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Gen Alpha will elect MrBeast president and there's nothing you can do to stop it (media.tummy.town)
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[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I suspect people watch it because it gives them that dopamine hit of helping someone, without actually doing anything. "Oh my gosh, he's so charitable!"

Commodified charity is a very effective way to get views and followers, so many people copy his format, doing "charity" for personal fame and gain - i've heard of some "charity" tubers/tokers that start selling ad space to fucking online casinos once they get enough viewers.

[–] BudgetBandit@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

So those “charity” YouTubers let the online casinos have their ad space so those casinos can give them more homeless people…

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

That he gets money from advertising increases the effect you described because simply by watching the video, they are contributing money to the charity they are watching.