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How Jimmy Donaldson, aka MrBeast, became a viral sensation for his absurd acts of altruism and pitching subscribing as an act of charity, sometimes literally

Jimmy Donaldson, a.k.a. MrBeast, has become a viral sensation for his absurd acts of altruism.  Why do so many people think he's evil?

New York Times Max Read

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  • @deftlyinane Jeremy Markovich on x
    once again i ask you, earnestly, how much of greenville's economy relies on mrbeast https://www.nytimes.com/...
  • @readmaxread @readmaxread on x
    I wrote about MrBeast's demonic/genius charity-audience growth flywheel for the New York Times Magazine https://www.nytimes.com/...
  • @kvanvalkenburg Kevin Van Valkenburg on x
    This is worth your time and moral dilemma. https://www.nytimes.com/...
  • @georebekah Rebekah Jones on x
    This goes to show that you can literally be famous for how ridiculously you help people and these sites will STILL platform people who hate you for it... Pathetic. https://www.nytimes.com/...
  • @alexnpress Alex Press on x
    reading this one did make me laugh. would be incredible if the title was I Paid a Real Assassin to Kill Me and it was his final video https://twitter.com/... [image]