Mistress Panic Fire

I know a lot of people have been wondering this and I haven’t mentioned anything on it. I’ve been purposefully avoiding the question. 

Mark and I had a long overdue call today and talked some stuff out. It’s the first time we had talked to each other properly since maybe PAX last year. We weren’t exactly the best of friends in that period and honestly we were never really AS close as people made out online anyway.  Nothing serious happened between us, we didn’t fight and no Septiplier didn’t tear our friendship apart. Things just kind of ended up the way they did.

I didn’t say anything on the matter because I didn’t think it was right to talk about it until Mark and I talked about it first in private. Moving on this year we’ve both agreed to try our best to get back to a good place in our friendship and not let something like this happen again. 

Earlier I said I was unsure if I would make a video talking about this situation but I have since decided I won’t be making any videos on it directly talking about what exactly he did. I’ve already shown my disgust for it and other people have already said everything needed in regards to what exactly was so wrong with what he did. 

Instead what I would like to do is possibly make a video or stream discussing the topic and raising ACTUAL awareness for the subject matter in the best way I can and turning it into a teachable moment. I did say I wanted to make this a great positive year after all and what good is that if I don’t actually try. It’s easy to condemn it and say it’s messed up but actions speak much louder and we can turn this into something beneficial to the people affected by this whole ordeal.

That’s why as soon as I tweeted about it I also donated here: https://afsp.donordrive.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=donate.general

I donated again this morning to an organisation that helps specifically in Japan related mental illness cases because that’s where this event took place, here: http://telljp.com/help/donate/

I am going to also do some sort of fundraiser for mental health awareness and a charity stream to go along with it this month, as soon as I can get it up and running. I also think these steps are what Logan should do next as he originally said they wanted to raise awareness for mental illness. It doesn’t excuse or forgive what he did but it’s a step in a better direction.

 I care very deeply about people and especially those who feel like they have nowhere to turn. That’s what this community was built for and why I even started youtube to begin with, to give people a place they felt like they belonged!

YouTube. For all the years of entertainment you’ve made possible, and all the opportunities you’ve presented to so many people, I’m grateful. You’ve provided so much for so many, creators and consumers alike. I owe my job, and in a broad sense my general life to your platform. It takes a LOT to tear down that sort of built up trust. But you’ve managed to do it.

The constant changes to “the algorithm”, fair enough. The “sudden random bugs” that didn’t send out content to all the subscribers. Fine. Even when you, for some godforsaken reason decided that “Subscribe” was no longer enough, but you felt the need to add a bell, and yet a secondary step to go from “most content” to “all content”. Whatever. One would think a chronological feed of whatever recent post has been made by a channel would suffice. But you’re not alone in being guilty of this, every social network is doing it, why not you too. When the “adpocalypse” hit, and so many channels suffered, some even being unable to sustain, still most seemed to rally and say it’s not YouTube’s fault, YouTube is not the bad guy, there are only some bad creators, bad users. They’re doing their best.

I’m no longer convinced of this. When your system automatically flags the majority of content uploaded as “non-advertiser friendly” without having a clue what the video actually is. When you offer no way whatsoever, of whitelisting a channel with good track record. When you manipulate feeds and recommended videos, and prioritize content that will make you money, over content that actually appeals to the user. When you’re SO clearly granting preferential treatement to those who can “make you look good” rather than being good. When a “top tier” creator on your platform can make a multimilliondollar-living out of being as disrespectful and morally despicable as (sometimes) legally possible. When a “top tier” creator on your platform can broadcast a victim of suicide to millions of underage people… and you do nothing.

Not a single action has been taken, the best you could do was to claim your “hearts went out to the family”. Why not add in “one like equals one prayer” and “every retweet saves a child” while you’re at it. You don’t care, this much is clear. You don’t care, as long as you’re making money. You are a business, I know, but you CAN do both. You so badly want to be TV, that you never stopped to consider why so many people have almost stopped watching TV all together, in favour of you. Count your blessings, that you have no competition, I for one would jump ship in a heartbeat. If I’m wrong, tell me. Tell us, something. Anything. Ever.

You know, people keep saying that Mark was off or that it wasn’t the real Mark but like….

Everyone with a pet! Reblog with a picture of your friendo to pass on the good!

Marks and Rec: Misc #852