The whole Yaz and Ash thing has REALLY brought to light just how dire the Soaf and Dave situation is hasn't it.
(For anyone who hasn't been following - https://tattle.life/threads/yaz-and...ulling-the-sick-not-sick-to-get-to-dlp.21161/)
Charlotte Ruff, youtuber and who also works for Disney in the social media/influencer department, was once friends with Soaf and Dave. However, since Soaf and Dave broke covid rules to move house (and Charlotte made a little dig on insta which may or may not have been aimed at them) they don't appear to be friends anymore, neither in person or online.
She raised an excellent point re Yaz and Ash that;
'An influencers follower count and all the metrics that come with it (views, likes etc) are a commodity. It’s a commodity influencers use to monitise their platforms. You can usually tell the influencers that treat their audience as a commodity rather than a community. There’s the lying or not being totally honest, lies by omission, guilting your audience etc Having a platform is a privilege and taking accountability when you’ve done something that your audience is telling you they think is wrong is also a really good indicator on whether somebody aligns with your beliefs. If an influencer then chooses to delete constructive comments, well that tells you all you need to know.'
Well, doesn't that apply to Soaf and Dave too.
They have treated viewers as nothing more than a commodity. An object for them to pick up and put down when they want and when it suits them. They promise things to these loyal viewers but never keep those promises. They promise to upload 3 times a week but don't do that and don't even give their loyal viewers the respect of a 'insta post' or 'YouTube post' to make them aware. They promise good content, interesting content but again, don't deliver.
Oh but when Soaf and Dave need money, need to sell an AD or need to sell a product, that's when suddenly they 'LOVE THE FLAMILY SO MUCH'. This is when they will reply to comments, maybe.
When Soaf and Dave are held to account over anything, the get
defensive, block and delete. They even do this to people that have bought their shoddy merch and paid towards their holidays/lifestyle. I've followed them for 3 years, I've seen a wide variety of comments left across their platforms and truthfully, I've never ever seen someone leave a hateful or abusive message to them. I've seen frustrated messages but that has ALWAYS been in retaliation to Soaf and Daves ignorance, blocking and failure to do things they have promised.
They haven't made any comment in relation to the Yaz and Ash situation. Every single DECENT UK Vlogger has. The Despicable 3, Mr David and Mr Ian, Charlotte Ruff, the list goes on etc. They have all held their integrity and stood in outrage at it and yet. Soaf and Dave did an Ad for a meal kit that they never use (last week they were flogging Gousto) and talked about brownies.
Tonight, I hope and pray that people ask in their comments about Yaz and Ash. Where they stand will say everything we need to know about them but I have a feeling, we already know where they stand...