psych student here, the hormone and response section was genuinely spot on. genuinely. sounds like something id painstakingly put in an essay rewrite lmao

The main problem is that genuine apologies require humility and that conflicts with them holding on to their pride.

rlly makes me sad when people just make things worse instead of admitting to what they did and apologize

It's literally "Let's see how many kids I can manipulate by my apology" since most of the people "apologizing" are channels aimed at a younger audience

Even if you're genuinely sorry, you can't satisfy the internet. And that's why apologies on the internet is pointless

4:18 definitely. I'm a very emotionally driven person in an argument, which can get me into messes easily, and I certainly have a hard time apologizing sometimes. Under my mother's guise of "you should only apologize if you're not going to do it again," I feel guilty apologizing because I know with how I am, I may accidentally do it again. It's a work in progress for me, but I'm trying to get past that mentality so I don't feel like a disgusting piece of immoral shit just for trying to own up for my actions. I've gotten better about my outbursts as well for the most part (mainly at school & work)

Honestly I think it's a mixed bag, and alot of apologies aren't actually that terrible, rather that people in this age have been conditioned to view apologies rather pessimistically, thanks to a few unfortunately very loud and large creators. There's also an issue wherein people believe that if an apology wasn't accepted, then that apology wasn't good enough, when realistically that's not the case, as it is rather unfair to demand more than an initial apology (as long as the apology is a valid, actual apology that is self aware of faults and indicative of improvement) So yeah I basically agree....just remember people, an apology requires a few things to actually be an apology. - Remorse for actions (and those actions must be stated so that we know, you know and understand what the problem actually is) - A plan of action for change - And finally an absence of excuses (This can be seen as the least fair condition because the line between excuse and reasoning is so very blurred especially for those who have been wronged but ultimately ya just gotta suck it up and be the bigger person, and let it go)

A little over a year and a half and we have the ukulele apology video

Why can this woman warp reality with the snap of her fingers?

Many apology videos, or apologies in general, I’ve seen over my time on the internet have been really gross people trying to gain back an audience, and not getting help to not continue what they have done. (Such as LenTotally) I’m really glad someone is finally bringing awareness to this.

Great video! This is a really good discussion about this particular problem. Apologies can be tricky at the best of times and the internet just puts on a whole other layer to it and can lead to such a crazy butterfly effect.

While the stuff you said are true, there are some creators that’ll get canceled or shit on for some of the things that are unnecessary or the audiences are trying to act like they know everything.

This is why I never apologize for anything anymore. I’m either told sorry isn’t good enough or my apology is picked apart and called insincere. What’s even the point of apologizing anymore if nobody ever accepts it? There’s nothing at all to gain from it. Better to just demand that they drop it when it’s brought up.

Wow, That actually explains everything from content creator perspective and public perspective True some people would be skeptical and don't accept apology right away Some apologies are hollow and doesn't understand what they did wrong to upset their fans And others youtubers (that I don't want mention) just don't apologies and stay silent for few months.

Some apologies are NOT meant for *everyone* example if a creative is saying harmful things about a certain group or say something that have no business to say and can be said for that group. People tend to accept the apology but, not realizing the apology is not really made for...them. That's why believe some people don't really accept the apology or think it's hollow.(Not to mention the war in the comments on the apology video). just speaking my mind :).

Fr it’s always excuses or they just try to brush it aside

Stream has RETURNED Happy New year too :)

In all honesty I have to agree with this Apologizing online is very different than how it is irl. The best thing you can do for yourself is exit a situation until you feel like you're in a better headspace than you originally were for some that have done something what could be deemed as a misunderstanding blown way out of proportion it works, but like I said it works for some. And people who demand an apology and expect it to be garbage need to realize that you're not being a part of the solution you are being part of the problem. Of course everyone is allowed to accept or not accept someone's apology but the person who apologized needs to learn not to dwell too much on it, it's unhealthy what's best is to move on and try to better yourself. That's what I want to say for the most part. This was a very well done video good job 👍.

This is what I hate about Twitter. I remember seeing tweets about one content creator about whining about them not making an apology soon enough, EVEN THIUGH IT WAS LITERALLY ON THE SAME DAY THEY WERE GETTING CANCELED, funnier how the said CC literally apologized the day after the tweet was made. I also hate CC neg a lot, it’s literally filled with toxicity, if you don’t have any *constructive* criticism, don’t say it. Edit: now thinking about it, I think said cc actually apologized within 20 hrs, not a full 24 hrs.

Nice video and good viewpoints! I also love the animation and lipsyncing you made for your sprites :D it's so cool to see more people doing it! (And hell yeah, gloomverse art 👀)

Completely random, but thank goodness the audio is louder than the ads that come up. Enjoying KZfaqrs with quiet audio means I have to turn mine up, but when those damn ads blast.. 😭

My issue with apologies is that sometimes even after you admit your wrongs, people are still going to go off and call you out as if you didnt just admit what they wanted you to. It makes me wonder if an apology is really worth making, ive made countless of them until I realized "yeah, this audience doesnt deserve an apology, I should only apologize to those whom ive hurt" which I think is something people really need to look out on more. Just my take because when an audience calls you out for something awful you did, they never tend to understand just how complex the situation really is, and thus paint someone as criminal, which happened to me. But regardless, this is just my view about making apologies, you must always admit your wrongs of course but depending on the situation, people may not accept it, so its important to stay truth to your words and make progress to yourself.

This video is true It disappoints me when people can’t apologize for the stupid stuff - - Off topic: this video is well done and your opinion will be heard by others! Keep up the amazing work!

Thank u, somebody really needed to make this video because it was very clear from the beginning that there is a certain amount of distaste for apology videos and this is the exact reason why. I love your version of events and I think you definitely added a great amount of extra things that I personally didn’t think about really great job with the video!

I haven’t finished the video but there’s something else I want to mention. Whenever a KZfaqr posts an apology to a certain person or group of people, I’ve noticed that people (who the apology wasn’t meant for in the first place) end up forgiving the person even though it’s not their responsibility or job to forgive them.

I see you saw the update re Kai. I'm just glad that he is hopefully being dealt with. What he did to Omnia was VILE, and it actually confirmed my suspicion, why Omnia was missing. All I can hope is that they are safe now. I can see your point regarding apology videos. I personally am of the opinion that if you know you've done wrong, then apologise. I've found that those people that are genuine say sorry once and then they work on their videos, taking their criticism on board and making improvements. A recent example was a young YTer using the word "Schizo" to describe a crazy moment. Once they saw remarks saying that that was not a good term to use (it gives Schizophrenic people a bad name), the YTer apologised, and said they will research the condition to help them understand what these people can actually go through. You then get those folks such as LenTotally and Cosmodore. Those that say "sorry", but still try and blame anybody and anything but themselves for the problem. By the way, nice job on your sprites and the animation!

you are my favorite creator! You are so wholesome and kind! Thank you for discussing this topic. I am in the process of working on my own discussion channel (I’ve got A LOT to talk about) but i keep getting cold feet, thinking that ill get hated for just living. This video (while it might not have been the main point) has helped me to try and actually start a script/video! Thank you!

As a viewer i find myself consuming a lot of content related to storytime and general commentary channels, and as your video says theres so much pressure on the creator to apologise immediatly and just immediatly respond to the backlash overall i just really liked how the video pacing and dissection were going, thumbs up for that! I liked particularly the psychological-scientifical logical explaination of what goes on in the brain plus the stands look adorable

The smart board background is giving me all kinds of nostalgia 🤩

The animation at the beginning tho-

I love the animated sprite it looks really cool

Okay this video is amazingly well made- BUT WOAH THO I CLICKED ON IT AND SAW THAT ANIMATION AND WENT 👀!!

it makes me so upset when some people end up making things worse instead of them actually trying to make things better by admitting what they did wrong and genuinely asking for forgiveness. like it bothers me SO much

Yeah when I judge ppl I always always always especially if they're my friends try to learn about their environment so I can understand them & am not just pointlessly putting them down

You said your brain is empty in the description but this was a very well made video. You did fantastic, bringing up great points and using research as well. I understand you’re talking about a certain group of apology videos, but you really did say it best at the beginning of this video. The apology videos that get the most attention tend to be the ones that have tons of lies and by people who have no interest in anything but protecting their reputation. Camila Cuevas’s apology statements made me reek in vile disgust at how awful they were for example. I feel so bad for Hopeless Peaches, even after her name’s been basically cleared at this point, it was just so much garbage a good person like her didn’t deserve. Oh, sorry, getting a bit sentimental here. I’m totally behind you 300% about gutting the current gut reaction people have to apology videos. Your message was a beautiful one and I hope to see people come to be more open minded and give respect to the people that deserve it in the future.

It's true that we think people and creator we admire are kind of flawless, that they are people with great morals and all. Forgetting they are just humans too. And it's also true that talking about apologies videos, people tends to think about the bad ones and now that you said it I never watched a good apology video. Plus as creator it's easy to lost ourselves by giving too much importance about what stranger think of us. Some creators put on themselves a lot of pressure which give them anxiety and push them into hypersensibility Hope this video will reach them and show them that they just have to take a step back, take a breath and calmly look at the situation to find the right way to get over it

The best type of apology in my opinion isn't just saying you're sorry but actually changing for the better and doing better

This is so absurd and ignorant to assume that people just don’t apologize properly because they are being prideful and enjoy the bad things they’ve done when really none of us ask ourselves if our criticism actually makes people better because clearly psychology makes it clear that adding wood to the fire, insults, + harassment regardless if a person “deserves” it or not will of course not create a good ending. And I know that someone will say “not everything’s all sunshine and rainbows” but WHO TF exactly said that has to be the case? We aren’t God, our **G O D** is the same god that tells others to bless those who curses us so we’re no better than the person who did us wrong to begin with and if you have a problem with that I said then it’s not my problem either.

your videos formatting looks cool! :)

The animation of the character is so smooth!

Glorious snaps

YO SHE MOVING WHAT i got shocked at the moving yaass girl get it

YOU GUYS AREN’T GETTING IT:( I’m seeing a lot of people complain about apologizing videos, obviously her point about what not to do.

0:50 It's not really alleged anymore. After being arrested, it's pretty much a fact that Kai is a terrible person that cannot be redeemed. This is what he wanted.

Part of the reason as to why I’m scared to gain popularity on any form of social media or other wise is because people stop treating those who are famous as people, seeing them more as probs and items

I love your commentary videos they’re so informational and it’s nice to see your art evolve over time :3

HUH LIP SINCED PUPPETS?!

lets talk about the nice animation at the start

I like how she was like “ IM LOOKING AT YOU SEAN DAWSEN” 💀

10:33 i was diagnosed with severe GAD at 13 and i had no idea that was a thing... well that explains alot....

They just dont wanna be proven wrong. and get exposed but they still do with the apologies.

Update re Omnia: They managed to recover their channel and got some of their stuff reuploaded. UP YOURS KAI!

nice smartboard

I just got a fraction of a free brain lesson along with an explanation on how creators suck at making apology vids. Nice 👍 ❤️

your video scared my dog

We're not on good terms but check the twitter you linked. There's uh. .. 🌽 of your oc in it

They always try to make themselves look like they mean it and make everyone fall into a hole of guilt like if it was the most easiest thing to do like ever even if they didn’t mean it some could care less about how others felt because of what they’ve done and make a clearly fake apology.

The lip sync is truly astounding. Good job :D

Can we bring up the new movement animation at the start? That shi was cool

so much fingers snaps

Great video as always, Stream! The amount of effort you did for this video is very impressive. Hopefully, in the future, there will be less bad apologies.

Not all of them are bad. Like Shannon for example. Instead of apologizing to your community on the spot, think about what you did, and all of what you did, and fix it first. Then, apologize to your audience *last* (unless you only affected the audience). You should always apologize to who you hurt directly first, then to people who knew you. Also, rushing an apology just causes to make the apology less genuine and more "please stop harassing me" vibes, which the community can also accuse you of.

Man the snapping sounds kept triggering my fight or flight response

You talk very fast also ur very underrated artist!

What happened to that one video about the girl in the animation community?

I totally agree with you here ! Hey huh I've been thinking if you would want to make a video on creepypastas in general ? I'm curious to know what you think about them. Do you think they're good, bad, so-so ?

I missed the premier!? D: Oh well, great work on this one Stream 💖

If an apology video is 2 hours long, you know, the person needs to get their ass kicked.

*SO* not the point here but... Be honest... How much time did you end up sinking into that lip-sync at the beginning?

If only apology videos are just “hey there’s this thing I made, said, or did and I’m sorry that to all of those who were affected by it. I was not aware that this can be seen as harmful and it was wrong of me to do that. I’m sorry and I would like to do better.” I despise apologies that are like “I’m sorry IF (not THAT) I offended you” with a burning passion. Like, why else would someone react to your statement in a negative way?? It’s tricky to know someone is genuinely sorry sometimes because people act differently in addressing the situation, but there ARE some that just misses the mark on what to address and reflecting. It’s okay to explain why you did it, but clarify that it doesn’t excuse what you did. You don’t have to forgive someone and some apologies aren’t designed for everyone. For example, an apology related to using blackface or racial slurs. The apology is for black people who were affected by it, not for the heaps of non-black people that drown out their voices with their own forgiveness doing the work for them, even when the apology wasn’t for them. The part about the paranoia of being a content creator, YES, YES, THANK YOU FOR SAYING THIS BECAUSE THIS BOTHERED ME FOR YEARS.

Great video It definitely does bring important points that should be talked about more, for when a community asks why a response is so bªd or not what they wanted (Also, love the art in the video and the smart board :>)

Hi! I’m from thumin’s video about rule 34! They asked if we could show support to you about the disgusting pictures and account you was in. So here I am!

I agree with this but i think people should be aware that content creaters see their viewers as a statistic and that most of the time a apology is made it isnt aimed at them specifically

good job

two videos later and she ignored everything she said in this video

Apologise to Erin. 'I took some time to reflect on myself', just get over with it and apologise to them first in private, damn

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Hi! Very nice video! I like your content, aaaaaand... new sub lol

True though

LIPSYNC JUMPSCARE/pos

And oh just wait until he responds to you it wouldn't go so well

5:42 i have an ex gf, and i just HATE her, she has apoligized numerous times, BUT she keeps on doing what i'm not forgiving her for, which is her just USING our mutual friend for her own good, and then being rude to the mutual friend.

i dunno why but i feel like somone knows my pain of having a really fuckin annoying brother

Just waiting for the day I'm called a DSMP stan because someone in that group gets attacked for something they didn't do-

What are the p and z words??

Come back to youtube!!!!!!!!!!!!

is streamline finally dead?

I really like the video but can you make a video abaot babtqftim?

Slow down your talking speed or add subtitles, it’s hard to understand without it.

What makes a good apology ?

9:40

who is erin guys?

hmmm...

I SMELL…SENPAIBAE…AKA THE ONE WHO CAUSED A WHOLE DRAMA CUZ SHE "ACCIDENTALLY" WHITEWASHED ENCHANTO

i have not seen the video yet but please please tell me she is not going to do a dumb thing and say people saying they did bad is wrong

APOLOGISE TO ERIN

In the last part of your video you say that people should stop being so judgmental when the individual decides to take a break from the internet in order to gain a New perspective of the situation and things like that... However that's like exactly what you did in the Erin clover situation you "criticized" Erin for taking a break from the internet in a judgmental way you took down your video however you still have not apologize so you're not even following the steps that you made in this video but I'm going to try and give you the benefit of the doubt and wait because maybe you will make an apology either way your actions have literally aided in destroying her career and she didn't do anything wrong you guys just don't have the same views on this taboo subject but you still spread your opinion around like their facts which isn't fair

I… I Don’t Think You Have The Right To Talk About This Considering Some Of The Stuff You’ve Done.

Hola

I don't want to hear you talk about apologizing until you own up to what you did. You owe Erin an apology for what you did. You have no right to say anything about this topic. That's all I have to say about this.