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Who the hell is MrBeast? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 months ago by KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I never bothered to ask and now i'm afraid of being outed as an old for asking.

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[–] sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

My understanding is that he got his start doing extreme challenges himself, so now that he's got the money, he challenges fans and gives prize payouts. He also still does his own challenges once in a while.