this post was submitted on 01 Jul 2023
1147 points (97.8% liked)

Videos

14114 readers
1 users here now

For sharing interesting videos from around the Web!

Rules

  1. Videos only
  2. Follow the global Mastodon.World rules and the Lemmy.World TOS while posting and commenting.
  3. Link directly to the video source and not for example an embedded video in an article.
  4. Don't be a jerk
  5. No advertising
  6. Avoid clickbait titles. (Tip: Use dearrow)

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 

Tom Scott will post 26 more videos before taking a break after 10 years of weekly content.

top 50 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] [email protected] 108 points 1 year ago

I'm gonna miss his videos but the man really earned his vacation. Best of luck to him.

[–] [email protected] 79 points 1 year ago (3 children)

He really is a diamond in a sea of shitty YouTube channels.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Technology Connections is another top tier channel without enough recognition.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yes. I love that guy. He's on Mastodon too, which is super cool for the fediverse.

load more comments (2 replies)
load more comments (2 replies)
[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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.

load more comments (2 replies)
load more comments (1 replies)
[–] [email protected] 77 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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).

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] [email protected] 74 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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)

load more comments (3 replies)
[–] [email protected] 69 points 1 year ago

I hope he enjoys his well earned break, dude makes some of my favourite content on YouTube

[–] [email protected] 58 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 56 points 1 year ago

Keeping up a video a week for 10 years is insane with the stuff he does

[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

A well deserved break, the amount of travelling he does for his videos must be an insane amount of miles.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I want to believe that he has accumulated many air miles, and is going on one hell of a holiday.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

"I am in the Heathrow British Airways First Class lounge with a bottle of champagne".

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago

It's crazy how he's been doing it non-stop for 10 years. A well deserved vacation.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 year ago (11 children)

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”.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Technology Connections for that real deep dive into shit you never knew you wanted to know.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

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.

load more comments (4 replies)
[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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.

load more comments (3 replies)
load more comments (9 replies)
[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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!

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

so he's not going to stop uploading vids? that's good news then

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (4 children)

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!

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (9 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

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

load more comments (8 replies)
load more comments (2 replies)
[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago

Oh wow. Well deserved though.

[–] adept 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No matter the topic his Videos were always interesting and fun to watch. Gonna miss his Videos but He deserves his well earned break

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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.

load more comments (2 replies)
[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (3 children)

And I've never heard of him. Fantastic channel though. Subscribed

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Fascinating! I always thought he was one of those people everyone who is active on my corner of the internet had heard of.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)
load more comments (1 replies)
load more comments (4 replies)
load more comments (2 replies)
[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

Well deserved & cant blame him. Wishing him the best but man I'm going to miss his videos!

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

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!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

"I am currently taking a rest"

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Tom Scott has some of the best content on YouTube. It's well paced, interesting and concise. He's a great dude.

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (5 children)

You scared me! I thought he was quitting!

load more comments (5 replies)
[–] tappyturtle 10 points 1 year ago

He deserves the break, he's one of my favorite educational YouTubers (along with Vsauce etc.)

load more comments
view more: next ›