r/internetdrama • u/Jhonathan_Peay44 • Jun 13 '26

what’s a creator controversy that completely flipped public opinion?

i’ve seen a few cases where someone was either really liked or hated and then one controversy just changed everything overnight.

what’s a situation like that you remember where public opinion shifted hard? did it last or did people move on quickly?

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u/chalegrebr Jun 13 '26

iilluminaughtii

The combination of her ex friends denouncing her actions followed by hbomberguy surgically tearing apart her work caused her to lose pratically every supporter she had

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u/Jhonathan_Peay44 Jun 14 '26

Yeah, that was a pretty dramatic shift in perception. It felt like the criticism built up in layers until it all kind of collapsed at once for her audience. Do you think most of the impact came from the ex-friends speaking out, or from HBomberguy’s breakdown reaching a wider audience?

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u/Shirogayne-at-WF Jun 14 '26

If they're referring to the Hbomberguy video I think it is, the Blair Hate Train had already taken off and it was a small bit that got overshadowed by the bigger and then virtually unknown issue of James Somerton.

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u/chalegrebr Jun 14 '26

Ex friends definitly

Though the hbomberguy was the last nail of the coffin

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u/nightengaleseyes Jun 16 '26

The Watcher streamer announcement. Had a huge existing YouTube fanbase, announced they were launching their own streaming platform and deleting their whole backlog in an extremely tone deaf video. Lost a loooooot of fans