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Mumbleberry ago

NR wants to sell merch. That alone should tell you everything you need to know.

Blacksmith21 ago

I'm not opposed to selling merchandise because it winds up on TV at Trump rallies. I am opposed to exploitation and deception. Is there much difference between "buy my shirt" or "donate to my Patreon, etc."? Many of the research personalities attempt to publish their findings for a living - very difficult to pay the bills.

digitalrevere ago

One of the pitfalls are when people put a paywall gateway to information or participation that is valuable to save the country. Q has said, information is meant to be free. No elite discussion groups, no pay for access only special documents that show the "REAL" truth (just $7.99/mo for exclusive access).

Also being money focused and operating in a manner to serve income over the message. If you slow trickle out your decodes or the discussion to maximize your money making opportunities, you're doing it wrong. If you're trying to steal away viewers from someone else so that they come into your monetized world, that is just wrong. We've seen that with several online personalities who trash others as fake and tell you that you need to come to their camp.

Selling merch I see no issue with. Asking for patreon donations I see no issue with. It is important to understand this is an information operation and everything we can all do to get the information disseminated, heard and understood should be the focus. Anything that slows that process down or hides that information behind a paywall should be avoided.

Lurker1955 ago

Who is charging $7.99 for exclusive access to "REAL" truth?

digitalrevere ago

I don’t know the amount but Corsi was charging for access to his decode group.

Lurker1955 ago

Corsi is the enemy. I don't think that NR is.

digitalrevere ago

It's an example of what not to do.

Lurker1955 ago

NR's content is free. What do you mean?

digitalrevere ago

I never said his content wasn't free. I was explaining the pitfalls of serving revenue instead of the message. The only think I know about NR is he sells shirts and that is fine.

Where people may run into trouble, is when they get a group of followers and then they start generating revenue from them, ad revenue, youtube revenue etc. They then learn what makes money and what doesnt, could be things like sensationalism makes money but boring facts really doesn't make as much money. At what point do some of these personalities start serving the stories that brings in the money over the facts and the message? People that start to do this also get very territorial over their followers.

Lurker1955 ago

What makes you think that is the case here? I don't understand the venom being directed at this guy. Most of the YouTubers I watch ask for donations or sell some merchandise. None of them imo use click bait to draw in followers. That's the provence of the Tylers at Zero Hedge. I don't think that people are bored at present. Freaked out? Yes. Bored ? No. You might have noticed that none of the Voat pundits opining here have discussed the actual content of the Q posts mentioned on the NR blog. Agenda or insane? Hard to know.