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I agree with this, but it's missing the why someone loses their whimsy as a VTuber.
Like this year alone, how much drama has there been in vtubing? how much stress has there been over Ai, Artists being flaky, google docs for cancelling, etc.?
Even without engaging in it, it's overwhelming how much it shows up on timelines, the cute stuff for trends, model pics, art, memes, etc, is drowned out.
I miss the days of pic crew trends, of silly memes. If I do see them, it's typically something NSFW, or the same VTuber vs IRL trend every few months. Legit, even when you try not to be in those drama spaces you get dragged in because so much clout chasing, so much manufactured drama exists, especially when you put boundaries up, or choose to not blindly follow the virtue signalling.
I honestly think something genuinely broke in VTubing when both Hogwarts Legacy came out and the harassment that followed that, and VGen came out to keep artists accountable when there was a flakiness problem. I don't think VTubing ever quite recovered from that.
You notice someone loses their whimsy as a Vtuber, the moment they stop posting cute stuff like Vtuber trends, pics of their models, art, memes, etc, and focus more on twitting about current problems for weeks.
Sometimes they even stop sharing their thoughts on current games and anime or similar hobbies , and rather post about drama, or worse case scenario, strong political commentary, and the hobbies or the vtuber and nowhere seen within weeks or months.
You can argue, that maybe once in a while if they want to give their thoughts on a matter, then maybe that's okay, but if you got lost in the sauce of that space, then I can even argue, that you are less and less of a "Vtuber" as it WAS seen, every time you stretch towards that side.
If this clicks with anyone, I hope you are happy where you are, and if you are not, then you have massive issues you need to fix.
You've lost yourself.
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Expanding on my earlier tweet.
I think it's genuinely wild just how vibes based vtuber drama actually is. You see 15 - 100 page Google docs about people, but it's all vibes, no proof. Sometimes there is proof, sometimes it's out of context.
I legit look at vtubing and I have to ask, who is this helping, is this really a good look?
Someone uses ai, do you have proof or is sharing that ai support?
Vtubing really seems like a rumor mill with people will block without actually researching. People will start drama to try and grow and try to ruin others careers. There's so much virtue signaling and vibes with all this drama, I genuinely wonder where it begins and ends, where truth blurs into emotions.
I thought that content creation was meant to bring people together, to have fun, bring joy to viewers and other creators...but it really seems like so many people just want to tear each other apart in a world that's already so negative and bleak at times.
I try to keep my chin up, be a spark of joy, because to me if I can even make one person happy, inspire one person to chase their dreams, to brighten their day, even a little, then I think I'm succeeding as a creator.
Life is genuinely too short to be creating this much negativity and drama, and it's genuinely sad to me people can't just agree to disagree without it becoming a big problem and becoming bigger than it really should.
Heck when I started 5 1/2 years ago, it was for a rather bleak reason. I was in a really dark place. I was with an abusive partner, isolated. I wanted to end it all, I legit had a note written and everything, and content creation was a final hail Mary for me.
I gave myself a year. If I couldn't find joy, make my life at least a little better, then that would be it, I would end it. Vtubing was my last ditch effort. I don't like talking about it because I don't want pity, I don't want people to feel guilty or bad. Why I started doesn't matter, what matters is I'm still here, Im still trying to make a difference like vtubing made a difference in my life.
Seeing all this drama over the past few years...it's saddening for a place that seemed so bright it seems so dim now.
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Bruh, I'm listed on here for AI Theme song, I don't make music? Is it time for a music career?
Also for a thread it's kind of funny seeing it as "threat to be continued. " I guess I became an enemy of the state, so what's my bounty?
This just seems like targeted harassment and virtue signaling, with no evidence or proof.
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