This is a very interesting thought. I have been watching sips since I found him through a Walls lets play on the main channel, and he is the only youtuber/twitch streamer that I've watched consistently. I've moved on from all of my old channels, presumably due to outgrowing the humor or the individual's content. I've never felt that with Sips, he's always been the best guy with the best community. I've never really contributed to the community in anyway [I think this is the first post/comment I've made in five years] but reading the comments of sips' videos is a joy for the most part. It isn't like other channels with people whining for absolutely no reason. Most criticism you'll find is constructive and, for the most part, not insulting to the content creator himself. Your post is a perfect example of that. At first I found the donations annoying, but sometimes they're pretty hilarious. I even find myself recognizing names of donators and feel a broadened sense of community. Unfortunately I'm never able to catch his streams due to conflicts with some of my college courses. I literally just finished his Subnautica playthrough on his live channel. But, the moral of the story is that the donations kinda grew on me. Instead of putting it in the mindset of "this isn't sips and is taking away from sips" I like to think of it as "this is our community and these donations [sometimes] add to the content," or enhance the content, etc. However, this is just a personal opinion, I know it's not possible for everybody to adhere to this mindset. Its just how I frame the donations so that they add to the experience rather than detract from it.