Notch - What We All Got Wrong

It's no secret that Minecraft creator Markus Notch Persson has become a controversial figure, but is there more to the story than you've heard?

[SlushTV]

dang youtube compression making all my videos look worse

[oscarapplegate]

So... the story is that Twitter should’ve never been created..?

[isengarde]

I swear Notch is one of the few respected fedora guys out there.

[zqvpepk]

The more I grow up the more I think that I don’t need to know about celebrities because I won’t meet them and even if I did it would probably make them uncomfortable that someone knows a lot about them.

[NaudVanDalen]

People forget that Notch is still a Persson.

[paranoialshock]

The internet is supposed to give you a idea of having fun but people instead to use it to ruin others life without them understanding what is truly happening

[iamknneth]

No matter what people think of him, I still admire notch for making my childhood the best!

[TheMisterEpic]

Great video, loved your conclusion that you don't know Notch enough well to form an opinion on him, this should be a more common way of thinking

[snazzyshark]

Honestly notch did a pro gamer move by selling minecraft to Microsoft no matter how bad or good they handled it afterwards

[Blackfilmguild]

The bigger problem is that people think the internet is real life.

[axiezimmah]

Imagine being banned from a 10 year celebration of the game you made.

[The_Horizon]

0:19 the complete opposite of what that last tweet said happened lol

[maxemore]

let's be real, all problems with famous people start from having a twitter, that website is so fucked

[cthulujesus]

Public perception failing to factor in truth doesn't just apply to our culture, but every culture that was or will be. Sure, social media increases the amount of public figures (who are judged for things that are not always factual), but this issue existed far before the internet, and will likely follow to whatever communication channels we create next.

[endeyfire]

this makes sense, and i appreciate that.

[thumperjack]

As someone who grew up playing Minecraft from a small age, Notch was my hero. I saw him as a great figure who had created my favorite game. I was too young to know that there were such controversies and instead was mad that he had sold the game to Microsoft and thought (at the time) that they were ruining the game. I am a bit older now and understand that not everything is black and white like that but because of the way I grew up Notch is still highly respected in my head.

[MichaelMoore]

"squeaky clean celebrity"
*shows Ellen*
Um, yeah, about that...

[Ariel_L]

I love how you present a bigger idea through the example of notch. great video!

[zepppp]

I actually asked notch a couple of days ago if this was the same notch from Minecraft, and he said that he made the game, but the same, he doesn’t know.

[Justpassingby]

This is easily my favorite video of yours. I like how you talk about how social media fame is based on “extremes.”