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youtube_retaliation [2019/03/02 01:22] – created Carlos Pedrazayoutube_retaliation [2019/03/02 01:23] – Carlos Pedraza
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 ===== Peters' YouTube Retaliation Backfires Over Mignogna Scandal ===== ===== Peters' YouTube Retaliation Backfires Over Mignogna Scandal =====
  
-**Deleted YouTube video**: You may never see episode 8 of Alec Peters' YouTube show, //Reel Trek//. That's because Peters tried to use his 76,000-subscriber platform to further his vitriolic crusade against his rival, scandal-plagued //Star Trek Continues// star Vic Mignogna.\\+**Deleted YouTube video**: You may never see episode 8 of Alec Peters’ YouTube show, //Reel Trek//. That’s because Peters tried to use his 76,000-subscriber platform to further his vitriolic crusade against his rival, scandal-plagued //Star Trek Continues// star Vic Mignogna.\\
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-**And it didn't go so well**. Peters and his girlfriend, Crysstal Hubbard, wanted to counter the narrative pushed by influential YouTuber [[https://youtu.be/y_0II4yk36s|MechaRandom42]] that Mignogna, a noted anime voice actor, is the victim of a witch hunt surrounding allegations of [[https://io9.gizmodo.com/one-of-anime-s-biggest-voices-accused-of-sexual-harassm-1832390505?rev=1550606147397|sexual misconduct]]. In a 30-minute rant rebutting MechaRandom's video, Peters said:+**And it didn’t go so well**. Peters and his girlfriend, Crysstal Hubbard, wanted to counter the narrative pushed by influential YouTuber [[https://youtu.be/y_0II4yk36s|MechaRandom42]] that Mignogna, a noted anime voice actor, is the victim of a witch hunt surrounding allegations of [[https://io9.gizmodo.com/one-of-anime-s-biggest-voices-accused-of-sexual-harassm-1832390505?rev=1550606147397|sexual misconduct]]. In a 30-minute rant rebutting MechaRandom’s video, Peters said:
  
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-“Today, this whole thing with MechaRandom blew up, and I had people coming at me left and right on Twitter, and it's the same old crap. And you know what? It's not about me. All right? I don't want to make it about me.”+“Today, this whole thing with MechaRandom blew up, and I had people coming at me left and right on Twitter, and it’s the same old crap. And you know what? It’s not about me. All right? I don’t want to make it about me.”
  
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   * **Peters tried to recruit for his crusade**: MechaRandom42 was one of several people AxaMonitor found who Peters tried to enlist in publicly condemning Mignogna.   * **Peters tried to recruit for his crusade**: MechaRandom42 was one of several people AxaMonitor found who Peters tried to enlist in publicly condemning Mignogna.
-  * **Pushback**: The iconoclastic YouTuber wasn't buying what Peters was selling. And she made sure her viewers knew it. Her video has tallied nearly 35,000 views.+  * **Pushback**: The iconoclastic YouTuber wasn’t buying what Peters was selling. And she made sure her viewers knew it. Her video has tallied nearly 35,000 views.
   * **Video rant**: MechaRandom posted direct messages she received from Peters in which he aggressively chided her for not taking his side ("[[https://us20.campaign-archive.com/?u=2d0411ecf0787fd9d4dc8dc5c&id=a317d966e2|YouTuber Goes to War Against Peters and Axanar]]").   * **Video rant**: MechaRandom posted direct messages she received from Peters in which he aggressively chided her for not taking his side ("[[https://us20.campaign-archive.com/?u=2d0411ecf0787fd9d4dc8dc5c&id=a317d966e2|YouTuber Goes to War Against Peters and Axanar]]").
-**Reel Trek episode 8**: Peters and Hubbard recorded this episode to counter MechaRandom's defense of Mignogna and respond to her charges against them after they confronted her on her YouTube live chat Sunday night; they were banned.+**Reel Trek episode 8**: Peters and Hubbard recorded this episode to counter MechaRandom’s defense of Mignogna and respond to her charges against them after they confronted her on her YouTube live chat Sunday night; they were banned.
  
   * **Unlisted and unliked**: Peters posted a link to the Reel Trek episode on Twitter. It instantly came under fire from fans of MechaRandom and Mignogna. An hour later it was gone. Here are some clips:   * **Unlisted and unliked**: Peters posted a link to the Reel Trek episode on Twitter. It instantly came under fire from fans of MechaRandom and Mignogna. An hour later it was gone. Here are some clips:
-**Why it matters**: Peters appears to have stirred a hornet's nest of angry YouTubers he had bee courting; MechaRandom is one who hates //Star Trek: Discovery// and CBS, especially for the studio's 2015 [[:axanar_settles|copyright lawsuit]] against Axanar.+**Why it matters**: Peters appears to have stirred a hornet’s nest of angry YouTubers he had bee courting; MechaRandom is one who hates //Star Trek: Discovery//  and CBS, especially for the studio’s 2015 [[:axanar_settles|copyright lawsuit]] against Axanar.
  
-  * **Turning on Peters**: Some of these YouTubers were surprised by Peters' aggressive treatment of MechaRandom and declared they were [[https://us20.campaign-archive.com/?u=2d0411ecf0787fd9d4dc8dc5c&id=a317d966e2|no longer inclined]] to support him. +  * **Turning on Peters**: Some of these YouTubers were surprised by Peters’ aggressive treatment of MechaRandom and declared they were [[https://us20.campaign-archive.com/?u=2d0411ecf0787fd9d4dc8dc5c&id=a317d966e2|no longer inclined]] to support him. 
-  * **Flatlined Patreon**: After MechaRandom's criticism, Peters' effort on Patreon to get fans to pay the rent and expenses for his suburban Atlanta warehouse went into negative territory.+  * **Flatlined Patreon**: After MechaRandom’s criticism, Peters’ effort on Patreon to get fans to pay the rent and expenses for his suburban Atlanta warehouse went into negative territory.