Veritasium has some of the worst horseshit "clickbait" of anyone on Youtube. They know it too, because after they let the algorithm A/B test different clickbait titles on you for a month, they will change it to a real title that actually is relevant to the title and then I will finally be interested in the video because it actually suggest what it might be about.
He's very much "selling out" but meh, he was never really a "high brow" creator anyway. Still managed to cover lots of cool things, but just not trying to make good content. They were optimizing for profitable content.
However, the couple of discussions around "how to think about electricity" and "how do sails work" he participated in and somewhat spawned were great, and showed how actual productive discussion among people genuinely trying to come to a real understanding works. Lots of groups chimed in and actual experiments were run to support arguments and the end result was essentially "eh, there's nuance"! Wonderful outcome.
It was clear for a very very long time that he wasn't doing it for the same reason as most of the good people: A desire to share learning and lust for scientific inquiry.
I also think the new animation style is mediocre, but that's just opinion.
Get out of the way, enjoy the life you have left, and let someone else blossom into the space you left!
> Veritasium has some of the worst horseshit "clickbait"
This really isn't a defense of Veritasium, but this has become the case with most videos where the creator makes a living off their channel. Everything is poorly named like this just so they can at least continue getting the same amount of views, because most views come from Youtube recommendations. It's only anecdata I have, but I've heard a lot of creators say that these days recommendations is the only way they get views, even channels with tons of subscribers. I personally rarely get recommended content from channels I actually subscribe to. It's really a lamentable state.
He makes a pretty good case that partnering with Electrify has not damaged the quality of the channel's videos so far. They've made multiple videos now under this arrangement, and they've maintained a high standard. I am not confident that it will remain that way indefinitely--capitalism will come for its pound of flesh--but for now it is holding on.
TLDW; Founder sold ownership of channel to company (Electrify) in 2023 but he retains some undisclosed percentage. Team has grown to over 30. Derek Muller has been stepping back as seen in recent videos and he will appear in less videos going forward to ' spend time with the family '
Aren't they one of the worst physics channels apart from just outright fraudulent/fringe grifters like ElectricUniverse? Seems like every other week or so I see someone detail patiently why they have incorrectly explained something. I think the "[particles, like photons] take all possible paths" fiasco might be the latest one I can recall.
mrguyorama|2 months ago
He's very much "selling out" but meh, he was never really a "high brow" creator anyway. Still managed to cover lots of cool things, but just not trying to make good content. They were optimizing for profitable content.
However, the couple of discussions around "how to think about electricity" and "how do sails work" he participated in and somewhat spawned were great, and showed how actual productive discussion among people genuinely trying to come to a real understanding works. Lots of groups chimed in and actual experiments were run to support arguments and the end result was essentially "eh, there's nuance"! Wonderful outcome.
It was clear for a very very long time that he wasn't doing it for the same reason as most of the good people: A desire to share learning and lust for scientific inquiry.
I also think the new animation style is mediocre, but that's just opinion.
Get out of the way, enjoy the life you have left, and let someone else blossom into the space you left!
scsh|2 months ago
This really isn't a defense of Veritasium, but this has become the case with most videos where the creator makes a living off their channel. Everything is poorly named like this just so they can at least continue getting the same amount of views, because most views come from Youtube recommendations. It's only anecdata I have, but I've heard a lot of creators say that these days recommendations is the only way they get views, even channels with tons of subscribers. I personally rarely get recommended content from channels I actually subscribe to. It's really a lamentable state.
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