This couldn’t have been put better!The more I think about Adam, the more I think about that commodity vs community issue with influencers.
There’s no doubt that Adam thinks of his followers as a commodity, not a community. The constant merch flogging, the ‘fans’ DLP trip (which was just to fund his suite as the Disneyland Hotel) - all points toward him looking at his followers as to what they can give to him.
The lack of content during the pandemic, he didn’t sit down with his ‘community’ and nurture those relationships further - Hell, even Victoria (Disney in Detail) did regular live videos with her followers throughout!
Nope, he doesn’t engage his fans unless he’s got something to sell or something to brag about!
I thought that when he started his podcast, that was a move in the right direction. But once he realised how much work and set-up costs there were to produce a decent podcast, and that podcasts can take a lot of time before you can make money on, he soon canned it after 3 episodes!
He is shamelessly self-serving and has no real respect for his audience