I don't think it's got much to do with new types of content being successful. If anything, those guys have just been doing this for so long that they definitely should take a loooong break, at least.

[–] ZWho63@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Tom Scott and Matpat didn't talk about breaks; they're closing up shop for good in some way: MatPat has said he's handing over creative control of the Theorist channels and assuming a more casual admin role to spend more time with his kid. Tom Scott said that he set a limit for 10 years on his main channel; he may come back to it, but it doesn't seem likely. Others are also quitting, such as Moo from the Vanoss Crew.

[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 7 points 10 months ago

Tom didn't say limit, he said goal. He said that after a break, he will probably upload videos to his main channel from time to time, but that when he does come back it won't be at his current schedule or with his current format.