During the pandemic, viewers have turned to content creators for mental health support
. During a recent live stream hosted by Abdallah Elayan, an official Nintendo Brand Ambassador with 884,000 subscribers, a viewer donated $5 along with an accompanying message. "I'm gonna take my life now," the viewer wrote. Elayan, who makes YouTube videos under the name AbdallahSmash, said he immediately erased the message from the live chat so other viewers wouldn't see it. On a side monitor, he instructed his team of moderators to check in with the viewer. He kept his stream going. It wasn't his first time handling this kind of situation. Elayan trains his moderators to move concerning...
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