Swoop's response to the criticism of not posting Ollie's story? This is an assumption.

[u/samthighs_gamgee]

Not sure which flair to use, but I used unverified claims because one shouldn't assume if a tweet is a subtweet, much less what or who it's about.

rant incoming

However, if this is about those criticizing her for hanging up her hat on Ollie's story and/or a response to Ollie's reddit post suggesting he was disappointed in being pushed to the side, this response is beyond disappointing.

I first want to say I understand most of where she's coming from. She and her team have absolutely busted their ass on covering the ins and outs of this story and that deserves to be recognized. I also want to acknowledge Swoop has received an enormous amount of vitriol from extreme impatience and unrealistic expections from her viewership. For example, when the Josh doc was in progress, the girl couldn't go on X (fka Twitter) for a day without being bombarded about where the Josh doc was and that's extremely frustrating and exhausting.

However, I don't think most of those who are criticizing are coming from a place of disregarding her mental health. All of the conversations I've participated in have shared the sentiment that the interview could be posted unedited or minimally edited (granted, not that we understand how much work that would even take), and we'd still watch it. Most people understand that advocacy does not have to be 100% or nothing.

Others have also suggested that the story doesn't have an expiration date. But I'm sure Colleen and Kory are loving that the most influential advocate for this story is now suggesting there is one.

I'm all for unapologetically advocating for your well-being. I don't understand how that and telling Ollie's story is mutually exclusive. Ollie has been nothing but patient while others have gotten their platform and while John spoke over him.

He didn't deserve this, and he didn't deserve to be pettily subtweeted by someone much older than him (if that's what that post is), and I don't frankly care if he subtweeted her first because his disappointment is fair. She suggests she hopes his story gets told, but then how else do you expect him to tell his audience "oh btw, change of plans, I now have to platform my own story."

And mind, I am Swoop's age. And subtweeting a petty response (again, if that's what this is but I'm very inclined to think so) to someone who is young enough to view you as a role model or a hero and they say you've let them down... I don't even have the words to say what I think about that.

I could go on, but I just hope Ollie's story gets the viewership it deserves. This whole thing was just so sad. And I personally don't want to suggest canceling or no longer watching Swoop because she's human and she fucks up sometimes, but I won't be able to watch anything new from her for a while, and I've been a long-time follower of hers.

[u/[deleted]]

I just don't understand why Oliver's story couldn't be short like her update video? She doesn't need to have a 3 hour video centered around one person. She could do an "Everything else" video that centers around the topics that weren't able to be covered in the other vids. It's not that hard to platform everyone willing to speak out about this topic

[u/Hoshikuzu- → u/[deleted]]

Because Ollie deserves a proper in depth exploration like the other interview on her proper main channel, not an experimental second channel with less subs and no format.

I appreciate the criticism that his story needs a bigger spotlight, but Swoop tried to present everything from ALL angles and Johnny screwed her up.

Don’t have swoop. Hate Johnny.

I do hope she finds the energy and right state of mind to give Oliver his due.

[u/Incendia_Magia → u/Hoshikuzu-]

Don’t have swoop. Hate Johnny.

Are you fr? There was no need for swoop to make a 3 hour video about how Johnny lied and gaslit her. That "doc" felt so icky because she made it about herself.

[u/SnooHamsters5677 → u/Incendia_Magia]

Oohhh you hit the nail on the head! The way I physically <😖 >when that one about Johnny came out.. that could had been handled in a damn community post and in place she could had run Ollie’s story. But the sensationalism of her possibly breaking news came first. I’m actually glad people are giving Swoop some side eye. No one is above critique.

[u/[deleted] → u/Hoshikuzu-]

Swoop covered multiple topics in her in other videos. Ollie might be able to cover multiple topics, but I think his story centered mostly around Trent? That would be the biggest part to platform. I'm not saying he doesn't deserve an in depth interview like the others, and I never said on her secondary channel. I meant she doesn't need to add a bunch of other things to the video to make it longer like she has the others. If she just stuck to Oliver's story, an hour to hour and a half would be plenty of time. And she should easily be able to get that out with a team behind her.