Thanks for your comments. This is an opinion piece at best. I would never consider Buzzfeed a legitimate news source. As maxwell said, there's nothing new under the sun. If i came off as trying to say that these people are special, or in a new situation, then I obviously was unclear and that's my bad. They have no real power in any way. However, as you say, youtubers only matter to other youtubers. Youtubers are their audience, and their perception of power is important in the situation that the article is referencing - that of the sexual assault of female fans, and in the case of Sam Pepper, sexual assault more broadly. I was focusing less (or at least attempting to) on why these people are "out of their depth" - which is bullshit, btw; humans know and understand power - and more on how their use of their assumed power is the same as the people who wield real power in some way. Ghomeshi could have people fired, or prevented from working in the CBC again; Gerald Regan, an MP for Nova Scotia (who had over 40 allegations of assault, 16 of which went to trial) got off scot-free and was potentially able to ruin the lives of dozens. The best someone like Alex Day can do is to unleash a rabid fan base to harass their accusers, with hate mail, doxxing, and hatespam. While this is not as severe as never working in your chosen career again just for coming forward about assault, I would argue that it is bad enough. I guess what I'm trying to say (and I'm sorry it took me, like, 750 words to get to it) is something we already know: The Illusion of power is just as powerful as actual power. That is a scary concept to me. hopefully your monitor isn't ruined. I hear febreeze helps.Buzzfeed a legitimate news source.