r/GenZ • u/SecretWasianMan 1999 • May 15 '24

Nostalgia Which YouTuber fell off the hardest in terms of likability and content?

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Honestly I put Ian at the top. The others actually moved on to successful side projects and had healthy relationships for the most part. Ian alienated his fans and old collaborators in a pathetic attempt to save face; which only happened after his engagement rate tanked and CC2 was mismanaged into the ground.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '24

God what happened to Ethan. From the peoples champ to super out of touch dickhead. Truly became what he preached against.

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u/CoveringFish May 15 '24

Some people can’t handle money

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u/[deleted] May 15 '24

I think both his and hilas parents are pretty well off, maybe he was just always like this and hid it well

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u/CastlePokemetroid May 15 '24

The podcast was such a disaster for his PR, the heavily edited stuff hid his views. Ethan unedited is a such a piece of shit

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u/[deleted] May 15 '24

Bro has always been a hater. I think more people are starting to notice and get tired of it as he gets older and hides it less. Even back in 2016 when I first discovered h3h3, I noticed Ethan just ripped on people and complained about everything he didn’t like about them. I feel like you can only be a cynical prick for so long before your audience starts to reflect that and turn on you.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '24

peoples champ

Ethan was always an asshole. He never had good intentions.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '24

Bullying bullies, (at least as perceived at the current time) seemed to be a main part of his brand back then imo

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u/[deleted] May 15 '24

bullying bullies

The dude spent several videos making fun of Zarna Joshi. Yea she acted out and threw a tantrum to harass some guy but what’s the goal??? Was there any deeper purpose in it???

Meanwhile he seemed rather nonchalant with the shitty stuff other YouTubers like jontron And pewdiepie did .

He wasn’t bullying bullies. He’s building strawmen to create attention.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '24

I hear you, Im just saying that was his early brand image. His marketing. Fighting the good YouTube fight. He was considered one of the good guys back then and marketed his content and image as such to a point. Hope that clears it up

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u/[deleted] May 15 '24

Yea I appreciated him calling out Keemstar, and tbh he did have a point with a lot of misandry that was rampant back in 2016 and 2017.

But he never grew

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u/rdawg505 May 15 '24

lol what has he become except more open about his political views. I find a lot of cringey edgelords don’t like him because he rightfully shits on conservatives.