#yuehua and wjjw can catch this hands

[yibuo]

telling us to get over uniq bc wyb has moved on 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄 i just rolled my eyes so hard i saw my brain sorry sweetie it’s not our fault that yuehua is incompetent let us cry over uniq crumbs in peace

yuehua fucking up uniq, yuehua sending chengxiao to china and to never have them return, yuehua just removing wjsn chinaline, yuEHUA NOT BEING ABLE TO PROTECC TINY BOI JUSTIN, googling ways to become rich so i can buy yuehua from duhua and then protect my children

[peekbackstage]

There's been some pretty vicious attacks from certain segments of solo fans in the past few months, blaming one party or the other for having a hand in, or organising, the attack against XZ and 227. What are your thoughts on the "black smear" side of the entertainment business - do you think it's reasonable to place blame on GGDD for smear campaigns or even Yuehua or WJJW, or is this just an easy way for solos to fight one another and bring down the CP in turn? And thoughts on reuters/stalkers?

This is one of those rare times that I hope what I have to say somehow gets translated and makes its way to China, since none of the actual parties involved can say anything about it.

From a strictly legal perspective, none of the actual stakeholders (artists, companies, publishers, etc.) are responsible for the actions of fans and should not actually be held liable for the actions of a third party. While this may not be the overall cultural belief, given the fact that XZ Studios was forced to issue an apology to Weibo due to their inability to properly “guide” the fans and properly “influence” them, at the end of the day, the blame truly resides with the fans and antis themselves for their own shitty behavior. The blame also actually resides with Weibo, seeing as it is their platform. Weibo user accounts are the property of Weibo, and therefore any shitty behavior that continues out of hand on Weibo’s platform should have been addressed by Weibo.

The very fact that XZ Studios actually was forced to apologize to Weibo due to mounting sociopolitical pressure was actually outrageous. Weibo is the party responsible for monitoring and moderating the content that appears on their own website. Weibo is also the party that should be properly managing the community and its users. To believe that a small management company would be able to somehow manage and oversee millions and millions of accounts that they are not even legally responsible for is completely unacceptable and beyond ludicrous. This is the equivalent of if Twitter or Facebook were to say that Donald Trump is legally responsible for the actions of his cultish following and must apologize for their shitty, violent behavior. 

Entertainment stakeholders have no legal power over fans. What they can actually do is limited to PR statements, legal action, and reporting any sort of activity they see that targets their own accounts. While it is true that XZ has immense cultural power over his fans, there is also only so much he can do as an artist. And not everyone is necessarily going to listen, even if he does put out a statement.

What I’m about to say next is not going to be a popular opinion, and I will probably catch some flack for it, but I’m saying this as someone who has unfortunately had to manage a few pretty significant PR crises in the past with several different idols, so this is definitely in my professional wheelhouse. From a PR point of view, XZ Studio is honestly abysmal at handling PR crises and at communications in general. They need to replace whoever runs their PR and marketing with someone who is more adept at communications, social media management, and crisis management. While I don’t think this individual is to blame for the shitty actions of fans or antis, I do think that their failure to act was definitely a contributing factor of escalating drama. 

In terms of Yuehua, seeing as WYB was not the target of the crisis, there is nothing Yuehua could have done, or should have done. They were wise to not get involved at all, seeing as their artist wasn’t the one losing contracts. Not commenting on the matter was the right choice here.  

As for the “black smear” side of the industry and toxic fans/antis - I think that all of it is incredibly shameful and morally repugnant. I do not know how any of these individuals were raised or what kind of values they have. It’s as though they never had any proper schooling on how to appropriately behave in society and they should all be ashamed of themselves, especially if they are grown ass adults behaving so amorally and unethically without any thought of the very real consequences of their malicious actions. I’m pretty happy that WYB is actually taking legal action against these pieces of human shit, and truly hope that XZ also does the same. All of these people should be fined heavily and/or face criminal action for extreme defamation and harassment.

If this were the United States, Weibo would also be penalized heavily for allowing this sort of defamation and harassment to continue on their platform with literally no checks or balances. But unfortunately, this is China and not the United States, and there are no such protections in place for anyone who is not a government official.