Yesterday, Heat Street published an article about the popular YouTuber Onision, who runs a forum where girls as young as 13 post pictures of themselves in their underwear. He includes these photos in his videos, where he critiques their weight and body shape, telling some girls that they have a “Shrek body.” One girl on the forum complained to Onision that her 13-year-old sister was featured in one of his videos in her underwear, and asked him to edit her out, which he still has not done.
We tried to interview the 31-year-old Onision as we were reporting the piece, to ask him about the young ages of some of the girls on his forum, but he didn’t respond to our request.
https://heatst.com/tech/youtuber-onision-runs-creepy-forum-where-young-teenage-girls-post-photos-in-their-underwear/
Today, he finally responded, not with an interview but a couple of tweets.
Summary of people trying to dramatize OnisionSpeaks videos: "People asked for Onision's opinion and he gave it to them! Rawr!"
— Onision (@Onision) December 21, 2016
Onision appears to be arguing that because the young teenage girls ask him for his opinion on their scantily clad bodies, he’s not doing anything wrong with his forum and body-image videos.
Today is "Let's treat Onision like a criminal for doing literally nothing illegal" day.
Bravo guys. Very honest.
— Onision (@Onision) December 21, 2016
The response to Onision’s tweets today was mixed, with fans coming to his defense while others strongly denouncing his behavior.
@Onision translation: "Distributing half naked pictures of minors is okay if some else posted them."
Yikes.— Musli Crusli (@MusliCrusli) December 21, 2016
@Onision everyone needs to get the sticks out of their asses. I see nothing wrong with videos in relation to the forums.
— ♋🌒 dana. (@GandeeDana) December 21, 2016
@Onision translation: "Distributing half naked pictures of minors is okay if some else posted them."
Yikes.— Musli Crusli (@MusliCrusli) December 21, 2016
@Onision "I just save these underage girls to myfap folder while I rate their bodies on my videos, I did nothing wrong."
— Cat Business (@Jumin_Cat_Corp) December 21, 2016
https://twitter.com/MyForgottenLust/status/811670852370452480
Also today, he was furiously retweeting girls who over the years have claimed he and his videos have helped them with their “body image.”
@Onision thank you so much onision. You've helped me realise I'm happy with my body right now. Thank you!!!
— Alice (@aliceholmzy121) September 8, 2015
@Onision thank you so much. After watching your videos I have begun to feel comfortable in my own body,I can't stress how much you helped me
— Sarah (@sarah_harper8) July 28, 2016
Last night, Onision’s forum crashed after our story came out, and was down for several hours. Today, he bragged about hitting 30,000 members on the forum.
