From the comments on Wilkes social media the followers, for the most part, seem like very nice people. I often wonder how they can support her. I found her during her during the time she outed the Ingham fellow. It bothered me that she was putting any justice at risk by boasting and acting superior. I never liked her, so it is difficult to understand how seemingly good people can fall for her BS. Every time she mentions Tattle I hope that at least a few followers will come here and understand that she is toxic and our little corner has become a nurturing place for pretty well everyone. I feel it is especially true for those of us who have disability issues for ourselves and those we care about.
Other than probably my ex-husband I have never disliked anyone as much as Wilkes. So many incidents of horrible upon horrible made it easy for her to become the outlet to express how I really feel about people like her. The same is true with my husband. He mentioned that watching Wilkes after a difficult day working in customer service, it allowed him to release all of the negative feelings. She claims that her channel never really had a identity. If she marketed herself as a inappropriate, greedy, selfish, judgmental personality she would likely do much better for anyone needing a release for negativity.
After going through the past years of her blog it is apparent she has a pattern of using people and creating a "poor me" scenario to get what she wants. I never want anyone to be taken advantage of by her. She is not going to stop if she steps away from YouTube. She needs the adoration of her followers because buying her way to happiness is not working. She needs to be watched regarding her behavior and she needs to know she is being watched.
I got a little off track here. I wanted to say that I have experienced a positive and caring community here and I hope she sends her followers here to discover what we are really about, and what she is really about. I know we say plenty of non-flattering things about Wilkes and we have a laugh at her antics. I don't think it is out of line or bullying. Sometimes, in the face of such negativity you need to laugh.
I hope we have a few BearFam lurkers who are silently getting to know us through our posts and they are welcome to our family.