UPDATE: Originally this story was reported as Shirley Curry had been cyberbullied and that was the reason for her taking a break. Curry has since tweeted to say the reason for her taking a break is a combination between negative comments and health issues with an emphasis on the later. . https://twitter.com/ShirleyScurry/sta... We have changed our title to more accurately reflect the situation.
In today’s story we determine if people are inherently good or evil as trolls force an 88 year old grandma to reconsider her life choices. Shirley Curry has over 800,000 subscribers on YouTube but that success has opened her up to the full brunt of internet trolls and YouTube commenters. Sure we have heard this story before but this time it feels just a little more harsh.
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[Today Show] The internet adores this 88-year-old grandma and her love of 'Animal Crossing' https://on.today.com/3ejB5BX
[Youtube, Shirley Curry] Shirley's Ohio Vlog #12 https://bit.ly/2LWcebs
[Kotaku] Kid Gets Swatted After Popular YouTuber Helps Him Get Thousands Of Subscribers https://bit.ly/2M0jyTo
[Twitter] @cizzorz https://bit.ly/2ZBtyKQ
[Youtube, Rolly Ranchers] https://bit.ly/2B1cvrf
[NBC News] Los Angeles man arrested in 'swatting' call that preceded fatal police shooting in Kansas https://nbcnews.to/2Xw7Sgv
[NBC News] Serial 'swatter' Tyler Barriss sentenced to 20 years for death of Kansas man shot by police https://nbcnews.to/3d6qYAl
[Youtube, phubans] 87-Year-Old Grandma Shows Her 3500+ Hour Animal Crossing Town https://bit.ly/2yzlKhD
[AARP] GAMING ATTITUDES AND HABITS OF ADULTS AGES 50-PLUS https://bit.ly/3gs3GH9
[CBS News] As the U.S. ages, older Americans flock to video games https://cbsn.ws/36wTmZX
@VerySeriousLewis And good for her, it's not like there are not another hundred thousand other channels people can go to to watch people play games they way they would prefer to watch them! But then maybe the problem is Youtube... Twitch seems a lot nicer from my experience of it :)
didnt watch the video, am at work, grandma herself said VG247 is writing bullshit, she is streaming less because of health issues, but not of health issues because people are mean to it.
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@Vulture2k Slow news day for a news group who has no stories... *sigh* the media are the problem, clearly... if the COVID19 outbreak and the Presidential races in the USA aren't clear enough on that front though, I don't know what is... there are few trustworthy news sources these days and they are almost always the ones most specifically about your interests and the fewest degrees of seperation from you personally... though it helps if they don't trust other news sources and do the journalism themselves too ;) :D :P - don't worry Inside Gaming, I promise I only use a little salt with your stories :D
Why must people be jerks and ruin someone's fun because they think playing a game for fun is not actually playing the game "correctly"? Ugh, backseat gaming is so annoying...