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?
It means that YouTube lost one of the better content creators. He will surely be missed.
Why do I keep seeing people say it out of no where? He announced it months ago
He announced it twice. Once a year ago and then a couple months ago as a reminder.
Yeah ok, ive definitely known about it for a long time. I don’t watch his videos every week and I saw it
I dont watch his videos at all and I knew he was retiring
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…
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.
i can see what you mean, but tom scott literally is one of those links full of quality
I believe you. If a friend sent me a link I would give him a shot. But navigating YouTube looking for something to watch is my nightmare
I feel like it’s because I’m a bit too old to think of YouTube as a platform for anything serious.
I mean there are literally full college courses on YouTube, and everything between that and entertainment. [email protected] is a Lemmy community that aggregates these courses.
Yeah, cool? I don’t need or care about that… Like I said, I understand there’s decent stuff there now, I’m just not going to go because it’s not the only source of information out there, I still have a gut reaction of “YouTube = retarded,” and, on some levels, why watch someone explain something that I can read myself?
Pretty happy about it honestly. He’s been counting down to this for ages in his newsletter, so it’s far from a blindside on my end.
I’ve preferred much of his “second channel” content for a while now anyways, and I suspect we’ll see lots of interesting content outside of the boundaries of “things you may not know”.
I’m looking forward to new Technical Difficulties stuff!
Not to undercut how you are feeling about it, but didn’t he announce this was going to happen a year ago?
Not to undercut how you are feeling about it, but didn’t he announce this was going to happen a year ago?
He did. Another comment linked to the video and it’s now private, so it’s possible that OP missed the video between when it was released and when it was marked private.
He deserves the break, there are a lot of other good content creators out there.
It’s a shame to see him go, as his weekly uploads were always interesting things to look at, and have inspired some parts of my bucket list…
Having said that, after 10 years of weekly uploads (about 520 videos) without missing a single one (excluding guest videos), he absolutely deserves a hiatus from this series.
If his passions lie in his other works (ala Technical Difficulties), I say let him pursue those - I’d much rather see Tom work on other content than have him burn out and dissappear from the internet entirely, he’s too good for that.
Plus, who knows, maybe he’ll come back to do one-off specials or start it up again with less frequent uploads - but either way, that’s for Tom to decide, not us.
This is the third post I’ve seen about this guy but the first to actually state his name. Thanks, still no idea who he is though.
He made videos about interesting places, things, and topics. And did so on a regular weekly schedule for 10 years (precisely)
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
https://www.piped.video/@TomScottGo/videos
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To me it’s also about integrity. Know when to stop and when to take a break. Sometimes it’s good to stop while things are good instead of him keep pushing himself to produce untill something bad happens like worse quality. Scandalous YouTube drama arises or what ever else he’s in risk of ending up on. I’d rather keep remembering Tom as a really good person and YouTuber withe excellent content than a Tom who lost to the system. Also he might have a comeback with something else, something new and innovative that we couldn’t even imagine.
Don’t know Don’t care
Ha. The question is “how do you feel” and you get downvoted for saying how you feel.
Putzes.
Welcome to Lemmy
What will I do without Tom Scott?
I mean, I am going to miss the regular videos, but I’m glad he’s getting to step away on his own terms. So many youtubers burn out, stop uploading, and then just disappear. Or they turn into a brand that they have to manage instead of creating what they want to. Not many get to fly off into the sunset under a helicopter, so that’s nice. Plus, he’s not stepping away from creating stuff entirely so there’s that.
He did mentioned he’s gonna quit half year ago, so it doesn’t really a surprise for me. Still, i’m gonna miss his series for a bit.
Absolutely well deserved.
His videos are always fun to bring up when conversing with someone.
