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How do you feel about Tom Scott going on hiatus after 10 years? (www.youtube.com)

submitted 10 months ago by lemann@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/casualconversation@lemmy.world

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I'll admit I'm a little lost/down, it came out of nowhere! Over the years he's produced an endless stream of genuinely interesting videos. I can't really think of any other video hosts that can make a wide range of topics sound so interesting.

Probably I'm just scared of change...

On the flip side though, I'm really happy that he's decided his personal happiness is more important, and has decided to focus on people close to him.

What are your thoughts?

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[-] Squizzy@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Happy for him, it was great content though.

Did anyone ever see the green text about Tom going off with a guys girlfriend? Hilarious, not saying Tom knew or anything.

[-] Wanderer@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

I wish his videos cycled weekly. I missed the first few years so it would nice to catch up in a weekly format

[-] schwim@reddthat.com 2 points 10 months ago

He makes great content but a lot of my subs make great content so I doubt I'll notice when all is said and done.

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

What will I do without Tom Scott?

[-] Tischkante@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 10 months ago

I don't know if I could do the same thing for that long. He must've liked it.

[-] sagrotan@lemmy.world -1 points 10 months ago

I support his decision, imo some people stopping their channels is an early sign of the whole media transforming in the next 20 or so years, many interesting things will vanish, people with brain will more and more turn away from producing content / consuming content, the other will indulge in stupid stuff, like people today still watching TV & believe in it, it'll shrink more and more. This is just the beginning, that whole (social) media thing will slowly die, more real experiences will emerge in it's place again, it'll all merge into something new, but the process will last at least one generation. Have fun, Tom!

[-] ricdeh@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Doubtful, I think the trend is going the exact opposite way

[-] Yoz@lemmy.world -1 points 10 months ago

Don't know Don't care

[-] uhmbah@lemmy.ca 5 points 10 months ago

Ha. The question is "how do you feel" and you get downvoted for saying how you feel.

Putzes.

[-] Yoz@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Welcome to Lemmy

[-] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca -2 points 10 months ago

I don't care one bit.

[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world -3 points 10 months ago

I'll take things I don't care about for 100 Alec.

Like its fine. Youtubers owe you nothing. Its his business what he does with his time. And like, who really cares what youtubers are doing? I mean is that something you should be caring about? Didn't you have something important you were suppose to be doing with your time?

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[-] FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org -3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Literally the first time I have ever heard of this man.

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[-] DontMakeMoreBabies@kbin.social -5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Literally don't care but maybe I'm not his target demographic. I feel like it's because I'm a bit too old to think of YouTube as a platform for anything serious. Yes, by now I'm sure folks put good quality there but no that doesn't make me want to watch it.

I honestly don't even know who he is...

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world -3 points 10 months ago

That's pretty much where I'm at. There's great content on YouTube, but for every minute of quality there's millions of minutes of utter garbage. I don't like the idea of wading through it, just feels like a huge waste of time unless I have a link to something specific I'm pretty sure I'll like.