So the KatersOneSeven drama has presently quietened, but still left in the air. Though there's still a few things worthy of note.
First up, Kate deleted her final vlog. I'm sure plenty of people saved a copy, but it's not exactly anything worth keeping in my opinion. The only thing of possible value in it was where the beginning referred to the car break-in thing, and one might have been able to use that for possible evidence in their theories. Apparently quite a few people question the validity of the situation. Other than that, sayonara. (UPDATE: She made it visible again shortly after writing this, with comments disabled.)
Second, commenting was also restored on the other videos. But as I predicted last post, it's all been radically pruned, with censoring and possible blocking gone into full effect. Personally I roll my eyes at the "out of sight, out of mind" method of damage control. This situation is way too big to quietly sweep under the rug. Just address it already.
Third, she mentioned on Twitter that she's "so excited for my vlogging idea I can't even tell you! I've already started!" I'm not quite sure how you can have a "vlogging idea" given that vlogging can't really be any different than it ever was, other than changing the schedule on which you post them, and I can't see how one would be excited about that. But hey, it's pretty much the first time she's really even addressed the situation, so there's that.
I saw someone say something in a comment somewhere which I think was relevant enough to repeat, which goes along with what I was saying before regarding crazy fans and stalkers. Basically they said that if Kate and Cory were worried about their safety, then why are they still Tweeting/Facebooking/Keeking? Absolutely true. You wouldn't end just the vlogs if you felt that it were an immediate safety concern, you'd cut all of it off. And I'm fairly certain that Cory said something in a Tweet which may have hinted at blaming that break-in incident for the vlogs ending, but I can't find it now to be sure. But either way, whatever, I'm calling bullshit on it; safety couldn't have been a concern based on their online behavior afterwards.
Speaking of Cory, I did engage in a brief dialog with him regarding the Seann Larson thing, part of which you've seen, which essentially resulted in him repeating that he had no reason to defend himself. It concluded with this: "Please stop bringing this up. I didn't do anything wrong and I shouldn't be involved. I just make people happy for a living." The Tweet is still there, mind you. So I told him okay, that since he asked nicely, I'll respect that. Then he thanked me, and that was that.
That being said, I do still think that his response didn't really answer anything, and the "just make people happy for a living" part was really unnecessary and diverting from the point. As to whether he did anything wrong, he's not specific on what in particular he means. I'm to assume he means that he didn't cheat on Steph with Kate, but the "I shouldn't be involved" part maybe implies that he's referring to the situation with Kate ending her vlogs. So who knows, no point in trying to dissect it. He's obviously not going to give a clear answer on the issue of him/Steph/Seann/Kate, so I plan to keep my word on not bothering him about it anymore.
I mean, other than the Seann Larson comment, the only real evidence that I've seen of the rumor regarding Kate being with Cory before New Years are a couple of screencaps from Facebook, and I don't tend to believe anything on the internet unless I can see it for myself. That's especially due to seeing some actual fake stuff out there, such as Kate supposedly calling some guy a nigger in an email. So it's all still speculation as far as I'm concerned. All I know is that Steph sure lived at the apartment for quite some time after Cory stopped wearing his wedding ring, which throws enough of a wrench in the rumor for me to have no idea what the hell to believe.
I think the only other thing worth mentioning is that a few people seem to be upset that Kate Tweeted a picture of herself wearing things that Dedikaters sent her, mentioning that they make her feel safe. Folks are saying that she rarely wears their stuff, or certainly not that much at a time, and that it's obviously to suck up. I think the timing is certainly suspicious, but I can't really offer any opinion beyond that since I honestly have no idea if she wears that kind of stuff often. I don't pay attention to her jewelry, and don't care enough to go and look!
I guess that's it. Everything else is pretty much them still behaving as if everything's normal.
Oh and hey, thanks to everyone who's started following and commenting on this vlog. It's nice to be able to discuss this with folks and try to figure this mess out in a place where we won't get deleted for doing so!
p.s. I forgot to mention, Kate's subscribers have stopped dropping, and went up by a small amount today (Friday). I assume the trend will continue, making up for any losses, and eventually life will go on with people likely forgetting this all ever happened.
Saturday, January 5, 2013
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Plots, They Thicken
This story is like the Energizer Bunny, cause the developments keep on going.
People are saying that Kate disabled comments on her last several videos, which is a bit illogical to me given that people are just going to flock to the last video before that where comments are still allowed. In fact, I looked, and that's exactly what they're doing! I imagine that if the comments ever get enabled again, though, that they'll be thoroughly pruned. Kate does have a tendency to silence critics, after all. Has happened to me more than once.
Meanwhile, last night I sent Cory a Tweet to point out to him that the evidence regarding the Seann Larson account on Youtube pointed to it really being him, and asked him for the real story. When I checked my email this morning, I found a Tweet reply:
The reason I'm uploading a screenshot instead of linking you to the Tweet directly is because when I clicked to reply, the original Tweet is now apparently gone. So I guess Cory spoke without thinking and quickly swept up the mess.
So now you're left with the option to believe whether that image is real or not since there's no other proof to the contrary, unless one of you out there captured the Tweet before he deleted it. I know that I would automatically be skeptical, as I've been with other screencaps, so you'll just have to take that as you will.
That being said, it makes me wonder; is Cory now implying that Steph cheated on him? Or is he simply saying that after they separated (but not divorced) is when Steph got with Seann? But the way he says it almost implies that he's defending himself being with Kate before the divorce due to Steph being with Seann
If it turns out all the rumors are wrong, and that Steph actually cheated on Cory, then I would have some degree of sympathy for him. But I honestly don't know how to take what he said. So I just replied back to him that he should in fact defend himself if things aren't how Seann accused in that Youtube comment. I mean seriously, if it were that guy and/or Steph who are spreading shit, then Cory really should set things straight instead of letting things get this far out of control. Rumors spread like wildfire, with most people never bothering to try to confirm anything.
So yeah, I dunno. No matter how you look at this situation, things aren't how they seem. It's all probably going to come down to how much everyone was lied to, and what they were lied to about.
People are saying that Kate disabled comments on her last several videos, which is a bit illogical to me given that people are just going to flock to the last video before that where comments are still allowed. In fact, I looked, and that's exactly what they're doing! I imagine that if the comments ever get enabled again, though, that they'll be thoroughly pruned. Kate does have a tendency to silence critics, after all. Has happened to me more than once.
Meanwhile, last night I sent Cory a Tweet to point out to him that the evidence regarding the Seann Larson account on Youtube pointed to it really being him, and asked him for the real story. When I checked my email this morning, I found a Tweet reply:
The reason I'm uploading a screenshot instead of linking you to the Tweet directly is because when I clicked to reply, the original Tweet is now apparently gone. So I guess Cory spoke without thinking and quickly swept up the mess.
So now you're left with the option to believe whether that image is real or not since there's no other proof to the contrary, unless one of you out there captured the Tweet before he deleted it. I know that I would automatically be skeptical, as I've been with other screencaps, so you'll just have to take that as you will.
That being said, it makes me wonder; is Cory now implying that Steph cheated on him? Or is he simply saying that after they separated (but not divorced) is when Steph got with Seann? But the way he says it almost implies that he's defending himself being with Kate before the divorce due to Steph being with Seann
If it turns out all the rumors are wrong, and that Steph actually cheated on Cory, then I would have some degree of sympathy for him. But I honestly don't know how to take what he said. So I just replied back to him that he should in fact defend himself if things aren't how Seann accused in that Youtube comment. I mean seriously, if it were that guy and/or Steph who are spreading shit, then Cory really should set things straight instead of letting things get this far out of control. Rumors spread like wildfire, with most people never bothering to try to confirm anything.
So yeah, I dunno. No matter how you look at this situation, things aren't how they seem. It's all probably going to come down to how much everyone was lied to, and what they were lied to about.
News at 17
I feel like one of those news anchors who keeps covering a developing story. And this is all still regarding KatersOneSeven and SMPFilms, so if you don't care about them then I'm sure there's some cute cat videos or awesome crashes or something somewhere you could be watching instead.
So, Steph's boyfriend, Seann Larson, posted that comment on Youtube saying that Cory and Kate had fooled around before he was even divorced, and is in fact what prompted the divorce. When people confronted Cory about this, he simply denied that that Youtube account was even Seann. Well since I prefer not to spread blatant rumors and at least try to confirm the info, I did my own digging.
There's two Youtube accounts here in question. One is killingunclbld (but titled Seann Larson), the other is SeannLarson. The former made the comment regarding Cory and Kate. So, first of all, those two Youtube accounts "Feature" each other, so obviously they belong to the same person. They also both "Feature" Steph, for what it's worth. Second, the video on killingunclbld has Steph in it, as you can see her dog and her pants, identical to the ones in Steph's video on SMPLady. Third, you'll also notice that the SeannLarson profile has liked some band local to Oakdale. Oakdale is where both Seann and Steph live. Aside from the Youtube channel, a Mylife profile also confirms the same Seann Larson is in Oakdale. Now we go to Steph's Facebook page. The same Seann Larson is in New Years photos with Steph. Steph owns The Craft Haus, a business in Oakdale, CA. So, location confirmed. Lastly, we come full circle, and find an old band profile of Seann, where he links a now-defunct Myspace account with the user ID killingunclbld.
The Youtube account in question is almost undoubtedly Seann's. I asked him myself on Facebook, but no response yet. He either hasn't seen my message or chose not to answer, which is totally fine because I'm intruding by even asking him, and admitted as much in my message to him. But I think I've collected enough evidence to be 99% positive without him responding.
So we're at a point where there's essentially three possibilities: Steph lied to Seann, Seann lied to Youtube, or Cory cheated on Steph with Kate.
We also take into account that Cory has now apparently deleted some tweets. And Seann has now supposedly deleted his Youtube comment. And suddenly everyone is silent.
STAY TUNED? Or don't. Seriously, I don't know how much longer I can write about this mess!
UPDATE: I wanted to update this post with some info which I didn't feel relevant enough to be a separate post. If anyone is still doubting the legitimacy of the Seann Larson comment on Youtube despite the info I just provided, then I've collected further evidence. Seann Larson has a newer Myspace account. Newer, as in started in 2007. Seann Larson was a member of the Carousel Massacre band, which he has friended the account of on Myspace. The Myspace profile for this band lists "www.CarouselMassacre.5u.com" as their website, which brings us full circle to the band profile page linked above, which contains the ID matching the Youtube account. The Killinguncldbld account on Youtube has been there since 2006.
So, Steph's boyfriend, Seann Larson, posted that comment on Youtube saying that Cory and Kate had fooled around before he was even divorced, and is in fact what prompted the divorce. When people confronted Cory about this, he simply denied that that Youtube account was even Seann. Well since I prefer not to spread blatant rumors and at least try to confirm the info, I did my own digging.
There's two Youtube accounts here in question. One is killingunclbld (but titled Seann Larson), the other is SeannLarson. The former made the comment regarding Cory and Kate. So, first of all, those two Youtube accounts "Feature" each other, so obviously they belong to the same person. They also both "Feature" Steph, for what it's worth. Second, the video on killingunclbld has Steph in it, as you can see her dog and her pants, identical to the ones in Steph's video on SMPLady. Third, you'll also notice that the SeannLarson profile has liked some band local to Oakdale. Oakdale is where both Seann and Steph live. Aside from the Youtube channel, a Mylife profile also confirms the same Seann Larson is in Oakdale. Now we go to Steph's Facebook page. The same Seann Larson is in New Years photos with Steph. Steph owns The Craft Haus, a business in Oakdale, CA. So, location confirmed. Lastly, we come full circle, and find an old band profile of Seann, where he links a now-defunct Myspace account with the user ID killingunclbld.
The Youtube account in question is almost undoubtedly Seann's. I asked him myself on Facebook, but no response yet. He either hasn't seen my message or chose not to answer, which is totally fine because I'm intruding by even asking him, and admitted as much in my message to him. But I think I've collected enough evidence to be 99% positive without him responding.
So we're at a point where there's essentially three possibilities: Steph lied to Seann, Seann lied to Youtube, or Cory cheated on Steph with Kate.
We also take into account that Cory has now apparently deleted some tweets. And Seann has now supposedly deleted his Youtube comment. And suddenly everyone is silent.
STAY TUNED? Or don't. Seriously, I don't know how much longer I can write about this mess!
UPDATE: I wanted to update this post with some info which I didn't feel relevant enough to be a separate post. If anyone is still doubting the legitimacy of the Seann Larson comment on Youtube despite the info I just provided, then I've collected further evidence. Seann Larson has a newer Myspace account. Newer, as in started in 2007. Seann Larson was a member of the Carousel Massacre band, which he has friended the account of on Myspace. The Myspace profile for this band lists "www.CarouselMassacre.5u.com" as their website, which brings us full circle to the band profile page linked above, which contains the ID matching the Youtube account. The Killinguncldbld account on Youtube has been there since 2006.
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
SMPSpam
I had to post about this, because it cracked me up. I was browsing through the comments again on the last Katers video when I saw someone comment about Cory having said something. Took me a bit to find it, because he posted it as DudeLikeHella instead of SMPFilms. What cracked me up is that the comment was marked as spam. If that's not proof of peoples' attitudes about all of this, nothing is.
As for the content, blah blah:
Don't you think it's funny that his attempt to calm people down came shortly before a Tweet from Kate to plug Ding Ding's Youtube channel debut?
..I swear I think my intelligence drops a little every time I say that poor dog's name.
Anyway, if it turns out that the car break-in incident is what triggered this, then give me a break. She's an attractive girl on the internet who shares her life with thousands of people; of course one of them is eventually bound to get too close. If the car had been locked and the alarm set, then maybe they wouldn't have gotten inside very easily. Cory's jeep is another story, because any random kid could get into one of those. And besides, we've heard no evidence that it even was a fan who did it. People break into shit. If you park two cars near each other then it's no surprise they'd target both.
Not to mention, does she think her address is a secret? Quite a while back I found out where they lived after a few minutes of Googling and some looking around on Google Maps. I was able to figure out exactly which apartment was Kate's (back when she had her own) and Cory's just from various camera shots of one vlog. And this was purely out of curiosity. I think it was back when Kate had said that her mother told her not to walk around at night time, and then a few videos later there she was out walking around at night to Target or something, which prompted me to see just how far out she was dawdling around in the dark. I think around the same time I also found out where Shay Carl's fancy new house was in Idaho, because I wanted to check the property value, which ended up proving to me that he had way more money than he let on, because he'd bought it outright. Regardless, point is, nobody's information is truly secret. It's just a matter of degree as to how difficult it is to obtain it. In the case of the aforementioned Youtubers, it was incredibly easy. Don't be surprised when someone with ill intent shows up, and then suddenly screw over your entire subscriber base and career in response. And again, we're still assuming it even was someone from the internet.
So anyway, yeah. Kate will likely release some tearful video soon, then, trying to reconcile with viewers (read: limit lost income potential). Many of them will come running back to her to say "I knew it" and immediately attempt to separate themselves from everyone who posted a negative comment. A number of others who did respond negatively will then apologize, or simply accept Kate's apology, and resume their regular posterior endearment of her. The amount of negativity from everyone else, however, is still yet to be seen!
As for the content, blah blah:
Hey guys! First of all, lets take a big breath in together. Ready? In.... aaand out. Feels better right? We all just need to relax. There's a good reason for all of this. She'll clear it up for everyone soon. On behalf of myself and Kate, we're sorry this happened. We don't hate you but we do appreciate you all for the years you've given us. As for the rumors... I'm pregnant. :D
Don't you think it's funny that his attempt to calm people down came shortly before a Tweet from Kate to plug Ding Ding's Youtube channel debut?
..I swear I think my intelligence drops a little every time I say that poor dog's name.
Anyway, if it turns out that the car break-in incident is what triggered this, then give me a break. She's an attractive girl on the internet who shares her life with thousands of people; of course one of them is eventually bound to get too close. If the car had been locked and the alarm set, then maybe they wouldn't have gotten inside very easily. Cory's jeep is another story, because any random kid could get into one of those. And besides, we've heard no evidence that it even was a fan who did it. People break into shit. If you park two cars near each other then it's no surprise they'd target both.
Not to mention, does she think her address is a secret? Quite a while back I found out where they lived after a few minutes of Googling and some looking around on Google Maps. I was able to figure out exactly which apartment was Kate's (back when she had her own) and Cory's just from various camera shots of one vlog. And this was purely out of curiosity. I think it was back when Kate had said that her mother told her not to walk around at night time, and then a few videos later there she was out walking around at night to Target or something, which prompted me to see just how far out she was dawdling around in the dark. I think around the same time I also found out where Shay Carl's fancy new house was in Idaho, because I wanted to check the property value, which ended up proving to me that he had way more money than he let on, because he'd bought it outright. Regardless, point is, nobody's information is truly secret. It's just a matter of degree as to how difficult it is to obtain it. In the case of the aforementioned Youtubers, it was incredibly easy. Don't be surprised when someone with ill intent shows up, and then suddenly screw over your entire subscriber base and career in response. And again, we're still assuming it even was someone from the internet.
So anyway, yeah. Kate will likely release some tearful video soon, then, trying to reconcile with viewers (read: limit lost income potential). Many of them will come running back to her to say "I knew it" and immediately attempt to separate themselves from everyone who posted a negative comment. A number of others who did respond negatively will then apologize, or simply accept Kate's apology, and resume their regular posterior endearment of her. The amount of negativity from everyone else, however, is still yet to be seen!
Drama Denial
KatersOneSeven leaves her fanbase in shambles, then completely ignores it while going on elsewhere about how awesome everything is in her life right now. Then many of her fans adamantly proclaim in the comments that they're not bothered by her decision, while defending her actions. I think there's enough denial to go around for everyone!
I know it's bad form to mess with people in comments, but I couldn't resist lately. It's like some of these people see themselves as completely separate from those who are upset, as if somehow Kate's unprofessional exit wasn't meant for them because they're still loyal fans. Sorry, folks, but Kate's double middle was directed at everyone, no matter how firmly your lips are planted to her ass. In fact, I might even go as far as to say she ended it like this intentionally to upset them. So there is no "loyal fan" and "dedihater." There's simply one large group of people covered in Ding Ding.
Think about how many incidents have sent Kate into tears, though. Everything from the stealing sunglasses incident, to her fish dying, to having a meltdown over her hair color. Each of these incidents, and others, evoked several minutes of tears and response in her vlogs. So I refuse to believe that if she cared about vlogging at all that she could simply throw her sixty-second bow on top and leave without that producing any visible emotion. Either it was all an act, or her grand finale was an act of spite which she passive-aggressively enjoyed. Somehow, some people are fine with that. Or they're simply too dense to think beyond the fanboy/fangirl mindset.
I've heard some little things over the last day or two which are interesting. There's the screenshot of Cory's Facebook set to "in a relationship" in October, before the New Years kiss. That could be fake, sure, I dunno. I don't care enough to dig through his Facebook to find it, if it's still there and not private. Though then there's the coincidental October 29th vlog, supposedly exactly one year after the Facebook thing, where Cory somehow found tickets in a letter he supposedly never opened to take Kate to Disneyland. And then we find out that Steph's boyfriend posted a response on a different video to say that Steph left Cory because he'd been fooling around with Kate even back then. So who really knows what to believe. At this point though I'd believe pretty much any of it.
As someone who has been generally dissatisfied with Kate for quite a while now (as evidenced by so many blog posts about it!), I can say that I won't really miss the vlogs. Nor do I believe I would ever start watching them again if she did decide to continue. If she came back and offered some kind of believable apology and explanation, then I would at least give her the benefit of the doubt. But I'm fairly certain that the shallow valley girl persona I've perceived has been solidified. There's essentially nothing left of the vlogs I subscribed to.
At this point, she is quite literally the stereotypical bleached blond aspiring actress living in California who totes a tiny dog in one arm and a Starbucks in the other, following dollar signs wherever they may lead her. And it will take a heck of a lot now to convince me of otherwise.
My question is whether she bought Ding Ding solely to use to make money on Youtube, or whether she'll scrap that channel entirely after all of this.
On the bright side, it's good for this kind of thing to happen. There's enough fake garbage out there, from "reality" TV to modern music, than for it to be bleeding over into the vlogging world too. People should learn to question things more often, and be prepared to accept that it might not be what it appeared.
I know it's bad form to mess with people in comments, but I couldn't resist lately. It's like some of these people see themselves as completely separate from those who are upset, as if somehow Kate's unprofessional exit wasn't meant for them because they're still loyal fans. Sorry, folks, but Kate's double middle was directed at everyone, no matter how firmly your lips are planted to her ass. In fact, I might even go as far as to say she ended it like this intentionally to upset them. So there is no "loyal fan" and "dedihater." There's simply one large group of people covered in Ding Ding.
Think about how many incidents have sent Kate into tears, though. Everything from the stealing sunglasses incident, to her fish dying, to having a meltdown over her hair color. Each of these incidents, and others, evoked several minutes of tears and response in her vlogs. So I refuse to believe that if she cared about vlogging at all that she could simply throw her sixty-second bow on top and leave without that producing any visible emotion. Either it was all an act, or her grand finale was an act of spite which she passive-aggressively enjoyed. Somehow, some people are fine with that. Or they're simply too dense to think beyond the fanboy/fangirl mindset.
I've heard some little things over the last day or two which are interesting. There's the screenshot of Cory's Facebook set to "in a relationship" in October, before the New Years kiss. That could be fake, sure, I dunno. I don't care enough to dig through his Facebook to find it, if it's still there and not private. Though then there's the coincidental October 29th vlog, supposedly exactly one year after the Facebook thing, where Cory somehow found tickets in a letter he supposedly never opened to take Kate to Disneyland. And then we find out that Steph's boyfriend posted a response on a different video to say that Steph left Cory because he'd been fooling around with Kate even back then. So who really knows what to believe. At this point though I'd believe pretty much any of it.
As someone who has been generally dissatisfied with Kate for quite a while now (as evidenced by so many blog posts about it!), I can say that I won't really miss the vlogs. Nor do I believe I would ever start watching them again if she did decide to continue. If she came back and offered some kind of believable apology and explanation, then I would at least give her the benefit of the doubt. But I'm fairly certain that the shallow valley girl persona I've perceived has been solidified. There's essentially nothing left of the vlogs I subscribed to.
At this point, she is quite literally the stereotypical bleached blond aspiring actress living in California who totes a tiny dog in one arm and a Starbucks in the other, following dollar signs wherever they may lead her. And it will take a heck of a lot now to convince me of otherwise.
My question is whether she bought Ding Ding solely to use to make money on Youtube, or whether she'll scrap that channel entirely after all of this.
On the bright side, it's good for this kind of thing to happen. There's enough fake garbage out there, from "reality" TV to modern music, than for it to be bleeding over into the vlogging world too. People should learn to question things more often, and be prepared to accept that it might not be what it appeared.
Monday, December 31, 2012
Out of the Loop
Somebody made me aware of something with the Shaytards which I hadn't heard about, which led to me realizing more and more things. Talk about out of the loop!
First of all, he's editing his own vlogs again? Never saw that coming. I guess the money train might be drying up in California, and he's trying to fall back on his real money maker. Or who knows, maybe he actually realized they're not the same if he doesn't do it. My cynical side has a hard time deciding! I don't know how long he plans to do it, but good for him.
And directly related to that is that he's back in Idaho. Is that to stay? Is Cali too expensive? Or is it just for the holidays? Either way, it was nice to see that place again. His family, too. Their interactions were always way more entertaining than any of the California people.
And then there's the hour+ long Christmas special. Gotta give Shay credit for that. That's how you make a Christmas vlog.
I noticed a few things though which reminded me of why I got tired of him to begin with. First was the religious stuff. I know it's a big part of their family, but I'm really just not interested in hearing it all the time, and especially not in seeing them ingrain all that into their kids' heads. Seeing kids awkwardly reciting the bible stuff just comes across as weird to me. But the other thing which probably annoys me more so is plugging and namedropping Dave Ramsey. For crying out loud, you'd think they were related to the guy the way the talk about him so much. It always just reminds me that Shay is conservative, and I'd hate to see what he had to say about politics during the election. That is, unless he was smart enough not to discuss it!
But then I noticed that I didn't see Malachi anywhere. I was jumping around through the videos trying to find when they came back to Idaho, and still nothing. I saw a different dog, though, and that gave me a bad feeling. A quick Google search later revealed the sad truth: he had died.
I went back and found the video from April, and I gotta say, I don't know if I'm going to be able to watch it. I'm tearing up hardcore just from the parts where he's sick and they think the worst, and just had to pause it when Shay said they were going to leave him at the vet. I went through the same thing with a black lab once, who was old and gray and just couldn't hardly walk anymore. How terrible. I sincerely feel bad for them.
Just a few hours till New Years, so I want to finish this up quick (and less depressing!). I have no idea what the new year will hold for Youtube. Will we have upcoming Youtube stars? Will I give old vloggers another try? I guess we'll see!
Happy New Years!
First of all, he's editing his own vlogs again? Never saw that coming. I guess the money train might be drying up in California, and he's trying to fall back on his real money maker. Or who knows, maybe he actually realized they're not the same if he doesn't do it. My cynical side has a hard time deciding! I don't know how long he plans to do it, but good for him.
And directly related to that is that he's back in Idaho. Is that to stay? Is Cali too expensive? Or is it just for the holidays? Either way, it was nice to see that place again. His family, too. Their interactions were always way more entertaining than any of the California people.
And then there's the hour+ long Christmas special. Gotta give Shay credit for that. That's how you make a Christmas vlog.
I noticed a few things though which reminded me of why I got tired of him to begin with. First was the religious stuff. I know it's a big part of their family, but I'm really just not interested in hearing it all the time, and especially not in seeing them ingrain all that into their kids' heads. Seeing kids awkwardly reciting the bible stuff just comes across as weird to me. But the other thing which probably annoys me more so is plugging and namedropping Dave Ramsey. For crying out loud, you'd think they were related to the guy the way the talk about him so much. It always just reminds me that Shay is conservative, and I'd hate to see what he had to say about politics during the election. That is, unless he was smart enough not to discuss it!
But then I noticed that I didn't see Malachi anywhere. I was jumping around through the videos trying to find when they came back to Idaho, and still nothing. I saw a different dog, though, and that gave me a bad feeling. A quick Google search later revealed the sad truth: he had died.
I went back and found the video from April, and I gotta say, I don't know if I'm going to be able to watch it. I'm tearing up hardcore just from the parts where he's sick and they think the worst, and just had to pause it when Shay said they were going to leave him at the vet. I went through the same thing with a black lab once, who was old and gray and just couldn't hardly walk anymore. How terrible. I sincerely feel bad for them.
Just a few hours till New Years, so I want to finish this up quick (and less depressing!). I have no idea what the new year will hold for Youtube. Will we have upcoming Youtube stars? Will I give old vloggers another try? I guess we'll see!
Happy New Years!
How to Ruin Your Career 2.0
The last post with this title was referring to Cory. I guess Kate learned from the best, because now her career is over as well.
Haven't watched the latest Katersoneseven vlog? Don't bother. It's just a big middle finger to all the fans, followed by a Keek advertisement.
Is this just a trick to see how fans would react? Doubt it. Is it being opportunistic and finding an alternative money source which doesn't depend on the daily effort required to make vlogs? Probably!
So, let's look at this based on what we know of the situation. Kate obviously had to be making a reasonable amount of money all of this time to live where they do in California, and to buy all the clothes and makeup that she does. But she was still always rather tight with her money. And yet, she suddenly buys a brand new car, despite having already bought one a few months prior which ran fine. Then she buys an expensive dog and hundreds of dollars of supplies. Not to mention, she's been talking of them moving into a house soon. Meanwhile, Cory gets this Heathcliff movie deal with Sparta. And between all of this, the two of them have been promoting Keek like it's going out of style. So, money situation? Probably rather good right now!
But here's the kicker; shortly before buying that car, she returned a $2k computer she'd bought to better edit videos on, because of something related to her finances not working out as she'd thought (and yet bought the aforementioned car shortly after). Then later, after paying a fortune for the dog, she said she can't afford to replace the camera, which was making noises. These two particular things stand out to me for a reason: both of them were at times where she seemed to have had quite a bit of money available shortly beforehand, and yet she chose personal/luxury items instead. Maybe she really was planning on dumping the vlogs way back then, and couldn't justify the expense of a new computer or camera anymore. But money certainly seemed to be coming from somewhere.
But we have to take something else into consideration. Kate just went to the doctor, and then suddenly the next day she's ending the vlogs. Does she have some medical issue she doesn't wish to share? And/or is she pregnant? You certainly can't hide a growing belly in a daily vlog.
Either way, to me, the reason is irrelevant. She slammed the door in the face of almost one-hundred-thousand subscribers. Her video announcing this has twice as many thumbs down as thumbs up. Even the most hardcore fanboys who are trying to defend her in the comments are being out-commented by all of the people who are completely disappointed or angry about the situation.
So basically, Kate has destroyed most of her fanbase in exactly one minute worth of video. She's obviously not counting on views from her Katers17 channel to support herself, so this "making short films" thing is either total bullshit to pacify angry fans, or she's actually naive enough to believe that she can somehow continue to make any money from Youtube after ruining years of work to build a fanbase. Let's face it, her Katers17 channel just isn't very good. Particularly the more recent stuff. It wasn't until she became a vlogger that her career really went anywhere. I do hope she realizes that.
If Kate wanted to stop vlogging, she should have simply started intentionally missing days here and there, or going to just weekdays, or three days a week, etc. Fans might have been upset, but they wouldn't have been completely taken aback by it. Unless she has a significant health problem to deal with, then the way she handled this was completely unprofessional, and I do in fact hope it's negative to her career in the future. Seriously, this is essentially the same as spontaneously quitting a job without notice. Employers don't like that when looking to hire someone, because they don't want to be left hanging themselves.
So, whatever, I guess. Things in her vlogs seemed to have bugged me on a more frequent basis as she continued to deteriorate into this vapid individual who we see today. This just saves me from having to make the decision to unsubscribe. But the underlying point of the matter is irregardless of whether it's Kate or Shaycarl or any popular Youtuber: this isn't how you handle fans.
p.s. She's lost 500 subscribers in two days.
Haven't watched the latest Katersoneseven vlog? Don't bother. It's just a big middle finger to all the fans, followed by a Keek advertisement.
Is this just a trick to see how fans would react? Doubt it. Is it being opportunistic and finding an alternative money source which doesn't depend on the daily effort required to make vlogs? Probably!
So, let's look at this based on what we know of the situation. Kate obviously had to be making a reasonable amount of money all of this time to live where they do in California, and to buy all the clothes and makeup that she does. But she was still always rather tight with her money. And yet, she suddenly buys a brand new car, despite having already bought one a few months prior which ran fine. Then she buys an expensive dog and hundreds of dollars of supplies. Not to mention, she's been talking of them moving into a house soon. Meanwhile, Cory gets this Heathcliff movie deal with Sparta. And between all of this, the two of them have been promoting Keek like it's going out of style. So, money situation? Probably rather good right now!
But here's the kicker; shortly before buying that car, she returned a $2k computer she'd bought to better edit videos on, because of something related to her finances not working out as she'd thought (and yet bought the aforementioned car shortly after). Then later, after paying a fortune for the dog, she said she can't afford to replace the camera, which was making noises. These two particular things stand out to me for a reason: both of them were at times where she seemed to have had quite a bit of money available shortly beforehand, and yet she chose personal/luxury items instead. Maybe she really was planning on dumping the vlogs way back then, and couldn't justify the expense of a new computer or camera anymore. But money certainly seemed to be coming from somewhere.
But we have to take something else into consideration. Kate just went to the doctor, and then suddenly the next day she's ending the vlogs. Does she have some medical issue she doesn't wish to share? And/or is she pregnant? You certainly can't hide a growing belly in a daily vlog.
Either way, to me, the reason is irrelevant. She slammed the door in the face of almost one-hundred-thousand subscribers. Her video announcing this has twice as many thumbs down as thumbs up. Even the most hardcore fanboys who are trying to defend her in the comments are being out-commented by all of the people who are completely disappointed or angry about the situation.
So basically, Kate has destroyed most of her fanbase in exactly one minute worth of video. She's obviously not counting on views from her Katers17 channel to support herself, so this "making short films" thing is either total bullshit to pacify angry fans, or she's actually naive enough to believe that she can somehow continue to make any money from Youtube after ruining years of work to build a fanbase. Let's face it, her Katers17 channel just isn't very good. Particularly the more recent stuff. It wasn't until she became a vlogger that her career really went anywhere. I do hope she realizes that.
If Kate wanted to stop vlogging, she should have simply started intentionally missing days here and there, or going to just weekdays, or three days a week, etc. Fans might have been upset, but they wouldn't have been completely taken aback by it. Unless she has a significant health problem to deal with, then the way she handled this was completely unprofessional, and I do in fact hope it's negative to her career in the future. Seriously, this is essentially the same as spontaneously quitting a job without notice. Employers don't like that when looking to hire someone, because they don't want to be left hanging themselves.
So, whatever, I guess. Things in her vlogs seemed to have bugged me on a more frequent basis as she continued to deteriorate into this vapid individual who we see today. This just saves me from having to make the decision to unsubscribe. But the underlying point of the matter is irregardless of whether it's Kate or Shaycarl or any popular Youtuber: this isn't how you handle fans.
p.s. She's lost 500 subscribers in two days.
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