Adding to this. I can& #39;t find the screenshots or my chats with Rachel, but they (she?) consistently pushed boundaries with me and made me feel uncomfortable and manipulated, especially since I believe they supported VALENCE on Patreon for a time. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧵" title="Thread" aria-label="Emoji: Thread"> https://twitter.com/KingColeMiner/status/1301716325971234816">https://twitter.com/KingColeM...

They would message me often telling me that they thought if we met in person, we& #39;d be best friends. I know this sounds like nothing, but... I literally wrote the text on the dangers of parasocial relationships with podcasters. https://wilwilliams.reviews/2019/01/04/podcasters-are-people-the-intimacy-of-medium-vs-parasocial-relationships/">https://wilwilliams.reviews/2019/01/0...

It isn& #39;t just that I& #39;m touchy about this; it& #39;s that the parasocial article is one of my most well-known. It& #39;s one of my articles that gets linked the most. It& #39;s one of the articles I& #39;m most proud of. To be "my fan" is to be at LEAST aware of my thoughts on this.

So pushing those boundaries had a specific edge that I couldn& #39;t really place. I& #39;m going to give Rachel the benefit of the doubt that this was done unwittingly--but it& #39;s either ignorant and lacking self-awareness, or it& #39;s purposeful and manipulative and bizarre.

I& #39;m not editing the order of this thread but want to specify that Rachel would send me these VERY forward and clingy messages when I had literally never talked to them before. At no point did I do more than offer up basic advice like I do with everyone.