That time a YouTuber's apology made me stop believing in call-out culture

I was watching this guy I liked, a small creator with maybe 20k subs, and someone dug up a tweet from 2016 where he made a dumb joke. The mob went after him hard. He posted a 10 minute apology video crying and explaining himself. I felt bad for him at first, but then I saw the comments. People were ripping him apart for not being sorry enough. It got me thinking, like, what even counts as a good apology anymore? The guy lost half his subs in a week over a joke that wasn't even that bad. Now I see this whole cancel thing as way too random. Has anyone else watched someone get cancelled over something super minor and felt it was just unfair?

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the_fiona23d ago

Oh man, I used to be one of those people who'd jump on the bandwagon without thinking twice, but watching a similar situation with a gaming channel I liked totally flipped my view. This girl (maybe 15k subs) got roasted for a video where she said something that came off kinda privileged, and she posted this heartfelt apology that felt super genuine to me. But the comments were just brutal, calling her manipulative and demanding she "do better" without even saying what that meant. It hit me that the goalposts keep moving and nobody actually knows what they want, so I just back away from that stuff now.

claire_walker23d agoProlific Poster

Wait, they actually called her apologizing "manipulative"? That's wild. People just want someone to hate on, no winning either way.

black.pat23d ago

The one apology I saw from her felt more like damage control than actually owning what she said... people can tell when it's real versus just trying to save face.