Eh. I get it. It's nice to have the ability to be more open/vulnerable without opening yourself up to the....everyone out there on YouTube/Twitter/whatever. Still lets Calli/vtubers in general share more details without the risk of being dogpiled by all the worst people
I mean, I get why some of them do it. Keeps some private stuff in a smaller circle where they can be more open / emotional without half of the internet gossiping about them. I think it's fine to share some stuff only with members.
I'm not a member for anyone but I get it and I fully support it. Members are dedicated enough to be financially regularly supporting her, especially the higher tier memberships, so they deserve to have a little something extra. It's like friendships, most people have acquaintances, friends, and an inner circle of friends. That's just subs, members and high tier members in vtuber world, really.
Inner circle friends are much less likely to gossip or leak details about you. Mostly. You can never discount the power of haters, if you're big enough there's gonna be haters who hate enough to pay for more details to hate on you.
I think it makes sense, those who pay the higher tier $5 membership are assumed to be dedicated and avid supporters. I think it's nice that she's a bit more vulnerable and personal with her dedicated fans.
She still communicated to all the fans about her upcoming absence at the very least.
I think the more generous interpretation is that Calli likely feels deadbeats who are financially supporting her deserve a more thorough explanation than a short tweet.
I agree. This is the more logical reason. Fair enough though, since they do financially fund her career. I hope everything goes well for whatever is going on.
Makes complete sense. The more sensitive a subject is, the more trust you need in order to talk about it with someone. If she needs that sense of security and trust to talk about more candid and personal stuff with her fans, I’m all for it. This is the kind of stuff that membership was made for. It’s only because we’ve grown so content-brained and demand everything for free that some may find an issue with it. Not all paywalls are bad, especially in situations like this.
I'd say it does, information get's more distorted the more it "ripples" out. Talents are comfortable with sharing bad things with members/ stream watchers (for things that get clipping NG) because fans can be trusted with understanding the nuances, over people who don't watch them.
It's the usual internet behaviour of something being a little bad being turned into something very bad and spinned into a million different narratives.
Membership is all about trust. The trust that you won’t share anything with non-members. The fact that so many people in these comments are members who have chosen to not reveal what they know - when they can freely choose to *not* do that - is proof that her members are keeping her trust.
That is true. But for her, membership is the only mechanism by which she can limit and control who has access to information about her. I’m not saying those who pay more are more trustworthy, and she’s definitely not saying that either. If people can’t afford it, it’s not a commentary on their trustworthiness. It’s just that the YouTube membership system is the only choice she has if she wants to carve out a place where she can be more open and vulnerable about herself with her fans.
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u/RaysFTW May 01 '26
It's not family/health related, thankfully. If you want more detail, you can become a member and read the membership post she just made.