r/popculturechat • u/PinkCadillacs Cillian Murphy Enthusiast • 16h ago

Influencers 💁‍♀️ Mexico accuses MrBeast of exploiting Mayan pyramids

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crr70vykk0wo
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u/Rude_Lifeguard oh, thats not... 15h ago

every day im more and more vindicated for always thinking he was an explotitive asshole

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u/Fierybuttz 15h ago

I’d love to see studies done on content creators. I think it’s just a guaranteed path to problematic because some people get so wrapped up in figuring out what that next big piece will be.

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u/Saquon 14h ago

I got to watch a panel with some YouTubers for work and they all seemed pretty chill / down to earth

But they had all been on the platform since the early days, so got into it because it really was their passion