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PATREON QnA #2 (Patreon)

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2024-08-19 20:22:40
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2026-06
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Hello!

I’m planning my 2nd annual Patreon QnA, submit your questions in the comments and I’ll make a video in 48 hours answering them!

You can ask almost anything. The only thing I can’t answer is Logan Paul lawsuit related stuff, for now anyways.

Everything else is pretty much fair game. Ask away, and if you have questions for Harry (editor) or Ed (CGI artist), you can direct questions at them too! 😁

Comments

Paul Smith

Have you managed to get more lawsuit insurance? If not, will the lack of insurance stop or hinder your choice of future investigations? Buying merch is fine to cover the LP suit, but the time/stress/cost of going without any insurance every time you get sued is not a great work/life balance.

Aris Pattakos

How do you try to reduce bias in your investigations? How frequently do you start with a suspicion to later find out that there's no evident scam/crime in whoever you're investigating?

Chris Baines

I. I watched the "CoffeeZilla The Movie". The only real flaw I could find with it was it was incongruous (your mainstay is exposing people who live in a land of fantasy yet you produce a movie that is esesntially, 'fantasy') with your brand (and also your acting wasn't totally convincing). I took the production as an attempt to expand the channel to something that is more stable in the long term. What long term plans do you have for the brand's existence/survival? (Please don't say, "CoffeeZilla The Movie"...) II. What are your stats? Age, height, weight, etc.? III. How alike are CoffeeZilla and Stephen Findeisen? IV. What is a fun fact about yourself? V. Do you have a day job or do you work solely on the brand? VI. Has the brand become, or is it starting to become, bigger than yourself? VII. Do you read all the comments posted on videos and do you ever delete some of them? VIII. Do you have a policies and procedures manual or understanding for the brand/channel? IX. Is there anything you don't like about the work you do for the brand? X. Obviously, you're getting older. Could you envisage a "son of Coffee" situation where your son/daughter takes over the reins? XI. Are there any ideas you have envisaged to broaden out the channel content? XII. Which role do you find most interesting: set designer, director, producer or editor and why? How do you rate yourself (1 out of 10) for each role and why? XIII. Finally, what's in store for the future?

Stephen Raven

How would you make a 2nd movie with everything you learnt. Larger team? Defence fund fundraiser where left over goes to the Defence fund? Could the next film have behind the scenes for the Patreon members?

Joshua Glover

Hi Coffee, Note this is not related to the lawsuit. A few weeks back YouTuber Lawyer Runkle of the Baily covered Logans suit against you on his Friday night fight-club stream 07-05-2024. In it Runkle disclosed he met you IRL once at an event but did not feel like it went well and thought you were left with a bad impression of him. Time stamp 7m:30s. Care to share your side of that story and any chance of you two patching things up?

Joey Knight

Hey dude. With all the craziness of the last couple of months, just wanna ask. The stress must be through the roof. You ok? Respect you and your work.

Dustin Rubin

Do you think the style of blending real world investigations and a fictional universe could be something that others adopt to increase high quality journalism?

Adrian Manea

Can I order merchandise if am outside of us ?

Scott

In your journalism, how often do you need to develop a comprehensive understanding of a very niche area of knowledge? If so, what have you had to learn to understand a case that you never thought you would need to know or that you have no idea how you'll ever apply it again?

}{

How did you feel when you saw Coffeezilla was overtaking Coffeebreak? Funny how a channel you made for lower effort content that you were interested in is now having a lot of production done to it, do you think the same will happen to Voidzilla?

ben o shea

How dangerous do you feel the modern day use of lawsuits is, to the "younger" up and coming journalists who are already in a discouraging field as it is?

Hubert Hoefsloot

Is it possible to register your company in a different state to benefit from a Anti-SLAPP law in that state?

Malik

Is there a way you could shed some light on how you approach a case? What methods do you use and how do you do your research? How do you verify the information you get and what resources do you use? cheers

Daniel Maixner

How/Or do you manage a a healthy mental state? I imagine it can be tricky to disconnect from work at times especially given the level of threats and other information you have shared about current things.

Tech Otter

We know your main focus of your investigations is financial scams, frauds, and misconduct but are there any other topics you would like to investigate and produce videos for in the future?

Hristo Aleksandrov

Hey Coffee, my question is would you ever consider doing a series about old crypto scams, like OneCoin? I'm Bulgarian, and I've heard stories, but never actually understood what happened.

Valentina

There isn't a lot of critical coverage of tech, and I really appreciate your coverage of RabbitAI. Do you envision yourself doing more critical coverage of tech in the future? (e.g. other AI companies, Elon Musk, Amazon...). In a similar vein, do you ever see yourself going beyond scams? The traditional media has really supported big tech (think Kara Swisher). Tech is becoming more and more powerful, and almost no one talks about it in a critical way. It'd be really impactful to have you cover this topic too!

Valentina

Not a question - I really appreciate how you did merch for your defense fund! At some point in the future, if it's not too much work, could you also create merch for the ladies? :) And/or things like posters?

Andrés Huerta

You cover some of the worst people doing some horrible things; how do you manage to regain your trust in humanity after doing so?

Noah Miller

How do you think about your post-YouTube life?

Rachel Yi

You may have already answered this question (I'm a later subscriber on patreon) but I'm curious how your team came together or how you met.

Matt Jungblut

How can I find out if or where my name has appeared in the end of video name scroll? How is that list populated?

Ali Taheri

no Q here, just wanted to say great work, i believe its time to move on to big dogs, match stock portfolio of politician to their votes, or MLMs, government contracts, lets gooooo

Tobias Mohl

Do you often get recognized in public?

Matt Bleakley

How/where do you source issues to investigate? On average, how long do you spend investigating a story before you start working on the video(s)? What percentage (if any) of your investigations end without anything coming out?

James Jones

where does the white go when snow melts

Canyoueventakeit

In retrospective, how do you view the mistake you’ve made years ago with the video you made of Kurzgesagt?

adriandotexe

What kind of music do you like to listen to? Do you have any favorite artists?

Alex

I've noticed that your stories tend not to target larger public or private companies and the frauds possibly being run there (e.g. John Oliver's hospice show this week, Hidenburg claims against Adani). Not that you've lacked for material, but any reason for this? thanks for the great work!

Susanne Christians

My friends know me as a dandelion lover. It's an eatable flower. One of my friends always says for fun: "If Susanne is hungry we just put her outside on a field of grass searching for dandelions". Did you ever eat a dandelion flower ? :)

Blu3Diamond

i believe its time to move on to big dogs too

Ekyluu

any plans for mug related merch? would love a zilla coffee mug.

Sharky Boi

With the insurance gone busted, if you can shed light onto this, are you more concerned with your future investigations or will you pass on some more dangerous investigations due to this? I remembered in Through the Web podcast you mentioned you will stop when you cannot take the risk anymore. Btw loved your work, your work helped my friend escaped a sticky situation with FTX. I am truly thankful I will proudly wear your merch everywhere I go sir🫡

Sharky Boi

No Q here. Just wanna appreciate your work again. Scrolling through this comment section some Qs made me feel like the Dystopian future you have depicted in the Coffeezilla Movie. A bit concerning as a fellow patreoner 😅

Robert Ahrens

Hey there, Coffee. I've been watching sporadically for a year or two but jumped on the Patreon because the Logal Paul case is BS. My question is: Do you see yourself more as a journalist or as an entertainer? Or do you even think about that as a distinction? As you've become more high profile, and as you're navigating these legal battles, do you find that interacting with the balance between journalism and entertainment in your work?

Keshav Sharma

what motivates you to do, what you do?

Michael McAuliff

What's been the hardest "normal video" (anything besides the movie or its trailer) to edit for the channel? (and - if reasonable - a brief summary of what went into the editing process for that video?)

Harry Birrell

Two part question for the CZ crew from downunder. 1. It seems like a few Youtube channels work in collab a bit. Maybe sharing information or just being friends (Eg. Legal Eagle reporting on your case). Keen to understand what this is like getting support from others, who helps each other and what the group dynamic is like (I imagine westside story style street battles are a regular occurrence) 2. There has been a few naughty Youtubers caught out recently for plagiarism with a lot of focus on originality, citations, references, etc. Have you seen much of this with your content? Anyone to name and shame or keep and eye out on. Would you consider a video on this topic? Love your work and thanks for everything you do!

toufysoup

Whatever happened to the Coffeezilla cups? I remember those being part of the merch list back during 2021/2022 for Patreon but I don’t see them now. Lemme sip!

Sébastien Le Batteux

Hello Steven. I was wondering if you could talk about how others can help you. Since we all benefit from less scams. Maybe you could direct a network of individuals doing this. Best regards, Sébastien

Flavio's Accountant

Hi Steve, Would you consider making a 20-30 minute video doing a run-down of nearly all scammers you have covered thus far and where they are/how they are in 2024? I noticed a couple of them are still actively going about with their scummy & scammy ways.

James Reavis

Do you have any advice for trying to find one’s name in the video ending patreon scroll?

Alexander L

I’m curious about if you had any struggles trying to create a narrative world when trying to make real world investigations. Do you ever worry about making the investigations seem like they’re also part of the narrative?

Nico

How much feedback/gratitude do you get from the victims of the stories?

Ali sina

Hi Coffeezilla, First off, I want to sincerely thank you for your incredible work on exposing The Traders Domain. Your dedication to uncovering the truth and protecting people from scams is truly inspiring. I was a member of the Ponzi scheme operated by OmegaPro, and I have some critical information that could lead to an even bigger story. We've officially managed to apprehend one of the owners in Istanbul, Turkey. I have over 200 hours of video footage, along with extensive blockchain research, that sheds light on the true scale of this operation. We estimate that the total losses might be around $4 billion. I believe it’s time to bring this story to the forefront and give a voice to all the people who have lost their hard-earned money. I would love to collaborate with you to bring this story to the public. Your investigative skills and platform could make a huge difference in exposing the full extent of this scheme. Looking forward to your response. Sina from the Netherlands

phluffie

Have you ever been afraid to record yourself/talk in front of a camera? Anything special help you get over it?

Noah Miller

Who are (or have been) your favorite YouTubers?

Alexander

After SBF and FTX investigation, are you planning to investigate Solana since they are related? There's a lot of public information raising concerns about the initial supply, devs hidden wallets, fake metrics, outages, validators, bots, scams, tokens sold on discount to VC's, relations with SBF and FTX, and so on. (This is not an attack on Solana holders)

jiayi

How's Maxwell doing?