[_9omd]

But if he’s honest in telling his origin story about figuring out how to optimally drive engagement, doesn’t that actually make him genuine? There’s no lie here. He’s upfront about how he’s optimizing content for views and using profits to drive further content, grow the business, and donate to charity.

I don’t really find his content very interesting, but he seems like a decent guy and you can definitely make an argument he’s doing some good in the world.

[iamleppert]

It may make him honest but he doesn’t deserve the type of praise people give to him. He never set out to help people, that isn’t the root of his motivation, and never has been. He is motivated to create content that gets a lot of views and “wins YouTube”.

The content isn’t the point in his mind, it’s getting as many views as possible. So that’s what I mean when I say he isn’t genuine, because the content is only there to get the views, and he’s only doing it because it’s what works.