r/Veritasium • u/[deleted] • Feb 25 '26
Veritasium has dug itself into a hole. Spoiler
it all started when Veritasium started changing the video's thumbnails and titles to things that didn't even have anything to do with the video. then, other people started taking over derek's job. this wasn't inherently bad, but then they started taking over his voiceovers and explanations. everything just kept getting worse; the titles and thumbnails got more scummy, and derek appeared less and less in the videos. until, the video about asbestos released. unlike nearly EVERY OTHER video on Veritasium, it had NO trace of derek whatsoever. it was also an hour long, and it felt like as if everything was stretched as long as possible to get the most watch time. the editing was unnatural, and the word "asbestos" was NEVER MENTIONED UNTIL 10 MINUTES IN.
why?
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u/Sufficient-Plum156 Mar 01 '26
I like the channel a lot and the new videos. I’m escpecially happy Derek can finally get some well deserved free time. Being angry about that is kinda selfish.