A creator's video mimicking Christian leader Bishop Oyedepo hit 9 million views and sparked 1,000+ hostile comments with threats of divine punishment. They describe the emotional toll and their coping tactics: blocking, reporting, disabling comments on predicted viral videos, and separating criticism from revenue impact.
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When I started mimicking Bishop Oyedepo, it became a very, you know, tough season for me because a lot of people kept coming back to like, "Why are you mimicking the man of God? The wrath of the Lord will come upon you. You might just sleep and not wake up." Are you serious? Oh yes, a lot. Someone even came to my DM and messaged me. I was like, "This thing that you are actually doing, you better go and ask God for forgiveness because tomorrow leprosy can just eat you." I'm like, "What in the name?" And these people are Christians. Oh yes, it's, it's so painful that it's coming from the people you should find, you know, refuge in or peace in. Um, there was a video I uploaded on my YouTube channel that had over 9 million views, and then there were about, I think, over 1,000 comments. As of the time where I checked it, it was like 8 million views, about over 1,000 comments. 940— 964 comments are negative. So I got to the point that not building tough skin, but neglecting what people are saying about me. I define me, not you. So I got to that— it was tough to get to that level, but I got to that level that as long as you insult me and it's not adding to my bank account, I don't care. Ah, yes. So, so that was my own ideology. Like, as if you insult me and it deducts maybe 1,000 from me, I, I would start— it will be painful. As long as there's literally no side effect on you know, my account and all, go ahead, say what you say, because there's no bad PR. It all depends on where you swing it towards.
Ah, that's a serious one. What's your coping mechanism?
So initially I used to delete the comments.
Ah, yeah, you will get tired.
Yeah, because the first video that went viral was on worship, and I got comments like, who are you shouting at? Don't tell us what to do. You're not the one to tell us how to worship. It's about the heart. So the comments were so devastating that—
Do you get to block sometimes?
Yes.
Yes. Some people have you blocked before?
Yes, yes, I have. I have a list of them. It got to a point that I blocked this person, the person used another account again, and then I blocked that same account. I deleted the comments, blocked the account. Every account that that person created, I reported. The amount of accounts he opens, he cannot work again, right? And anyway, there was a time that— so I do this once in a while, Apostle, and what do I do is that in my comment section, there are some videos I will upload and I know that people want to comment, I block it.
How do you block it ahead?
Yeah, so I can tell a video that will go viral, you know, because I mean, I've studied algorithm to a point.
Yeah.
And then I just block the comment section. Painful to a lot of people not to be able to comment on a video that they have an opinion on. Then what would I do next? I will now upload a picture and allow you enter into that place, comment, and then algorithm
