In my experience most fanmade 'fixes' of narratives involve petty personal grievances with a story more than an understanding of what does or does not work in the narrative, so I don't tend to think very highly of them in general.
It does seem that everyone eventually just gets a comeback tour. The internet loves a story above almost all else and when that's all over there's always time to just wait it out.
So far as still having followers goes I know ProJared was helped out by coming out with evidence that largely discredited the absolute worst shit he was accused of which left him guilty of being a huge fucking idiot but also gained him sympathy when a lot of the people accusing him turning out to be huge assholes as well. I never heard another word from Nick Robinson though so I just assumed he stayed quiet long enough to simply start over.
Jirard though... everything coming out from him just seems to be "I did that shit" and "Please don't tell anyone I did that shit" which... yeah I dunno seems like it's gonna be a harder rebound, at least for someone that has more of a proper "Brand".
He's not a monster but he's a real solid "Well alright, fuck that guy then who cares" which is how most people seem to be treating him now.
Like Jobsts clickbaity shit with "Worst. Apology. Ever" or whatever is silly when I don't even see a single ukulele present but doing just a quick temperature test about him on socials and people seem Appropriately Angry at what he's actually accused of.
I'll be honest, while I still say that the initial videos were a useful service this has now simply entered the standard Youtube video cycle and It's going to be hard for me to care about My Response to his Response to My Response that these inevitably all go to.
I think if there are additional concerns it's time for the youtubers to wash their hands of it and pass it on to proper authorities.
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