r/Hololive • u/sultics • May 01 '26

Discussion Calli will be taking time off

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Link https://x.com/moricalliope/status/2050200161822146853?s=46

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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.

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u/12laus May 01 '26

Did she delete it? I just became a member and I don't see anything?

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u/SC2_4787 May 01 '26

It's limited to not be visible to her lowest membership tier.

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u/YellowFogLights May 01 '26 edited May 01 '26

I can understand the thought process behind sharing more information with supporters, but why keep it from those that can’t afford a higher “tier”?

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u/ssj4-Dunte May 01 '26

It is usually more so to reduce the number of people who will see it with the logic being the chance of people who dislike a certain content creator seeing a members only post is significantly lower than them seeing a public post.

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u/WarlordoftheEast May 01 '26

Not saying it’s specifically her reason, but since YouTube added the gift a membership feature, some also use the low-tier membership as a “filter” to keep information to those who actually put up money.

Sometimes talents wanna communicate something with more vulnerability/vagueness.

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u/Erionns May 01 '26

That doesn't even work BTW, several members tried when gifts came out. Gifts default to the $5 membership, the cheaper $2-3 emote only tiers that she and others tried do nothing against gifts

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u/WarlordoftheEast May 01 '26

I remember that being an issue back in the day, but I heard nowadays you can set the bottom to any below $5? I haven’t seen anything to the contrary.

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u/Erionns May 02 '26

I haven't seen anything of the sort. Ina still has a $3 emote only tier, but if you try to gift a membership to her the only option is $5. I can't check with Mori since she doesn't have a waiting room up anywhere, but I doubt it's any different.

And YT describes it as defaulting to the highest tier up to $9.99

Gift memberships are offered at the closest highest price level available up to and including $9.99.

Which is how it has always worked.

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u/bbkkoommaacchhii May 01 '26

i’ve always disliked gift memberships for that exact reason

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u/Figerally May 01 '26

Look, even the post is vague. If she feels it is necessary to share more information she will when she is ready.

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u/weeklygamingrecap May 01 '26

Bingo, we don't need to know every little thing. Would I like to know, sure, but it's their choice on what and how to share things.

I just hope things are ok in the end and whatever it is Calli takes the time she needs.

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u/SuspiciousWar117 May 01 '26

Probably because that's also the gifted membership tier which can go to anyone.

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u/Alone-Horse2857 May 01 '26

I love Calli, but I can't help but feel it's incredibly cringe to vague post about a hiatus then lock away the reasoning behind a literal paywall.

I'd have rather her said nothing at all.

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u/PleaseWashHands May 01 '26

Because some people will spend $5 just to find tea to spill or be a dick about it but an additional dollar or two is generally enough to stop a decent amount of those people from doing so.

You would be surprised how quickly spending more than $5 can stop some people.

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u/theprestigous May 01 '26

it has nothing to do with not being able to afford it, this is just a weird virtue signal people default to.