1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:04,400 Hi everyone, welcome to Mini Scroll, the daily Internet 2 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:07,640 culture podcast bringing you the biggest stories from social 3 00:00:07,640 --> 00:00:11,640 media, the creator economy and the digital space every Monday 4 00:00:11,640 --> 00:00:15,080 through Thursday. I'm your host, Lauren Meissner, 5 00:00:15,080 --> 00:00:19,440 the founder of the youth digital media brand Centennial World. 6 00:00:19,440 --> 00:00:21,800 Welcome back to Mini Scroll everyone. 7 00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:28,800 After our two 2 1/2 week hiatus, I am so excited to be back. 8 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:33,400 I am back in studio and I know for you YouTube watchers, it's 9 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:36,040 like maybe not the vibe that you're looking for. 10 00:00:36,040 --> 00:00:38,360 I know you guys really liked the cottage core vibe. 11 00:00:39,240 --> 00:00:42,440 However, for the podcast listeners, I am hoping that this 12 00:00:42,440 --> 00:00:46,520 audio is much cleaner, much crisper, much clearer for you 13 00:00:46,520 --> 00:00:51,600 guys because yeah, the remote recording, while it was fun, it 14 00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:53,920 was cute for like the visual vibes. 15 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:57,720 I know the audio was definitely suffering a little bit, but yes, 16 00:00:57,720 --> 00:01:01,760 I'm back from my trip. So if you guys are new here, I 17 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:04,480 just did three weeks in Canada back home. 18 00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:06,680 I normally live in Australia, Sydney, Australia. 19 00:01:06,680 --> 00:01:09,800 I went home for three weeks to Canada to like spend time with 20 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:12,400 my family. And then off the back of that, I 21 00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:15,960 did a two week Europe trip with a bunch of my home friends, my 22 00:01:15,960 --> 00:01:19,680 husband, because one of our best friends from high school got 23 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:23,880 married in Tuscany. So we did their joint bachelor 24 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:28,280 Bachelorette party in Croatia and then a couple of days in 25 00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:30,600 Tuscany with some of my high school friends. 26 00:01:30,960 --> 00:01:33,640 And then their wedding was also in Tuscany. 27 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:38,360 And then we did like 3 or 4 days off the back of our trip in 28 00:01:38,360 --> 00:01:40,800 Rome. So it was amazing. 29 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:44,480 It was literally so much fun. It was definitely a break. 30 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:46,560 You know, I was kind of worried that like, I wouldn't be able to 31 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:48,720 take a proper break. I would be thinking about work 32 00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:50,760 or like, you know, keeping up with the news. 33 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:54,880 And obviously I saw a lot of what was going on in pop culture 34 00:01:54,880 --> 00:01:57,840 and Internet culture, but I actually was able to stay fairly 35 00:01:57,840 --> 00:01:59,400 offline. Like, you know, when you're just 36 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:02,480 traveling and you're so busy and we were around so many people, 37 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:05,760 it was like a huge group trip. So yeah, there was just a lot 38 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:07,440 going on. And I actually was able to, 39 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:09,639 like, switch off pretty well, which was great. 40 00:02:09,639 --> 00:02:15,600 But today, you guys, I have a giant recap for you guys. 41 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:19,360 I could not pick just a couple of stories that happened over 42 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:21,560 the weekend. There were so many major things 43 00:02:21,560 --> 00:02:23,200 that happened in the last two weeks. 44 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:26,600 And Annabelle, who is, you know, our content editor, she's the 45 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:29,320 deputy editor of like our whole brand Centennial World. 46 00:02:30,040 --> 00:02:32,360 She messaged me yesterday and she was like, I've kept a 47 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:36,240 running list of all the major like Internet drama, tea, like 48 00:02:36,240 --> 00:02:39,240 trends, everything that's been happening if you want to see it 49 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:41,960 for mini scroll. And I was like, Oh my God, can 50 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:45,760 we just actually build this into tomorrow's episode because we 51 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:48,520 can't do anything half assed here at Centennial World. 52 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:53,360 Like literally like, you know what, how can we triple our 53 00:02:53,360 --> 00:02:55,440 workload? Oh, let's do a daily podcast. 54 00:02:55,640 --> 00:02:59,360 How can we make our first episode back like light and 55 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:01,120 breezy? Oh, let's actually give our 56 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:03,320 audience 12 stories instead of three. 57 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:04,520 So that's what we're doing today. 58 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:05,880 I have twelve stories for you guys. 59 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:10,080 OK, the first story that I have for you guys is we need to talk 60 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:14,320 about the downfall of TikTok creator Be better. 61 00:03:14,520 --> 00:03:19,400 So little tidbit for you guys, I have been critical of the be 62 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:23,680 Better account for basically since he started actually like 63 00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:27,000 since he started making these downfall of videos. 64 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:29,480 I think his first one was the Demilios. 65 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:30,720 At least that's the first one that I saw. 66 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:32,840 But I think that was the first one that he made and it went 67 00:03:32,920 --> 00:03:35,920 absolutely viral. The reason why I was critical of 68 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:40,200 it and why I'm critical of him and have been is because if you 69 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:43,160 guys watch that video, if you listen to this podcast and then 70 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:45,640 you watched that video, you probably have the same reaction. 71 00:03:45,640 --> 00:03:48,320 Because if you listen to this podcast, then you consume 72 00:03:48,320 --> 00:03:51,680 Internet culture, pop culture with like, you know, critical 73 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:55,080 thinking skills, I assume. I hope, I hope that's what I'm 74 00:03:55,080 --> 00:03:57,320 trying to like get across with this podcast, right? 75 00:03:57,960 --> 00:04:01,600 That particular video, the downfall of the Demilios, he 76 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:03,440 compared them to the Kardashians. 77 00:04:03,440 --> 00:04:06,480 He did not have any background knowledge or context on the 78 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:09,360 Kardashians or even really the Demilios, but especially the 79 00:04:09,360 --> 00:04:12,800 Kardashians to be making the comparisons that he was making. 80 00:04:13,120 --> 00:04:15,720 And immediately I was like, red flag. 81 00:04:15,760 --> 00:04:19,079 You are not an expert in this. And you might have, you know, an 82 00:04:19,079 --> 00:04:20,800 MBA or like this marketing degree or whatever. 83 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:22,960 He says at the beginning of every single episode, he went to 84 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:24,480 Laurier for anyone that's Canadian. 85 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:27,600 And he says that he's the youngest Canadian to ever 86 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:29,200 graduate away from like, an MBA or something. 87 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:32,600 But that's because Laurier's MBA program doesn't require you to 88 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:35,360 have any work experience, whereas like most MBA programs 89 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:37,560 in the world require you to have, I think it's like three to 90 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:40,760 five years of professional experience, if not even more. 91 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:43,440 Watching these videos. I'm like, OK, you might have 92 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:46,400 this degree that you claim at the beginning of every video, 93 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:49,120 but he doesn't have pop culture knowledge or like celebrity 94 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:52,800 knowledge to the level that he needs to to be making these 95 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:55,480 assumptions, these judgments, these opinions, these 96 00:04:55,480 --> 00:04:59,360 comparisons and his takes lack so much depth. 97 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:02,920 They lack nuance. They lack critical thinking. 98 00:05:03,240 --> 00:05:05,520 I think they're so surface level. 99 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:08,120 So I'm not surprised that now people are starting to see 100 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:10,360 through him. OK, that was like a whole 101 00:05:10,360 --> 00:05:12,720 tangent. What I was going to say at the 102 00:05:12,760 --> 00:05:17,480 start of this was that I've been critical of him, like I said, 103 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:20,920 from the beginning, basically. And I knew he was kind of 104 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:24,440 beloved and I didn't necessarily like want to make an entire 105 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:30,040 episode off the back of his account because I mean, that's 106 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:33,400 kind of mean, first of all. But also, you know, like I knew 107 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:35,360 that he was beloved and that might not go over well. 108 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:39,320 So the episode that we did about the downfall of commentary 109 00:05:39,320 --> 00:05:42,800 creators, which was like around the beginning of this year, that 110 00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:45,280 was inspired by his account. So I don't even know if we 111 00:05:45,280 --> 00:05:48,920 specifically mentioned him in that, but his account and the 112 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:53,120 way he blew up was actually the inspiration for that episode. 113 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:56,560 OK, so at the end of August, TikTok commentary creator Be 114 00:05:56,560 --> 00:05:59,880 Better Company gained attention for his video predicting Kamala 115 00:05:59,880 --> 00:06:03,160 Harris's loss in the 2024 election. 116 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:07,160 Known for critiquing the downfall of various creators, he 117 00:06:07,160 --> 00:06:10,880 promotes himself as a marketing expert with a quote master's 118 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:14,400 degree in business. Given his focus on pop culture, 119 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:18,000 many TikTok users found his pivot into politics a strange 120 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:20,120 move. So people criticize his 121 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:23,760 commentary for lacking research and echoing right wing talking 122 00:06:23,760 --> 00:06:27,040 points, such as his claim that Harris was campaigning on a 123 00:06:27,040 --> 00:06:30,960 banner of identity politics, which is just not the reality. 124 00:06:31,640 --> 00:06:35,280 The situation worsened when TikTok user Brenna Perez went 125 00:06:35,280 --> 00:06:38,400 viral for revealing that Be Better Company, who positioned 126 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:42,040 himself as an independent commentator, actually comes from 127 00:06:42,040 --> 00:06:45,200 a privileged background and seemingly has Trump supporting 128 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:48,320 family connections. Brenna alleged that his father's 129 00:06:48,320 --> 00:06:52,440 company, Airboss of America, has received millions of dollars 130 00:06:52,480 --> 00:06:56,120 from the Trump administration since the backlash. 131 00:06:56,120 --> 00:06:59,840 Be Better Company has issued an apology and has not posted on 132 00:06:59,840 --> 00:07:05,360 the platform since. So when he posted this video, he 133 00:07:05,360 --> 00:07:07,800 obviously was getting a lot of backlash right away and he was 134 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:09,280 defending himself in the comments. 135 00:07:09,280 --> 00:07:11,240 Like he was doubling down in the comments. 136 00:07:11,560 --> 00:07:14,560 And then he eventually removed the video as it started to kind 137 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:17,560 of like get out of control. I think all of this is really 138 00:07:17,560 --> 00:07:23,160 interesting because we essentially gave this very young 139 00:07:23,160 --> 00:07:24,320 man. He seems very young. 140 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:26,480 I don't know, I could be wrong, but he seems very young. 141 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:29,600 I'm going to say he's like at the most, maybe 25. 142 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:35,800 We gave this very young man this huge platform very quickly 143 00:07:35,880 --> 00:07:40,080 because he makes these like takedown videos that he frames 144 00:07:40,080 --> 00:07:45,600 as analysis or commentary. But it's it's not like I said, 145 00:07:45,880 --> 00:07:52,800 they lack a lot of insight, depth, nuance, genuine critique 146 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:56,000 into the topics or the people that he's talking about. 147 00:07:56,560 --> 00:07:58,960 And they're very like surface level. 148 00:07:58,960 --> 00:08:00,800 They're like shock value videos, right? 149 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:04,960 He has like the big the downfall of and then whatever celebrities 150 00:08:04,960 --> 00:08:07,680 name and he knows that people are going to watch that. 151 00:08:07,680 --> 00:08:10,480 And I think that this is a really good example just to like 152 00:08:10,480 --> 00:08:13,280 drive you guys back to that commentary creator episode that 153 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:17,440 we did where I feel like that is kind of the direction of that 154 00:08:17,440 --> 00:08:21,160 genre, especially with TikTok, like the rise of of TikTok and 155 00:08:21,160 --> 00:08:26,120 how TikTok has changed the commentary genre and has almost 156 00:08:26,280 --> 00:08:29,640 like democratized it. It's the platform has made it so 157 00:08:29,640 --> 00:08:33,440 much easier for people to engage in that genre and to make their 158 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:35,480 own content in that genre. And I think this is a good 159 00:08:35,480 --> 00:08:39,200 example of the direction of that genre and where I think it's 160 00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:41,240 going to be headed if we don't start. 161 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:43,559 Yeah, like thinking more critically about who we're 162 00:08:43,559 --> 00:08:47,000 supporting in the content that we're consuming and what they're 163 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:50,200 actually saying and if they're actually saying anything. 164 00:08:50,640 --> 00:08:52,240 And that's how I feel about that. 165 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:56,400 OK, the next story that I have you guys is I'm going to 166 00:08:56,400 --> 00:09:00,160 breakdown Ethan Klein versus Moses Hackman versus Adam 167 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:01,920 McIntyre. So at the beginning of 168 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:05,280 September, clips of Ethan Klein from a content court episode 169 00:09:05,280 --> 00:09:08,600 started circulating where he was coming for his brother-in-law, 170 00:09:08,640 --> 00:09:12,080 Moses Hackman, who is of course married to Tricia Paytas. 171 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:16,480 In these clips, Ethan called Moses a loser before criticizing 172 00:09:16,480 --> 00:09:19,680 him for going to his mother. Whenever Ethan or HeLa speak 173 00:09:19,680 --> 00:09:23,200 about him publicly, even if it isn't necessarily negative. 174 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:28,120 Moses, if you're watching this, and I know you are, listen to me 175 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:32,560 very clearly you fucking loser. You're a grown man that cries 176 00:09:32,560 --> 00:09:35,920 and bitch and pisses to his mom every time I mention your name. 177 00:09:36,200 --> 00:09:37,960 Stop. I don't fucking care. 178 00:09:37,960 --> 00:09:39,480 I will never stop talking about you. 179 00:09:39,920 --> 00:09:43,400 You can bitch and cry and spit and moan every time to your 180 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:46,760 mommy because every time, anytime. 181 00:09:46,800 --> 00:09:49,680 And it's not even when I'm like mean, it's like anytime I talk 182 00:09:49,680 --> 00:09:52,520 about him at all. While Ethan was definitely harsh 183 00:09:52,520 --> 00:09:55,960 on Moses, he went on to speak kindly towards Tricia, saying 184 00:09:55,960 --> 00:09:58,360 that he hopes they will reunite again one day. 185 00:09:58,560 --> 00:10:01,120 Of course, there is long standing drama between Ethan, 186 00:10:01,120 --> 00:10:04,720 Hila, Tricia and Moses, and it isn't just related to frenemies. 187 00:10:04,960 --> 00:10:07,960 Many social media users believe that it has more to do with Hila 188 00:10:07,960 --> 00:10:11,600 and Moses than Ethan and Tricia. Then Adam McIntyre. 189 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:15,680 So Adam is a YouTube commentary creator, like drama channel 190 00:10:15,680 --> 00:10:19,000 essentially, and he was the main one to speak out against Colleen 191 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:20,880 Ballinger. He was the one who made the 192 00:10:20,880 --> 00:10:25,880 video about her years ago. And then obviously everything 193 00:10:25,880 --> 00:10:29,160 that happened in June of last year was kind of off the back of 194 00:10:29,160 --> 00:10:32,400 his story about Colleen as like a fan of Colleen's. 195 00:10:32,400 --> 00:10:35,680 And then, yeah, obviously, he was very involved in speaking 196 00:10:35,680 --> 00:10:39,080 out against her in her scandal last year. 197 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:43,120 So Adam McIntyre later reacted to the clips of Ethan where he 198 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:46,400 alleged that Ethan only misses Trisha because her podcast is 199 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:49,000 popular right now. He also said that Ethan was, 200 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:52,320 quote, embarrassing and cringy. So this is where the back and 201 00:10:52,320 --> 00:10:55,480 forth really begins. The next time Ethan addressed 202 00:10:55,480 --> 00:10:57,280 this whole thing, he was with Heila. 203 00:10:57,760 --> 00:11:01,160 So she explained her side of the story, saying that Moses took a 204 00:11:01,160 --> 00:11:05,080 clip out of context and sent it to their mother, essentially 205 00:11:05,080 --> 00:11:08,720 trying to make her look bad. She also added that she will not 206 00:11:08,720 --> 00:11:10,800 reconcile with Moses anytime soon. 207 00:11:11,240 --> 00:11:13,960 This is what prompted Ethan to speak publicly about the 208 00:11:13,960 --> 00:11:16,560 situation. Ethan then moved on to criticize 209 00:11:16,680 --> 00:11:20,440 Adam for his response, calling him, quote, a little rat and 210 00:11:20,440 --> 00:11:22,720 leveling allegations against Adam that he was, quote, 211 00:11:22,720 --> 00:11:26,680 creeping on and chatting up his mother in a series of tweets and 212 00:11:26,680 --> 00:11:29,320 his own video. Adam went on to clarify his side 213 00:11:29,320 --> 00:11:31,760 of the story, saying that Ethan, quote, lied about me. 214 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:35,120 Essentially, he said that Ethan's mother, Donna initiated 215 00:11:35,120 --> 00:11:37,920 messages with him. Nevertheless, he went on to 216 00:11:37,920 --> 00:11:40,600 speak positively about her, saying that there was nothing 217 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:42,080 going on. That was like weird. 218 00:11:42,320 --> 00:11:45,520 Ethan later apologized to Adam, saying that he had been wrong 219 00:11:45,520 --> 00:11:51,280 about the creeping accusations. Imagine some like, I know Adam 220 00:11:51,280 --> 00:11:55,080 has a big platform and I know he is a very controversial figure, 221 00:11:55,360 --> 00:11:59,480 but imagine someone as famous, like Internet famous as Ethan 222 00:11:59,480 --> 00:12:04,040 Klein going on their platform and saying that you're trying to 223 00:12:04,040 --> 00:12:09,000 creep on his mother-in-law. No, I think Adam's also like 25. 224 00:12:09,720 --> 00:12:12,000 I can't. I have also seen a lot of people 225 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:15,440 talking about like why Moses and Tricia won't address what like 226 00:12:15,440 --> 00:12:17,200 when this was happening, why they wouldn't address what was 227 00:12:17,200 --> 00:12:20,480 going on, why they won't speak publicly about Ethan and Heila. 228 00:12:20,480 --> 00:12:22,600 And they're like, you know, they've grown so much and it's 229 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:25,160 it's clear that they're trying to take the High Road. 230 00:12:25,400 --> 00:12:28,320 And I know that a lot of people don't actually feel that way. 231 00:12:28,320 --> 00:12:30,520 They think that it's because they don't want more. 232 00:12:30,520 --> 00:12:33,880 Like Tricia and Moses don't want more heat on them. 233 00:12:33,880 --> 00:12:36,880 They don't want the controversies of like obviously 234 00:12:36,880 --> 00:12:40,440 Tricia's past, but especially Moses's past, the accusations of 235 00:12:40,440 --> 00:12:42,160 his stealthing and things like that. 236 00:12:42,160 --> 00:12:44,760 They don't want that resurfacing. 237 00:12:45,080 --> 00:12:48,720 So they just stay quiet. The next story that I have is 238 00:12:48,720 --> 00:12:52,240 that Brooke Schofield has made her return to the Canceled 239 00:12:52,360 --> 00:12:55,440 podcast. So Brooke made her return to 240 00:12:55,440 --> 00:12:59,120 Canceled on the 2nd of September after a brief break following 241 00:12:59,120 --> 00:13:01,520 the backlash over her racist tweets. 242 00:13:02,080 --> 00:13:04,880 In the episode, she and Tana reflected on how they handled 243 00:13:04,880 --> 00:13:07,520 the controversy. While some fans were happy to 244 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:10,680 see her back, the overall response was quite mixed. 245 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:13,760 Through the episode, Brooke was largely apologetic. 246 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:16,920 Tana however, faced criticism for wearing AT shirt with the 247 00:13:16,920 --> 00:13:21,520 slogan Only God can cancel me which many felt was tone deaf 248 00:13:21,520 --> 00:13:25,440 and I agree with that given especially given the context of 249 00:13:25,560 --> 00:13:27,360 the episode. Like Brooke's first episode 250 00:13:27,360 --> 00:13:29,000 back. She also described their 251 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:32,160 situation as a quote damned if you do, damned if you don't 252 00:13:32,160 --> 00:13:34,360 scenario. Especially regarding their 253 00:13:34,360 --> 00:13:37,680 decision to have Paige, who is Tana's assistant I believe fill 254 00:13:37,680 --> 00:13:39,440 in for Brooke during her absence. 255 00:13:39,480 --> 00:13:42,160 So this comment left viewers feeling like the duo was 256 00:13:42,160 --> 00:13:45,360 deflecting blame from Brooke on to the audience. 257 00:13:45,360 --> 00:13:47,920 Essentially. Others were happy they discussed 258 00:13:47,920 --> 00:13:50,640 it because Paige was getting bullied pretty heavily online 259 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:52,480 for her participation in the podcast. 260 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:55,280 Despite all of this, Tana made it pretty clear that quote no 261 00:13:55,280 --> 00:13:58,080 one is getting cancelled off the cancelled podcast. 262 00:13:58,080 --> 00:14:01,200 So I guess Brooke is going to continue being a Co host. 263 00:14:01,200 --> 00:14:04,000 I know there were questions if you know she wouldn't continue 264 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:06,600 on. And I also have been seeing on 265 00:14:06,600 --> 00:14:12,000 Reddit that their Patreon members are not super happy 266 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:13,960 because I guess that they haven't been posting, but 267 00:14:13,960 --> 00:14:16,400 they're still like the members are still paying. 268 00:14:16,640 --> 00:14:20,200 I think when you're a creator, you can turn off payments or 269 00:14:20,200 --> 00:14:22,960 like refund people. And I don't think that's been 270 00:14:22,960 --> 00:14:25,720 happening despite no content going up. 271 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:28,280 But I don't subscribe, so I don't fully know. 272 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:29,720 OK. The next story that I have for 273 00:14:29,720 --> 00:14:33,480 you guys is that Tati Westbrook has announced that she is sober. 274 00:14:33,720 --> 00:14:37,320 So after appearing on Michelle Fond's new podcast, Afterglow, 275 00:14:37,320 --> 00:14:39,920 Tati posted a video on her channel expanding on the 276 00:14:39,920 --> 00:14:42,840 conversation with Michelle. She touched on a number of 277 00:14:42,840 --> 00:14:46,560 different themes ranging from her career aspirations by sister 278 00:14:47,160 --> 00:14:50,080 and staying sober. In a video titled I'm Sober. 279 00:14:50,080 --> 00:14:52,160 This is My Story posted on September 5th. 280 00:14:52,440 --> 00:14:55,480 Tati opened up about sobriety, her history with addiction, and 281 00:14:55,480 --> 00:14:59,720 experience with rehab. I partied pretty hard in my 20s, 282 00:14:59,720 --> 00:15:03,640 nothing out of control. But when I hit my rock bottom, 283 00:15:03,640 --> 00:15:07,520 it happened fast. Like it all of a sudden one day 284 00:15:07,520 --> 00:15:11,120 became this thing where I was drinking right when I got up in 285 00:15:11,120 --> 00:15:13,320 the morning. My life had completely fallen 286 00:15:13,320 --> 00:15:15,080 apart. So let me start there. 287 00:15:15,400 --> 00:15:20,240 I was kind of a social partying drinker, had fun, whatever. 288 00:15:20,240 --> 00:15:24,520 A few wild nights here or there and then everything completely 289 00:15:24,520 --> 00:15:27,800 collapsed out under me. I could not function in my 290 00:15:27,800 --> 00:15:31,640 day-to-day without alcohol to numb that void, to numb that 291 00:15:31,640 --> 00:15:35,760 pain. I just did not like being alive. 292 00:15:36,040 --> 00:15:38,680 Through telling her story, she revealed that she overdosed in 293 00:15:38,680 --> 00:15:41,760 the past and had stints of sobriety before relapsing. 294 00:15:42,120 --> 00:15:46,200 She also said she is currently 8 to 8 1/2 years sober. 295 00:15:46,800 --> 00:15:49,360 That's really amazing. I don't know if we knew this 296 00:15:49,360 --> 00:15:51,760 about Tati. I feel like she's very, like, 297 00:15:51,920 --> 00:15:55,280 she's always spoken a lot about like health and fitness on her 298 00:15:55,280 --> 00:15:57,480 channel, just as, you know, something that she personally 299 00:15:57,480 --> 00:15:59,360 cares about. But I don't know if she's ever 300 00:15:59,360 --> 00:16:03,560 actually said like, I don't drink or, you know, I'm 301 00:16:03,560 --> 00:16:06,800 completely sober. And I love that we're starting 302 00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:10,960 to be more public about substance abuse or even just 303 00:16:10,960 --> 00:16:14,160 like sober lifestyles, being sober curious, all of that. 304 00:16:14,160 --> 00:16:16,440 You guys know I'm very much in support of that. 305 00:16:16,440 --> 00:16:21,360 So yeah, I think this is great. OK, the next story that I have 306 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:27,380 for you guys is Nick Ikato. Avocado has obviously quote UN 307 00:16:27,380 --> 00:16:32,560 quote pulled one over on us and revealed a very drastic weight 308 00:16:32,560 --> 00:16:36,360 loss transformation. So perhaps one of the most viral 309 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:40,400 moments that happened over mini scrolls hiatus was Nickokato 310 00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:43,080 Avocado's shocking weight loss transformation. 311 00:16:43,200 --> 00:16:46,000 Known for his over the top mukbangs and drama with fellow 312 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:50,320 creators like Stephanie Sue, Nickokato avocado has become a 313 00:16:50,440 --> 00:16:52,720 highly controversial figure online. 314 00:16:52,720 --> 00:16:56,760 In a video titled 2 Steps Ahead, posted on September 7th, he 315 00:16:56,760 --> 00:17:00,760 started by wearing a giant panda mask before unveiling this new 316 00:17:00,760 --> 00:17:03,760 look and announcing that he had lost £250. 317 00:17:04,240 --> 00:17:07,079 He described the transformation as part of a quote social 318 00:17:07,079 --> 00:17:10,119 experiment, explaining that he had pre filmed his recent 319 00:17:10,119 --> 00:17:12,160 videos. Quote Today I woke up from a 320 00:17:12,160 --> 00:17:16,400 very long dream and I also woke up having lost £250 off my body. 321 00:17:17,119 --> 00:17:20,040 And just yesterday people were calling me fat and sick and 322 00:17:20,040 --> 00:17:23,079 boring and irrelevant. People are the most messed up 323 00:17:23,079 --> 00:17:26,240 creatures on the entire planet and yet I've still managed to 324 00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:29,720 stay 2 steps ahead of everyone. The joke's on you. 325 00:17:29,960 --> 00:17:32,720 This whole thing garnered a mixed response. 326 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:35,680 Some users took his transformation as a reminder 327 00:17:35,680 --> 00:17:38,920 that there's often more happening behind the scenes. 328 00:17:39,360 --> 00:17:42,360 You know that not everything you see online and with influencers 329 00:17:42,360 --> 00:17:46,320 and stuff is as it seems. Others felt that the way he went 330 00:17:46,320 --> 00:17:50,280 about it only adds to fat phobia in the media, where he was 331 00:17:50,280 --> 00:17:53,800 essentially like exploiting his weight for engagement for the 332 00:17:53,800 --> 00:17:57,680 last two years. Allegedly so, he told NBC News 333 00:17:57,680 --> 00:17:59,400 Quote. While everybody pointed and 334 00:17:59,400 --> 00:18:03,240 laughed at me for over consuming food, I was in total control the 335 00:18:03,240 --> 00:18:05,320 entire time. In reality, people are 336 00:18:05,320 --> 00:18:08,280 completely absorbed with Internet personalities and 337 00:18:08,280 --> 00:18:12,160 obsessively watch their content. That is where a deeper level of 338 00:18:12,160 --> 00:18:15,680 overconsumption lies and it's the parallel I wanted to make. 339 00:18:15,760 --> 00:18:20,560 My opinion is that this was not him being 2 steps ahead. 340 00:18:20,560 --> 00:18:24,280 I think based on what we know about him, I don't think that 341 00:18:24,280 --> 00:18:26,040 this is genuine. I don't think that he was 342 00:18:26,040 --> 00:18:29,000 actually trying to make this meaningful parallel. 343 00:18:29,240 --> 00:18:33,120 I think it's obvious he did this for shock value and for views. 344 00:18:33,440 --> 00:18:37,440 Like, we know the type of person he is from the peers that he has 345 00:18:37,440 --> 00:18:40,640 in the industry who have spoken about him and had, you know, 346 00:18:40,640 --> 00:18:43,480 issues with him. And I believe that I'm like 347 00:18:43,480 --> 00:18:45,920 Stephanie Sue. There's just been several people 348 00:18:45,920 --> 00:18:49,400 that have spoken out about what it's like to be around Nick 349 00:18:49,400 --> 00:18:52,640 Acato Avocado, what he's actually like based on what they 350 00:18:52,640 --> 00:18:56,320 say, he seems very manipulative. Stephanie Sue said she feared 351 00:18:56,320 --> 00:18:59,080 for her safety after being around him. 352 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:03,040 So I just think that this is like another example of his 353 00:19:03,040 --> 00:19:06,320 manipulation and his kind of like narcissism almost. 354 00:19:06,520 --> 00:19:09,080 And I also did want to point out the panda head thing. 355 00:19:09,080 --> 00:19:12,040 So he was wearing that big panda the head like mask when his 356 00:19:12,040 --> 00:19:15,440 video started. And that is just such a dig as 357 00:19:15,440 --> 00:19:17,480 Stephanie Sue. If you guys don't know the 358 00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:20,040 everything that went down with Stephanie Sue, just Google it. 359 00:19:20,560 --> 00:19:22,680 There's a few articles and you can watch the videos. 360 00:19:22,680 --> 00:19:24,840 I think they're still up. Stephanie's boyfriend would 361 00:19:24,840 --> 00:19:26,160 appear. I don't know if he still does. 362 00:19:26,160 --> 00:19:29,720 I don't watch her regularly, but like he would appear in this 363 00:19:29,720 --> 00:19:33,040 panda head mask in her videos. And I think that was to 364 00:19:33,040 --> 00:19:35,760 maintain. Oh no, the hardest word for me 365 00:19:35,760 --> 00:19:37,800 to say anonymity. Oh my God, I said it right. 366 00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:42,440 OK, I think it was to stay anonymous, but anyways, he would 367 00:19:42,440 --> 00:19:43,880 wear this. It was like a known thing. 368 00:19:43,960 --> 00:19:47,280 And then Nick Icato coming on camera wearing that and being 369 00:19:47,280 --> 00:19:50,240 like I'm 2 steps ahead. Everything over the last two 370 00:19:50,240 --> 00:19:51,880 years has been smoke and mirrors. 371 00:19:52,600 --> 00:19:55,560 People are like, is that him trying to allude to the fact 372 00:19:55,560 --> 00:19:58,600 that, like, all of his drama, it wasn't even drama. 373 00:19:58,600 --> 00:20:00,640 It was like, it was beyond drama. 374 00:20:00,640 --> 00:20:03,000 But like, everything that happened with Stephanie Sue was 375 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:05,880 like manufactured and fake. Is that him trying to almost 376 00:20:05,880 --> 00:20:08,400 like save face and turn this into like a PR moment for 377 00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:10,160 himself? And I just don't believe that 378 00:20:10,160 --> 00:20:12,040 was faked. Like I don't believe Stephanie 379 00:20:12,040 --> 00:20:16,000 Sue's reaction to him. And her accusations against him 380 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:18,480 were fake. And he's talked so publicly in 381 00:20:18,480 --> 00:20:22,760 interviews about how he does these like dramatic mood swings 382 00:20:22,760 --> 00:20:25,080 on camera. He cries, he screams, he's 383 00:20:25,080 --> 00:20:28,280 emotional on camera because the viewers like it that gets more 384 00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:31,120 engagement. Like he, he's not like Mr. 385 00:20:31,120 --> 00:20:35,040 Beast, but like in he's in the same to me, the same category of 386 00:20:35,040 --> 00:20:41,480 like creator that creates for engagement purely and all of 387 00:20:41,480 --> 00:20:44,400 their decisions with what they do online is about views and 388 00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:47,960 money as opposed to, you know, like actually creating content. 389 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:52,200 OK, so now for some tech news. X was recently shut down in 390 00:20:52,200 --> 00:20:56,320 Brazil following a legal dispute between the platform's owner, 391 00:20:56,320 --> 00:21:00,360 Elon Musk and a justice on Brazil's Supreme Court. 392 00:21:00,520 --> 00:21:03,480 So this was particularly impactful for Stan Twitter, 393 00:21:03,480 --> 00:21:05,640 which is like one of the most like important parts of Twitter, 394 00:21:06,240 --> 00:21:09,120 you know, because Brazilian users not only manage some of 395 00:21:09,120 --> 00:21:11,720 the most popular celebrity update accounts, but they were 396 00:21:11,720 --> 00:21:15,080 also behind some of the most iconic memes to emerge from Stan 397 00:21:15,080 --> 00:21:18,680 culture, IE come to Brazil. So the last day that Brazilian 398 00:21:18,680 --> 00:21:22,560 users had access to X felt like, quote a funeral within the 399 00:21:22,560 --> 00:21:26,520 community where many accounts issued goodbye messages to their 400 00:21:26,520 --> 00:21:28,760 followers. As for where many of the users 401 00:21:28,760 --> 00:21:31,040 will migrate, that remains uncertain. 402 00:21:31,200 --> 00:21:34,200 While some journalists and pundits have moved to Blue Sky, 403 00:21:34,200 --> 00:21:36,560 it's not really ideal for fan culture. 404 00:21:37,040 --> 00:21:39,760 The platform doesn't have trending topics, and it's not 405 00:21:39,760 --> 00:21:42,640 widely used by celebrities. And I also recently read that 406 00:21:42,640 --> 00:21:45,520 they're like pivoting to video because I don't think that 407 00:21:45,520 --> 00:21:47,520 they're doing as well as they kind of thought they would. 408 00:21:47,720 --> 00:21:51,440 But yeah, this is just another example of how Elon Musk has 409 00:21:51,440 --> 00:21:54,600 absolutely destroyed Twitter. OK, the next story that I have 410 00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:59,560 is that Stasi Baby was spotted out with Noah Centineo, sparking 411 00:21:59,560 --> 00:22:02,760 dating rumors. Yesterday, Dumoit reported that 412 00:22:02,760 --> 00:22:06,200 Stasi Baby and Noah Centineo were spotted together on a night 413 00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:10,480 out at the Chateau Marmont in LA, reigniting dating rumors. 414 00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:13,440 So the pair, they were first linked back in 2020 after being 415 00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:16,280 seen together at a Halloween party earlier that year. 416 00:22:16,280 --> 00:22:19,320 They exchanged flirty comments on Instagram with Noah 417 00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:23,080 commenting quote, give me my damn jacket back woman on a post 418 00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:25,160 of Stassi wearing a Letterman jacket. 419 00:22:25,400 --> 00:22:27,640 Stassi responded, What are you talking about? 420 00:22:27,640 --> 00:22:29,720 It's my jacket. So this would be the first 421 00:22:29,720 --> 00:22:32,520 person that Stassi's linked to since Jaden Hosler. 422 00:22:32,520 --> 00:22:34,960 They ended things earlier this year, but they were kind of like 423 00:22:34,960 --> 00:22:38,120 on again off again for, I don't know, maybe like a year or two. 424 00:22:38,600 --> 00:22:41,360 So this is kind of random. I don't know. 425 00:22:41,360 --> 00:22:44,440 I saw somebody say I think it was like on maybe it was on 426 00:22:44,440 --> 00:22:45,400 Twitter. I don't remember. 427 00:22:45,400 --> 00:22:49,280 They were like, is Noah Centineo's like PR strategy? 428 00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:52,640 Like is his is this like his team strategy just to like pay 429 00:22:52,640 --> 00:22:58,080 these like Instagram girls, like Hollywood it girls to hang out 430 00:22:58,080 --> 00:22:59,880 with him because he's not booking movies. 431 00:22:59,880 --> 00:23:02,800 So like, how is he getting these girls so savage? 432 00:23:03,240 --> 00:23:06,240 OK, the next story that I wanted to talk about but I'm actually 433 00:23:06,520 --> 00:23:08,160 not going to share my opinions on it. 434 00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:11,440 I think I will wait. I might cover it like maybe 435 00:23:11,440 --> 00:23:15,240 Thursday is. I watched The Secret Lives of 436 00:23:15,240 --> 00:23:19,160 Mormon Wives and as you guys know, I was highly anticipating 437 00:23:19,160 --> 00:23:23,160 this show because it combines all my favorite things, Mormon 438 00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:25,560 culture. I'm so fascinated by it and I 439 00:23:25,560 --> 00:23:27,480 think a lot of us are. That's obviously why the show 440 00:23:27,480 --> 00:23:30,720 even exists, right? Like TikTok really blew the lid 441 00:23:30,720 --> 00:23:34,840 off of what it's like to live in Utah and like kind of how unique 442 00:23:34,840 --> 00:23:39,000 that culture is. So Mormon culture, Tik Tokers 443 00:23:39,040 --> 00:23:43,000 and reality TV, like it combines all of my favorite things. 444 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:44,720 It is so good. That's all I'll say. 445 00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:49,520 I want to give like a full opinion recap for you guys. 446 00:23:49,520 --> 00:23:52,800 And obviously today with my 12 stories, that is not the day and 447 00:23:53,040 --> 00:23:56,600 today is not the day. But yes, I will cover it. 448 00:23:56,640 --> 00:24:00,320 But just know I am obsessed. I'm obsessed. 449 00:24:00,520 --> 00:24:04,960 The next story is that Lil Tay has reportedly had open heart 450 00:24:04,960 --> 00:24:07,360 surgery. So in recent days, there has 451 00:24:07,360 --> 00:24:10,680 been growing concern about Lil Tay's health following reports 452 00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:13,840 that she was diagnosed with a heart tumor and has since 453 00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:16,960 undergone open heart surgery. For those who are unfamiliar 454 00:24:16,960 --> 00:24:20,840 with little Tay, she first skyrocketed to virality in 2018 455 00:24:20,840 --> 00:24:22,960 for her outrageous online persona. 456 00:24:23,120 --> 00:24:25,960 At the time, she was around 11 years old and made videos 457 00:24:25,960 --> 00:24:28,520 flaunting her lavish lifestyle. Later that year, she 458 00:24:28,520 --> 00:24:31,600 mysteriously vanished from the Internet amid a bitter custody 459 00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:34,600 battle between her parents, only to reenter the cultural 460 00:24:34,600 --> 00:24:38,400 zeitgeist upon the news of her alleged death Less than a day 461 00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:40,080 later. Lil Tay confirmed in an 462 00:24:40,080 --> 00:24:43,760 interview with TMZ that she is alive and claimed her Instagram 463 00:24:43,760 --> 00:24:45,920 was hacked. In an interview with Rolling 464 00:24:45,920 --> 00:24:48,520 Stone, she alleged that the hoax was organized by her now 465 00:24:48,520 --> 00:24:52,280 estranged father as a quote last resort to sabotage her. 466 00:24:52,280 --> 00:24:54,680 So her family situation is just like, so sad. 467 00:24:54,800 --> 00:24:57,600 So given this background, Internet users obviously have 468 00:24:57,600 --> 00:25:01,800 been skeptical about the claims that she had this heart tumor 469 00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:04,480 and open heart surgery. Nonetheless, her team has been 470 00:25:04,480 --> 00:25:07,280 working to address these doubts by posting updates on her social 471 00:25:07,280 --> 00:25:09,280 media. Tay has reportedly undergone 472 00:25:09,280 --> 00:25:13,160 surgery, with post op images of her in a hospital bed being 473 00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:16,000 shared to her platforms, the latest update reads. 474 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:18,720 We are overjoyed to share that Tate's open heart surgery was a 475 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:21,720 great success. We are deeply thankful to her 476 00:25:21,720 --> 00:25:25,400 surgeon, cardiologist and the team who are the best in the 477 00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:27,560 world. This girl can't catch a break. 478 00:25:27,880 --> 00:25:30,920 I feel really bad for her. I hope she's doing OK. 479 00:25:30,920 --> 00:25:33,560 I hope if this is real, I'm going to believe it's real. 480 00:25:33,680 --> 00:25:37,360 I really hope that she can get through this, that she obviously 481 00:25:37,360 --> 00:25:40,200 comes out the other side and that she can just like get away 482 00:25:40,200 --> 00:25:41,520 from the horrible people in her life. 483 00:25:41,520 --> 00:25:43,960 I think she has started to. I do think the death hoax was 484 00:25:43,960 --> 00:25:47,520 kind of like a turning point for her relationship with her 485 00:25:47,520 --> 00:25:49,040 family. It seemed at least like from 486 00:25:49,040 --> 00:25:52,360 what she said about her relationship with her family. 487 00:25:52,360 --> 00:25:55,800 After all of that, seriously, she cannot catch a break. 488 00:25:55,880 --> 00:25:59,200 The next story that I have is that Alexa Nicholas has come for 489 00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:03,000 journalist Kat Tenbarge. So this is quite intense and 490 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:04,600 complicated. I'm just going to give like a 491 00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:06,840 high level summary obviously for today. 492 00:26:07,040 --> 00:26:10,400 But last week, a former child star, Alexis Nicholas, who is 493 00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:14,360 best known for her role as Nicole Bristow on Zoe 101 and 494 00:26:14,360 --> 00:26:17,880 her recent appearance in Quiet on Set, accused journalist Kat 495 00:26:17,880 --> 00:26:21,560 Tenbarge of defamation. Kat is widely known for breaking 496 00:26:21,560 --> 00:26:24,280 the story of sexual assault that led to the downfall of the Vlog 497 00:26:24,480 --> 00:26:26,920 squad. A few days ago, Alexa went live 498 00:26:26,920 --> 00:26:30,640 to share quote the truth about Kat, 10 barge, accusing her of 499 00:26:30,640 --> 00:26:32,640 being unprofessional and hypocritical. 500 00:26:32,640 --> 00:26:34,960 The tension between the two actually dates back to when they 501 00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:37,760 clashed on Twitter over an article that Kat wrote about 502 00:26:37,760 --> 00:26:41,080 Justin Royland, who is the Co creator of Rick and Morty. 503 00:26:41,240 --> 00:26:44,800 He is facing allegations of domestic violence, grooming and 504 00:26:44,800 --> 00:26:46,680 inappropriate workplace behavior. 505 00:26:46,960 --> 00:26:50,960 So Alexa questioned Kat's motives, suggesting she wasn't 506 00:26:50,960 --> 00:26:55,160 truly supportive of survivors. The conflict esque When Cat 507 00:26:55,160 --> 00:26:58,880 began investigating Alexa's organization Eat Predators, 508 00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:02,040 which claims to quote, end the pervasive cover up of sexual 509 00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:05,040 abuse and predatory behavior in the music and entertainment 510 00:27:05,040 --> 00:27:07,760 industries. Alexa claimed Cat was preparing 511 00:27:07,760 --> 00:27:11,440 to publish a defamatory article about her organization, though 512 00:27:11,520 --> 00:27:13,680 no such article has been released. 513 00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:17,280 Alexa soon faced backlash online, with many accusing her 514 00:27:17,280 --> 00:27:20,800 of sharing sealed documents from the Drake Bell case with Cat, 515 00:27:21,120 --> 00:27:23,400 something Cat later confirmed in a tweet. 516 00:27:23,480 --> 00:27:26,360 Alexa responded by denying that the documents were sealed, 517 00:27:26,360 --> 00:27:28,840 sharing images that allegedly showed that the files were 518 00:27:28,840 --> 00:27:31,600 redacted. YouTuber Adam McIntyre, who I 519 00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:34,920 mentioned before, was also dragged into the drama after 520 00:27:34,920 --> 00:27:37,080 Alexa called him out for defending Cat. 521 00:27:37,560 --> 00:27:40,080 He later made a video addressing the situation, revealing that 522 00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:43,280 Alexis legal counsel, is the same lawyer who represented 523 00:27:43,280 --> 00:27:45,960 Colleen Ballinger. Adam criticized Alexa, 524 00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:48,200 questioning why she would advocate for victims while 525 00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:51,640 hiring someone who defended Colleen, among other problematic 526 00:27:51,640 --> 00:27:54,080 figures. Okay, the next story that I have 527 00:27:54,080 --> 00:27:57,320 is that Liv Schmidt has been banned on TikTok. 528 00:27:57,720 --> 00:28:00,720 So Liv Schmidt, who is building a very controversial name for 529 00:28:00,720 --> 00:28:03,280 herself on TikTok, has had her account banned. 530 00:28:03,320 --> 00:28:07,120 Liv is a 22 year old corporate worker in New York City who 531 00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:12,040 recently built a following of over 670,000 on TikTok by 532 00:28:12,040 --> 00:28:15,320 posting videos where she shares her basically devotion to 533 00:28:15,320 --> 00:28:18,120 staying thin. She posts videos about like not 534 00:28:18,120 --> 00:28:21,000 quote UN quote like letting yourself go when you work a nine 535 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:24,280 to five and a lot of what I eat in a day videos. 536 00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:28,320 And people say that she is promoting disordered eating 537 00:28:28,320 --> 00:28:31,920 because she eats very little or it seems like she is eating very 538 00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:33,760 little. The way that she frames her 539 00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:38,640 videos are very toxic. Like she's very judgmental about 540 00:28:38,640 --> 00:28:41,160 people's weight, about how people eat. 541 00:28:41,280 --> 00:28:44,040 She uses really damaging language when talking about 542 00:28:44,040 --> 00:28:48,560 weight and her eating choices. So she has been very 543 00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:50,360 controversial for the last few months. 544 00:28:50,360 --> 00:28:52,960 She really blew up recently. Like, it's all very recent. 545 00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:55,760 It's like shock value content again. 546 00:28:56,440 --> 00:28:58,480 That's like the theme of today's mini scroll. 547 00:28:58,480 --> 00:29:02,560 It's like all these shock value creators, like karma is coming 548 00:29:02,560 --> 00:29:04,800 for them. So a couple of days ago, she was 549 00:29:04,800 --> 00:29:06,960 banned on TikTok. Now the Wall Street Journal, 550 00:29:06,960 --> 00:29:09,120 just a couple of hours ago, they published this article. 551 00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:12,200 I'm going to read a snippet from it, they said. 552 00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:15,080 A TikTok spokesperson says Schmidt's account has been 553 00:29:15,080 --> 00:29:18,440 removed as a result of community guideline violation, but 554 00:29:18,440 --> 00:29:22,200 declined to be more specific. The morning after her account 555 00:29:22,200 --> 00:29:24,600 was taken down, Schmidt was confused and upset. 556 00:29:24,600 --> 00:29:27,160 She had not received any warning from the app about her videos 557 00:29:27,160 --> 00:29:30,120 running afoul of its body image policies, she said. 558 00:29:30,240 --> 00:29:33,720 She said she felt misunderstood. I'm trying to build a genuine 559 00:29:33,720 --> 00:29:35,600 thing, she said. So she's trying to get her 560 00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:38,200 account back. But she started a new account in 561 00:29:38,200 --> 00:29:40,920 the meantime, and this is what the bio said. 562 00:29:40,920 --> 00:29:45,080 When she launched this account, it read it's not a sin to want 563 00:29:45,080 --> 00:29:49,840 to be thin, saving America from obesity one person at a time. 564 00:29:50,120 --> 00:29:54,920 If that gives you an indication of how her videos were 565 00:29:54,920 --> 00:29:58,400 presented, the language that she uses, the shock that she's 566 00:29:58,400 --> 00:30:04,080 trying to stir with all of this. So I think people are happy to 567 00:30:04,080 --> 00:30:07,440 see this action taken. Like I'm sure her account was 568 00:30:07,440 --> 00:30:12,800 being reported constantly because she was not just sharing 569 00:30:12,800 --> 00:30:15,840 like problematic dieting content, like it was like 570 00:30:15,840 --> 00:30:19,440 straight up bullying. So yeah, I think it is good that 571 00:30:19,440 --> 00:30:23,000 her account's being taken down. I know that TikTok can also if 572 00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:25,720 they've taken down someone's account for something like that 573 00:30:25,960 --> 00:30:29,320 and they make a new one, I know it is very possible that her new 574 00:30:29,320 --> 00:30:31,400 account, even if it has different types of content, 575 00:30:31,400 --> 00:30:35,080 might be taken down. She did say that she will no 576 00:30:35,080 --> 00:30:40,000 longer discuss what she eats in a day or her grocery hauls on 577 00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:42,560 TikTok. You lost that privilege. 578 00:30:42,560 --> 00:30:46,000 She said while directing viewers to her other social media 579 00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:47,920 accounts in a new video. OK. 580 00:30:47,920 --> 00:30:51,320 And the last story that I have for you guys, Oh my God, I am so 581 00:30:51,320 --> 00:30:54,320 jet lagged. This has taken me like 3 hours 582 00:30:54,320 --> 00:30:57,320 to record because I keep tripping over my words and I'm 583 00:30:57,320 --> 00:31:00,240 so dehydrated from the plane that I'm having these like 584 00:31:00,240 --> 00:31:02,720 coughing fits. So if there's a lot of cuts in 585 00:31:02,720 --> 00:31:07,000 this episode, that's why. So I'm not like sick, I've just 586 00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:12,280 have like a very dry throat. So YouTube is going to adjust 587 00:31:12,280 --> 00:31:16,160 its algorithm to restrict videos from being promoted to teens 588 00:31:16,160 --> 00:31:18,400 that idealize certain body types. 589 00:31:18,440 --> 00:31:21,480 So in an effort to help teens with their mental health, 590 00:31:21,760 --> 00:31:24,720 YouTube has revealed a new roll out for the platform. 591 00:31:25,040 --> 00:31:28,560 In a new blog post, YouTube says it is adjusting its algorithm to 592 00:31:28,560 --> 00:31:33,080 restrict videos showing a non violent aggression and idealized 593 00:31:33,080 --> 00:31:36,200 physical appearances from being promoted to teenagers. 594 00:31:36,640 --> 00:31:39,760 It says this content may be quote innocuous as a single 595 00:31:39,760 --> 00:31:43,440 video, but could be problematic for some teens if viewed 596 00:31:43,480 --> 00:31:45,800 repeatedly. Quote teens are more likely than 597 00:31:45,800 --> 00:31:48,880 adults to form negative beliefs about themselves when they see 598 00:31:48,880 --> 00:31:52,160 repeated messages about ideal standards and content they 599 00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:55,360 consume online. I think this is a great positive 600 00:31:55,360 --> 00:31:58,120 step. I hope that it's not just kind 601 00:31:58,120 --> 00:32:00,880 of smoke and mirrors like I hope that they actually implement 602 00:32:00,880 --> 00:32:04,800 this well because I think it would be really impactful and I 603 00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:06,600 think Liv Schmidt should take note. 604 00:32:08,400 --> 00:32:11,680 Anyways, guys, that's it for today. 605 00:32:11,680 --> 00:32:14,880 That's it. The recap of the last two weeks, 606 00:32:14,880 --> 00:32:17,400 Internet culture news. I'm sure there are some stories 607 00:32:17,440 --> 00:32:21,600 that my team and I missed, but I hope that that gave you guys a 608 00:32:21,600 --> 00:32:24,360 good recap of everything that happened. 609 00:32:24,520 --> 00:32:28,360 Thank you for sticking with me while I went on my hiatus. 610 00:32:28,360 --> 00:32:32,040 I am back now. I'll be back in your ears Monday 611 00:32:32,040 --> 00:32:34,520 to Thursday mini scroll and Friday's deep dive. 612 00:32:35,080 --> 00:32:38,680 So as always, Please remember to rate, review, and subscribe. 613 00:32:38,680 --> 00:32:40,720 It means so much. It helps me grow. 614 00:32:40,720 --> 00:32:43,160 I love you guys and I will talk to you tomorrow. 615 00:32:43,480 --> 00:32:43,840 Bye.