spans are so low
It is kinda sad that the next generation all are becoming manipulated by corporate businesses pandering to the most vulnerable. It really goes to show that no company cares about wellbeing, only profit whether purposefully or not.
Exactly, mrbeasts videos nowadays are like 7 minutes long
yup.
Exactly! It’s not a youtube video it’s 15 TikTok’s in a trenchcoat.
That's not new at all, though
I 100% agree with everything you pointed out here. My brother was chosen to go to be in a Mr. Beast video recently. I actually found this video while checking to see if it had come out yet. Neither of us watches his channel, but my brother said he figured it would be a fun experience so he accepted the offer. He later told me and my friends that everything happens so incredibly fast that him and many other contestants could not even process or enjoy what was happening because it was just too chaotic, random, and fast paced. After going back and really trying to watch his videos, I completely get why people may get headaches watching and/or participating in them ahahaha
Yeah true, his channel has become more like a business which has made his videos overall way less enjoying to watch knowing that most of these challenges are just ways of grabbing views and making money
I think a lot of content creators that have collabed with him have also expressed similar concerns where his team reaches out to them for a collab and then the collab is happening in an extremely short timeframe...
@@Space_Vulture dude has turned from quality to quantity, its really sad to see
TLDR: UA-cam is the turning into an over-edited reality show streaming service
back here because of the mr beast vs jacksepticeye twitter beef lmfao
Orr exclusively referring to him as “Jimmy Beast” is a beautiful thing. Honestly forgot MrBeast’s last name for a while and only realized that it is not in fact Beast about halfway through the vid.
didnt know he actually had a name
I just learned from this comment that his name isn't actually Mr Beast bc I'm used to watching people who aren't LIARS! (Jk) People like Mr Beard for instance.
In the D&D community we have a phrase called "The Matt Mercer Effect" because there is the Dungeon Master named Matthew Mercer (most famous from critical role) who is perceived as such a perfect Dungeon Master that everyone tries to emulate him not really realizing that his abilities are a skill he worked on and it makes people deny their own skills in exchange for trying to be a better dungeon master
This kinda feels like the same situation
The difference is that Mercer Effect is there because Mercer is doing his own thing, with no regard for replicability. Beast is intentionally acting as a template devoid of individuality. So, the Mercer Effect is because people are not doing what Mercer's doing (playing to their own strengths) while the Beast Effect is because they are successfully doing what Beast is doing.
To me, Matt Mercer will always be an amazing voice actor. His skills as an actor help him with being a DM. ❤
JOTARO!
That guy plays Levi Ackermann
I'd add that the issue with the Matt Mercer Effect is also that it doesn't take into account the personality of the table that aspiring DM plays at and their playstyle and also the personality and the strengths of the DM themselves. It is a pretty good analogy for what's happening with Mr beast :(
Your room is so nice lol, the bright yellow walls and your pink-ish shirt contrast really well and I didn't expect to stay for the entire 44 minute video. Really entertaining!
The thing is, I'm sure plenty of people _do_ make unique, interesting videos but youtube doesn't recommend them to nearly as many people
Yeah it does, you just have to click them.
You can lie to yourself all you want but you can't lie to the algorithm.
@@AliceB0 oh well it's cool that you know me so well then. How'd you come to this brilliant conclusion? Pull it out of the same place you keep your head?
Mr beast is the fast food of youtube content
Totally
so trueeeee
Mr Beast has become what LeafyIsHere & AVGN were in their field day
Commentary videos are fast food: quick, cheap, kinda bad for you. Mr Beast videos are more like Olive Garden: not particularly amazing, but he's clearly spending time and effort on them.
@@peacemaster8117 nah it’s all slop
I love the shirt, man. Also, I've noticed you stepping up the effort and quality in what you make. I always love to see that, because I've outgrown so many creators' content when they continued to make low effort, thoughtless/passionless, and childish commentary despite also growing older and richer. Thoughtfulness and writing is always more important than any visuals or crazy editing.
thanks!! im enjoying making this style of videos a lot more :)
@@Pinely No problem. And that wasn't meant to insult any older videos you might've made. It's just I've noticed a trend after watching UA-cam for years now that some creators stagnate and clearly stop enjoying what they do at all to a point where it ruins the channel. And then others seem to grow personally and go for something better for their own fulfillment and it sets them up for a better situation long term. It's cool to see, and I'll keep tuning in. (I was talking about the JPEGMAFIA shirt by the way, but then that shirt went away lol)
Couldn't agree more.
literally exactly what i've been thinking
Based username and pfp
I miss the old youtube, the days where creators had a passion for the specific field they were in, now everything is so generic and factory made, one great example was ryan higa whos videos had a production value of like 2 dollars but were extremly entertaining and seemed full of energy
If you start looking for an interesting content. Slowly but surely the algorithm will figure it out and it will start showing you other interesting channels
@@VulgarTruthyeah the people who complain about this are the same people who say "why are all these naked ladies in my TikTok feed?"
Bro you're literally stopping on each and everyone of those. You can lie to yourself but not to the algorithm.
Woah. This is my first video of yours I’ve seen… this was a relief to watch. My gooooodness. I’ve felt this way for a while and haven’t heard anyone go into this much detail. So thanks
"Being obsessed with retention" to me basically means "catering to the interests and attention spans of children". But these people seem to forget how many late teens to thirty-somethings and above watch UA-cam. It's one approach to take for growth, but imo will not usually allow for long term success and will kill your soul. Lol. There are so many successful educational channels, video essayists, comedy channels directed at adults, and blends of these things that achieve deeper success by actually putting their heart into content that's more than just flashy and loud.
Actually I think too much editing makes it so exhausting you end up turning it off. Meanwhile this video 44 mints and I watched it all cause I can actually focus
Also 40 somethings. *coughs*
I think you underestimate how many children there are, and that even when some grow up, they get replaced by new children born
@@unknown455667 No, my point was obviously that children are only one demographic group on UA-cam and it destroys everything good about the platform to cater exclusively to them. Yeah, more children will always be born but likewise children always grow up and those adults spend more money. And besides that we need some creators to have some sense of integrity in creating half decent content.
@@dingdongshush I didn't intend to exclude the 40-somethings or anyone else, I just stopped it at "30 plus" because it's considered a different demographic above 30 or so. You're valid lol.
crying at the guy who bought all those chocolate bars to get the golden ticket because he either didn't watch/read charlie and the chocolate factory or _really really_ didn't understand the point of the story 😭
"People with less are luckier."
wasnt that how one of them got in though? a factory of people just... opening chocolate bars
@@obsidianflight2758 Yeah, that child fell into a trash hole and possibly burned to death.
@@obsidianflight2758 he got in but didn't win
@@orang9134 and She was punished aswell (turned into a blueberry)
39:39 what orphanage would allow two strange men with cameras to come inside not to interview like the head of the orphanage but to walk around and FILM kids. its like the social norms doesnt change just cause people are poor thats still creepy
A lot of orphanages literally drug the kids so uh
Finally someone making a video on something I’ve been telling people since this became the norm. Highly edited, Big productions, and highly scripted content makes it feel like Tv and not a personal feeling that UA-cam was back in the day. Personality has been drained for a cookie cutter of what a UA-camr is now
The biggest problem is the TikTok-ifying of UA-cam. As more people get used to short-form content, UA-cam videos are trying to imitate the rhythm of them. Being brought up on TV in the 90s, I find it exhausting to watch, but Gen Z has had their attention spans destroyed by fast content overload.
As someone from Gen Z, I agree. Like I can sit and watch a 3 hour movie with no problem but most can't go a minute without looking at the time and being bored.
Over quarantine I had my attention span absolutely shattered by the amount of time I spent on tik tok and recovering from that is very hard, especially when everyone around you is destroying theirs and encouraging you to. The only reason I got tik tok was because of my friends.
Yup. Gen Z here and I can't even read a novel anymore.
I’d rather watch an hours long video essay than a 3 minute TikTok video.
@@pinkypaca My boi👍
You know, if I were to describe Pinely, I would say he's pretty loud, maybe even charitable.
At least he doesn't have the hyper editing style
If I were to describe Tugboat, I would say he's pretty loud, maybe even charitable.
If I were to describe jasonmicheal2457, I would say hes pretty loud, maybe even charitable.
If I were to describe FubblerCo., I would say he’s pretty loud, maybe even charitable.
If I were to describe Nightstuck, I would say he's pretty loud, maybe even charitable
You kept our attention for 44 minutes, you just proved that the MrBeast style of videos desperatelly trying to grab our attention every single second is not the way to go
Imo he gave a right opinion lol just stfu
Jacksepticeye gonna use this video as his rebuttal 😅😂
and he would be 100% right
To be honest, the MrBeast-like editing with all the fast-paced shots and sound effects, mixed with the constant screaming, just ends up entering my brain as noise, I no longer recognize anything
I started to watch mrbeast right before he really exploded in popularity. Looking back, it was crazy to see his videos get progressively more intense. He went from smashing laptops to being a celebrity in what felt like 2 years.
I started watching him way back when he started doing worst intros and that sort of thing. Well below 100k subs, probably below 50k or even 25k
At some point I stopped watching, and like a year or two later, he had blown up and was UA-cam royalty. Everyone was talking about him.
Insane rise in popularity and a huge change in content direction. I haven’t really watched anything he’s done in years
@@tildey6661 same I stopped watching him when lots of his videos started being giving away stuff and money
@@tildey6661 I was subbed when he had like 200k or something like that. His videos are just algorithm candy now, but not nearly as bad as the copycats
Yeah I kind of like a sell-out
@@ddsjgvk idk if I’d consider him a sellout. He found something that works and stuck with it
EmpLemon was talking about UA-cam feeling like TV all the way back in 2017, it’s nice to see other people thinking about it and bringing it up
You can’t make UA-cam videos like you used to. Everything has to be advertiser friendly and marketable. UA-cam is awful now and I find myself barely watching videos anymore.
Petition to legally call this “Into the MrBeast-Verse”
I'm so glad someone is finally talking about this, I was thinking of how so many videos nowadays are so "overedited" like I was watching a youtuber called moon and just had to notice how incredibly fast paced his content was, there was not a single pause or a second of silence throughout the whole video. The comments here have reassured me that people won't always want fast content and that you can take it slow on UA-cam and still form a fanbase.
I like Moon’s videos, but MrBeast videos are a little Spin-Off-y for me now. Of course I think MrBeast is a good guy, but spending millions on UA-cam videos when millions of people are STARVING is not acceptable.
@@TheNinjaRocker463 mrbeast philantrophy
@@KooI-AidMan True but 3 million on Squid Game compared to 250k on wells in Africa
You talking about Moon the "video essay" guy?
@@amono2464Ya
I miss the transition era of mrbeast where it was just him and his friends goofing off doing fun stuff, it made you care way more about the people winning things because you actually got to know them, like the first "first to leave the circle" video. Nowadays all his friends are in his content are loud guys who yell at the contestants
And now he’s an evil capitalist making money on people with an eating disorder suffering!
@@LetsGoCatchUsSomeFISH U being sarcastic?
@@njh123 What do you think?
Yeah that first circle video was amazing, it's calm, it builds characters and relationships, it takes the time to let you immerse yourself and care about whoever wins
The new shit is just some random person getting yelled at and winning thousands of dollars while giving no time to learn who they are, and by the end you've forgotten their name
@@blokvader8283 I actually really liked the crashed jet video, but i feel like actually great mrbeast videos are the exceptions now, whereas they used to be the norm
I don't think I've ever managed to sit through a MrBeast video til the end. Okay, I get that he does crazy things, spends a lot of money and is charitable, but the videos themselves are just obnoxious. I hate this style with a passion. Everything from the oversaturated eye candy thumbnails, constant shouting designed to hold attention of toddlers and lightining fast editing that makes me feel exhausted. Jimmy is clearly winning a UA-cam game but I just can't take him seriously. To me he's just another corporate creator making content that has been tested in a fkin lab to be most profitable. I get the same vibes from MrBeast as I get from all those Russian content farms like 5 Minutes Crafts or something. He's a perfect proof that bigger doesn't mean better. His videos are bombastic but they feel like random TV shows like Total Wipeout, Brainiac or something like that. UA-cam was supposed to be all about creativity and personality. Now it's just another medium for corporations to rake in millions of dollars by pumping out overproduced BS.
The visceral reaction i had when you played the clip of him celebrating weight loss in the not eating for 14 days video-
I have never once seen a single MrBeast video and at this point, it's being shoved in my face so much that I refuse to out of spite. Like, I'm sure his videos are fine, fun even, but I keep feeling like I could pretty much get the gist of the video just from the thumbnail and title
100% how I feel. nothing personal, he seems great and actually cares abt making his content decent, but his approach to UA-cam I think has been detrimental to the platform
yeah at this point, i have not ever watched one of his videos and i might as well continue that streak
@@slightlyoffensivedadjokes UA-cam is detrimental to its own platform. They’re the ones who award Jimmy with his style of content
Exactly the same. I don’t care what Mr Beast does, seems like an ok dude, but I’ve never seen a video and I never care to at this point.
I too have never seen one and although I don't care any which way about it. It's simply just not my kind of content. I have however, watched the Joe Rogan interview and now this. I'm a person of substance 🧐😄
hearing "history of youtube" when i'm older than google (i'm 33) aged me GREATLY.
enjoying this breakdown, thanks! been listening to a few of your videos while i do a lil paint by numbers and i'm gonna subscribe. (commenting for ze algorithm gods)
catching up on the required lore to fully put the jacksepticeye x mr beast drama into perspective
I wholeheartedly agree. I have fallen into the mrbeast-ification trap myself as I have tried to grow my channel. Over the past year I saw tremendous growth from using those strategies, fast cuts, etc. but I always felt like I had to fight to keep people entertained. and that feeling of "fighting" to keep people on the video made me feel like I was wasting my own time and effort, because the truth is that if someone doesn't want to watch a video they also shouldn't be forced to by using dopamine hits against them. It felt like I was trying to keep my audience prisoner inside of my videos rather than just letting them have a good time because they like me or they like the content. That made me unhappy to make, and I struggled to pump out videos because it felt like it was an empty-shell of a video. UA-cam has been a game-show recently, but I love movies where you see characters develop because I think that hits home harder and on a deeper more personal level. in the last couple of vlogs ive made, ive purposely slowed down my editing, eliminated cuts, and let people talk more slowly, stopped putting so many sound effects, and eliminated text from the screen when it wasn't necessary. It made me happy to create content again, even if I am going to sacrifice "views" id rather sacrifice that than the human element of a video. Its a lesson I myself am learning, I have to un-learn how to mrbeast-ify myself and my own content and come back to the core of UA-cam so we can move past this stage and into the next one. I love UA-cam and I think were all grateful for what mrbeast has done and will continue to do, but that doesn't mean we all have to act like and pretend to wanna-be mr beast. he's a legend in his own right but that doesn't mean we need a million copycat versions of him running around UA-cam. The Mrbeast copycat era will come to an end when more and more people wake up to the retention brainwashing our desperation for views has led us into. UA-cam still has the potential to connect with people in a positive way even more so than any other platform, it just has to be done correctly and the path must change now before were so lost we can't recognize our own humanity inside of content and storytelling anymore.
A nice comment from a nice UA-camr, Thanks for sharing you point of view, we as viewers don't always get to see thid inner fight youtuber's have with themselves weather to make videos for views or to entertain people. Keep being great.
@@rimostle thank you!
Not reading allat 🤦♂️😹
How come you have a million plus views but only gets around a thousand or more views? Just asking
Very poignant piece of self-reflection here. Gives me a lot to think about with what I want to do with my own channel (separate account). Thank you.
This video was extremely informative.
HIIII BRENTTV OMGGG
bro brenttv in the comments and only 13 likes and one reply???
A rare instance of a channel with over a million subscribers not getting thousands of likes on a comment
@@gv2807 Tru and Tru
facts. but someone as big as jacksepticeye says it, suddenly it's an issue. it's just known knowledge at this point.
I really like your videos. They feel less fast and really take time to flesh out each topic and some of the nuances.
Never heard of the guy, but my 2 cents are on it's more a yt problem than a creators problem. Yt now basically pushes for the 'soulless, sanitized, kids-safe' stuff, not much different from cable tv. If the guy made money with it, good for him.
Fact is, yt is no longer the platform for weirdos and no filters creators it once was.
I miss the old UA-cam.
Also, I'm surprised that you haven't heard about MrBeast since he's everywhere on UA-cam.
yeah but from this video it definitely seems like there are people who just copy mr beast’s format because he figured out something that works
@@DarkLorddReviews i only know him as the annoy honey guy that wants me to put honey on every computer in the house and if i do it i get nothing worst challenge reward ever
@@holystars Oh ok.
@@holystars I saved a dollar with honey once
I think Ryan Trahan is genuinely the best content creator on UA-cam. He can turn "boring" ideas like sitting in a room in silence for 60 minutes, building a shelter in the woods, and racing an old man on an airport walkway into actually entertaining and funny videos which show off his personality. Guy can make stories from thin air
also don't tell them but I can't stand Mathew Beem and ZHC, get off of Jimmy's rooster and get your own style
nice video bruv!
@@h0ser yeah I used to watch them, but now I can't tolerate a few seconds of their videos
Yo what's up hoser
@@h0ser If theres one thing I can stand its youtubers who spend all of their time metagaming the algorithm for the most popularity possible, it takes away any human element from the content and it just turns into corperate nothingness
in terms of creativity nobody beats Liam Thompson
Amazing video, u r a great dude. Glad to have stumbled upon your videos. Keep it up!
One thing I've come to learn over time is there are genuinely tons of people with no soul that can't even think for themselves they just parrot other people. No internal monologue
from someone with a past eating disorder, the food video was so uncomfortable and i can easily see it triggering ppl who are actively recovering, hell even the thumbnail can be taken as a challenge to someone with disordered eating, but for him to show off how much weight he lost while starving himself thats so incredibly irresponsible and dangerous i sincerely hope youtube removes it or he adds a disclaimer/trigger warning because thats just an advertisement for anorexia as a weight loss tool (even if he includes the negative aspect of starving ppl with eating disorders will disregard them or view them as challenges or signs of success)
He did add about 5 warning through out the video pointing out that you could die if you do the challange and that he has a team of doctors monotiring him 24/7 through out the challange.
@@MORNINGSTAR827 yes but as this person already said, this with EDs won't listen for various reasons. EDs are competitive
lol...jeez. I have a history with eating disorders and before I read this comment, in my mind I was like "only 30 days? I could do that" ;___; ... NO !!!!
Yeah agreed, I personally like watching Mr. Beast’s videos but that video was just unwatchable
i completely agree
You know, my youngest son is 17, and we have been watching youtube together for a long time. When he was younger, his turn for a video would drive me crazy.. I'd kind of feel like I was losing my mind. I never could see what it was that I hated so much.. It felt like everyone was on speed, including me.
I'm not sure why I needed the endless cuts stuff pointed out for me, but at least I no longer feel like I was just being judgy about youngster centered content.
Also, the poverty porn is really gross.
This is how I feel too.. gen X, no kids
New to your channel and loving it. You deliver some really profound insights with amazing wit. Though this video did over-stimulate me a bit. 😁 Don't change, no matter what the soulless algorithm does.
as a small and new youtuber it is really hard to get views because my videos doesn't have a mr.beast video editing, it feels like i need to up my game just to get views, but after watching this video it somehow helps me just to be yourself while recording something you're fond to.
I think you have some room for potential, but one thing I will say is save up for a good enough mic and learn how to project your voice clearer. Otherwise, small editing to make it more professional and you can gain upwards of 100k at the very minimum. Sure 100k might not be the best in terms of subs but you can aim to work for money on that regard
Nice videos dude
@@RenwarProductions thanks bro!
My favourite IRL content creator is Ryan Trahan because all his videos have this sort of implict development and ends with a message. It may be just me, but his videos always seem meaningful to me, like in his 30 day series, he met so many people who were genuinely so kind and friendly, and that really put a smile on my face. It’s like his videos themselves don’t focus on flashiness or anything and he just wants to use UA-cam as a voice to communicate a message.
Right!!
Yea, Ryan Trahan is definitely a really good UA-camr along with Airrack who I think is the better version of MrBeast since he is able to capture that feeling that old MrBeast videos where it was just him and his friends having good chemistry and having a main goal to accomplish while also making better and better videos
Ryan Trahan is what Mr. Beast fans think Mr. Beast is. Ryan Trahan is incredibly nice, incredibly generous, and down to earth.
Try traveling on 1 penny while black or queer
Good fucking luck
@@lexecomplexe4083 your comment just gave me HIV, cancer and covid all together
"Taste like dirt"
"I actually like"
-The only thing I actually "retained" out of all the examples of the Retention-Oriented™️ editing style
I fell asleep while watching this video. When I woke up and continued watching the first I saw is "on my island, is buried a treasure chest" gag. It was repeated over and over and over and over again and it felt like I was still having a fever dream. This was one of the Weirdest mornings ever
I think videos like these are hilarious because my favorite channel on UA-cam consists of hours of a guy sitting in a chair and talking about one thing. I have a whole seizure every time I click on one of the Mr. Beast style videos.
Great video, by the way. Kept my attention all the way through without needing insane sound effects or anything.
This is why I only follow creators who are led by their drive to create, not by appeasing the algorithm. Sadly YT heavily pushes more corporate content so I have to be deliberate about what I click on. I have never watched a Mr Beast video because I knew what it was, but appreciate this general look at “the problem” (if we can even call it that because it seems to be what YT wants).
Which is weird, cause I think Mr Beast is the perfect example on how you can do both
@@racool911 stop riding his meat lil bro
Ironically (or not), this video VERY MUCH stood out to me, grasped and sustained my attention, had me engaged for almost 45mins straight and made me subscribe to your channel.
I think a good example of doing big sets or setups that's highly unique and entertaining without feeling like tv is Jerma985. He does these elaborate concepts that uniquely him and tied to his personality that make it highly entertaining to watch even if you like his personality or not. The idea of having a dollhouse where it behaves like the Sims is very cool. A joke baseball game with lore built around it, or setting up a carnival where he's at the receiving end of his chat is something other creators can learn. There's some escalation due to him making more money from sponsors and donations, but its not in this weird treadmill where each video has to be a cookie cutter "I did X and then X with $1000000".
This TVfucation of youtube was bound to happen. It was a matter of time. Ads and views are the only thing that matters for any kind of content, so most people will just make things that are highly appealing and works. Hell youtube itself has rigged it so it steers creators in that direction. Same with hollywood, general tv. I avoid these creators so I wasnt aware how bad this was but everything now is so catered to family friendly content to make money. The platform started as a beautiful chaotic thing but now its this watered down clean online free TV slop.
44 minutes and 17 seconds of gold.
im super out of subject but its hilarious to me : the person that bought 10 thousand chocolate bars to get a chance to get into mr beast's chocolate factory, he's acting exactly like the spoiled kids in the movie. thats. So funny to me.
Oh my god the irony.
@@thenotsoamazinggracetnsag3463 oh the misery
That kind of formula becomes so exhausting
"you're limited by your personality" mrbeast needs to be studied in a lab
Omg thanks God There are a lot of people realising that, we miss the old UA-cam with simple genuine videos!!