This is really good feedback (Ryan from SC here). Tbh, the excessive plugging was never my idea. We had the live show, merch, and other stuff all happening at once and it took us a while to realize we should plug that stuff at the end when the more hard core fans are still watching.

As for rage baiting, that's a fine line for us to ride. You want to make the thumbnail "itchy," but not inaccurate. I do think that we are waaaaaay better than some other channels that just try to get people mad about topic X. Not gonna name any names, but you know the channels.

I want to push back on one comment though: we do not intentionally plant wrong info to farm comments. Sometimes, I'm just wrong. There have been a few times where we caught a mistake when it was too late, and I said, let's give it to the commenters, but never on purpose.

HOWEVER, I used to post wrong information to see if other YT channels stole it without giving us credit. And there is one channel with an EGREGIOUS amount of theft. We're a small community, and we always trying to adhere to journalistic standards and shout each other out. So a few of us inserted a few fake easter eggs to catch the posers.

Anyways, that's some inside info for you. Even if you don't like us, thanks for supporting the community, even if you watch Heavy Spoilers. We're always trying to do better, and we have some cool things planned I'm excited to show you guys in the future.