Yeah the guy was a retard, but my point is, the only ones willing to directly fuck with Phil end up being retards, because for a long time we've discouraged direct trolling, so anybody competent just sits back and observes.
The truth honestly isn't so much that DSP is boring, it's that we are.
To an extent, I kind of agree. Some people are weird about protecting Phil, and from what I understand, it's even worse outside of the farms. But I don't think that means people aren't trying to do things. I think the people that do try and do stuff are smart enough not to talk about it before they do it, and when nothing comes of it they don't bring it up because, well, what's the point?
I also think some cases of potentially promising trolling just sorta...fizzle out and don't really go anywhere. But people are definitely trying to do things in a reasonable fashion. There's a reason we know so much about his paypigs, and assuming people aren't lying, they have contacted family members about the tipping. If I'm getting my lore right, a big part of the 1MM lore is that Jeff got doxed and people started contacting his workplace. And one other paypig notably stopped tipping as much, with people claiming it was because they talked to family members. We've also had people who were talking with OIC. I remember some people trying to cozy up to BSV back in the day to get potential Phil info from him, and quite a few people were willing to accept Anony when he first showed up with the hopes of getting some potentially useful info to use against Phil.
There's also stuff like the bank leaks, which if we're talking trolling, is pretty hard to top. Not to mention the rare moment Phil gets a sponsorship, plenty of people are quick to bombard them with Phil links. I imagine there's a fair amount of people that also report Phil's channel and nothing ever comes of it. And from a jaded point of view, that might be where some of the troll shielding comes from. It's less about protecting Phil, and more just frustration at someone suggesting something fairly obvious that they've tried to do before and failed. They're not saying "it's not worth it" because they want to protect Phil so much as they're frustrated with Twitch/YouTube failing to enforce their policies. So, less protective and more apathetic. And credit to Nigel, who managed to get articles written about DSP.
The sad truth is, a lot of trolling will go nowhere. And again, I think that lends to a somewhat jaded view. It's kinda like OIC talk, a lot of people just got tired about it not because they're trying to protect OIC, but because it was the usual same talking points being brought up. I constantly point to bank leak dude as the best example of messing with Phil. He didn't talk about it or build it up, came in and delivered the info, lingered to clarify/ask questions, then that was basically it. It wasn't this drawn out process where he started to leak information, promise more, than failed to deliver. It was entertaining, but if we're talking results, even that arguably didn't do much to hurt Phil. It made him uncomfortable, sure, and got some rants, but that's about it. I admit this might be a lack of creativity, but without wasting my time/resources, I genuinely can't think of any way to effectively make Phil's life worse than what he's currently forced to live.