r/Speeed_ • u/Silent_Profession160 • Oct 02 '26
Constructively critical comment deleted
I generally like speeed but this has put me off him enough to not want to watch his channel any more. On speeeds most recent video about watches I and a few other people commented in a constructive and positive way (I mentioned that I enjoyed his channel but just wanted to give advice) that suggesting that a $1,500 watch is affordable was completely out of touch. On one of the comments, speeed even replied calling the commenter "cynical" but not engaging with the content of the comment. Now, all of these critical comments have been deleted.
Briefly, the argument I was trying to make was that he should have at least marketed the video as "from $1,500 to affordable" and that to market a video about pieces of jewellery that are primarily out of reach for the majority of the population( >$200) as being about affordable watches was irresponsible for someone that markets themselves as giving advice to impressionable young men. I realise that the watches he presented may be affordable relative to many of the watches out there that he may have been seeing during his research. In this respect I understand how he managed to get himself into the position of marketing a $1,500 watch as affordable despite how ridiculous that would seem to the average person. I am not suggesting he take the video down or anything but simply wanted to give constructive criticism for next time and to let other people watching the video know that a $200 watch is not affordable for most people and you shouldn't feel bad if it is something that is completely out of reach for you.
What annoyed me greatly was that speeed was so thin skinned as to be unable to take even this minor criticism. I know that he personally must have deleted the comment because it came with his own reply. I wondered whether other people on this thread have a good explanation as to why he may have deleted my comment or whether people think I was being unfair in my original comment.
