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0 pointsneom1y ago0 comments

As the CEO of Habitat for Humanity says in the video, it was for marketing, not the houses he literally built. "I don't think anyone would have hear of Habitat for Humanity If President and Mrs. Carter hadn't gotten on that bus in 1984" - They've since gone on to build over 800,000 homes - he could have easily not gotten behind them in such an earnest way year over year.

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benatkin1y ago

And the video has 16 upvotes on YouTube? Not that I wish it had more, because Habitat for Humanity might not be among the best major humanitarian charities. https://www.propublica.org/article/habitat-for-humanity-broo...

lelandfe1y ago

Sadly, things in the 80's tended to get few upvotes on YouTube. But Carter really was the real deal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_%26_Rosalynn_Carter_Work...

> Habitat for Humanity might not be among the best major humanitarian charities

Habitat-NYC is an independent affiliate, with its own CEO and everything.

benatkin1y ago

If I was running a charity like that, I would try to curate the main YouTube account and make it so practically everything gets at least hundreds of likes.

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johnnyanmac1y ago

11 years old and I doubt HfH was spamming their channel with reactions, memes, and Crazy challenges (GONE SEXUAL!). A lot of the "good content" isn't as "watchable", sadly.

I am glad more and more well produced channels are starting to buck this trend though. They won't ever be Mr. Beast levels, but they amass a solid following.

benatkin1y ago

2013 was a big year on YouTube, it was the year after Gangnam Style came out - the first YouTube video to reach a billion views. When I see old videos on there I often see a high upvote count.

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benatkin1y ago

lelandfe1y ago

Sadly, things in the 80's tended to get few upvotes on YouTube. But Carter really was the real deal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_%26_Rosalynn_Carter_Work...

> Habitat for Humanity might not be among the best major humanitarian charities

Habitat-NYC is an independent affiliate, with its own CEO and everything.

benatkin1y ago

If I was running a charity like that, I would try to curate the main YouTube account and make it so practically everything gets at least hundreds of likes.

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johnnyanmac1y ago

11 years old and I doubt HfH was spamming their channel with reactions, memes, and Crazy challenges (GONE SEXUAL!). A lot of the "good content" isn't as "watchable", sadly.

I am glad more and more well produced channels are starting to buck this trend though. They won't ever be Mr. Beast levels, but they amass a solid following.

benatkin1y ago

2013 was a big year on YouTube, it was the year after Gangnam Style came out - the first YouTube video to reach a billion views. When I see old videos on there I often see a high upvote count.

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