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Champoloo [he/him]@hexbear.net to Chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 4 days ago

Devastated father says his 9-year-old son spent $118,000 on YouTube ad campaigns for his Minecraft channel using a company credit card — bill racked up in just three weeks was supposed to be one $20

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Devastated father says his 9-year-old son spent $118,000 on YouTube ad campaigns for his Minecraft channel using a company credit card — bill racked up in just three weeks was supposed to be one $20

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  • UmbraVivi [he/him, she/her]@hexbear.net
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    It’s funny but ngl this is kinda sad. Yeah the dad messed up, but randomly being on the hook for $118k is devastating for a family.

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      Not to mention it’s not even real monetary cost, it’s made up monopoly rent pricing

  • MarxMadness [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    This kid has founder and CEO written all over him

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      if he was CEO material he would’ve spent the money on AI tokens to build the next minecraft in JavaScript

  • Carl [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    Sucks but ending the channel after spending all that money on advertising is the wrong move, it sounds to me like what your son needs is another round of investment. Have you considered pivoting to AI-enhanced content?

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    He probably should have been fired when he bought Robux on the company credit card the first time.

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      IIRC he did the purchase using his personal CC, but his account also had his work CC linked

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        Dave said he entered the company card himself to buy Robux for his son, and it then sat saved on the Google account that also carries his work email, calendar, and files. Dave did not say why he used the company card for that purchase.

        Doesn’t sound that way in the article

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          maybe the company allows them to take robux in lieu of a salary

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    Lol just look at the channel, 400 views, 300 views, some has 1k views and some random ones has 120k views. I don’t see how is a problem, the ad campaign did work.

  • abc [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    skill issue on the parent’s part. why didn’t you just create a youtube kids account for your son’s burgeoning youtube ideas

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      Bourgeoisning

  • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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    The son is INNOCENT

    • AOCapitulator [they/them, she/her]@hexbear.net
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      the dad thinks so too, I watched the video and goddamn is it wholesome and also very sad

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    I heard about this: Has there been any 2nd hand verification it’s real?

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