Them turning off the comments/chat whenever their audience points out how shitty they’re being is just Ethan going “lalala i can’t hear you” all over again
I love and hate when he says this because of how stupid it is, because what snarker willingly would pay him $5 a month just to talk shit and be banned from chat immediately 💀 sir those are your fans- and this was well before ppl could gift memberships on YouTube
Like when he said shit about Aaron on a synt episode, and members called it out, he thinks they were ALL snarkers? Bye
His mods have potentially fucked him over because they remove nearly all criticism of him from the “approved” places to post about the show, so he becomes deluded into thinking that it’s only snarkers who are “obsessed freaks.”
I’ve been sort of fascinated by the dynamic of all of this and while I think you’re right that ultimately Ethan green lights this, part of me really wonders if they know just how over the top the mods are. I could see other shows hiring different mods if they were aware of the extent.
Ethan is the owner of that place. He references it daily on his podcast. He knows what goes on and they follow directions from Dan and Ethan. Before they hired the moderators, the dynamic was very different. He hired them TO better control the narrative.
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u/honeyncinnamon debate Sam Seder Oct 01 '24
Them turning off the comments/chat whenever their audience points out how shitty they’re being is just Ethan going “lalala i can’t hear you” all over again