• @MJBrune@beehaw.org
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    36 months ago

    If he does have mental health issues stemming from this, then he should have just deleted all his accounts, accepted responsibility from his actions, and moved on to something else and work on his mental health.

    I mean, I think he’s done that. He’s deactivated his Patreon, deleted his YouTube channel, and said that he’ll comment more when his mental health is better. Maybe I am a soft-hearted fool but it sounds like he’s done just that.

    That said it’s important to remember everyone is human and makes mistakes.

    As for what I’d do differently. I don’t know, I don’t think anything else could have been done differently I supposed but it just feels not great.

    • alyaza [they/she]OPM
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      6 months ago

      I mean, I think he’s done that. He’s deactivated his Patreon, deleted his YouTube channel, and said that he’ll comment more when his mental health is better. Maybe I am a soft-hearted fool but it sounds like he’s done just that.

      that’s being fairly charitable to him, i think–he reactivated his patreon when he dropped the now deleted “i’m sorry” video and based on that and the content of his video it seems like he was planning a monetized comeback (to ostensibly pay into Hbomb’s financial damage fund) before overwhelming backlash made him scurry back into the shadows and close it again

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        6 months ago

        Yeah, that gave me a good bit to think about. I came to the conclusion that what James should do is on a video by video basis, ask the creators he stole from if they want his video back up with all the proceeds going to them and with credit given in whatever way they would like. Essentially giving his fan base a path back to the original creators. For his patreon, it should be fully deleted, perhaps with just a note that attempts to get those who subbed back to the original creators as well.

    • @millie@beehaw.org
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      56 months ago

      Okay, sure. Forgiveness is important. But, like, first let’s get the situation remedied. Step 1 isn’t let’s immediately forgive them without saying anything. Step 1 is holy shit look at all this blatant plagiarism going on, let’s make sure people know this is happening so that the original creators can avoid having their work stolen.

      Like, yeah, this guy and all the other plagiarists are people. So are all the people they’re stealing from. Getting the word out and not dwelling on what they did forever aren’t mutually exclusive.

      You can set a boundary and forgive someone without letting go of that boundary.