Destiny has made his position crystal clear. The political commentator said his ongoing campaign against “snarkers” will likely only end once several content creators involved in what he described as organized harassment face serious real-life consequences.
Destiny framed the effort as retaliation for years of alleged targeting by anti-fan communities that track, criticize, and in some cases actively harass him and people close to him.
What is a snarker?
“Snarkers” is the term used for members of dedicated anti-fan communities. These groups gather on Reddit, Discord, and other platforms to obsessively monitor a creator they dislike, compile timelines of their statements, dig through their personal lives, and often coordinate criticism campaigns.
Some snark spaces present themselves as accountability forums. Critics argue the more extreme ones function as harassment hubs, encouraging doxxing, contacting employers, mass reporting, and interference with a creator’s offline life.
Destiny has been a lightning rod for this kind of attention for years. His combative debate style, political content, and habit of directly engaging with detractors have earned him one of the most active anti-fanbases in streaming.
According to Destiny and his supporters, the campaign is a direct response to harassment that has moved well beyond online discourse. He has publicly discussed alleged swatting attempts targeting him and members of his family, doxxing, calls made to relatives, and coordinated smear efforts.
His argument is simple. People who participate in these campaigns anonymously shouldn’t expect anonymity to protect them if their conduct is exposed. If online activity would ruin someone’s life when made public, that’s on them.
Destiny appears to be preparing to name and expose people he believes are behind the worst of it, potentially including other content creators he claims have benefited from or amplified anti-Destiny narratives.
A bigger problem in streaming
Destiny isn’t the only major creator dealing with this. Ethan Klein of H3H3 has spoken publicly about extreme harassment aimed at his family. Swatting incidents have hit streamers across the political spectrum, and the tactic has already turned deadly in the past, most infamously in the 2017 killing of Andrew Finch in Wichita.
The tension in Destiny’s approach is obvious. Swatting and doxxing against creators and their families is dangerous and criminal. At the same time, a streamer of Destiny’s size publicly exposing critics carries its own risk of unleashing waves of harassment, especially if anyone is misidentified.
