Molly McAwesome So Long AllEars, Hello Mammoth Club

[chaplinesque]

We were fans until my poor interaction w/Molly. I don't get the "betting on myself, but here are two other people".

I also don’t get “the betting on myself,” when she knew thousands of people would follow her based on her AE views. Not to knock her, as that’s a good thing that she was so popular on her former channel, but it’s not the same as starting from scratch like someone like Mouse Vibes. She built herself up at AE, and then stole their audience. Many folks were interested in what she would do next, and based on the conversations here it appears some have been disappointed.

I don’t think AE will cast another “star” like Molly as they have learned from the risk of putting all their eggs in one basket (vlogger).

 

[Love_the_kitz]

Wait so isn’t Orange bowl today? Why haven’t they shared that they are doing this on any of their social? Instead it’s been stories full of Medieval Times spoiling the eventual video that will be released.

Yup, today 8pm is the game. If they go live I'd expect it to be be around 6 pm. Discord channel has minimal talk about it. Not even an announcement. This is a F-up on their part for not advertising it well in advance.

I can't tell you what the followers are thinking. I shared it here as it's something we've discussed as potentially good content and they're doing it (not because we asked)

 

[preener2345]

I have to laugh at her disdain for the entire Tattle forum. So many of the vloggers have a narrow-minded view of who is posting here and their motives. I know some here hate every single vlogger, but certainly not everyone does. I can't stand Jenn and Tim, but I actually like and follow some other vloggers that have threads here. So when vloggers blast Tattle on IG stories or live streams, I have to laugh because some of their IG followers and subscribers are over here as well, and not even really posting anything about them.

I think FreshBaked learned this lesson. He blasted Tattle once and regretted it (not many here were saying tit about him before that), then he decided to embrace Tattle, and a bunch of BLAB Tattle critics started coming to his lives and sending funny SuperChats. He was a good sport (plus made extra $) and said he realized he handled it all wrong originally.

It's also not usually a good idea to complain about it to a wider audience. All it does is draw more people here, which increases the conversation/scrutiny. Only doing it to themselves.

 

[Love_the_kitz]

Wait so isn’t Orange bowl today? Why haven’t they shared that they are doing this on any of their social? Instead it’s been stories full of Medieval Times spoiling the eventual video that will be released.

Posted as going live at 5pm. Why does Alan look like he hasn't slept in a decade?

 

[Love_the_kitz]

And... they're live but having some tech issues



I'm enjoying it so far

 

[TubeTired]

Still think they should be under their own name for livestreams.

 

[VloggerCritic]

A bit off topic or not but is anyone else getting ads from Universal with what I call a fake vlogging style?

Ride Guys

 

[TubeTired]

A bit off topic or not but is anyone else getting ads from Universal with what I call a fake vlogging style?

Ride Guys

I've seen tons of ads that are now in vlogger style. Some are actual vloggers, so that's their new income streams. (unrelated topics)

 

[Love_the_kitz]

I thought for their first cooking stream ever, this was well prepared and executed. Overall it was fun and I enjoyed the surprise "Alan Cam" allowing a picture-in-picture from Alan's phone. Lots of laughs. Food looked good.

I felt Alan's stress. He relaxed as soon as he started to cook at the end.

 

[NateHate]

As for AllEars - I am one click away from unsubscribing altogether. It has become unbearable to watch. AJ needs to go back to the drawing board and find a new "main" host of the vlogs - none of who she has on board now can carry those vlogs or get the views.

Sage doesn't land for me, but I love Emma.

 

[TubeTired]

but it’s not the same as starting from scratch like someone like Mouse Vibes. She built herself up at AE, and then stole their audience.

Haven't seen this channel, who was this at AllEars?

 

[npfiii]

I've unsubbed from all except Alan's Insta. as his content is pretty good and I'd not be upset to see some full-length food based videos from him.

Molly is just repeating everything she did over and over again at AE, and Max just comes across as an insufferable prick.

 

[TubeTired]

I've unsubbed from all except Alan's Insta. as his content is pretty good and I'd not be upset to see some full-length food based videos from him.

Molly is just repeating everything she did over and over again at AE, and Max just comes across as an insufferable prick.

The little I've seen of Max he is terrible. I can't imagine he's that way for his job, but maybe he is. Every company has people no one likes in the office.

 

[Love_the_kitz]

I appreciate that Molly put her mental health as a priority in 2023 AND impressed that she opened up on camera that, like most of us, she has to work on that part of herself.

I seriously doubt that there are very many people of any age who don't need a therapist to help them sort out life and regain focus. Computers, phones, tablets, everything automated, being expected to be on top of everything all at once and still trying to keep it together is a challenge on its own. Add in a pandemic, working from home, family challenges and tragedies from just the last few years and no wonder the world is an emotional wreck.

There is NO SHAME in admitting one needs or is getting help. The shame is only on those who insist their struggles aren't there.

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My concerns are not so much with Molly as they are with the Discord fan base. I've been working to make the discussions there more readable by blocking posters who need to post one, two or ten gifs with every stroke of the keyboard. I just don't want the idiocy filling up my screen, often the gifs don't even pertain to the content but are posted for shits and giggles. Not sure, but my belief is that these posters are desperate for attention and are mostly teens, supported by those who post things like they're planning on doing an exact copy of Molly's day in a park/dining when they go down with their parents.

I read a few of these and was like O.O Wait. What?

For people who don't like Discord, it's far more readable and palatable when you block these people.

 

[TubeTired]

For people who don't like Discord, it's far more readable and palatable when you block these people.

For me, I watch a fair amount of guitar related stuff, and so many of those channels say "Join our Discord". I love the info, but it seems some of these folks just labor over the minutiae of every minor detail that doesn't matter. I've never actually gone on Discord. Do people drop superchat style money at them there? Is that the appeal? Seems like kind of a time suck.

 

[Love_the_kitz]

For me, I watch a fair amount of guitar related stuff, and so many of those channels say "Join our Discord". I love the info, but it seems some of these folks just labor over the minutiae of every minor detail that doesn't matter. I've never actually gone on Discord. Do people drop superchat style money at them there? Is that the appeal? Seems like kind of a time suck.

Discord is not a device to pull in finances for them, but rather to post information and have a place to collect the thoughts/pulse of the fans.
Overall Discord is nothing more than a chat forum with many more controls put into the hands of the users such as access and moderation.
Channels/groups/what-have-yous create a master folder under which they have multiple sub-discussion threads.

So for Mammoth Club They have several categories:

• Informational (schedule, releases etc on which no one is allowed to post)
• General discussion forums
• Patreon Supporter groups - restricted access.

As for the Discord Software itself: The design could be improved immensely as the discussion thread concept should be opened up more, but that's not in Molly's control. It's better than trying to monitor thoughts under videos and gather the info together and it's a far cry better than Facebook, instagram or twitter for discussions. It is not quite as nice as having a proper server such as the Disboards has, but that forum software is not cheap to buy or run under a domain/server - I've looked into it. I believe Discord is free.

 

[TubeTired]

Thanks for the info. Nothing's for free, though. It has to be hosted somewhere, and that isn't free, you know, no free lunch and all. I'm guessing user lists must be sold somewhere to make money.

 

[Love_the_kitz]

Thanks for the info. Nothing's for free, though. It has to be hosted somewhere, and that isn't free, you know, no free lunch and all. I'm guessing user lists must be sold somewhere to make money.

I'm guessing there are ads all over the page. I'm running Adblock on all my browsers so don't see them.

 

[TubeTired]

I'm guessing there are ads all over the page. I'm running Adblock on all my browsers so don't see them.

I just looked it up, apparently they don't do ads. They say they don't sell data, but who knows? There are tiers which I'm guessing is why there's a patreon only area. It says they started with gamers.

 

[preener2345]

I have used Discord for other things and never see ads. I beleive they make money from game developers, though I am not sure how as I don't use it for gaming.