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[Arbitrary]
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A [Creator] of No Particular Significance.

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...but goddamn man. It's an exhausting pattern and I don't blame anybody that chooses to keep a degree of distance from it.

Assert boundaries. Be open about when things are uncomfortable. Remember that you're never, EVER seeing the whole of a person from behind a screen. Stay safe, people.
November 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM
...scared me since day one, and given me a lot of pause on doing things LIKE opening my discord server in the first place. You never know who might try to do what, nor how anybody will react to what you say. I don't think that that means that this kind of thing can't ever be handled right...
November 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Coming from the Smash community, and seeing other content creators disappoint, shock, harm others, and even DIE, I'm honestly so sick and tired of seeing stories play out in ways that snowball into rampant, unchecked abuse. The very idea that this is the territory I've chosen to take part in has...
November 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM
... Listens to what you have to say, you hold SOME degree of influence. Power. Responsibility. Just like in real life, if you say a word, it cannot be withdrawn.

I don't think enough people treat that baseline dynamic as though it has the gravity that it really DOES. 500x so for young people.
November 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM
...do something as simple as play videogames, REALLY hard, into a camera, and impact someone else on the other side of that screen, if not the PLANET. Regardless of the "type" of impact, there's absolutely AN impact. And if you elect to hold a place on the Internet, and if even 1 person...
November 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM
"X" is just a YouTuber/Streamer/Rapper/Artist, why should we value their opinion"

and:

"Y" has a huge responsibility and influence over the people they're speaking with, they should be using their platform for (abc, etc.)

To me, it's a great thing that we live in a time where someone can...
November 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM
The sheer SCALE of how much harm takes place, and how EASILY people, both creators and fans, just slip STRAIGHT into it is genuinely insane.

I feel like there's a constant "back and forth" over the actual "value" of an individual, online platform. A constant "Back and Forth" between a consensus of:
November 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM