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?
Came out of nowhere?
He announced it months ago.
Yea, known this day was coming for 3+ months.
Love his content, love his podcast, and hope that he finds a new stride for himself, either making more videos or doing something else.
I’m sad, but I didn’t want to comment on the video saying that I’m sad, because he deserves to choose what he wants to do. But I’m sad.
You’re aloud to be sad, Vlad.
(Sorry I couldn’t help myself)
You can be happy for the person making the choice that they are making, but also feel bad/sad about the effect it has on you.
I don’t want Tom to commit his entire life to YouTube. I respect him as a person and want him to do what’s best for him, but I also really enjoyed his content and will miss his regular high quality uploads. One of the first things I’d do when I got home from that first work/school day of the week would be to watch the latest Tom Scott video. I’ve massively dialed back my YouTube watching in recent years, but I still always watch his content.
One silver lining is we might get more technical difficulties.
It means that YouTube lost one of the better content creators. He will surely be missed.
Ultimately his biggest priority is himself, as he mentioned in the video to keep going he need to move to more of a manager role and he isn’t keen on that so stepping back is the other option
I look forward to more techdiff stuff and hope he does well in his future endeavours.
This is the third post I’ve seen about this guy but the first to actually state his name. Thanks, still no idea who he is though.
He made videos about interesting places, things, and topics. And did so on a regular weekly schedule for 10 years (precisely)
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.
I think he privates all his update videos after a certain length of time, to avoid people being confused.
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
who is tom scott
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
Never heard of him
Great news, you’ve got lots of good viewing ahead of you. https://www.youtube.com/@TomScottGo/videos
Yeah, no. Hard pass
Well, no one was planning on strapping you to a chair, as far as I know
He’s made the Internet a better place, I wish him well and thank him for 10 years of great stuff. And I’ve just subscribed to his podcast
He’s still going to be posting videos, has a running podcast and produces for several other channels. It’s just this show that won’t be weekly anymore. People are melodramatic. It is the end of an era and it’s a significant lower volume of work for him. Definitely a series ending. But it isn’t like he died or anything.
Also, like everyone has been pointing out, he announced this in July. He talked about the possibility of ending the series a couple of years ago in a video about work ethics.
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.
It’s a shame to see him go, as his weekly uploads were always interesting things to look at, and have inspired some parts of my bucket list…
Having said that, after 10 years of weekly uploads (about 520 videos) without missing a single one (excluding guest videos), he absolutely deserves a hiatus from this series.
If his passions lie in his other works (ala Technical Difficulties), I say let him pursue those - I’d much rather see Tom work on other content than have him burn out and dissappear from the internet entirely, he’s too good for that.
Plus, who knows, maybe he’ll come back to do one-off specials or start it up again with less frequent uploads - but either way, that’s for Tom to decide, not us.
My thoughts are it is really strange to have this much attachment to a YouTube channel and it reeks ever so slightly of an unhealthy parasocial relationship.
Tom Scott is closer to Mr Wizard than an influencer
I wasn’t sad about Mr. Wizard ending, either.
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.
I respect it. He has been going on for 10 years. It’s crazy seeing how much work it is. I hope he finds what make him happy.
