>>205094>>205173The problem goes deeper. Even if you try and separate yourself from the community, they'll still bring drama to your table. It's either that or being ghosted by everyone, meaning no collabs, no new viewers, no growth at all. The problem goes deeper once you realize becoming popular is not about your content or personality, but rather knowing the right people.
An example: Sickly Momo was just a "friend" of a popular guy at the time. Eventually she became so popular she got her own design and moved to her own channel, and everyone followed her. She got affiliate in less than a week. When Melody debut, you pretty much had to suck someone's dick at the Science Team discord to get a raid. If you got a raid, you'd be set to life, but obviously, these guys only cared if you were a girl. They were all commanded by Yin (now Ayumi Oneesan) and Nemurenai Kai. Nowadays I think they're dead because they grew bored of Melody, but back then THEY decided who became famous and who didn't. Other examples include CV (got raided twice in a week, nowadays Partner) and Silvervale. If you were a dude, you had to become friends with someone in there, and even then, most members wouldn't bother because you weren't a horny girl.
Not sure who is the one in command nowadays tho, since the number grew from 1 to 1000, but I still see around that everyone just tries to befriend the popular ones to leech off their popularity.
