The Editor Manifesto

Ignorance, or Malice?

Introduction

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On the evening of March 14th 2024, almost a year ago, I made a post on The Jungle, an X community dedicated to the streamer xQc. It was in response to a cross-post from his subreddit, depicting a Youtube channel by the name of xQc Stream Sessions. Stream Sessions described long wait times in his correspondence with the editors, while simultaneously getting copyright struck by Daily Dose of xQc, one of the editors in question.

My initial observation, which sparked much of what became known as the "editor controversy," was simple: the identities of those striking smaller clip/VOD channels were public information. If the community wanted accountability, we should demand it. But instead of transparency, my post led to coordinated pressure from three individuals** within xQc’s orbit, urging me to step down as a moderator in The Jungle.(**For the sake of those involved, I have omitted specific names, as they are irrelevant to the core issue.)

The topic remained stagnant as it was swept under the rug, but just short of a year later on March 2nd 2024, it started to brew again. Seeing the same concerns resurface, I made another post, reaffirming my belief that the community deserved answers. I reminded them that my removal as a moderator had been the result of pressure, not disinterest, and encouraged them to keep demanding accountability.

About thirty minutes after I posted, Daily Dose of xQc, one of the editors under fire, reached out to me. His first message was immediately suspicious:

“promise not to leak shit and i'll talk to you like an adult.”

Of course, I’m doing the opposite.

This isn’t about malice toward him or any editor involved—it’s about exposing the mechanisms behind these strikes. The community deserves to know. His message raised a critical question: if he had nothing to hide, why the secrecy? If he were truly in the right, why not clear his name publicly with clear-cut evidence?

Daily Dose of xQc — Ignorance or Malice?

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When pressed to take a stand, I pointed Daily Dose to a glaring contradiction: what xQc says—both in public rants and private chats—clashes hard with the actions taken against other channels. xQc claims the goal of his YouTube uploads is simple: flood the off-platform “VOD Frogs” with as much content as possible, not to enrich his wallet or his editors’. So why, then, are people getting hit with strikes for “cannibalizing” his main channel?

Let’s rewind to 2024—xQc on Ethan Klein’s H3H3 “react drama” debate. His stance? Any press is good press. He scoffed at the idea that duplicate content hurts either channel’s reach. From his own mouth: it doesn’t matter. So the notion that his editors are swinging the strike hammer to protect some sacred viewership split?

Patently absurd.

Another channel posting his stream segments isn’t a knife in his back—it’s a megaphone for the growth and influence he wants. Here’s the deal: the only reason to worry about “cannibalization” is if money’s on the line. If your bottom dollar takes a hit, sure, panic away. But if xQc’s telling the truth—if this isn’t about cash—then Daily Dose’s story doesn’t add up. The editors aren’t striking for him; they’re striking for themselves. They’re the ones who stand to lose. And that’s where the mask slips.

The retort to my initial argument was confusing. The rule, he argues, is crystal: don’t upload the same content as the main channel within 24 hours. Break it, get warned. Ignore it, get torched. It’s on the YouTube page, he says—since 2023, maybe 2022. But rewind to mid-2024, and the channel’s “About” section was a ghost town, no rules, no fair use, just a vague invite to email Daily Dose. Channels like xQc Stream Sessions and Gaming Warlord begged for mercy [1, 2], admitting they tripped over vague timelines—uploading VODs or TikToks too soon, then groveling for strike reversals. “I got greedy,” they confessed. “I didn’t listen.” Daily Dose played judge to their cases respectively, sometimes relenting, sometimes not.

To be clear — this isn’t about hating strikes. If you want to ban uploading the exact same clip day-of, go for it. But the lack of a straight story fuels the fire. People aren’t dumb—they see the pattern. Emails show Daily Dose negotiating timelines (4 days per upload?), but that guideline is nowhere to be found. Why not define the line clearly? What’s fair, what’s not. Stream Sessions made $214.81 in February 2024 before strikes hit. Gaming Warlord waited eight months to plead for their channel’s life. xQc Fan VODs got a second chance after sleep-deprived mistakes, only to be restruck and ignored since June of last year. These people aren’t villains. These aren’t deceiving, money-grubbing degenerates—they’re editors/compilers who are simply lost in the confusion.

The 2v1 — So, it IS malice.

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The battle for truth escalated. Dragged into a group chat when Daily Dose couldn’t take the heat, I faced a 2v1 barrage. Their defense? The same, and tired: “Rules are rules. Don’t upload the same content within 24 hours, and you’re safe.” But the cracks in their story scream louder than their words. If the guidelines on xQc’s main channel are as clear as they claim, why do emails to struck channels paint a different picture? Timelines flip between every interaction it seems, 24 hours one minute, 4 days the next, then 2 uploads a week for TikToks. Uploaders like this xQc Fan VODS channel got struck for breaking arbitrary rules invented mid-clash, not the clear terms they preach. “Begging for mercy” isn’t guilt—it’s confusion born from a system that shifts like sand.

Arthium calls it greed, Daily Dose calls it begging, but I call it a symptom. People aren’t whining for profit—they’re asking for a compass, any direction whatsoever. The main channel’s “About” page now screams the 24-hour grace period, but Wayback shows it’s a latecomer, slapped on mid-2024 after Aegis, Adin Ross’s copyright striking company of choice, shook things up. Before that? Silence. No rules, no fair use, just a vague “email us” trap. Channels got nuked for “violating” terms that didn’t exist—or worse, for ignoring addendums scribbled on the fly. Daily Dose flaunts emails where creators admit “greed,” but those “confessions” are meaningless when the rules they broke were moving targets, not etched in stone.

I stood my ground: if the stated rules are murky, strikes feel like personal vendettas on account of your wallet, not “justice”. I asked them to simply show me the strike history—dates, videos, main channel clashes—and I’d happily back off, even write up a piece on their innocence. Instead, Daily Dose deflected while Arthium remained silent.

That’s not accountability—that’s evasion.

But, don't assume Arthium's silence to mean inactivity. He pushed to ban X user @AlexNev_ from the community for criticizing Daily Dose, despite not being a community moderator. After backlash from the community, the ban was lifted, but Arthium insisted on reinstatement until the mod team swayed him otherwise. His influence over bans while being on xQc’s payroll raises accountability concerns.

I want to make one thing clear: this is not a call to harass Daily Dose or Arthium. As a community, we should simply demand transparency surrounding xQc’s copyright strikes. If xQc himself is approving these strikes, he should own up to it. If he’s not, then the editors need to define and publish a clear, unambiguous policy so these channels stop getting terminated wrongfully.

Until then, the community remains stuck in an endless loop of he-said, she-said, while small creators pay the price for a system that refuses to stand still.