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Re:MrBeast Became the Willy Wonka of YouTube by Invictus0 on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @01:19AM (#36305765)
Terrible fucking take that could only come from HN. How many cataract surgeries have you funded? How many pounds of trash have you cleaned up from the ocean? Let's hear what a big impact you're having if Mr. Beast's impact is 0.
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Re:MrBeast Became the Willy Wonka of YouTube by chimen on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @02:12AM (#36306186)
If you give me millions of dollars for it? I could clean tons of trash yes, or fund a lot of cataract surgeries. I can found hundreds of thousands if by the end of the year I'm left with more money than I started. Awesome idea.
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Re:MrBeast Became the Willy Wonka of YouTube by jazzyjackson on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @02:54AM (#36306520)
Ya, point is Mr Beast bootstrapped the revenue to be able to perform acts of charity.
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Re:MrBeast Became the Willy Wonka of YouTube by abenga on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @03:20AM (#36306734)
Ifs and buts, my friend. Only thing we know for sure is you haven't. And MrBeast has.
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Re:MrBeast Became the Willy Wonka of YouTube by chimen on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @05:17AM (#36307621)
Absolutely, not taking away from his marketing skills.
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Re:MrBeast Became the Willy Wonka of YouTube by HDThoreaun on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @02:02PM (#36314107)
No one "gave" mr beast the money. He earned it by creating entertaining content. So sure he's not maximizing the good per dollar, but he's taking dollars that would not be spent on doing good and doing some good with them. If you can convince people to give you money for more efficient good deeds you'd be more altruistic than him, but I don't think you can.
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