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?

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[–] Gingernate@programming.dev 5 points 9 months ago

Why do I keep seeing people say it out of no where? He announced it months ago

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 5 points 9 months ago

Came out of nowhere?

He announced it months ago.

[–] PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 9 months ago

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.

[–] tiredofsametab@kbin.social 3 points 9 months ago

I'll miss his regular content, but dude deserves a break. All the best to him and I hope he continues to make content as he feels comfortable in so doing.

[–] Computerchairgeneral@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago

I mean, I am going to miss the regular videos, but I'm glad he's getting to step away on his own terms. So many youtubers burn out, stop uploading, and then just disappear. Or they turn into a brand that they have to manage instead of creating what they want to. Not many get to fly off into the sunset under a helicopter, so that's nice. Plus, he's not stepping away from creating stuff entirely so there's that.

[–] gentooer@programming.dev 1 points 9 months ago

I'm looking forward to new Technical Difficulties stuff!

[–] FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Literally the first time I have ever heard of this man.

[–] l_b_i@yiffit.net 1 points 9 months ago

Its funny how youtube has its circles. Tom scott is in the science youtube sphere, with Smarter Every Day (Destin), Technology Connections (Alec), Practical Engieneering(Grady), Stand Up Maths (Matt Parker), Steve Mould, Numberphile, Computerphile, and many, many others.

Tom Scott is Nice in this category as his videos are usually short, to the point, interesting, and weekly. He has some longer form content and game shows on other channels to. Overall if your interested in science and trivia game show youtube, he's worth a watch. His other channels are Technical Difficulties, lateralcast, and no longer used Matt and Tom.

[–] zanyllama52@infosec.pub 1 points 9 months ago

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

[–] lolola@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

who is tom scott

[–] Skua@kbin.social 1 points 9 months ago

A youtuber who has been releasing high-quality stuff weekly for ten years solid. His videos are well worth a watch if you like the topics at hand. His main series are on science and engineering, linguistics, and interesting places

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

What will I do without Tom Scott?

[–] Tischkante@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 9 months ago

I don't know if I could do the same thing for that long. He must've liked it.

[–] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 1 points 9 months ago

He did mentioned he's gonna quit half year ago, so it doesn't really a surprise for me. Still, i'm gonna miss his series for a bit.

[–] TDCN@feddit.dk 1 points 9 months ago

To me it's also about integrity. Know when to stop and when to take a break. Sometimes it's good to stop while things are good instead of him keep pushing himself to produce untill something bad happens like worse quality. Scandalous YouTube drama arises or what ever else he's in risk of ending up on. I'd rather keep remembering Tom as a really good person and YouTuber withe excellent content than a Tom who lost to the system. Also he might have a comeback with something else, something new and innovative that we couldn't even imagine.

[–] Hazzard@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

Pretty happy about it honestly. He's been counting down to this for ages in his newsletter, so it's far from a blindside on my end.

I've preferred much of his "second channel" content for a while now anyways, and I suspect we'll see lots of interesting content outside of the boundaries of "things you may not know".