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Today& #39;s PSA:
The people who are in the streams you enjoy—or don& #39;t enjoy—are still PEOPLE. I& #39;ve recently had high-level performers confide in me how bummed out they& #39;d gotten over fan toxicity lately, and that& #39;s really a drag. 1/
The people who are in the streams you enjoy—or don& #39;t enjoy—are still PEOPLE. I& #39;ve recently had high-level performers confide in me how bummed out they& #39;d gotten over fan toxicity lately, and that& #39;s really a drag. 1/
So many times I& #39;ve gotten & #39;oh, I didn& #39;t know the cast would see this;& #39; well, if you wouldn& #39;t say something to a person& #39;s face, maybe don& #39;t say it at all. And it& #39;s fine if something isn& #39;t your jam. I don& #39;t watch some HUGE shows/streams. I also find no joy in ragging on them 2/
Which is an odd staple of geek culture: Trashing something to show how much you love it. You can spot a Star Wars fan by the venom they spew at the movies they don& #39;t like. Sports fans don& #39;t get off on trashing & #39;their& #39; team, I& #39;ve never understood why geeks seem to. 3/
I myself give a ton of time and access to fans; interacting with the people is my favorite part of all of this. I am also pretty emotionally resilient; it takes a LOT to get under my skin, but once something has you& #39;ll find out RIGHT THEN. 4/
Recently I started participating in a new community that has a small but particularly gross culture of negative criticism. For me personally it started as criticisms about my performance that were factually inaccurate, which I pointed out. That was just the beginning. 5/
Now, I got lucky y& #39;all. I was HOT for a few sessions. But instead of being like & #39;wow, that& #39;s crazy luck& #39; like MOST of the community, a dedicated few set about implying that I must be cheating.
So I shut that shit DOWN.
This is a reputation business. Branding IS reputation. 6/
So I shut that shit DOWN.
This is a reputation business. Branding IS reputation. 6/
And I said "be careful who you accuse of cheating, it& #39;s a good way to get your feelings hurt." Which unleashed a torrent of pearl clutching about HoW COUld you say soMeThInG LiKe ThaT and the answer is:
BECAUSE I F*CKING MEANT IT.
7/
BECAUSE I F*CKING MEANT IT.
7/
Criticizing my performance is one thing, that& #39;s aesthetic. But criticizing *my character as a man* is good way to get read to filth. I did it then, and I& #39;ll do it again. Hell I& #39;ll rinse someone for besmirching my friends honor, too; I can& #39;t express the extent to which IDGAF. 8/
