Minecraft YouTuber Dream Doxxed Following Speedrun Controversy

YouTuber and Minecraft speedrunner Dream has been doxxed, in yet another blow to the controversial streamer over the past weeks. The doxxing came about after a picture of Dream’s kitchen posted on his Twitter account, which was apparently enough for a few obsessed fans to use to find his personal information and location, a testament to the often destructive power of the internet as a tool for online stalking and harassment.

Despite the fact that he’s never shown his face on-screen, Dream’s internet fanbase grew by 12.5 million followers to a total of 14 million between January and November 2020 alone, largely thanks to his Minecraft speedruns and his fan-made Minecraft Manhunt and subsequent series of videos. But his reputation recently took a darker turn due to suspicions surrounding the legitimacy of his Minecraft prowess, along with a growing fan obsession to see what the enigmatic streamer actually looks like. The latter came to a head when YouTuber Mr. Beast posted a Rewind for 2020 that teased Dream revealing his face for the first time. However, the tease was all that fans were going to get, as Dream’s face was ultimately obscured by his YouTube icon smiley face during the “reveal,” which made it plain that Dream didn’t plan to reveal his identity any time soon. Some fans were satisfied with that, but several were evidently not.

Dream has already faced a few other controversies over the last few weeks, including being stripped of his speedrun record on Minecraft following allegations that his incredible luck was just a little too incredible to be credible. As catalogued by Twitter user defnoodles, hardcore Dream “stans” have since taken matters into their own hands, when Dream posted a picture of his kitchen to one of his Twitter accounts (whether they were motivated by his cheating or by his face reveal is unknown). Using online real estate marketplace Zillow, Twitter user mazouwu managed to figure out Dream’s precise address and offered the information to anyone who asked before deleting all of the content from their account.

Dream has yet to comment on his social media platforms about the doxxing, but there luckily don’t seem to be any pictures of his face floating around the internet (yet), which hopefully means that no one has visited his home address. The tweet showing the picture of his kitchen has since been deleted, but the entire situation is a stark reminder that it doesn’t take much for the most obsessive of fans to figure out sensitive information thanks to the internet, and the more famous a streamer is, the more likely they are to be stalked. Doxxing has always been a serious issue in the gaming world and has affected major corporations and individual gamers alike, necessitating an extreme amount of caution for anyone with any level of internet presence.

Of course there are “fans” out there who claim that Dream deserved the doxxing because of his refusal to reveal his face after actively hyping it up, but that’s a toxic and bizarrely entitled mindset. Dream has the same rights to his privacy as anyone else, regardless of his online presence, and any punishment he deserves for cheating at Minecraft is already being dealt with. Dream is no saint in either respect, but no one deserves to be doxxed, especially when such instances can often be followed with personal threats and even violence against the victim or their friends and family. Hopefully this won’t be the case with Dream, and his story should serve as a warning to other streamers that obsession and ingenuity are often bedfellows thanks to the power of the web.

Source: Def Noodles

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