Don't do good, you won't get evil
Mr. Beiste (hereinafter - MB) is known, probably, by everyone who regularly watches YouTube. His ideas are copied by bloggers with millions of followers, and the concept of his video covers was shared by other channels a long time ago.
In his videos, MB often helps people around the world - building schools and orphanages, giving away free food, cleaning oceans and planting millions of trees. And makes content out of it, naturally.
Now for the story. Six months ago, MB built 100 wells in Africa and provided clean drinking water to about half a million people in Kenya and Zimbabwe. It would seem that there is nothing to pick on.
But no, the Africans themselves (some of them) have thrown the MB into a panama. A blogger from Ghana calls MB's actions disrespectful to Africans, and a politician from Kenya says that MB is simply exploiting Africa's problems, earning millions of dollars from this "philanthropy".
Similar rhetoric came down on MB when he paid for a thousand people to have surgery to restore their eyesight. He was accused of "abusing poverty" for such a gesture.
What I have to say. Does MB make money from this content? Absolutely. But has anyone been made worse off by what MB has done? No. He helped a lot of people, the haters had a lot to talk about, and someone made a nice profit on this criticism. Did it make anyone better? Definitely yes.
MB has gained a huge audience, is making crazy money and using it to change the world for the better. Personally, I have nothing but respect for such a person.
If you're criticized, it means you've left someone caring about your work. It has reached an audience that was previously unfamiliar with you. This applies to any criticism - constructive or non-constructive. It doesn't matter. Criticism means a lot of people have seen your results. It's bad if you've done something and no one wants it.
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