Let me state that several Youtubers and Streamers run Charity Streams to send money to good causes or raise awareness.  MatPat from Game Theory has streams yearly for raising money for St. Jude. RTGame has run multiple charity runs among others. Let me state I doubt any of these have malicious intent. However, due to events with Open Hand people may be reluctant to help with fears the money never makes it to its desired cause. I think if you are that cautious you should donate directly and if you still want to watch the stream go for it. I don’t think any of them will be offended about someone doing that especially given recent events. My biggest fear is they will stop doing these events lets face it Youtubers and Streamers can reach audiences across the world they can raise a lot of money for good causes. There are some who will be reluctant to donate to any cause and you can’t blame them for that, but I sincerely hope that they continue to try and reach out to their fans and help those who need it. No one can be blamed for reluctance to any of their intentions, but I doubt a number of these have bad intentions or anything shady. The only thing people can do is wait and see. I want Charity Streams to continue as they are great ways to get money to people who need it. I need to say this again donate directly if you are that cautious. No one can complain that all of this has left people less likely to donate, but that is bad for companies that rely on donations for research and in the end no one wins. I don’t want people to quit donating to St. Jude or other research centers because of one bad apple, but I also won’t be surprised if they do. The best thing we can do is donate directly to these organizations and try helping that way. Way to go Jirard not only did you personally disrespect your own mother, you cast shade and disrespected friends and colleges as well as those who try to do any kind of good in their lives. I am certain that was never the intent but you can’t deny that now for Christmas some less fortunate will have empty stockings and people who needed that money to get through winters heavier months I pray for as now they may never get the help they so desperately needed. No matter how you look at it someone will suffer either the Creators who run these events will have to try to get money to these as best they can knowing full well it will be an uphill battle and work hard to genuinely gather money or the people suffering from anything as they may not get the help they need. And that is what makes me the angriest and possibly the most scared of in this situation the lack of trust will cause a lot of people who can help but won’t or the people who need the help and due to someone else being malious and incompetent may never recieve it. For an opinion piece this was long and I wanted to write what I felt the biggest issue was. The fact that even if this was caught sooner the ripple effect won’t just go away. (While editing I found out Defunctland did a Charity Stream for Give Kids the World Village. I wish them the best and hope the best intentions going forward. I do hope that they were able to get the money for children with illnesses and are able to help. If all goes well maybe we can face the New Year with a smile rather than fear of what’s to come.)