Historically they were not known to be friends. There was a internet drama, “reactgate”, “chairgate”. Twitter was debating whether it’s ethical for react streamers to make money from watching videos made by other people.

There was one time when Hasan put on a youtube video of a small youtuber and went to go to the bathroom. This wasn’t really like a normal scenario for Hasan. At the time he was known, excessively pausing during videos. Watching a video and pausing and commenting over it is generally considered to be protected by “fair use” in terms of Copyright law. The small youtuber was upset. Hasan apologized. D*stiny fans created a larger drama out of it.

During this same period, Badempanada chose to take the position against react streamers. He said that react streamers are stealing labor value from other video makers or something. I think he has changed his position to be more lenient as long as the commentary of the reactor adds new value and also he likes that he’s getting more subscribers when people react to his videos.

For this reason they avoided each other. They have made a truce in the past year. I think Badempanada was banned from twitch. Hasan only streams on twitch. This video from today is basically the first time they’ve talked publicly together

I’ve played 2 hours of the stream. It has been very casual. There’s no heated moments. They have very light criticisms of each other. Hasan thinks that Badempanada scares people because he doxes his enemies on twitter. Badempanada thinks Hasan should leave the US because the political situation is getting too bad.