Dan & Phil Part 2: lol bye gg

[PolarFox]

I just saw this posted on the place that shall not be named and thought I would share it.

http://radiotoday.co.uk/2016/03/radio-1 ... list-show/

This officially states that the internet takeover is no more. I am glad though, that the whole program is cancelled and not that other youtubers are taking it over. It also states that Dan and Phil will continue being part of the radio one family. Hopefully this means that they will do something else on radio one. Still would have been nice if Dan and Phil had actually told us this.
I do wonder how this affects other youtubers who had regular slots with the Internet Takeover.

Good thing that they didn't leave it for the likes of Emma. Also, maybe Phil will be talking about it in his liveshow today? Maybe he'll tag Dan with him and they will adress it somehow?
Or maybe they'll haru pillow it and something with the radio will come out after the tour.

For the question of phan acounts, I totally love illmakeuhowell (also adziedoodles and phantheraglama on twitter/tumblr)

[madmadmad]

That vid linked me to this one, which I have never seen before even though I've seen the others. Why did PJ feel it necessary for us to see this?

I think it's phanproof

Can someone please decode this obvious 100% definite phanproof, yes, please, thank you?

I think they know everything going on in phandom, both in tumblr phandom or gg/idb phandom, I don't think they literally read everything, but I do believe they at least checking out/lurking here and their tumblr tag once a week or so.

I think being in the public eye for so long, they've must learned how to ignore meaningless hateful comments and real constructive criticism from their fans.

But to me honest I hope they stop do it, don't lurk here. One of the main reason that I never use tumblr or comment on twitter/youtube is that I think they might seen it, and I don't want them to, I have the right to freedom of speech but I don't want to do it while hurting other people's feelings. Plus in this phandom the one thing we need the most is boundary.

BTW remember that one time we tried to psychoanalyze Phil and the next day in Phil's live show he said "psychoanalyze that if you like". I almost peed myself.

Many celebrities and youtubers have admitted to stalking their fans slightly, and many youtubers were aware of GG, so I don't think it's a stretch to say they have at least read some of it. Though I do think most of the coincidences are probably just coincidences unless they really do like to troll and have seen you guys freak out over coincidental things.

At this point I'm not sure I'd care if they read this board, even though I would most other times. This board doesn't really ever say anything truly mean or hateful, and I just like discussing and hearing all the creative analysis here that is mostly based on assumptions and personas we've given two semi-public figures. And if there's any sort of msyetry, I'm hooked, regardless of whether I believe it or not.

Sidenote: GG confused me a bit at first because I'd always gotten the sense that trash communities were usually full of fans that just liked to troll and make fun of the things they liked, whereas GG seemed genuinely hateful towards some of the youtubers. I remember being apart of FBR_trash and most people being completely shocked that I was only a casual fan of like two FBR bands, so maybe that set the tone for my expectations of future trash threads.

One of the reasons I feel somewhat okay posting here is because I feel like they'd have to make an effort to look for the website with the knowledge that this forum could include a lot of negative opinions on them, and therefore they'd be kind of mentally prepared for the criticism, if they were to read here. Whereas with tumblr and twitter they both have accounts they use actively and it's so easy for people on those websites to spread posts so that negative posts might come to D&P's attention without them actively seeking out those types of opinions. Because while I think it's fair enough to express negative opinions about people, they should be able to decide for themselves whether or not they want to expose themselves to that kind of opinions.

[DryCereal]

I just saw this posted on the place that shall not be named and thought I would share it.

http://radiotoday.co.uk/2016/03/radio-1 ... list-show/

This officially states that the internet takeover is no more. I am glad though, that the whole program is cancelled and not that other youtubers are taking it over. It also states that Dan and Phil will continue being part of the radio one family. Hopefully this means that they will do something else on radio one. Still would have been nice if Dan and Phil had actually told us this.
I do wonder how this affects other youtubers who had regular slots with the Internet Takeover.

They probably weren't allowed to.
Conveniently, that replacement show is only running for 12 weeks. Bit of a break post-TATINOF, then festival season, then... I don't want to tempt fate, but pleeeeeeeeeeease Auntie. PLEASE.

[akui]

I just saw this posted on the place that shall not be named and thought I would share it.

http://radiotoday.co.uk/2016/03/radio-1 ... list-show/

This officially states that the internet takeover is no more. I am glad though, that the whole program is cancelled and not that other youtubers are taking it over. It also states that Dan and Phil will continue being part of the radio one family. Hopefully this means that they will do something else on radio one. Still would have been nice if Dan and Phil had actually told us this.
I do wonder how this affects other youtubers who had regular slots with the Internet Takeover.

They say the new show will start at may, does that mean we will be having the show finale tomorrow or???

[SquishPhan]

I just saw this posted on the place that shall not be named and thought I would share it.

http://radiotoday.co.uk/2016/03/radio-1 ... list-show/

This officially states that the internet takeover is no more. I am glad though, that the whole program is cancelled and not that other youtubers are taking it over. It also states that Dan and Phil will continue being part of the radio one family. Hopefully this means that they will do something else on radio one. Still would have been nice if Dan and Phil had actually told us this.
I do wonder how this affects other youtubers who had regular slots with the Internet Takeover.

Good thing that they didn't leave it for the likes of Emma. Also, maybe Phil will be talking about it in his liveshow today? Maybe he'll tag Dan with him and they will adress it somehow?
Or maybe they'll haru pillow it and something with the radio will come out after the tour.

I think they will hura it for now. As much as I would like it if they would explain, I don't see it happening.
The new show that is replacing the internet takeover is only going to be on for twelve weeks, so maybe will do something new on that time slot after that. A girl can dream.

[DryCereal]

I just saw this posted on the place that shall not be named and thought I would share it.

http://radiotoday.co.uk/2016/03/radio-1 ... list-show/

This officially states that the internet takeover is no more. I am glad though, that the whole program is cancelled and not that other youtubers are taking it over. It also states that Dan and Phil will continue being part of the radio one family. Hopefully this means that they will do something else on radio one. Still would have been nice if Dan and Phil had actually told us this.
I do wonder how this affects other youtubers who had regular slots with the Internet Takeover.

They say the new show will start at may, does that mean we will be having the show finale tomorrow or???

R1 schedule has Emma Wickers(?) listed tomorrow. No
Doubt very much Phil will mention R1 tomorrow, unless it's just a "hiatus right now" reminder.

here's the statement from the BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latest ... dent-radio

[akui]

I just saw this posted on the place that shall not be named and thought I would share it.

http://radiotoday.co.uk/2016/03/radio-1 ... list-show/

This officially states that the internet takeover is no more. I am glad though, that the whole program is cancelled and not that other youtubers are taking it over. It also states that Dan and Phil will continue being part of the radio one family. Hopefully this means that they will do something else on radio one. Still would have been nice if Dan and Phil had actually told us this.
I do wonder how this affects other youtubers who had regular slots with the Internet Takeover.

They say the new show will start at may, does that mean we will be having the show finale tomorrow or???

R1 schedule has Emma Wickers(?) listed tomorrow. No

Good, if there is a good bye I need at least 3 week notice, pack my sorrow and my travel bag and run to another city.

[SquishPhan]

I just saw this posted on the place that shall not be named and thought I would share it.

http://radiotoday.co.uk/2016/03/radio-1 ... list-show/

This officially states that the internet takeover is no more. I am glad though, that the whole program is cancelled and not that other youtubers are taking it over. It also states that Dan and Phil will continue being part of the radio one family. Hopefully this means that they will do something else on radio one. Still would have been nice if Dan and Phil had actually told us this.
I do wonder how this affects other youtubers who had regular slots with the Internet Takeover.

They say the new show will start at may, does that mean we will be having the show finale tomorrow or???

I assume that the very last internet takeover will be Dan and Phil, which I think they will prerecord since they will be on tour then. So that will probably air in the last week of April.

[DryCereal]

I just saw this posted on the place that shall not be named and thought I would share it.

http://radiotoday.co.uk/2016/03/radio-1 ... list-show/

This officially states that the internet takeover is no more. I am glad though, that the whole program is cancelled and not that other youtubers are taking it over. It also states that Dan and Phil will continue being part of the radio one family. Hopefully this means that they will do something else on radio one. Still would have been nice if Dan and Phil had actually told us this.
I do wonder how this affects other youtubers who had regular slots with the Internet Takeover.

They say the new show will start at may, does that mean we will be having the show finale tomorrow or???

R1 schedule has Emma Wickers(?) listed tomorrow. No

Good, if there is a good bye I need at least 3 week notice, pack my sorrow and my travel bag and run to another city.

Well, we've had our notice. Presumably, there will be 4 more IT shows. Who'll be hosting them is anyone's guess. (Schedule only shows up until next Monday morning at the mo.) Last one will be (I'm guessing) on the 25/4/16. If that's correct, the Student Radio stuff will be finished and the slot will be open on the 25/7/16.

Possibly handy, possibly useless link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/search ... rch=Search

[somelikeitpink]

God I need to read back on so many pages..

I do have to say I LOVE how the BBC conveniently phrased that Dan and Phil will stay part of the radio one family, not mentioning any of the other youtubers at all.

That cements my guess though that they'll come back with something else after the tour.

[shikaritrash]

Forget about codependency, i clicked the video and then BOOM!!!



His Hair was so big, it's like calling me to make a meme out of it!!!

what,, , what's hiding in his hair? is that..? it can't be

this makes me feel alive

also omg i remember this liveshow but now hearing people theorizing that he may possible be drunk puts it in a whole other (amusing) perspective Does anyone know what past threads people talked about this in? Or give me a rundown on what exactly made people think that he was drunk (unless it's just that he was being extra silly then w/e)

Around 24:40 in he says "slighly too much ribena in that mix for me" so I guess it's pretty self explanatory. Thanks for posting it, watching it as I type.

Glad to see they are going to stay in the BBCR1 family! Can't wait to see what's next and hope it will get addressed a bit by Phil tonight...

[pearshaped34]

A little off topic - do you think dan and phil read GG/IDB on a regular basis? Naively I always assumed they a) wouldn't know/care or b) actively tried to ignore all forms of gossip and discussion... but I've been thinking about it, and being self proclaimed internet homos, surely they would have come across GG at some point. I read parts 1-10 of the D&P thread on GG and I was really affronted at how brutal, and dare i say rude some people were. There is a line between constructive criticism/sharing your honest opinion on their content, and downright nasty and invasive behaviour. Thankfully the nature of the discussion has mostly changed since then (for the better )...
but the question is, if they have seen the bants on GG/IDB (which they most likely have), do you think this sort of discussion affects them in any way? Especially if Dan is as self critical as he seems to be, do you think it hinders their creative output/makes them reconsider their content? I know it may seem a little ridiculous to assume that a little gossip website could have any such impact, but these forums remain to be the only genuinely honest and reasonably intelligent discussions on D&P that i've found on the net. I think it's fair to say that 99% of us have good intentions and only want the best for them, but do you think we have an obligation to be completely 100% unfiltered and brutally honest, or is there some sort of line that we all should draw when it comes to criticism (good or bad)?

I think it would take a great deal of willpower not to care when you know you're being discussed somewhere and it's only a click away from you. Neither Dan or Phil strike me as being the kind of people who'd be able to resist that kind of temptation (I know I wouldn't be able to).

Personally I think most famous people probably look themselves up and many of those who claim they don't are lying because they think it makes them seem self involved (which personally I don't think it is- it's more basic human nature to want to know what people are saying about you).
I remember there was some kind of panel/interview I watched ages ago where they asked celebrities if they googled themselves and everyone was like no of course not till it got to Robert Downey Junior who was like yes all the time it's great and then suddenly a few others (Anne Hathaway was one can't remember the others) were like yeah I lied I do too. I suspect most of the celebrities who don't at all are the computer illiterate lot or those who have trained themselves to stay off the internet because the negativity is too much for them. For people like Dan and Phil who are online everyday (some days all day if we believe the stuff they say) I think that they look themselves up is just a given.

As for whether we should censor ourselves because of this while part of me loathes to make this argument I do think D&P put themselves in a position where the opened themselves up to public opinion. That means there will be people out there giving negative opinions and/or discussing topics they'd rather people didn't discuss (I suspect this would actually be the bigger issue with D&P over here rather then negativity as overall we are not that negative about them).

We are doing our part by discussing the stuff they don't want to see on a forum and not tweeting it at them directly. As long as we are not being straight up trolls who are just nasty for the sake of being nasty I think if D&P come looking for our opinions and see stuff they didn't want to see well that is ultimately their problem and not ours.

the fact they are always seen together at youtube parties and events even when they know tons of people and don't have to be together it's such a huge ?how???why????? to me

That always makes me question how much Phil and Dan really like the majority of the other youtubers rather then their relationship with each other tbh. (I know they have some genuine YT friends like Louise and Cat but they also have other YT friends who would also be there if D&P go over to hang).

[akui]

Have anyone watched the phanimation by arctoids?

She finally uploaded episode 3!!!

We are doing our part by discussing the stuff they don't want to see on a forum and not tweeting it at them directly. As long as we are not being straight up trolls who are just nasty for the sake of being nasty I think if D&P come looking for our opinions and see stuff they didn't want to see well that is ultimately their problem and not ours.

Yes, I agree every word.

[momo]

oh my god i haven't been online for 2 1/2 days and already theres 8 new pages.. curse me senpai gods i have neglected you

but seriously like nothing new has happened yet this thread is booming

[stella]

I think it would take a great deal of willpower not to care when you know you're being discussed somewhere and it's only a click away from you. Neither Dan or Phil strike me as being the kind of people who'd be able to resist that kind of temptation (I know I wouldn't be able to).

I totally agree with this. I've always thought that if I were famous I'd spend hours upon hours Googling my name, for better or for worse. They must have seen GG threads before, since Googling pretty much anything D&P related will lead to a thread. They're probably not reading all the posts, but the chances that they occasionally scan through threads is very high in my opinion.

[lilMango]

God I need to read back on so many pages..

I do have to say I LOVE how the BBC conveniently phrased that Dan and Phil will stay part of the radio one family, not mentioning any of the other youtubers at all.

That cements my guess though that they'll come back with something else after the tour.

I hope so. I am a bit disappointed that it's officially over, even though I knew in the back of my head already that it probably was.

[angrymob]

That always makes me question how much Phil and Dan really like the majority of the other youtubers rather then their relationship with each other tbh. (I know they have some genuine YT friends like Louise and Cat but they also have other YT friends who would also be there if D&P go over to hang).

Speaking of that actually, I was watching the mattg vlogs from 2012 on one of felucca's playlists, and I'm not sure if it's just me or maybe Matt just has an easy going personality, but D&P (or at least Phil did) seem to interact with that group so much differently than they do vloggers nowadays. Like, they actually seemed to want to talk with those youtubers and then proceeded to hang out with them instead of just avoiding them. Maybe also, the general opinion of D&P with other youtubers has changed too, because while Mattg recognized them, his reaction and those of Steve Kardynal, cyr, makemebad etc. also seemed very different from how a lot of North American youtubers talk about them nowadays. I don't know exactly how, but maybe it was just that they treated them more equally like 'oh hey, these guys!' instead of the sneery/clickbaity/idolizing way I feel most youtubers act about them now.

[majitzu]

If I must suffer everyone must too

[felucca]

^ Phil whyyyy. (kudos to his grandma for finding it funny tho, my grandma HATES that app)

cora thanks for the handcuff explanation, haha. Bachelorette parties, aight.
I wonder if D&P kept the handcuffs.

Question: What are some good/funny/interesting 'phan' accounts to follow?

I've linked to a few accounts I like on my page, you could always check those out.

loving the discussion!! just caught up on 6 pages, remind me to check more often. don't know what i'm gonna do when school starts up again next week

back on the topic of codependency, wasn't phil gone when these infamous tweets were made?

i went back to the old gg thread and apparently phil went up north to see friends or something

Weren't this tweets made the time Phil had a reunion with some friends of university? And after that he said that Dan was with him too.

I always thought that that was a lie. Why was Dan tweeting that while being in a reunion. Idk.

Dan was with Phil. A fan tweeted a picture of meeting them both in Manchester and everyone freaked out because they never told anyone that Dan would be going with Phil to his school reunion... That fan picture was probably the only reason Phil even told us about it - I imagine he would have kept quiet about it otherwise.

It wasn't actually a "school reunion" though - it was more like an assortment of Phil's best school mates meeting up and hanging out. Since Dan lived in Manchester for a while it would make sense if he knew some of them too, so it wouldn't actually be strange for him to go with Phil. What's definitely strange though is that the whole thing coincided with his emo tweet crisis... and I still can't wrap my head around the whole leaving for the train station at separate times story.

^Tbh this is easily the most confusing thing that happened last year, I'ma make a timeline out of it someday with screenshots because wow is it hard to follow - liveshows, deleted tweets, different things said at different times... A phandom mystery.

Speaking of that actually, I was watching the mattg vlogs from 2012 on one of felucca's playlists, and I'm not sure if it's just me or maybe Matt just has an easy going personality, but D&P (or at least Phil did) seem to interact with that group so much differently than they do vloggers nowadays. Like, they actually seemed to want to talk with those youtubers and then proceeded to hang out with them instead of just avoiding them. Maybe also, the general opinion of D&P with other youtubers has changed too, because while Mattg recognized them, his reaction and those of Steve Kardynal, cyr, makemebad etc. also seemed very different from how a lot of North American youtubers talk about them nowadays. I don't know exactly how, but maybe it was just that they treated them more equally like 'oh hey, these guys!' instead of the sneery/clickbaity/idolizing way I feel most youtubers act about them now.

Happy you mentioned it! I remember finding those vlogs so interesting because... well, it's not the kind of people you'd expect to be friendly with Dan and Phil? Or even know who they are. 2012 Playlist/Vidcon in general gives me much more of a community feeling among the youtubers to be honest.

Videos with timestamps under the cut.

4:56-5:16, 5:27-6:12, 6:45-7:26 + D&P mention at 2:39-3:00


3:54-4:38

^ In this last one they say that Dan and Phil are "illusive" and have been hiding all day.

[majitzu]

^ Phil whyyyy. (kudos to his grandma for finding it funny tho, my grandma HATES that app)

loving the discussion!! just caught up on 6 pages, remind me to check more often. don't know what i'm gonna do when school starts up again next week

back on the topic of codependency, wasn't phil gone when these infamous tweets were made?

i went back to the old gg thread and apparently phil went up north to see friends or something

Weren't this tweets made the time Phil had a reunion with some friends of university? And after that he said that Dan was with him too.

I always thought that that was a lie. Why was Dan tweeting that while being in a reunion. Idk.

Dan was with Phil. A fan tweeted a picture of meeting them both in Manchester and everyone freaked out because they never told anyone that Dan would be going with Phil to his school reunion... That fan picture was probably the only reason Phil even told us about it - I imagine he would have kept quiet about it otherwise.

It wasn't actually a "school reunion" though - it was more like an assortment of Phil's best school mates meeting up and hanging out. Since Dan lived in Manchester for a while it would make sense if he knew some of them too, so it wouldn't actually be strange for him to go with Phil. What's definitely strange though is that the whole thing coincided with his emo tweet crisis... and I still can't wrap my head around the whole leaving for the train station at separate times story.

^Tbh this is easily the most confusing thing that happened last year, I'ma make a timeline out of it someday with screenshots because wow is it hard to follow - liveshows, deleted tweets, different things said at different times... A phandom mystery.

Exactly. Phil said Dan go out first because he had was searching for something he had forget. But that doesn't male sense, why make Dan go first, what was Dan suppose to do if Phil was late? Stop the train? Why was Dan having existencial crisis in a reunion.

Everything about that weekend is so weird, and I always tought there was a lie somewhere... whatever

[internetakeover]

I just saw this posted on the place that shall not be named and thought I would share it.

http://radiotoday.co.uk/2016/03/radio-1 ... list-show/

This officially states that the internet takeover is no more. I am glad though, that the whole program is cancelled and not that other youtubers are taking it over. It also states that Dan and Phil will continue being part of the radio one family. Hopefully this means that they will do something else on radio one. Still would have been nice if Dan and Phil had actually told us this.
I do wonder how this affects other youtubers who had regular slots with the Internet Takeover.

That's great, thanks for sharing! I'm so glad to have actual confirmation of what's going on, it was kind of bugging me. Really pleased that they will stay part of the 'family', however it is - hopefully something a little more frequent again, fingers crossed we find out sooner rather than later! I had thought Phil would talk about a little tonight, if just to remind people that they wouldn't be doing Monday, and maybe confirm that news, but if he's up north doing horrible faceswaps with his family then I guess not. That tweet feels like a 'no younow tonight' pre-warning to me?

It wasn't actually a "school reunion" though - it was more like an assortment of Phil's best school mates meeting up and hanging out. Since Dan lived in Manchester for a while it would make sense if he knew some of them too, so it wouldn't actually be strange for him to go with Phil. What's definitely strange though is that the whole thing coincided with his emo tweet crisis... and I still can't wrap my head around the whole leaving for the train station at separate times story.

I thought the pic was of Dan at a meal with Phil's friends, but as Phil did call it a 'high school reunion', not eg 'meeting up with old friends' I was under the impression that there was an actual reunion for everyone in the evening? It would be a long way to go just for one meal! also edit b/c I just noticed Dan's crisis tweets were actually the day before Phil's renunion tweet, not the evening of the same day as I'd remembered, so now I understand even less! (links in case anyone wasn't around for that/wanted to remind themselves of exactly what they said!)

[phamnotof]

^ Phil whyyyy. (kudos to his grandma for finding it funny tho, my grandma HATES that app)

loving the discussion!! just caught up on 6 pages, remind me to check more often. don't know what i'm gonna do when school starts up again next week

back on the topic of codependency, wasn't phil gone when these infamous tweets were made?

i went back to the old gg thread and apparently phil went up north to see friends or something

Weren't this tweets made the time Phil had a reunion with some friends of university? And after that he said that Dan was with him too.

I always thought that that was a lie. Why was Dan tweeting that while being in a reunion. Idk.

Dan was with Phil. A fan tweeted a picture of meeting them both in Manchester and everyone freaked out because they never told anyone that Dan would be going with Phil to his school reunion... That fan picture was probably the only reason Phil even told us about it - I imagine he would have kept quiet about it otherwise.

It wasn't actually a "school reunion" though - it was more like an assortment of Phil's best school mates meeting up and hanging out. Since Dan lived in Manchester for a while it would make sense if he knew some of them too, so it wouldn't actually be strange for him to go with Phil. What's definitely strange though is that the whole thing coincided with his emo tweet crisis... and I still can't wrap my head around the whole leaving for the train station at separate times story.

^Tbh this is easily the most confusing thing that happened last year, I'ma make a timeline out of it someday with screenshots because wow is it hard to follow - liveshows, deleted tweets, different things said at different times... A phandom mystery.

Exactly. Phil said Dan go out first because he had was searching for something he had forget. But that doesn't male sense, why make Dan go first, what was Dan suppose to do if Phil was late? Stop the train? Why was Dan having existencial crisis in a reunion.

Everything about that weekend is so weird, and I always tought there was a lie somewhere... whatever

This whole thing is so intriguing. And it definitely doesn't add up, like the way Phil was really squirmy in his liveshow when he explained why Dan went with him... Like, an obvious explanation'd be they had a fight, but then why would they both still go? A timeline would be very, very useful.

[madmadmad]

I feel like sometimes maybe D&P try to go to great lengths to prove that they are not together all the time, and when it gets out that they actually were together it just makes people focus on it so much more than if they had just casually mentioned it. I mean, do they think that it will make their relationship seem less suspicious if they do that once in a while?

And hasn't this kind of thing happened several times already? I should make a list or sth.

[Gemini]

I don't know the date orders of everything so forgive me.

What if Dan never went with Phil originally? What if he tweeted his crisis and Phil saw it, then said to come up to Manchester? I dunno.

[rizzo]

A little off topic - do you think dan and phil read GG/IDB on a regular basis? Naively I always assumed they a) wouldn't know/care or b) actively tried to ignore all forms of gossip and discussion... but I've been thinking about it, and being self proclaimed internet homos, surely they would have come across GG at some point. I read parts 1-10 of the D&P thread on GG and I was really affronted at how brutal, and dare i say rude some people were. There is a line between constructive criticism/sharing your honest opinion on their content, and downright nasty and invasive behaviour. Thankfully the nature of the discussion has mostly changed since then (for the better )...
but the question is, if they have seen the bants on GG/IDB (which they most likely have), do you think this sort of discussion affects them in any way? Especially if Dan is as self critical as he seems to be, do you think it hinders their creative output/makes them reconsider their content? I know it may seem a little ridiculous to assume that a little gossip website could have any such impact, but these forums remain to be the only genuinely honest and reasonably intelligent discussions on D&P that i've found on the net. I think it's fair to say that 99% of us have good intentions and only want the best for them, but do you think we have an obligation to be completely 100% unfiltered and brutally honest, or is there some sort of line that we all should draw when it comes to criticism (good or bad)?

It appears this is a a rare opinion.... but I think they definitely do. And regularly. Not that they're sat on GG (or IDB) every day, but that they check in. Maybe after a video has been posted or when they're bored. And for whatever reason, I imagine Dan does so more.

It's pretty obvious they're very aware of everything that is said and done in the fandom and when it comes to tumblr and twitter, they're not ashamed to let us know that. But sometimes.... sometimes there are very conveniently timed coincidences that give away just how often they check here. Discussions or questions posed on that other website have been brought up and answered in following live shows without any motivation from YouNow's chat. My most specific memory was of us bringing up an old and definitely offensive tweet of Dan's. There was no wave of likes or replies to the tweet, yet within about an hour it was deleted. Shady.

I like what we have become. This is generally a place for constructive criticism and there are often times when I really hope Dan & Phil are reading. On average, IDB is their age or older and while we're not the target audience, I like to imagine they use this forum to take us into account. (I'm speaking broadly here about IDB and GG tbh, because I'm not yet convinced they've actually found IDB.)

That all said, I often find myself wondering if we ever hit the nail on the head with their relationship. Have we freaked 'em out?

I just saw this posted on the place that shall not be named and thought I would share it.

http://radiotoday.co.uk/2016/03/radio-1 ... list-show/

This officially states that the internet takeover is no more. I am glad though, that the whole program is cancelled and not that other youtubers are taking it over. It also states that Dan and Phil will continue being part of the radio one family. Hopefully this means that they will do something else on radio one. Still would have been nice if Dan and Phil had actually told us this.
I do wonder how this affects other youtubers who had regular slots with the Internet Takeover.

I take everything surrounding them on R1 with a grain of salt. There's a level of tip-toeing that has to be done when dealing with the Phandom. So, while I am a huge fan of their radio work, I'm gonna keep my expectations low on them actually coming back.