Past online persona is acceptable and finding their old contents brings insights and could lead to actual discussion. Private information (name, address, phone number, family names) is certainly a no from me as it could harm the VTuber themselves and people around them. I'm against the current trend of posting roommate's videos into YouTube because it's fucking retarded to do so.
I don't care as long as the vtubers don't find out or freak them out enough to quit. I enjoy the content after all, so fucking with the source seems retarded.
Pretty much the same as everyone else. Their past lives, such as old personas and work, is already fairly public. Doesn't feel like a dox as much as connecting two personas together. One shouldn't be obnoxious about it, though. Anything more personal than that is a no from me. Considering how abnormally attached a fan can get to their 'waifu' it could potentially endanger them or chase them offline, which are both results I'm not into.
I’ve always felt that it’s just there, ya know? Like a still pool, no need to disturb the waters. Some of the stuff might tie into their current persona, like Gura’s pre-sen channel shaping her interests as a kid and thus she wouldn’t have watched Iron Giant (which is a movie she mentioned maybe doing a watchalong for). But people asking for the dox should be told to fuck off, no if ands or buts about it. Good thing those accounts don’t seem too interested in the thread.
This seems really retarded. Let me brave the sea of idiocy on twitter to look it up a bit
They act as if it's for a noble cause but in reality it's just another way for the trans and gay vtubers to flex their identity. You can erase everything except "gender, sexuality" from the description and the "event" wouldn't change at all.
I personally found the action of doxxing to be stalker-ish and very creepy. It's one thing if you found out who's who because Youtube algorithm ratted said vtuber, and another if you try to dig your way to Brazil to found out their real identity and whether they ever show their feet.
I don't really care one way or the other. I just think it's interesting to know the person behind the streaming 2D animu girl, and what their motivations and intentions are for what they do. Everybody likes it when they can empathize or sympathize with the talent. Adds that extra little bit of enthusiasm for supporting their endeavors.
Let's be frank, this is going to be 100% troons and TBAs. Many big-name chuubas are (at least on screen) ambiguously gay or bi, as well as minority (asian) irl, but nobody gives them credit over it. They don't make a big deal of it, so they ain't special.
I'd be living up to my username if I said yes, I suppose. Creepy as it were, Gura's past channel videos gave me interesting insight into her voice and her content creation experience. Regardless, the risk to their safety is real, and in many cases they did nothing to deserve it except for literally being too good at their job. I've mentioned before that the issue is not the dox itself, but the legions of tards who don't respect their content or their identity enough to leave well alone once they have it. If not for them I would be fine to discuss and spread it openly, but on the balance of things it's best if hidden things stay hidden.
I for one welcome a ms.paint waifu
About doxing private address, family, it's big no for me.
Like others have said, it comes down to what you consider doxxing. I'm pretty loose with the term, so if it refers to search or exposure of past or present materials outside of a given persona, then sure why not. While I (half) joke that the best way to treat the para-social aspect is like going to a strip club, I also think of a VTuber as somewhere between a voice-actor and a 'local' celebrity (insofar as there is much more interaction with the viewer). So I see no real problem looking into their work or hearing about their lives etc. . . if it is for interest in seeing the development of the content creator. I also believe you shouldn't be an ass about any of that information, in the same way that I find Gossip Tabloids off-putting. Is it cool to know if XYZ has a cat, that YZX is actually that hot, or even that ZXY had real rough go of it after their mom died? Yeah, it can be. Is it cool to monger this information like some moronic would-be-internet god dispensing manna? No, that's sick and sad.
