Be careful on youtube

**please note: this is not the tumblr of YouTuber WhatTravisSays. It is about him, and contains reblogs of allegations of abuse and manipulation by him.

[whattravissays]

Received this message from someone who would prefer to remain anonymous but would like to share their story: Hi I wanted to thank you for making this blog a few years back when I was still 15 I went to a convention and I saw Travis with a friend of his I was so excited cause I was a fan of his channel I am a lesbian btw and I came up to him and told him how big a fan I was he gave me his Facebook one of the first few comments he sent to me was that I looked good in the corset I wore to the con thinking it was just a normal compliment I thanked him we exchanged kik's snapchat and skype's then he started getting really creepy I asked him multiple times to stop but he never did a few months later I got in a relationship with a girl from my class and when he found out he called me every name in the book and made a video about how a girl he really liked had broke his heart and of corse I fell for it I told him we could be friends and I thought that would be the end of it but after me and my gf broke up he introduced me to a female friend of his then they both began harassing me eventually they both gave up when I wouldn't reply to either of them and years later at 18 I just got the courage up to delete and block them off all my social media after I realized how terrified I still am of him I went to a con with my current gf and I spotted him taking pictures of some cosplays I was so terrified I pulled my gf to the other side of the con center and started crying I was on edge the rest of the con terrified he would see me so thank you so much for warning people of him thank you so much

[reapermane]

When Nobody Believes You

Hello. My name is Carson. Some of you might remember me from when I came out about my rape and abuse/manipulation I suffered at the hands of the youtuber WhatTravisSays (Travis Neumeyer). When friends and family began invading my privacy and grilled me on posts about my recovery and mental well-being, I deleted my original account that had a lot of messages on it. Travis saw this as an opportunity to post a very vindictive video, attacking me, calling me a liar & making it sound like I’m a crazy ass bitch. My inbox immediately flooded with death threats, threats of sending ME to prison, and just general posts threatening violence. I even received messages saying I should just kill myself because I don’t belong on the Earth alive. I posted a video pretty much immediately after I was informed of this; I could barely speak, and as much as I tried to wipe my tears and speak relatively calmly, I was just too much of a wreck to focus on… well, anything, really. I’ve been to the hospital three times in the past year, and the way things are still going, I’ll probably be “checking in” again. I will make another video on this, and this time, I will be able to speak much more calmly about this. In the meantime, here are some screenshots of conversations we had on Facebook when we were together. Not asking for sympathy, I just REALLY feel like it’s important to keep this conversation going, cause I’m sick and tired of people threatening me with death and violence, and to speak for the 20+ other minors who have contacted me. Girls, PLEASE BE SUPER CAREFUL ON THAT SITE, there’s a whole lot of fucked up shit happening behind the scenes, more that the abusive relationship we had, and I’m not just saying this from personal experience; he has fucked and toyed with a lot of people’s emotions, and has used several 13-16 year olds for sex, telling each and every one of them that he “loves you” and “you are the only girl I’m talking to.” So here you go, check it out, and stay tuned for a video.

[usualwordsusualstreet]

OKAY NOW I'M OFFICIALLY FURIOUS. Re: Youtube Abuse

It has been pretty well addressed that Travis Neumeyer of the channel “whatravissays” is a giant creep. Almost every trigger warning you can think of should be kept in mind before researching it. You can see some shitty accounts of what he’s done here, here here, and here. And I can confirm personally that close friends of mine have been purused and generally fucking creeped out by this dude.

Since these allegations have come to light, Travis has vanished from social media accounts without saying anything. From time-to-time I’ve checked and seen if he’s come clean. He hasn’t, and his “fans” are asking where he is. I’ve commented AND posted a series of links regarding what happened on his fanpage on Facebook that he runs. I have since shared that post on my own facebook so it would be seen by friends of mine in the youtube community.

All of my comments have been removed by Travis and I have been blocked. People who have spoken out against him are being privately attacked by his friends.

He is keeping his potential predators in the dark and at this rate he is going to get away with it and probably do it again considering he is currently interacting with high schoolers. Please don’t let that happen.

[stevebusexual-deactivated201503]

so these were some segments of conversations we’d had where he exhibited rude, emotionally manipulative, and perverted behavior

i might have more on my old cell phone

i deleted my facebook messages between the both of us a while ago because i just couldn’t keep reading them. 

and because i knew some people were gonna call bullshit on my messages between the both of us, I included his exact contact information. 

these conversations don’t even document the beginning of the emotional manipulation and abuse that I suffered, but you can definitely tell that he wanted me to be involved in some twisted stuff.

MAJOR TW FOR PEDOPHILIA AND INCEST

[parsamend]

LET’S MAKE THIS SHIT GROW A PAIR AND STOP IGNORING THE FACT THAT THIS CONVERSATION IS HAPPENING

[lauradoestheastro]

Didn’t realize this awful human was still active online after everything, ignoring the fact that this stuff is coming to light.

Most of the people I’ve seen reblogging those original posts about his terribleness are folks who have either 1) never been viewers of his or 2) knew who he was a few years ago and avoided interacting with him because his videos are hacky, boring, and annoying. Maybe it’s just me who fits into that second category. Idk.

Anyway, at this point I get the feeling he thinks most of his [ 20,000 :( ] viewers will never hear about this if he just ignores it and carries on. I really don’t want that to happen.

[stevetomjohn]

^^ This

[friedchickenandfeminism]

I haven't spoken up yet.

But whattravissays aka Travis Neumeyer has now begun sending me harassing messages via Twitter for “creeping on his profile”. He was obviously put off by things I have retweeted, but I don’t care. He’s a creep. I sat back and watched while he fucked around with 3 of my friends at the exact same time (names withheld for obvious reasons), making them very upset and uncomfortable. I hate him, and he can’t stand it.

[reapermane]

oh my god, oh my god. I'm sorry if this opens old wounds, but I just found your video about travis and i am so so sorry that happened to you. travis did the same thing to my girlfriend. it's been years since she's been with him and i helped her through a lot of it and i'm so sorry that happened to you.

It’s alright, don’t worry, talking it through is part of recovery. I’m incredibly sorry about your girlfriend, I hope she is recovering well with less bad days than good. My heart goes out to you and your girlfriend, and I thank you for being there for her all the time she’s been on this crazy ass roller coaster ride. Tell her that I’m proud of her strength and that even if she doesn’t know me, I love and admire her.

[ar-ugh-orn]

Looks like my creep sense were right

Serious serious massive trigger warning for rape, abuse, incest, bestiality, and just pretty much everything.

[largerinfinities]

I cannot believe this. I am really upset, especially because this could have been me. I had a few really brief interactions online with Travis. Luckily he never harassed me, but goddamn, what an asshole.

[chateauofadoubt]

Made a video for the first time in two years. It’s about how to make consent a habit in your daily life so you won’t feel so confused about consent in your sex life. It’s also a bit less obviously about how I believe Carson over Travis because of the way Travis failed to seek consent from me, or disregarded my “no"s and “please don’t"s in less violating situations.

[captain-brie]

Rumors were started here on Tumblr about a youtuber named Travis of WhatTravisSays. They were bad rumors that made Travis seem like a really bad person, and these…

[chateauofadoubt]

ofHfizzylimon:

I think this concerns me because unlike the conversation about someone’s work vs someone’s personality / past in cases like Woody Allen, Bill Cosby, Roman Polanski, Chris Brown, or Eminem, the gap between the viewer and the creator isn’t such a wide gulf. And we know that Travis has reached out to fans on more than one occasion with the result being the fan was left feeling unnerved, confused, abused, harassed, or worse. None of us are telling you that you shouldn’t have enjoyed the content he makes, but only that we’re concerned about the things he’s done because others enjoyed his content, and we don’t want him to keep abusing individuals in his fanbase, or anyone at all, really. These videos aren’t about Travis, but I think they so apply to him: 

- Laci Green on Sam Pepper  (”overwhelmingly people believe the rapist”)

- Hayley G. Hoover on Alex Day  ( “It’s just funny to me that as girls, as young women, part of the rulebook of femininity that you’re taught to follow from a young age is that you don’t speak up when people hurt you. If someone is horrible to you it’s still your job not to make a big deal about it. It’s your job to save your face, and to be a lady, to keep calm, and to not be a drama queen.”

“And because of this, somehow guys have learned that they can do anything they want, because girls won’t speak up about it, and then they’re shocked when they do.”

“Yes, don’t slander someone’s name by making up false information about them. Cool. Also, don’t use your position of power to discredit people far far below you on the power scale.”) Here are testimonials from fans, with links to support they knew him wherever possible: Carson is the girl in the video and the girl he references in his video. Here are screen caps from there first email exchange where he makes sure she knows he doesn’t reach out to fans often.  JujuBeans360 invited Travis to Internet Prom. His texts made her uncomfortable, especially considering how young she was and how old he was. When she let him know, he reacted poorly.  OtterLovers4Ever has shared that she was a fan who had a romantic relationship with Travis and didn’t want to believe Carson’s story, but slowly as she read accounts from other people, things started to fall into place for her.  And from folks who used to be his friends: Reinix, who said he’s manipulative as fuck, and that though things never got too far, he really did try. Not sure if Sama was a fan first or a friend, but that he’s commented on her video here lets me know they were acquainted. She just echoes Reinix’s sentiments. 

hopeonatenspeed weighed into the conversation about how he tried to manipulate her, and how she realized it quickly, but he tried to tell her that he hadn’t done anything jerky. Not only were they pals, but you can hear her start her Youtube boys get me hot song with a lyric about him. You can also see him everywhere in the comments of that video, and if you listen long enough, you’ll hear her mention FizzyLimon, Justtubed (@thejealousone) and ckXcore, all friends from that skype call.  Justtubed didn’t have any personal uncomfortable interactions with Travis, but I used to chat with him about things years ago and will back me up about the ways in which Travis made me feel uncomfortable, or like he was being shady.  Fizzylimon has been replying in this thread, but he’s spoken about his friendship with Travis, which was formed before either of them really had much of a youtube following. You can read his account of why he’s no longer friends with Travis here.  I’ve posted a ton about this (I’m @Chateauofadoubt). He’s been deleting or hiding my comments on his video on youtube. Here’s a link to a video where you can find, in the description, a link to a comic I made him for his birthday about him making partner, and letting me know about it first. Here’s how I recounted my time with him after seeing Carson’t tumblr post a year ago, before digging up old texts / emails / skype convos. Here’s an email I sent to him, in response to a voicemail he’d left me, after a fight we had on the phone waayyy after he went off the grid, and way after I decided he was a lying, shady dude. 

[hopeonatenspeed]

just incase anyone still thinks we didn’t know travis well enough to be telling you the truth…

[captain-brie]

I’m not saying you didn’t know him well enough to be telling the truth. I just don’t believe what you are saying to be completely honest. And also I feel like now you all believe that I need saving or something? I’m a strong independent young woman. If people mess with me, I brush it off my shoulder and if it gets bad enough I tell a trusted adult, I spend my life trying to be helpful and to treat everyone equally and I am hardly ever uncomfortable with anything but most social situations, yet I still have a social life. I don’t need you guys to tell me how bad Travis is, I don’t believe he is bad, yes even with all these accounts. Whatever. He has never done anything to me personally, and though I feel bad for these victims me not trusting him won’t change what happened to him. I don’t believe Travis did those terrible things. I am not uncomfortable with anything he has done but this conversation at all makes me feel uncomfortable. I posted this to get Travis support but there is none of that here. This post has made me feel uncomfortable, and it makes me feel like I am a victim of something when I’m not. It’s gotten to the point where I feel like you all think I’m weak and incapable of caring for myself. In two days time I’m deleting this post. Not because I am in denial or something like that of because I have ran out of ways to reply to this, but I am uncomfortable with how I feel like I’m being treated and that’s that.

[chateauofadoubt]

It’s not like you need saving - but the world deserves warning. A drowning person needs saving, a beach goer who intends to go swimming needs to be warned about the undercurrent, even if they’ve watched the waves come in all day and think they have a good understanding of what taking a dip would be like.

I don’t believe anything has “happened” to him save for the fact that he’s finally started to have to face some consequences for his actions. And I think his “I’m Tired” video is more manipulation. It’s not slander to say when someone’s treated you poorly, and all the people Travis “doesn’t know” posting supporting accounts about him on tumblr are old friends of his.

I’m a bit confused as to the part where you both don’t believe the people with accounts about his mistreatment but also feel bad for them, but if I’m going to be very straight forward, I did not engage with you because I think you are in a select position, but because I think that general folks that would get behind your taking an action like writing “support Travis” on their arm deserve to hear another side.

[togepurrr-blog]

I have known Travis since I was 17. He is emotionally manipulative and abusive, my parents and friends have listened to the ways he speaks on speakerphone, wondering why in the world I would keep in contact with someone who is so mean. Typically when we talk when end up fighting, he disappears for a few months, then sends me some random “I miss you” message or something else. I have tried to be friends with him dozens of times, all ending in screaming at eachother. I know now for sure its best to keep him out of my life, and I hope others, esp underage girls will do.

[chateauofadoubt]

So I just found out about the whole Travis thing. Suffice to say I'm not surprised. I've known him since I was 17 (24 now) and he and I dated as well. He even made a video titled vindictive that was aimed at me to make me feel bad because I just needed to pay my bills. He is a manipulative compulsive liar and will never change, not to mention his anger problems. I'm just glad karma is catching up to him and I hope no one else gets hurt.

Wow, I’m sorry you had to suffer through him also. Thank you for sharing!

[captain-brie]

Rumors were started here on Tumblr about a youtuber named Travis of WhatTravisSays. They were bad rumors that made Travis seem like a really bad person, and these…

[chateauofadoubt]

ofHfizzylimon:

I think this concerns me because unlike the conversation about someone’s work vs someone’s personality / past in cases like Woody Allen, Bill Cosby, Roman Polanski, Chris Brown, or Eminem, the gap between the viewer and the creator isn’t such a wide gulf. And we know that Travis has reached out to fans on more than one occasion with the result being the fan was left feeling unnerved, confused, abused, harassed, or worse. None of us are telling you that you shouldn’t have enjoyed the content he makes, but only that we’re concerned about the things he’s done because others enjoyed his content, and we don’t want him to keep abusing individuals in his fanbase, or anyone at all, really. These videos aren’t about Travis, but I think they so apply to him: 

- Laci Green on Sam Pepper  (”overwhelmingly people believe the rapist”)

- Hayley G. Hoover on Alex Day  ( “It’s just funny to me that as girls, as young women, part of the rulebook of femininity that you’re taught to follow from a young age is that you don’t speak up when people hurt you. If someone is horrible to you it’s still your job not to make a big deal about it. It’s your job to save your face, and to be a lady, to keep calm, and to not be a drama queen.”

“And because of this, somehow guys have learned that they can do anything they want, because girls won’t speak up about it, and then they’re shocked when they do.”

“Yes, don’t slander someone’s name by making up false information about them. Cool. Also, don’t use your position of power to discredit people far far below you on the power scale.”) Here are testimonials from fans, with links to support they knew him wherever possible: Carson is the girl in the video and the girl he references in his video. Here are screen caps from there first email exchange where he makes sure she knows he doesn’t reach out to fans often.  JujuBeans360 invited Travis to Internet Prom. His texts made her uncomfortable, especially considering how young she was and how old he was. When she let him know, he reacted poorly.  OtterLovers4Ever has shared that she was a fan who had a romantic relationship with Travis and didn’t want to believe Carson’s story, but slowly as she read accounts from other people, things started to fall into place for her.  And from folks who used to be his friends: Reinix, who said he’s manipulative as fuck, and that though things never got too far, he really did try. Not sure if Sama was a fan first or a friend, but that he’s commented on her video here lets me know they were acquainted. She just echoes Reinix’s sentiments. 

hopeonatenspeed weighed into the conversation about how he tried to manipulate her, and how she realized it quickly, but he tried to tell her that he hadn’t done anything jerky. Not only were they pals, but you can hear her start her Youtube boys get me hot song with a lyric about him. You can also see him everywhere in the comments of that video, and if you listen long enough, you’ll hear her mention FizzyLimon, Justtubed (@thejealousone) and ckXcore, all friends from that skype call.  Justtubed didn’t have any personal uncomfortable interactions with Travis, but I used to chat with him about things years ago and will back me up about the ways in which Travis made me feel uncomfortable, or like he was being shady.  Fizzylimon has been replying in this thread, but he’s spoken about his friendship with Travis, which was formed before either of them really had much of a youtube following. You can read his account of why he’s no longer friends with Travis here.  I’ve posted a ton about this (I’m @Chateauofadoubt). He’s been deleting or hiding my comments on his video on youtube. Here’s a link to a video where you can find, in the description, a link to a comic I made him for his birthday about him making partner, and letting me know about it first. Here’s how I recounted my time with him after seeing Carson’t tumblr post a year ago, before digging up old texts / emails / skype convos. Here’s an email I sent to him, in response to a voicemail he’d left me, after a fight we had on the phone waayyy after he went off the grid, and way after I decided he was a lying, shady dude. 

[hopeonatenspeed]

just incase anyone still thinks we didn’t know travis well enough to be telling you the truth…

[captain-brie]

I’m not saying you didn’t know him well enough to be telling the truth. I just don’t believe what you are saying to be completely honest. And also I feel like now you all believe that I need saving or something? I’m a strong independent young woman. If people mess with me, I brush it off my shoulder and if it gets bad enough I tell a trusted adult, I spend my life trying to be helpful and to treat everyone equally and I am hardly ever uncomfortable with anything but most social situations, yet I still have a social life. I don’t need you guys to tell me how bad Travis is, I don’t believe he is bad, yes even with all these accounts. Whatever. He has never done anything to me personally, and though I feel bad for these victims me not trusting him won’t change what happened to him. I don’t believe Travis did those terrible things. I am not uncomfortable with anything he has done but this conversation at all makes me feel uncomfortable. I posted this to get Travis support but there is none of that here. This post has made me feel uncomfortable, and it makes me feel like I am a victim of something when I’m not. It’s gotten to the point where I feel like you all think I’m weak and incapable of caring for myself. In two days time I’m deleting this post. Not because I am in denial or something like that of because I have ran out of ways to reply to this, but I am uncomfortable with how I feel like I’m being treated and that’s that.

[chateauofadoubt]

It’s not like you need saving - but the world deserves warning. A drowning person needs saving, a beach goer who intends to go swimming needs to be warned about the undercurrent, even if they’ve watched the waves come in all day and think they have a good understanding of what taking a dip would be like.

I don’t believe anything has “happened” to him save for the fact that he’s finally started to have to face some consequences for his actions. And I think his “I’m Tired” video is more manipulation. It’s not slander to say when someone’s treated you poorly, and all the people Travis “doesn’t know” posting supporting accounts about him on tumblr are old friends of his.

I’m a bit confused as to the part where you both don’t believe the people with accounts about his mistreatment but also feel bad for them, but if I’m going to be very straight forward, I did not engage with you because I think you are in a select position, but because I think that general folks that would get behind your taking an action like writing “support Travis” on their arm deserve to hear another side.

[captain-brie]

Rumors were started here on Tumblr about a youtuber named Travis of WhatTravisSays. They were bad rumors that made Travis seem like a really bad person, and these…

[otterlovers4ever]

“What if people were telling you that someone you enjoy and care for is bad? Would you believe them or stick with your own beliefs?” As someone who knew Travis extremely well, dated him, was his best friend for a long time ass time, talked to him nightly for years, was that person who cared for him a great deal, I can tell you with certainty that he IS lying. he IS who these people are saying he is and you’re exactly the kind of girl he likes. Young, adorable and faithful. And while there is NOTHING at all wrong with who you are as a person, it is wrong when the person receiving that faith uses it to their personal gain. Clearly we can’t convince you despite the fact that every person on this thread knew Travis first hand. I do hope IF he happens to reach out to you. Or you fan girl so hard over him he finds a way to get in contact with you (because he likely will, he usually does), BE CAREFUL. Think critically, if something seems off, fishy, if stories don’t add up, if you’re catching him in lies, if he uses the “I do don’t do this with just any fan/girl” run. Run as far as you possibly can and do not add that toxicity to your life. This goes for any guy in general. Be smart. Online personas are not knowing at all. They are spliced together bright spot moments. 

[captain-brie]

Rumors were started here on Tumblr about a youtuber named Travis of WhatTravisSays. They were bad rumors that made Travis seem like a really bad person, and these rumors spread like wild fire. Because of these rumors people think Travus is a bad guy, but he is one of the nicest guys there is. Don’t believe or believe me. I don’t care what you do. I’m not here to persuade you if anything I’m just asking you to do one favor. Travis was deeply wounded by these rumors. He was hurt by the fact people would believe any of this about him and he has quite youtube because of it. He doesn’t even sleep well at night. I’m just asking for everyone to write, ‘Support Travis’ on their wrists until the second week of May. Just to show Travis that even though things seem bad they will get better.

[chateauofadoubt]

I don’t believe Travis because I’ve known him personally and I know the sort of manipulation and lies that are common for him in his personal relationships. I’m not even trying to ask you not to support him, but only that if he ever reaches out to you, that you be on your guard. He’s aggressive and a bit predatory, and there are many accounts on tumblr (myself one of them) of people who were definitely acquainted with him cutting ties with him because of all of this. 

[usualwordsusualstreet]

Likewise, I don’t distrust him because of the posts that occurred on Tumblr. That happened long ago because I’ve met him and close friends of mine have come back from encounters with him unnerved, to say the least. He has an overwhelming sense of entitlement and is very manipulative. The allegations just happen to fit first-hand experiences I’ve seen. I will not write anything on my arms, but I’ve got ‘Support Carson’ etched on my heart forever.

[chateauofadoubt]

“FUCK THIS” “I was happy forgetting his existence.”

I’m glad I have this digital record to remind me how I felt about everything at the time.

[chateauofadoubt]

I love my commentary on these things with ryedth and lizziewearsclothes.

This is text-emails from before / after a falling out fight about his lies and his off-the-grid time.

[puptwink-deactivated20160208]

youtuber WhatTravisSays finally made a post responding to the multiple abuse allegations (x) (x)  (x) (x) 

carson deleted her original blog with all the resources but honestly hes a disgusting person and if you watch the video its basically him saying “it didnt happen” which is a fucking lie 

[reapermane]

found an old email we exchanged when we first began this awful relationship. this was the beginning, and as i read through the emails, I realized how much of a red flag this shit was. He immediately made it a point that he hardly ever reaches out to his fans (which, if you saw my Skype screenshots, you’d know he lets me know the same thing over and over). I fangirled over this, of course, and I was so deep in my depression that I honestly didn’t give a fuck that this relationship was extremely toxic. I had my age right on my tumblr page, and he asked me anyway, and once I emailed saying that I told him that if he was uncomfortable talking to someone under 18 he could stop talking, but as you can see, he didn’t give a fuck, either. I have some old texts, too, and I’ll take some screenshots and post them here, too. Once we’d both essentially said “Fuck it, let’s just do this thing,” he let me know how hot it was that I was 16 & underage, we exchanged numbers, and that’s when it all started going downhill.