These details about Shannon’s life before YouTube appalled me, because I heard a different interpretation from Shannon’s own mouth. Everyone is hypocritical from time to time, but Shannon seems to have draped herself in anonymity to go undercover and blatantly disregard every principle she claimed to stand for. She has made a prolific, profitable online career off asking social media figures to take accountability for actions she determines are morally reprehensible - including shit-talking friends and being bigoted. That’s extremely at odds with Shannon’s whole reputation. Not only did she shit-talk her own closest friends, according to Lolcow, but she seemingly also used homophobic, transphobic, and ableist slurs - and nastily attacked other peoples’ appearances. The Lolcow posts were utterly devastating to Shannon’s brand. Shortly after, Shannon disappeared from the internet, with claims that she’ll return only if she can legally prove the posts weren’t hers. This isn’t possible over the course of multiple years, and Shannon’s own friends expressed doubt. She confirmed that the IP addresses associated with the posts were really hers, but claimed that her stalker had been the one posting from her IP address, which Shannon said was spoofed. Shortly after Lolcow’s decision, Shannon posted to her Community tab on YouTube and made a few conflicting remarks. This week, a niche internet drama hit uncomfortably close to home. Regardless of my initial familiarity with the subjects, if there’s a Shakespearian drama breaking out in an online community, I’ll sit and listen to the unraveling of all the gritty details. Niche internet drama has always fascinated and enthralled me. And onto the subject of this week’s blog, a commentary/drama channel fumbled her entire online identity. TikToker Bryce Hall fumbled hard in his boxing match with YouTuber Austin McBroom. Trisha Paytas fumbled the “Frenemies” podcast bag. ICYMI I published a bunch of stuff for Insider, including two mini-investigations: one, how YouTube fumbled the moderation of a child safety violation in a disturbing family vlog and two, how a vigilante group that includes TV journalist Chris Hansen and YouTuber Seth Francois fumbled the publication of rape claims against a TikToker.įumbling is an outstanding theme of the internet this week, perhaps even more so than usual. I’ve missed this space! My life has been extremely hectic these past few weeks with travel to see my family. Welcome back to my blog, THE KIDS AREN’T ALRIGHT.
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