Seems like the site is getting the HN Hug of Death. <a href="https://archive.fo/QF72b" rel="nofollow">https://archive.fo/QF72b</a>
I'm not sure what happened, but it doesn't seem like this is the whole story. He deleted his tweets, but Twitter replies seem like this writer may have started the aggression. This is the best I could find in regards to context:<p><a href="https://twitter.com/ByStephenJones/status/1489632602122121216" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/ByStephenJones/status/148963260212212121...</a><p><a href="https://twitter.com/HarrisHeller/status/1489513376371785728" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/HarrisHeller/status/1489513376371785728</a><p>I've never heard of either person involved, and am not sure what's happening. (It's hard to put together a timeline, and I'm not sure what was said via email, but whatever it was didn't seem to come from the YouTuber in question at all nor was it prompted by him. The YouTuber in question seems like a pretty good guy, if not maybe a bit less technical, from the very little I know.)
The author of the site went on a pretty fierce meltdown on Twitter, throwing shit at several people but mostly Gerald Undone who is a very loved, likeable, competent and successful gear reviewer on youtube. Now he has just deleted all these tweets. <a href="https://twitter.com/canonrumorsguy/with_replies" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/canonrumorsguy/with_replies</a><p>Honestly I think he was just frustrated with the fame, success and money that the gear-review-youtubers are getting, while he was working hard to provide news on a website that struggled to survive. That would be my guess at least.
CanonRumors is a good site about... You guessed it, rumors about upcoming Canon gear. It's actually a great site, the original afaict, read by a lot of working pros and amateurs alike. The posts by CanonRumors Guy are balanced and vetted (as well as he can for rumors, anyway), and the discussion boards are great if you're a canon nerd.
It's really hard to see the guy have one really shitty day on Twitter and as a result have his site basically go up in flames. I don't know GeralUndone from a hole in the wall, but there are more than enough YouTube reviewers, while CR played a very important part in the Canon news ecosystem. As others have said here, plenty of YouTubers source their info from sites like CR.<p>I'm guessing the wall of ads in his last post is because CR Guy is bitter about how YTers are paid relative to his site, but he doesn't realize how many appreciate his work.
Well it's better than my initial reaction (is author dying?), but not by much. I'm not sure what the right solution is for cyberbullying, but at some point we'll probably have to figure it out.
Is anyone able to get a little more specific about the kinds of "creators" he's talking about and what they do exactly which drive these abuse problems?<p>I read the article, but felt like there wasn't quite enough information to understand what a YouTube person does to cause trouble, although I totally believe it. I know a bit about cameras, but nothing about this adjacent "rumours" subindustry.
I don't understand putting your whole life online, failing to appreciate trolls will try to get personal because 4chan was down, and then taking your toys and going home because you engaged them. Don't engage them, don't listen to them, and don't change what you're doing because of haters. It's not like they're blasting doom black metal at your house and burning a cross on your lawn. They're unshaven, overweight misanthropes who like tearing the wings off small animals, arguing with people online, and stalking digital personas. It's not victim-shaming to say it's a shame to make yourself a and play the victim is weak self-victimhood.
Incredible how the assholes will even destroy something so obviously good and by going after the guys' wife and kids no less. It is absolutely disgusting.<p>HN has its share of jerks, I've had someone threaten to come by my house and beat me up (I'm pretty easy to locate) but I figured it's all bluff and easier said than done, and in the camarades.com/ww.com days I got far worse thrown at me so I've learned to live with it. But it shouldn't come to that.<p>The internet used to be a nice place. There were flamewars and the occasional crappy argument but nobody threatened people with bodily harm. Then the village became a town, and then the town became a big city. And then all the bad stuff that happens in big cities came right along with it, including the jerks, the swatters and the drive by shooters.<p>There is a Dire Straits song in there somewhere.<p>Sites like canonrumors.com should be neutral territory, like churches used to be, places where people can read and exchange information without harassing the owners and the moderators. If you have showdead on you can see what a 'nice' place HN is every now and then. As it gets more mainstream here too the interaction will get more coarse.<p>I've already made up my mind to walk when dang does.