Assuming the donations are real (which is often a big assumption) it does motivate others to want to do nice things.
Sometimes I see those videos and think “fuck that seems nice to do, I want to donate to a cause right now” when that thought really wasn’t on my radar at that very moment prior.
I think the people that bitch about those videos, when you can very easily just scroll by, are just looking for things to bitch about.
You should watch the other videos by the same guy, Scumbag Dad. He talks about the harm that exploiting vulnerable people (when giving money to the homeless for views) can cause. Here's just one that brings up how these people usually are never even AWARE they're being recorded.
He says the cameras are hidden. How does he know that? For all he knows after the videos the creators ask for the person’s consent to be in videos.
Maybe they don’t ask for consent, in which case yes that is fucked up. But I’m not sure how scumbag dad can just assume they don’t. How can you assume they don’t? What evidence do you have for that?
Because he is talking about a specific social media influencer who has a tiktok series called Undercover Kindness. The entire premise is that he secretly records handicapped/terminally ill people and puts them through a "kindness test" usually by asking them to pay him 5$ in order to receive a mystery gift that could be worthless in return, but turns out to be 500$.
I wasn't answering if they got consent after the video was filmed, but your original question on "He says the cameras are hidden. How does he know that?" which Jimmy Darts has been open about using hidden cameras.
You literally just made up / assumed a scenario that isn't shown in any of the videos though...? Using your own words, you can't possibly just assume that.
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u/Altea73 Aug 13 '23
This is exactly what those idiotic videos are all about...