Tom Scott is back on YouTube [video] (youtube.com)

by latexr 8 comments 34 points
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[−] catapart 44d ago
video was posted 9 days ago, in case anyone was blowing this off as an April Fools joke.
[−] zeristor 44d ago
A great video following the day in a Loughborough bell foundry
[−] JKCalhoun 44d ago
[−] yeah879846 44d ago
It is not the same
[−] midnight_eclair 44d ago
inb4 it's AI generated and Tom sold his channel to some faceless corpo 3.. 2.. 1...
[−] xantronix 44d ago
I don't think Tom would ever do that. From firsthand accounts from people I know who know Tom, that would be extremely out of character and not consistent with their moral compass.
[−] bjourne 44d ago
Veritasium dude sold his channel so why not Tom?
[−] xantronix 38d ago
I meant to reply days ago, but, if I were to hazard a guess:

• Tom Scott's brand is Tom Scott the Creative Vision, and Tom Scott the "It's Ready When It's Ready". Sacrificing either would drive away the audience.

• Having a presence on a creative collective platform like Nebula affords a great deal more autonomy here. Yeah, while the YouTube channel occupies a special and inimitable place, there's not a lot of recourse from their mercurial and non-transparent algorithmic changes.