How do you feel about Tom Scott going on hiatus after 10 years?

I’ll admit I’m a little lost/down, it came out of nowhere! Over the years he’s produced an endless stream of genuinely interesting videos. I can’t really think of any other video hosts that can make a wide range of topics sound so interesting.

Probably I’m just scared of change…

On the flip side though, I’m really happy that he’s decided his personal happiness is more important, and has decided to focus on people close to him.

What are your thoughts?

PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S,
@PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

I’ll admit I’m a little lost/down, it came out of nowhere!

Not to be a jackass, but I distinctly remember watching a video at the beginning of July about how he would leave in six months, and he even said his last video would go up on January 1st. It looks like the video has since been privated.

What are your thoughts?

I’m going to miss him as long as he’s not making YouTube videos, but everyone deserves a break. Still, I selfishly hope he returns soon or at all, but if not then that’s good too.

Thanks for the good times, Tom.

Th4tGuyII,
Th4tGuyII avatar

Was going to say the same - I distinctly remember him making a direct announcement back around June-July about him going on hiatus, and a fair few subsequent mentions throughout the last ~6 months of videos, so it's hardly fair to Tom to say it came completely out of nowhere

Playingwithethenew,

I think he privates all his update videos after a certain length of time, to avoid people being confused.

Moira_Mayhem,

He deserves the break, there are a lot of other good content creators out there.

lazycouchpotato,
@lazycouchpotato@lemmy.world avatar

Absolutely well deserved.

His videos are always fun to bring up when conversing with someone.

lordmauve,

I like Tom Scott, I think his videos are interesting and well produced. But I’m glad for the break, I think I’ve reached saturation on Tom Scott content and am starting to find Tom Scott’s Tom Scott mannerisms and speech patterns to be a bit too gratingly Tom Scott. The earnest Tom Scott monologues, Tom Scott’s Tom Scott laugh while experiencing something Tom Scott about 3/4 predicted, the Tom Scott pause before delivering that last Tom Scott factoid.

Anyway, I hope he has a nice break and comes back some day soon.

TheBlue22,

Dude ABSOLUTELY deserves the hiatus.

Having a weekly schedule with an interesting video for 10 years?! Thats insane!

He has become a legend and deservingly so, I hope he enjoys his break and comes back with some bangers in the future

zanyllama52,
@zanyllama52@infosec.pub avatar

I don’t think I’ve heard of this person, maybe i’ll check it out.

TIMMAY,

You definitely should! He has been making web content for 24+ years but the last ten he has put out one interesting video every monday without fail (plus doing a bunch of other things and being in a lot of other creator’s content). He is passionate af about what he does and his content is as bite-sized as it is awesome

Anyolduser,

Oh BOY are you in for a treat!

xkforce,

I am surprised he lasted that long tbh. I dont think most people realize how much work it takes to do what he does and that is hard to maintain. I am not surprised he eventually found himself needing to step away from it.

MrNorm,

Tom Scott has been in my life for the best part of 7 years and it didn’t hit me how much I would miss him until that montage at the end of his last video, where I was reminded of so much stuff. It really made me smile, laugh and then feel quite emotional because the weight of that chapter ending suddenly hit me.

Sometimes you can only really appreciate something when it’s too late. Tom put so much effort into all of his content. Far more than the average YouTuber.

That’s not to say he’s gone forever, which he clearly stated but I would love to buy him a drink and thank him in person for being in my life and entertaining me for all that time.

buddascrayon,

it came out of nowhere!

It really didn’t. He literally made a video a while back saying he was doing this. And has alluded to it in several of the videos he’s made in the past couple of months.

Eranziel,

Wasn’t it almost a year ago that he announced this was his plan?

Yoz,

Don’t know Don’t care

uhmbah,

Ha. The question is “how do you feel” and you get downvoted for saying how you feel.

Putzes.

Yoz,

Welcome to Lemmy

Wanderer,

I wish his videos cycled weekly. I missed the first few years so it would nice to catch up in a weekly format

Squizzy,

Happy for him, it was great content though.

Did anyone ever see the green text about Tom going off with a guys girlfriend? Hilarious, not saying Tom knew or anything.

gentooer,

I’m looking forward to new Technical Difficulties stuff!

Feathercrown,

He deserves to rest. I’ll miss his videos though.

Fiivemacs,

I don’t care one bit.

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