paxys
nadermx
Yeah, he's confusing uploading videos and their view counts to success. What a weird push.
lysace
I'd say YC/HN needs to invest more in detecting fake voting.
It's becoming clear they they are mostly relying on flagging, these days. This is however easily abused. (Alas...)
dooglius
The author seems to not have conceived of the possibility that the guy's goal was something other than subscriber count. Did he consider his own results "dismal"?
jaggederest
The businessman and the fisherman seems relevant
https://paulocoelhoblog.com/2015/09/04/the-fisherman-and-the...
alganet
> he never found a market
He found you! I mean, he reached you, and you bought it.
Perhaps that hasn't translated into monetary value, but have you considered the possibility that this was not his goal?
I mean, untapped potential hides some pretty powerful implications. Nature is particularly good at reserving and shaping potential in all sorts of ways that keep it untapped for a lot of time.
This kind of content should stay on Linkedin.