#Why I Quit YouTube

[natigail]

“I was severely lonely. And no, Phil doesn’t count. We’re so familiar he might as well have been a piece of furniture.”

Guess that’s another one for the list of arch-enemies, partners in crime, actual soulmates, etc. 

#Why I Quit YouTube #dan howell #dan and phil #nina natters #1k #2k #3k #4k #5k #6k

[tiny-sassy-aggressive]

Watching my favorite Dan and Phil video (mukbang) and realizing that the origins for “Why I quit YouTube” are already laid out in that video. Dan discusses what being full time YouTuber means and why he isn’t posting as much and alot of that lines up with what he said during that video a few years later. It took me so long to put the pieces together.

#dan and phil #daniel howell #amazingphil #phil lester #dnp #dan howell #philip lester #danisnotonfire #why I quit YouTube #dan and phil renaissance #Dan and Phil videos

[goldenpinof]

king of FUCKs

#dan howell #daniel howell #dan and phil #why i quit youtube #something happened with text lining and i have no time to figure this out #so enjoy how it is #maybe the next one will be fine #if i ever make it #my edits #danisnotonfire #also i think i missed a coma in the 1st gif but anyways #fuck internet #also! and there we thought that he didn't monetize BIG because he's a good boy. HA! he just had no option #what a great time

[sncrlynwtms]

y’all know as soon as dan uploaded that video he turned off his phone and ran

#he knew what he was doing #he knew he’d break the internet #can’t believe i’m almost 22 and posting about this man like i’m 12 #dan howell #daniel howell #dan and phil #youtube #youtubers #why i quit youtube #danisnotonfire #phandom

[catboydan]

can I jusT havE eVERYOnE LIKe ME aND No One bEINg MeAN pleASE :(

#i love this screenshot alskdjflaksdf #that's the dream isn't it #alas even on my curated dash i see ppl hating him occasionally. sadge #val comes out of hiding #why i quit youtube #dan howell #daniel howell

[feelingofcontent]

“obviously”

#dan and phil #dnp #daniel howell #dan howell #Basically I'm Gay #Why I Quit YouTube #old and new

[thesquirrelqueer]

I haven’t drawn dan in literal years and his new video awakened me like a sleeper agent to draw him

#daniel howell #danisnotonfire #dan and phil #phanart #dan howell #thesquirrelqueer art #digital art #procreate #why I quit youtube #phandom

[tea-and-cozy-idk]

So we all ready to burn corporate youtube to the ground for ghosting Daniel Howell?

#daniel howell #dan howell #dan and phil #phan #dnp #d&p #danisnotonfire #why i quit youtube

[not-ginny-either]

Why I Quit Youtube spoilers w/o context

#dan howell #daniel howell #why i quit youtube #spoilers without context

[dooandpoo]

I’m so fucking angry. corporations suck so much. youtube may be made up of the sweetest people on the planet but the corporation blinds them to the humanity of the creators they work with, and the humanity of the viewers. it just doesn’t matter to them at the end of the day. and dan doesn’t matter to them. just his brand.

I am so angry that youtube was a huge contributor to dan going off the deep end the past few years, and that he just keeps coming back to them like they’re an abusive boyfriend. I’m pissed that it probably is the best option for him, and that they will probably continue to find ways to screw him over.

I want dan to be happy, and to find opportunities elsewhere. I want him to take the things he likes and expand, like he is with this tour. I don’t want him to feel reliant on youtube, because we will follow him to any platform. he’s interesting and smart and funny, and youtube only sees him for his fucking brand.

I don’t give a shit about dan’s brand. I just want this depressed man to engage with us the way he wants to, not dictated by a heartless corporation.

#why I quit youtube #daniel howell #angry and shouting and screaming and sad

[natigail]

Some of the closing remarks of 7: Why Am I Here: “I still love it”, “I would be stupid not to use the platform in which my history is built on”, “I am going to create some fucking content and I am going to create it how I want”, “I’ll just upload because I love it”

I cannot even begin to describe how those bits healed my soul after listening to him for over an hour explain how the platform that he grew up on, treasures and fought for, made several special projects shatter and waste literally years of his life. Dan is clearly still recovering, I fully do believe him calling it traumatic, but he has come back to us after he has begun healing. He has reflected and he’s come back to the platform despite it all. For the reasons he mentioned above. 

For him. And for the people who want to come and see him be his authentic self.

No, the notification of an upload to Daniel Howell did not feel like a ghost from the past coming to haunt me at all. I was surprised, but pleasantly so. Dan has been away and withdrawn yet but I always felt he was allowed that. I missed him for sure, but he puts a lot of weight in his word. When he promised a return to YouTube in 2022, I believed him. And while it took him five months, he is here. And this is the start of a new era. 

We’re all a little older now, a little more worn, but there is still nothing more delightful to me than people creating what they want to create and sharing it with the world. Whatever the format, it’s something special to pour your heart, your voice, your ideas, your work into something like this. And Dan’s voice is a familiar one, his ideas are funny, he works hard and thoughtfully and the glimpses he shares of his heart is wonderful.

I am very excited for him to be back. Good on him for taking charge and doing it on his own terms. Of fighting and growing and trying - and inspiring us to do the same. Picking yourself up off the floor is a big task. 

I sincerely hope you’re doing alright too, Dan. It’s good to see your face again.

#Why I Quit YouTube #dan howell #nina natters #phandom #1k

[swiftlydnp]

this video should be another lesson to us on how dnp are real breathing people with full lives and we truly do not know what's going on behind the scenes ever they truly work so hard for us and can't share everything when it's going on only the whole story after its all over so all we can do is have trust in them and be patient and maybe not blindly throw unnecessary hate around? he was truly struggling these past two years for himself and for us just to give us a project he was truly proud of and jumped through so many hoops just to get it done and even after how much youtube fucked him over he's still willing to come back because he truly loves making content in this platform for us and i really admire him so so much for it!!!

#its crazy how we never truly know what a person is going through :( #hope this had some of you eating your words back up #then again i saw the hateful accs still being their negative miserable fucking selves so #keep going i do not care at all #i really really love dan so much and i am so excited for his tour🥺🥺🥺🥺 #he better come back here again or istg.... #he came here for ii so i am a bit hopeful but stilll😩😩 #sanj rambles #dan howell #daniel howell #danisnotonfire #dan and phil #dnp #why i quit youtube

[goldenpinof]

self-proclaimed

#dan howell #daniel howell #dan and phil #why i quit youtube #danisnotonfire #my edits

[nerdy-as-heck]

I could be alone in this, but the way that Dan said "Dan and Phil was good" hit me so hard in a way I never imagined

Was

And maybe its because I haven't watched their content consistently in a few years. But I think until that moment, it never really sunk in that they weren't 'Dan and Phil' anymore. And they're not going to be that anymore either, not in the same capacity as before anyway

There's Dan Howell. And there's Phil Lester. Doing their own independent amazing things now. That era which helped me grow up is gone

He was right. Dan and Phil was good. And I couldn't be more proud of them for everything that's happened since

#shut up nerd sorry nerd #dnp #dan and phil #dan howell #phil lester #amazingphil #idk why i got emotional over this lol #im not great with change #even if nothings really changed but my perspective yknow #why i quit youtube

[catboydan]

and the thing is, Dan and Phil... was good 👍👉 👍👉

thanks for the confirmation danny

#how is he doing thumbs up and finger guns at the same time? #val comes out of hiding #dan howell #daniel howell #why i quit youtube

[feelingofcontent]

being content vs. being content

Answering SPICY questions I would usually avoid! | Why I Quit YouTube

#dnp #dan and phil #parallels! #dan howell #phil lester #Why I Quit YouTube #Answering SPICY questions I would usually avoid!