Going to add my 2 cents on this entire situation as a big MDE and Fishtank fan.
The Simmonds situation was handled absolutely awfully, in fact, it really reminds me of the Creator Clash 2 drama with Froggy Fresh. I get it, the book and the Instagram stuff is really strange, but everyone is treating him as if he's a normal, adjusted person. The guy is pretty clearly super autistic and doesn't seem to know why what he wrote comes across as weird to normal people. Besides all this, the same allegations can be thrown right back at Sam with the Marky stuff.
What is the show even meant to be now anyways? No bullying over TTS? Then it's not a hellhouse. No cameras while the contestants have an R&R Pizza Party? Then it's not an autistic friend simulator. It really riles me up because this is such a good idea, but it's been severely mismanaged.
The final straw for me was that the contestants where allowed to have their phones again during the downtime. We heard them saying that they'll purposefully be hamming it up for the cameras, and that there's only 4 actual contestants. What was promised has has not been delivered and I'm really disappointed. I feel cheated, especially after paying for the pass. I'll be opening a dispute with my bank tomorrow in an attempt to get my money back.
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