Dankyjabo facing heavy backlash from fans regarding takes in a few recent streams
So this is mainly in regards to the very very recent situation regarding his opinions on Stephanie Soo and how he is currently being labelled a "misogynist" for stating he isn't a fan of her. Attached are screenshots of the comment section taken from the video on his Sheppard Boy channel, which was an upload of clips from his Livestream on Johnny Somali.
A lot of fans generally aren't happy with his new uploading schedule, and for the most part I'd have to agree with them. In the past week or so he's done several hours long streams about various situations on the Dankyjabo channel which he then clips and uploads onto the Sheppard Boy channel. It's different from his main channel content, in that it's unscripted and he is able to interact with and debate with his fan base as he goes over the situations. He still uploads main channel content, just not as frequenty. He states his goal is to upload on Sheppard Boy 3 times a day.
Now, this change has resulted in a lot of criticism from his fans. Many feel the unscripted nature of these livestreams leads to bad takes, and that the way he interacts with chat isn't appropriate (as in banning/muting people for "disagreeing" with him and getting "unnecessarily" heated when he is criticized live).
I've been present for a majority of the livestreams he's done, and from what I've seen these are the situations/takes that resulted in the most backlash:
Sykunno: People felt that the way he spoke about the girl in the hotel was "victim-blamey." He had two fans get on call with him on stream and debate as such, and overall the conversations remained friendly, open, and both parties appeared to leave the conversation with an "agree to disagree" mentality.
Johnny Somali: Now this one I can't speak as much on because I wasn't there for this part of the stream, but this is my understanding of it. He was covering the situation where Johnny Somali twerked on statues of "comfort women" (victims of rape and sex enslavement) while in Korea and was subsequently arrested for it. People felt that his initial reaction to viewing the clip was in bad taste, and that he didn't take it seriously enough. I did see the clip in the Livestream he did today(he replayed it), and I personally I don't think his reaction was necessarily disrespectful, but rather a raw reaction to seeing something so absurdly heinous. He described Somali as "foul" for doing so.
Stephanie Soo: Now this is the primary reason I'm making this post. During his coverage of the Johnny Somali situation, he watched parts of Stephanie Soo's video on it. Again, I wasn't there for this part(I've since watched it☝️)but he is currently facing a LOT of backlash for stating that he's not a fan of hers. His reasoning being her older true crime mukbang videos. Fans of Stephanie have been defending her relentlessly, as well as attacking him to the point he felt the need to do a Livestream today covering it. I've watched the stream, and I can say that while he is definitely a lot more heated during this, I personally can't blame him! Even in the chat, he was being disrespected, picked apart, and even had his ex brought up against him just like in the comments of his Johnny Somali video.
Now the reason I wanted to bring this up is because his take on Stephanie Soo is one I honestly really agree with. He criticizes her for creating and profiting from DEEPLY insensitive videos discussing horrific crimes while eating and giggling and having a light-hearted atmosphere that those topics do NOT fit in. He mentioned being personally offended by her lack of accountability due to a personal connection with someone involved with a huge true crime story(which he did not share, does not have to, and if you try to search for it or pester him for it you're a POS in my opinion). Now, during all of this he never attacks her as a person, never attacks her fanbase, and overall remains very respectful to her whilst vehemently standing by his point. And I think he has every right to get upset about being called a Misogynist because he doesn't forgive Stephanie Soo for the way she's treated true crime stories. His biggest thing is that she hasn't apologized, which is absaloutely true. There was a reddit post from (I believe) a victim's daughter, sharing how disgusted she was by Stephanie's coverage of this crime, and under that post Stephanie did apologize. Jessie acknowledges that on stream. However, his point still stands because although she may be more thorough, respectful, and genuine in the content she makes today; she has NEVER publicly apologized for that old content. She swept it under the rug and tried to move on as if nothing happened, which is NOT okay, even if she has changed.
I'm curious to hear other people's thoughts on this situation, specifically when it comes to Stephanie Soo.