What’s the big brouhaha on RTS?

thank you for the explanation! Obviously, I've never felt like that about any of the content providers I watch, so I truly didn't understand.

I would say I feel the same except...lol...Shimelle did not do a live or post a video this Monday. I know she is busy with kid stuff and said things would be spotty, but it was weird and Monday did not feel like Monday without my morning scrapalong lol. In my head I was like, "hey, where are you?? Miss ya!"

BUT-I don't feel like I know her personally and while she is friendly I certainly don't feel like we are friends. I certainly would not send gifts as that would be weird. It is an odd feeling though, to miss someone you don't actually know.

Would love to know the name of the YT. Thanks!

What kind of social phenomenon is it when an onlooker knows no one involved in a situation but still wants to know the name of the YT channel?
I have that condition. Lol If some could PM me that would be greatly appreciated!

Damn. Now I want ginger liquor. 😀

Strongly agree.

Artbabe! Lookin good 

Para-social relationships are really quite interesting, or at least I think they are. Admittedly I'm no better than your average citizen in psychology knowledge but from observation and experience it's more likely to happen with younger audiences and those with weaker social ties. Basically, if your brain is underdeveloped or lonely you're much more susceptible to para-social relationships. For profit religions (think televangelists) exploit para-social relationships to get their money. Double whammy in fact because they use both themselves and the "they are a direct line to god" baloney to prey on people.

Not all para-social relationships are necessarily bad; you see them a lot in kid's TV where the character(s) address the audience directly to promote engagement. As a child I actually remember finding this kind of creepy. I was aware I was watching a broadcast and the people on TV were not, in fact, talking to me. Nor did I much care for being talked down to/with simplified language. My cousins and classmates seemed to like it though, so I was just an odd duck.

Para-social relationships do have the tendency to turn rabid when paired up with tribalism (competing bands, fandoms, social groups, religions, YouTubers, etc.) The bigger the group the worse it is.

That's a very good point, and definitely odd. Most parasocial relationships are driven from the "leader" to the "flock", not the other way around. Though there's almost always some ego boosting reward loop going on too.

I feel like I'm asking for the password to a secret nightclub , but can someone please PM the YT's info. TY

Given that we know the YouTuber in question is already anxious about the amount of attention they've been subjected to by this situation being blown all out of proportion, it doesn't seem unreasonable to keep the mentions private. Stops the thread from being picked up later by search engines. Doesn't seem like they personally contributed anything deliberately to the incident - the proverbial spark (or more fairly, two sticks that someone ran off with, rubbed together REALLY DARN HARD to get the spark to lay on the RTS kerosene spill while they huffed and puffed.)

A good question. I can think of two reasons for this at the moment:

1. I simply believe it is because the YT is overwhelmed. I don't think anyone wants to accidentally direct more negative traffic her way to keep the drama going. Whether good or bad, stress is stress on the body. Even if her YT channel becomes flooded with new, positive subscribers, it may still feel overwhelming to her at this time.

2. Yes, this is a public forum and anyone can sign up to try and get the info. However, at least in my experience when I made my account, it took a few days for it to be approved. So if someone was trying to find out information from this board (because it sounds like the FB group has closed up) for not-so-nice reasons, hopefully that delay in account approval will allow some people time to clear their heads and move on.

I will admit that at first, I did not want to know who the YT was. What changed my mind was when quite a few women on this board reported back that they were already followers and loved her videos. If she already has quite a following from here, she must have some good layouts to share.

And I'll be honest, I am glad I asked. I have only watched about five of her videos so far, but this scrappy content seems to be right up my alley. The YT seems honest in her voice overs and she explains why she is making her decisions concerning the layout. I enjoy hearing someone's thought process behind a page.

Ok ok can someone tell me who the YT is? TIA
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Thank you for the info ladies - it is a YouTuber I already follow.

I'd love to know the YouTuber, too. I'm hoping she does some pocket pages...she sounds pretty good. If someone could pm me, I'd be grateful.

I think it’s weird too when people send product (especially those who are on design teams and already getting a ton of product for that role). And, these YTers seem to protest - “Oh, don’t send me product, I have so much” or “ I’m frozen so I can use up product” blah blah blah. BUT, methinks she doth protest too much, because these YTers mailing addresses aren’t public knowledge, so they have to provide that info to receive the “gifts.”