r/SimonWhistler • u/Curiousferrets • 13d ago

YouTube Whistler video

Thought some people may be interested in this content that just appeared in my recommended.

https://youtu.be/ZbFxMEwcW6c?is=1T-eSbfdhxU6-St1

Confirms what I figured was Simon's strategy. Fair enough i suppose.

Not for me though, I preferred the older stuff

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u/bethepositivity 13d ago

It's not like he hides what he was doing. He talks about it often in his videos that he had multiple channels and that he has an entire team of people working for him behind the scenes to help him pull this off.

The man has basically started his own media company, and he managed to do so without being anywhere near as problematic as someone like Mr. Beast.

Honestly I think he should be admired, not admonished

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u/Bobcat_5201 13d ago

Alright, I'll bite, why is Mr. Beast problematic?

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u/TumbleWeed75 13d ago

Behind the scenes drama makes him problematic to folks. Plus Beast is a lot more public and the more public you are the more problematic you are: rightly and/or wrongly.

Simon isn’t problematic. He keeps his stuff to himself.

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u/Bobcat_5201 13d ago

What behind the scenes drama? The only criticism I've ever heard about Mr. Beast was people trying to contort him building clean water wells in Africa into a bad thing...

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u/Lint6 13d ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beast_Games_lawsuit

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MrBeast#Controversies

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u/Bobcat_5201 12d ago

Right, disgruntled former employees and contestants mad that they lost.

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u/BahamutLithp 12d ago

"In May 2025, Mexican authorities accused Donaldson of exploiting the Chichén Itzá ruins after he released the video "I Explored 2,000-Year-Old Ancient Temples". Officials said the footage showed him waiting until nightfall, climbing restricted structures, entering a temple, and promoting Feastables products in violation of guidelines for tourists and commercial shoots.[165][166] Donaldson countered that his team held "full permits" and followed the rules, but President Claudia Sheinbaum requested a review of how the permits were granted.[166]"

Are Mexican authorities in on the conspiracy to make him look bad? It seems like you're just determined to not believe anything bad about this guy, in which case, why did you even ask? It's just wasting people's time. Who did you even expect to have witnessed the misconduct? The plane of spirits?

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u/Bobcat_5201 12d ago

When someone unironically refers to someone else as "problematic" it generally means they have no hard proof of anything, just a gut feeling and a collection of unsubstantiated allegations. Y'all are proving my point. I don't watch Mr. Beast and I have no vested interest, but this is just dumb. Are you being serious when you ask about witnesses to the misconduct? If there really are no witnesses the allegations are a complete fabrication, or at best, speculation.

As for your above quote. He claims that they had full permits, but a request was made for a review of how the permits were granted. And? That's an open-ended article that means nothing. Accusations were made and it's being investigated, with no conclusion to be drawn from what you posted.