History ReclusiveArtist / Other

** Most players who left the RPG also tended to disappear from Website/{{BZPower}} around the same time, and as a result, they are all difficult to track down and can be considered reclusive artists, especially due to the anonymous nature of [=BZPower=] usernames. There are exceptions, such as Chronicler of Ko-Koro and Canama, who are still active in the online LEGO community. However, by far the most infamous example of this in ''Dino Attack RPG'' would be Kotua in Space, who not only disappeared from [=BZPower=] but also Brickshelf, [=MOCpages=], and many other websites all at the same time in late 2007 so he could focus on schoolwork.

* Arthur [=MacArthur=] IV, the only child of UsefulNotes/DouglasMacArthur, has voluntarily left the public eye ever since he graduated from Columbia University in 1961. His last major public appearance was during his father's funeral in 1964. Since his father was and still is considered an American war hero, he was [[Main/FamousForBeingFamous all over the press ever since he was four years old]], with newspapers speculating on if the handsome young lad would grow up to join the army like his father did. But having grown up in [[MilitaryBrat a childhood full of war]], he instead pursued music and majored in English, and decided to live out a quiet life in Manhattan under an assumed name. The last time he resurfaced was in 2004, during the construction of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15_Central_Park_West the famous 15 Central Park West condo complex]]: in order to build the complex, they had to demolish the historic Mayflower Hotel, where he had been living for decades under the name "David Jordan", and the developers had to pay him to move. Forbes managed to track him down but noted he declined to be interviewed: ever since then, journalists have respected his wish for privacy

* Arthur [=MacArthur=] IV, the only child of UsefulNotes/DouglasMacArthur, has voluntarily left the public eye ever since he graduated from Columbia University in 1961. His last major public appearance was during his father's funeral in 1964. Since his father was and still is considered an American war hero, he was [[Main/FamousForBeingFamous all over the press ever since he was four years old]], with newspapers speculating on if the handsome young lad would grow up to join the army like his father did. But having grown up in [[MilitaryBrat a childhood full of war]], he instead pursued music and majored in English, and decided to live out a quiet life in Manhattan under an assumed name. The last time he resurfaced was in 2004, during the construction of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15_Central_Park_West the famous 15 Central Park West condo complex]]: in order to build the complex, they had to demolish the historic Mayflower Hotel, where he had been living for decades under the name "David Jordan", and the developers had to pay him to move. Forbes managed to track him down, but noted he declined to be interviewed.

* In contrast to the outgoing LetsPlay/{{Slowbeef}}, LetsPlay/TheDarkId is famously private. He does talk about his personal life from time to time; but has never shown his face or said his real name or the names of his family, is almost never recorded speaking, and abruptly shut down his Twitter in 2022.

* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' creators Creator/TheBrothersChaps, were quite open with their fanbase, making public appearances and even featuring their children in some shorts, but in 2009 they started to appear less and less, which has been attributed to the birth of Matt's second daughter and work burnout (having produced content nearly every week from 2002 to late 2009.) In 2014, they broke the silence and confirmed the return of Homestar Runner, even saying they hadn't planned on the hiatus being so long. Even with that, they're only open about themselves and the content they provide and keep nearly everything else private.

* Nothing about the life of Patrica Bays Haroski, who invented Boss's Day, was known [[https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/winstonsalem/name/patricia-haroski-obituary?id=28480678 until 2005]], when she diedt
* Despite his site having once been one of the biggest drivers of MemeticMutation on the Internet, it's pretty much impossible to get in touch with Website/{{YTMND}} founder Max Goldberg. Even during the site's heyday he refused to give away too much detail about himself and seemed to hate the community that formed around it. As late as 2019, long after the site faded from relevance, it took a Gizmodo reporter seven months worth of emails just to agree to an interview over the phone.

* Christopher "moot" Poole, founder and former owner of Website/FourChan, has become this ever since he sold the site in 2015. His Twitter account was last updated in 2015, and his Tumblr blog where he announced he was hired by Google is now defunct. He left Google in 2021 and whatever current projects he's doing are unknown Considering the controversies that erupted on the site over the years, especially during the last few years he was running the site, this could be seen as him trying to protect himself and [[BuryYourArt move on from the community he created and now no longer cares for]].
** Even before leaving *chan culture behind, moot was infamous for being hard to track down: for the first five years of the site's existence he tried to keep a low profile to protect himself, using the pseudonyms Robert Bopkins and Richard Goins in his business dealings. In IRC chats with users, [[TrollingCreator he would even sometimes claim to be a woman or a gay porn star to throw people off]]. It took an investigative report from the Wall Street Journal for his real name to be revealed, and even at the time people thought it was a pseudonym.

* Christopher "moot" Poole, founder and former owner of Website/{{4chan}}, has become this ever since he sold the site in 2015. His Twitter account was last updated in 2015 when he announced he was leaving, and his Tumblr blog where he announced he was hired by Google is now defunct. Considering the controversies that erupted on the site over the years, especially during the last few years he was running the site, this could be seen as him trying to protect himself and [[BuryYourArt move on from the community he created and now no longer cares for]].
** Even before leaving *chan culture behind, moot was infamous for being hard to track down: for the first five years of the site's existence he tried to keep a low profile to protect himself, using the pseudonyms Robert Bopkins and Richard Goins in his business dealings. This lead to a meme in the early days of 4chan that Moot was a teenage catgirl from Mexico. It took an investigative report from the Wall Street Journal for his real name to be revealed, and even at the time people thought it was a pseudonym.

* Nothing about the life of Patrica Bays Haroski, who invented Boss's Day, was known [[https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/winstonsalem/name/patricia-haroski-obituary?id=28480678 until 2005]], when she died.

* Pakistani born spiritual guru and writer Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi, founder of the controversial new age group Messiah Foundation International, was last seen in public in 2001 near his house in London. The MFI claims that he is still alive, and is only in hiding after the Pakistani government charged him with blasphemy, others believe that he died in 2003, with one MFI splinter group going as far as to build a tomb for him.

%%* Kathryn Mullen last worked for The Jim Henson Company in 1998, and Pam Arciero took over her role as Leona in ''Series/BetweenTheLions'' after the first two seasons.

* Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin. While there are many theories as to the identity of this individual, they remained anonymous before disappearing the first few years after Bitcoin's creation. Satoshi's creation, besides a potential alternative currency, has lead to debate that, while existent, was never out in the open as before, with people questioning (or believing more strongly) whether or not governments should have a monopolistic control over the currency of a nation. Some believe this to be a public utility, giving governments the ability to do more public good by having the ability to print more money, at least in moderation, should a crisis arise or problems need to be solved. Others believe it leads to currency debasement and theft from the masses due printing money for the corrupt and powerful and indebting the masses, often viewing such constructs as glorified cartels that control their populations through financial and social engineering. At any rate, regardless of one's opinion on Bitcoin, it's very likely Satoshi made the right call staying anonymous, given how large, powerful governments [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill traditionally react whenever a significant threat to the money printer shows up]].

* Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin. While there are many theories as to the identity of this individual, they remained anonymous before disappearing the first few years after Bitcoin's creation. Satoshi's creation, besides a potential alternative currency, has lead to debate that, while existent, was never out in the open as before, with people questioning (or believing more strongly) whether or not governments should have a monopolistic control over the currency of a nation. Some believe this to be a public utility, giving governments the ability to do more public good by having the ability to print more money, at least in moderation, should a crisis arise or problems need to be solved. Others believe it leads to currency debasement and theft from the masses due printing money for the corrupt and powerful and indebting the masses, often viewing such constructs as glorified cartels that control their populations through financial and social engineering. [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment Given how passionate, dismissive, resentful, proud and emotional people get about the subject, it's probably best to leave it at that]]. At any rate, regardless of one's opinion on Bitcoin, it's very likely Satoshi made the right call staying anonymous, given how large, powerful governments [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill traditionally react whenever a significant threat to the money printer shows up]].

* Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of UsefulNotes/Bitcoin. While there are many theories as to the identity of this individual, they remained anonymous before disappearing the first few years after Bitcoin's creation. Satoshi's creation, besides a potential alternative currency, has lead to debate that, while existent, was never out in the open as before, with people questioning (or believing more strongly) whether or not governments should have a monopolistic control over the currency of a nation. Some believe this to be a public utility, giving governments the ability to do more public good by having the ability to print more money, at least in moderation, should a crisis arise or problems need to be solved. Others believe it leads to currency debasement and theft from the masses due printing money for the corrupt and powerful and indebting the masses, often viewing such constructs as glorified cartels that control their populations through financial and social engineering. [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment Given how passionate, dismissive, resentful, proud and emotional people get about the subject, it's probably best to leave it at that]]. At any rate, regardless of one's opinion on Bitcoin, it's very likely Satoshi made the right call staying anonymous, given how large, powerful governments [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill traditionally react whenever a significant threat to the money printer shows up]].

* Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of UsefulNotes/Bitcoin. While there are many theories as to the identity of this individual, they remained anonymous before disappearing the first few years after Bitcoin's creation. Satoshi's creation, besides a potential alternative currency, has lead to debate that, while existent, was never out in the open as before, with people questioning (or believing more strongly) whether or not governments should have a monopolistic control over the currency of a nation. Some believe this to be a public utility, giving governments the ability to do more public good by having the ability to print more money, at least in moderation, should a crisis arise or problems need to be solved. Others believe it leads to currency debasement and theft from the masses due printing money for the corrupt and powerful and indebting the masses, often viewing such constructs as glorified cartels that control their populations through financial and social engineering. [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement Given how passionate, dismissive, resentful, proud and emotional people get about the subject, it's probably best to leave it at that]]. At any rate, regardless of one's opinion on Bitcoin, it's very likely Satoshi made the right call staying anonymous, given how large, powerful governments [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill traditionally react whenever a significant threat to the money printer shows up]].

* WebAnimation/KizunaAI is a TropeCodifier for [=VTubing=], but nothing is known about the people behind her; not the people who make her videos or, until April 2020, the voice actress who portrays her. The reason for a given end date for the latter point was that due to concern over a possible [[TheOtherDarrin change in voice actor]] in 2019, Chinese fans on bilibili (basically the Chinese [=YouTube=]) connected the dots and deduced Ai's voice to be Nozomi "Non-chan" Kasuga, an aspiring {{seiyuu}} who happens to share Ai's birthday. Kasuga refused to confirm or deny, much less speak of any controversy, until April 2020 when [[https://twitter.com/kasuga_nozomi/status/1253662616674725888 she publicly outed herself as the character]].

* The owner of [[https://www.youtube.com/user/mugumogu Maru]], arguably the most famous cat featured on [=YouTube=]. The channel has over 200 million views and is the 7th most subscribed channel in Japan, but Maru's owner/s has never been seen on-screen and no one has any idea what they look like outside of the fact that at least one is female. This is strange, considering the worldwide popularity of the channel and the fact that someone somewhere would likely recognize the apartment and/or cats seen in the videos or associated blog. Various attempts to contact Maru's owner have always resulted in failure - the agent representing Maru refuses to send correspondence from fans to said owner(s), and despite it being a huge moneymaker, no one can get a hold of said owner outside of a single interview they granted to a Japanese cat blog.

* Former Website/YouTube celebrity Miss Hannah Minx left the Internet in late 2013, leaving all her profiles unattended. The crowd-funded film she was supposed to star in was never made. Allegedly, she got bored of her Japanophile persona, [[https://www.reddit.com/r/MissHannahMinx/comments/37ai9x/hannah_is_married_with_children_now/ got married, had children]] and disappeared off the radar to raise her kids. Still it's surprising that, in this day and age, and with such an active fanbase, nobody managed to confirm this or find anything more about her.
* The person who makes WebVideo/HowToBasic might be this, by virtue of being TheFaceless in all of his videos. The public doesn't know Mr. Basic's identity because his face is never shown.
* Creator/JamesRolfe, best known as the WebVideo/AngryVideoGameNerd, has no problem talking about himself or his childhood, as shown in the many videos he has shared on Creator/{{Cinemassacre}}. Anything involving his family, especially his wife and two daughters? Under lock and key. While his wife has assisted on many of his AVGN videos, she herself has never appeared in person in them and is always referred to as "Mrs. Nerd" in credits of his works.
* Despite his millions of views and his 3.1 million subscribers, nearly nothing is known about WebVideo/GradeAUnderA except that he's British and used to be a math tutor. To date, [[https://youtu.be/W1ZHLcBYS3o?t=3m52s he has done a face reveal for his 2 million subscriber milestone]]; [[https://youtu.be/Ko4leGFOGx8?t=8m4s another video]] revealed his real name to be Ram although this is entirely unintentional on his part.
* Similar to the above, WebVideo/IHateEverything, also known as Alex, has also never shown his face in his videos and prefers to keep it that way. This later turned into a joke on his own videos, showing everything EXCEPT his face. That said, he does show his face regularly now on JAR Media, a Website/YouTube channel run by Alex and his friends.
* For two years, [=YouTuber=] WebVideo/TheMysteriousMrEnter didn't show his face or reveal his real name, instead representing himself with a static cartoon avatar and using the pseudonym "Mr. Enter". Even after he revealed his real name and showed his face, Enter seldom talks to others online (outside of his Discord, and even then it's primarily focused on his pet project, WebOriginal/GrowingAround) and does not share his e-mail or Skype with anyone but his very close friends/workers for his projects. He also deleted his Tumblr back in 2016, closed his Twitter in early 2020, and left [=DeviantArt=] in mid-July of that same year, making him more, well, mysterious.

* WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows is kind of a {{Downplayed}} example because we know his real name (Kenneth Munson - "Todd Nathanson" is a pseudonym) and he interacts with fans, but [[TheFaceless he always wears a mask over the top half of his face]], not wanting people to know what he looks like. This gimmick was apparently because he was working for a newspaper at the time and was considering a teaching job, but stuck to video reviews instead when they proved more sustainable. While he often joked about the ambiguity of his appearance and race, he appears unmasked in a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gI4T6pvbIAY&ab_channel=LindsayEllis 2016 video]] shot by Creator/LindsayEllis (he’s visible in the “Norway” introduction), and Ellis [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7aWz8q_IM4&ab_channel=LindsayEllis confirmed]] in a later video that Todd is half-Vietnamese.
* Creator/LindsayEllis herself would blip off the internet following her retirement from content creation in late 2021, [[WhyFandomCantHaveNiceThings itself the result of her suffering multiple online targeted harassment campaigns]]. Her social media was abandoned, and her only major public appearance since then was as a panelist at [=VidCon=] 2022, mentioning she was still dealing with the aftermath of chronic harassment, and that if she ever returned to social media, it will be in a much more limited capacity to promote [[Literature/AxiomsEnd her books]]. She did make a comeback in late 2022, but a very restrained one: her Twitter was solely managed by her agent, and more tellingly, her return to video essays was limited to the streaming service Nebula, not [=YouTube=].

* [[https://www.youtube.com/user/DisneyCollectorBR FunToys Collector Disney Toys Review]] (aka [=DisneyCollectorBR=]) boasts over 11 million subscribers and status as one of the richest and most-watched Website/YouTube channels. The only thing we know about the identity is that she's a Brazillian woman.

* Many WebVideo/BarneyBunch video makers fall under this trope. Then again, it's probably for their protection knowing that the Bunch is a known trolling group.

* Creator/PurpleEyesWTF ''was'' at a point in his internet career fairly open about himself, regularly showing up at conventions, making live-action shorts, and willingly giving out his real name when credited on others' videos. However, he's since then disappeared with the informal farewell to his fanbase being an interview he gave explaining his absence and plans to retire to focus on his job and marriage. He's also revealed he's never been that open about his channel in his personal life anyways. Since then, information about him had been altered and pictures have been removed wherever possible to respect his privacy, including on this very wiki.

* [=ThoseDudesWithAHat=], the creator of WebVideo/TheReviewReviewer. All we know is that he nicknames himself "Timber" as evidenced by his [=DeviantArt=] page.
* [=Sp00nerism=] used to be this back when he was part of LetsPlay/TheCreatures. He never appeared in real-life vlogs of the group and the only time he was seen on camera was wearing a horse mask. This changed in 2013 when he surprised his fans with a face reveal during an RTX panel. Since then he's dropped the secrecy and has shown himself on camera more often.
* Downplayed by WebVideo/SovietWomble: He's not particularly secretive about his personal life, but he refuses to ''ever'' show his face on camera while streaming; partly because he considers it vain, but also because he'd rather not get hassled by fans in the street. (Rumours that he really ''is'' a [[WesternAnimation/TheWombles womble]] are strenuously denied.)) The only part of him that's ever been seen on camera is a hand either petting or feeding a dog treat to his beloved French Bulldog Lulu.
* LetsPlay/{{Critikal}} early on, and still is to an extent, very reclusive. The only thing people originally knew about him was that he was a male. There was a rumor at the time that his name was Charlie from a comment that was left on one of his first videos but it was up for debate if that was true. He would drop hints from time to time about some personal life, but people were unsure if any of it was true. It wasn't until 2015 that he confirmed his real name was Charlie and in 2017 he showed off his face for the first time. Recently he has more comfortable with being on camera and has opened up about more of his life, showing his girlfriend, dogs, and even his father in recent videos.
* Very little is known about [=FFL2and3rocks=], who created the WebVideo/ThirdRateGamer show, outside of [=YouTube=] including his real name or even his age.
* Almost nothing is known about the creator behind ''Music/BadLipReading'' since he chooses to remain anonymous so that the humor of his videos doesn't affect his more serious work. The few things he has revealed are that he's male, from Texas, and does all the voices in his videos himself, even the female ones (though he has had guest voice actors in some later videos).
* The musician and voice-over artist known only as "Creator/CorpseHusband,” who rose to prominence through group playthroughs of Videogame/AmongUs, due to his dark sense of humor and his BadassBaritone speaking voice. He reportedly suffers from a number of health issues, including anxiety and agoraphobia, and so is extremely selective about the personal details he chooses to share. Only his left hand has been seen on camera to date.

* Ding Dong of WebVideo/OneyPlays fame has not given his full name nor has revealed his face and is only known by his nickname and cartoon avatar.

* Toy [=YouTuber=] and reviewer of fascinating media (such as movie marketing) Patmac became this. He stopped updating his Twitter in 2020 and went on a long break from uploading videos after August of that year. He uploaded two new videos in 2021 but went radio silent again.

* Horror [=YouTuber=] [[https://youtube.com/c/SavoxYT Savox]] is quite mysterious. He's never shown his face in his videos, and so far all we've seen of him is his hand in a few images on social media. He has basically no online presence outside of YouTube and Twitter, and only occasionally posts on both. The only details he's made public are that his name is 'Max', he's British and in his thirties. He's also never appeared in any videos outside of his own channel, which is odd considering many horror [=YouTubers=] tend to collaborate with others at least once.
* Not much is known about WebVideo/LifeOfBoris outside of [=YouTube=]. While he has shared bits and pieces of his personal life (including his occupation, as he's a programmer for an unidentified Estonian company) and has appeared at [=VidCon=] London in 2019, his country of origin is unknown (although he's confirmed to have lived in both Russia and Estonia and he identifies as an Estonian) and he [[TheFaceless covers his face]] in every video he's in, in the interest of preserving his anonymity.
* Creator/NoahAntwiler used to be extremely active online in producing ''WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment'' and collaborating with the likes of ''[[Website/ChannelAwesome That Guy With The Glasses]]'', but had since dramatically fallen off starting around 2013-2015, partly due to preexisting conditions (after several years believing he suffered from burnout and depression, 2012 saw him being diagnosed with Bipolar II Disorder), partly due to several personal and public meltdowns, including an incident of quickly reaching a Patreon goal of starting a ''Spoony Experiment'' movie, only to realize he was in over his head [[DevelopmentHell and the project never materializing]]. The ''Spoony Experiment'' website was abandoned as of 2019, and Noah's only major internet presence consists of his Twitter and sporadic gaming livestreams on his [=YouTube=] (his last major video release came out in 2016). [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwYbt7zIp8I A surprise interview in late 2022]] had him confirm that much of his long absence was for the sake of restoring his mental health, and that he's interested in returning to making content again, though only time will tell when they'll see the light of day.

* Toy Youtuber and reviewer of fascinating media (such as movie marketing) Patmac became this. He stopped updating his Twitter in 2020 and went on a long break from uploading videos after August of that year. He uploaded two new videos in 2021 but went radio silent again.

* Horror YouTuber [[https://youtube.com/c/SavoxYT Savox]] is quite mysterious. He's never shown his face in his videos, and so far all we've seen of him is hand in a few images on social media. He has basically no online presence outside of YouTube and Twitter, and only occasionally posts on both. The only details he's made public are that his name is 'Max', he's British and in his thirties. He's also never appeared in any videos outside of his own channel, which is odd considering most horror YouTubers tend to collab with each other at least once.

* Creator/JamesRolfe, also known as the WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd, has no problem talking about himself or his childhood, as shown in the many videos he has shared on Creator/{{Cinemassacre}}. Anything involving his family, especially his wife and two daughters? Under lock and key. While his wife has assisted on many of his AVGN videos, she herself has never appeared in person in them and is always referred to as "Mrs. Nerd" in credits of his works.

* [[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/reclusive-marvel-ceo-ike-perlmutter-photographed-public-959632 Until 2016]], the only known picture of former Creator/MarvelStudios chairman Isaac "Ike" Perlmutter was taken in 1985. Perlmutter was rumored to have attended the premiere of ''Film/IronMan1'' in disguise and apparently prides himself on having never given an interview.

** Indeed, many if not most [=VTubers=] do not reveal their real-life identities - the anonymity afforded by a [=VTuber=] avatar is part of the appeal. The big agencies, like WebAnimation/{{Hololive}} and WebAnimation/{{Nijisanji}}, make it an EnforcedTrope so as to protect their talents from harassment, and at least one Twitch [=VTuber=], Zentreya of [=VShojo=], goes so far as to disguise her voice via a speech-to-text-to-speech program. The only ones who are comfortable with showing their real identities are those who are established people outside of the [=VTuber=] space, like Creator/AmandaLee, who goes by "Multiverse Monarch" on Twitch.

** Indeed, many if not most [=VTubers=] do not reveal their real-life identities - the anonymity afforded by a [=VTuber=] avatar is part of the appeal. The big agencies, like WebAnimation/{{Hololive}} and WebAnimation/{{Nijisanji}}, make it an EnforcedTrope so as to protect their talents from harassment, and at least one Twitch [=VTuber=], Zentreya of [=VShojo=], goes so far as to disguise her voice via a text-to-speech program. The only ones who are comfortable with showing their real identities are those who are established people outside of the [=VTuber=] space, like Creator/AmandaLee, who goes by "Multiverse Monarch" on Twitch.

** Indeed, many if not most [=VTubers=] do not reveal their real-life identities - the anonymity afforded by a [=VTuber=] avatar is part of the appeal. The big agencies, like WebAnimation/{{Hololive}} and WebAnimation/{{Nijisanji}}, make it an EnforcedTrope so as to protect their talents from harassment, and at least one Twitch [=VTuber=], Zentreya of [=VShojo=], goes so far as to disguise her voice via a text-to-speech program. The only ones who are comfortable with showing their real identities are those who are established people outside of the [=VTuber=] space, like Creator/AmandaLee, who goes by "Monarch" on Twitch.

** Indeed, many if not most [=VTubers=] do not reveal their real-life identities - the anonymity afforded by a [=VTuber=] avatar is part of the appeal. The big agencies, like WebAnimation/{{Hololive}} and WebAnimation/{{Nijisanji}}, make it an EnforcedTrope so as to protect their talents from harassment, and at least one Twitch [=VTuber=], Zentreya of [=VShojo=], goes so far as to disguise her voice via a text-to-speech program. The only ones who are comfortable with showing their real identities are those who are established people outside of the [=VTuber=] space, like [[Creator/AmandaLee]], who goes by "Monarch" on Twitch.

** Indeed, many if not most [=VTubers=] do not reveal their real-life identities - the anonymity afforded by a [=VTuber=] avatar is part of the appeal. The big agencies, like WebAnimation/{{Hololive}} and WebAnimation/{{Nijisanji}}, make it an EnforcedTrope so as to protect their talents from harassment, and at least one Twitch [=VTuber=], Zentreya of [=VShojo=], goes so far as to disguise her voice via a text-to-speech program.

* Creator/LindsayEllis herself would blip off the internet following her retirement from content creation in late 2021, [[WhyFandomCantHaveNiceThings itself the result of her suffering multiple online targeted harassment campaigns]]. Her social media was abandoned, and her only major public appearance since then was as a panelist at [=VidCon=] 2022, mentioning she was still dealing with the aftermath of chronic harassment, and that if she ever returns to social media, it will be in a much more limited capacity to promote [[Literature/AxiomsEnd her books]].