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Re:YouTube top earners: A seven-year-old making $22M by peterlk on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @12:35AM (#18596621)
Yes, but there is a bright side too. Mr. Rogers developed a personal relationship with many of his viewers in the way that you are talking about, and I think he did a great service to the world
Re:YouTube top earners: A seven-year-old making $22M by anonymous5133 on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @03:48AM (#18597594)
Mr. Rogers was different because he was using his influence for social good and to teach positive characteristics/skills/traits etc.

The other personalities, do not specifically cater to this. They're more interested in creating a following and creating something that keeps people coming back for more.

Re:YouTube top earners: A seven-year-old making $22M by SmellyGeekBoy on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @05:10AM (#18598052)
Are you saying Mr. Rogers did all of his work for free out of the goodness of his heart? He was a TV personality and totally reliant on ratings to pay the bills. I don't see how YouTube is any different.
Re:YouTube top earners: A seven-year-old making $22M by attende_domine on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @08:16AM (#18599123)
Of course Fred had bills to pay as well, but on the whole his motivations were certainly overwhelmingly altruistic. Read his Wikipedia page[1] to get an idea of what drove him to produce Mr. Rogers. Here's an excerpt:

>Trained and ordained as a minister, Rogers was displeased with the way television addressed children. He began to write and perform local Pittsburgh-area shows for youth. In 1968, Eastern Educational Television Network began nationwide distribution of Rogers's new show on WQED. Over the course of three decades, Rogers became a television icon of children's entertainment and education.

>Rogers advocated various public causes. In the Betamax case, the U.S. Supreme Court cited Rogers's prior testimony before a lower court in favor of fair-use television show recording (now called time shifting). Rogers also testified before a U.S. Senate committee to advocate for government funding of children's television.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Rogers

Re:YouTube top earners: A seven-year-old making $22M by WalterBright on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @04:03AM (#18597683)
Ironically, Mr. Rogers created a following and something that kept people coming back for more.