Technolarp has publicly admitted that he never received permission. Technodad says he has been contacted several times, has avoided answering because he does not know how to react, wants some peace, and remains “inconclusive.”
Inconclusive is not consent.
Continuing anyway reverses the ethical burden. It forces a bereaved father to either bless an ongoing imitation of his son or become the person who shuts down a channel after roughly 190,000 fans have attached themselves to it. That is a consent trap created by building the audience first and asking for approval later.
A fan poll cannot authorize the use of Alex’s identity. Fans do not own his voice, persona, branding or relationships. A future promise to give 50% to charity may benefit a good cause, but charity changes where some money goes. It does not create permission.
The channel has already gained substantial private value from imitating Alex, even with AdSense disabled. Technolarp’s older channel has roughly 2,600 subscribers. The impersonation channel reached about 190,000 in five weeks. That does not prove malicious intent, but it plainly shows where the momentum came from.
This is also different from fan art or a one-off impression. It is an ongoing first-person performance, marketed with language such as “He’s back in spirit,” that copies Alex’s voice, mannerisms, Minecraft appearance and video concepts while interacting with people who knew him.
He may sincerely believe he is paying tribute. Sincerity does not supply consent. The responsible move is to pause, stop placing this decision on Technodad, and either obtain explicit written approval with clear limits or transition the channel toward his own identity.
Do not harass him. But stop pretending that charity makes the consent problem disappear.
A tribute remembers someone. It should not turn that person into somebody else’s growth strategy.
@Glarthire@Herr_Gamer@xprantol I'm certain they could be optimized because they are rough on performance, but they also do more than cushions.
They produce redstone signals through comparators, can render maps, store items with full metadata, and have to check if they're obstructed by a block.
Reducing care for marginalized communities to a single hypothetical vote misunderstands how political engagement works. The premise here is that political morality is measured exclusively at the voting booth, while also claiming it proves he exploits marginalized people for profit. We all know that Hasan has spent years directing money, attention, and platform power toward those communities.
If the standard for "caring about marginalized people" is unconditional support for whichever major party candidate is on the ballot, then you're redefining care in a way that conveniently excludes any form of political action outside party loyalty.
Australia enacted gun control laws in 1996 after 35 people were killed in a shooting. It only took ONE shooting for politicians to protect their citizens and implement gun control. They immediately saw a sharp decline in homicide and suicide rates via guns. This is the first mass shooting Australia has had in decades.
Since 2014 almost SIX THOUSAND people have died from mass shootings in the US. Don’t you dare use this tragedy to try and insinuate gun control does not work. More guns is never the solution.
I’m gonna fucking scream if I see one more stan account be like “we told you so” “let’s just ignore these narcissists they only want attention”
ITS THE FUCKING ADMINISTRATION CURRENTLY IN POWER!!!!!! THEY ARE NOT SOME RANDOM CLOUT CHASER ON THE INTERNET!!!! IF YOU IGNORE THEM THEY WILL NOT STOP ABUSING THEIR POWER AND ALL YOU ARE DOING IS ALLOWING THEIR EVIL ASS AGENDA TO BE NORMALIZED AND UNCHALLENGED
The dream of every Muslim is simply to be treated the same as any other New Yorker.
And yet, for too long, we have been told to ask for less than that, and endure hatred and bigotry in the shadows.
No more.
scams make the buttons look obviously fake because they're trying to prune out the smarter, less vulnerable people.
it's the same thing as "nigerian prince"‐esc emails being riddled with typos.
Those scams aren't meant to trick you; they're meant to trick someone else.
My job is to draw and embed fake download button ads onto sketchy websites I get paid to do it it’s a real fucking occupation and every time you refuse to click on them my boss barges in and beats me with a metal rod until a bone is visible