Thoughts on the Patreon and Award Show

This is not meant as hate at all, just a couple of things that have been on my mind lately and since I do not have anyone in my "real life" that follows the podcast I would love to share some thoughts with other people and even hear different optionions.

I've followed Jessi for a long time and have watched the podcast since the beginning. It's something fun to watch and most of the things are "not that deep", but lately I feel like they are contradicting things that were said from the begging.

For example, I always had the idea that they thought creating groups of fans and communicating with them directly was generally a bad idea. However, with the kind of content they mostly upload to patreon it feels like they are going against this and fostering an extremely para-social relationship with their followers.

There are small things here and there that make me feel like the whole vibe of the podcast is changing and I would like to know if anyone else agrees.

For example, the whole award show for me was just... boring? And the fact that they started something that was meant as a joke by "awarding" something to known child abusers? I feel like if they are doing something so lighthearted they should have stayed away from serious topics, but maybe I'm thinking too much about that.

Likewise I felt like the whole calling out of a "hater" was maybe disproportionate. I understand this person is posting things openely online, but it makes me feel like we are not free to coment something negative because we could be called out.

Anyway, I apologize for the long rant and would honestly love to have a conversation about what I percieve as a change of tone to the whole podcast/ community.