Popular YouTuber and former webtoon artist, Peaceful Man(41, Lee Byeong-geon), announced that he would charge for his YouTube replay channel, but withdrew the plan after facing backlash from some netizens.

Calm Man recently announced to the fan community ‘Chill Ha Ha’ that he plans to partially charge for the content replay channel ‘Calm Man Original Museum’.According to the announcement, the full version of the live broadcast replay video of the channel will be released in advance to paid subscribers who pay 3,000 won per month, and will be released for free a week later.

Calm Man explained the reason for pushing for a paid version, saying, “Since there is no dedicated channel for replays, the edited videos and original videos are mixed together, and there was a problem with the original content being consumed before the edited version.” He also said, “Since live broadcasts tend to make a lot of mistakes, it is burdensome to release them all the time,” and “We tried to adjust the release time to match the tempo of the content on this channel.”

Initially, there was a plan to implement a partial paid service that would restrict only some videos, but after the announcement, the response from subscribers was cold.Criticism continued saying, “Isn’t this just about making money?” and the calm man explained, “Not all videos will be paid, and in reality, only 3-4 videos per week will be affected.”

He said it was a decision “for the sake of the channel’s sustainability, growth, and content organization,” but the controversy did not die down.In the end, Calm Man decided to withdraw the paid service and release the replay content for free a week after the live broadcast, as before.

After working as a webtoon artist for ‘Lee Mal-nyeon’, Calm Man transitioned to streamer and gained explosive popularity.He currently has 2.82 million subscribers on his main YouTube channel, and all four of his operating channels have Silver or Gold buttons.

Meanwhile, his income and asset size also garnered attention as it was revealed that he purchased a building in Bangi-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul for approximately 5.3 billion won in 2023 under the name of his personal corporation, Geum Byeong-yeong.



Reporter Lee Su com jin sujinl22@donga

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