My man deserves his break after working nonstop and producing consistently high quality videos for a whole decade.
this post was submitted on 01 Jul 2023
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Yeah, it’s one of those sad but beautiful things. I’m glad he went this route instead of trying to find some way to phone it in or something.
It's always nice to see things come to their natural conclusion, without overstaying their welcome.
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I remember his video testing if pineapples can remove your fingerprint.
They don't. He did discover the absolutely horrible pain of trying to sleep whilst having exposed tissue in the tips of every finger though.
That's a man dedicated to a YouTube channel.
Wasn't that extremely early in his career? That's a young and foolish man finding out what he doesn't want to do for a YouTube channel.
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I'm gonna miss his videos but the man really earned his vacation. Best of luck to him.
He really is a diamond in a sea of shitty YouTube channels.
Technology Connections is another top tier channel without enough recognition.
Yes. I love that guy. He's on Mastodon too, which is super cool for the fediverse.
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There are so many fucking good ones. It's less of a sea and more if an entire galaxy at this point, and there's whole planets to explore.
Totally agree. YouTube is a place I can watch someone tinker with some 30 year old CAD software on 30 year old hardware for an hour, and somehow there’s 100k other weirdos enjoying the same content.
God I wish discovery features were better. There’s so much great stuff out there but it’s so hard to find it.
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Before anyone gets really bummed, his channel's not going away. He's just taking a much deserved break from ten years of weekly uploads (which is an absolutely insane record considering the quality of his content).
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Man, I thought he was quitting for something that happened but it’s just a (well deserved) break, good for him.
I hope he takes all the rest he deserves and starts uploading again whenever he feels like it (even switching to an irregular schedule would be fine, most channels that keep a weekly one end up getting stale at some point and the fact he’s been doing it for ten years with this level of quality is amazing)
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I hope he enjoys his well earned break, dude makes some of my favourite content on YouTube
He doesn't seem the type that's able to stop doing something. My bet is he'll take a well deserved break and come back full force with a new project.
A couple of years back he did stop the park bench with Matt cold turkey though.. So I can see him stopping or massively slowing down his main channel stuff, but he will keep doing other things on the side for sure!
He then started up Tom Scott Plus and they ramped up the technical difficulties channel so it holds that he probably only stopped one thing so he could start something else.
I could defnitely see that. I get the sense he has a particular penchant for deep dives and sharing knowledge which would make such a channel appealing (from a creator's perspective). He definitely deserves a break. After the last few years, we all do TBH
Keeping up a video a week for 10 years is insane with the stuff he does
I’ve loved his content for years now. He did say that he was just slowing down, not stopping and I fully support him prioritizing life.
Clearly we are all fans here, so I’ll ask what other channels people would recommend?
My top of head list includes: “Stuff Made Here” “CGPgrey” “AvE” “MinutePhysics”.
Technology Connections for that real deep dive into shit you never knew you wanted to know.
Really enjoy that channel. Want to watch 3 hours of content about juke boxes, or laser discs? He's got you covered, and that's way more interesting than it sounds like it should be.
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Practical Engineering, Real Engineering, Wendover, Climate Town, Kurzgesagt, Polymatter, Smarter Every Day, Veritasium, and The School of Life are a bunch of my favourites in the educational space.
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A well deserved break, the amount of travelling he does for his videos must be an insane amount of miles.
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It's crazy how he's been doing it non-stop for 10 years. A well deserved vacation.
His content never disappoints. I've only started watching in the last few years so I've got some backlog I can catch up on.
IIRC, in a vid a few months ago he said he'd still make content, just not in the current weekly format.
Enjoy a proper rest Tom!
so he's not going to stop uploading vids? that's good news then
Oh wow. Well deserved though.
Idk where this upheaval always comes from when a Youtuber decides to not work for a while. If Dan Smithson in 69 Boredom-Boulevard, Unspectacular-City, Illinois decides to take a break from freelance-work, no one bats an eye. But if a Youtuber does it, everybody loses their minds!
Because Dan Smithson in 69 Boredom-Boulevard, Unspectacular-City, Illinois has not contributed anything to my life, as far as I can tell, so his actions are irrelevant to me.
Tom Scott on the other hand has provided a lot of content that I find interesting so naturally anything that stops him from doing the thing I like IS relevant to me.
Likewise, if I quit my job, I don't expect you to care. But I'm sure my family would care greatly.
This articulated response is why I switched to Lemmy. 💜
I don't really get why some YouTubers keep a schedule to begin with. I'm fine with them coming out with content whenever they have something, it doesn't have to be the same time of the week every week. It's not TV, I'm fine with waiting.
Because that's what the algorithms that will boost your channel like. Regular once a week videos at least. By taking a break not only do we miss out on shows his show will drop right down in the algorithm and he will lose income
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And I've never heard of him. Fantastic channel though. Subscribed
Fascinating! I always thought he was one of those people everyone who is active on my corner of the internet had heard of.
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No matter the topic his Videos were always interesting and fun to watch. Gonna miss his Videos but He deserves his well earned break
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As someone that really enjoys his videos, I hope they’re not gone forever. I somewhat doubt they will be though. Maybe he will go back to an upload every 6 months or year after his break. I do also enjoy his Lateral podcast, if anyone hasn’t checked that out yet. Some pretty well known YouTuber guests.
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Tom is a wonderful part of the YouTube landscape, and I will miss his videos. But then again, holy hell 10 years of this. Not only is the break well earned, he must be starting to feel some of that burn out.
A but of that going around at the moment, eh? Lots of things changing.
Well deserved & cant blame him. Wishing him the best but man I'm going to miss his videos!
I think it's fair to say we'll miss his regularly released content, but it's fair to say he deserves a nice break.
Thank you Tom Scott!
Tom Scott has some of the best content on YouTube. It's well paced, interesting and concise. He's a great dude.
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"I am currently taking a rest"
He deserves the break, he's one of my favorite educational YouTubers (along with Vsauce etc.)
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