Community Update (Patreon)

Hi Guys!

This message will also be posted on YouTube in the next few days but as Patrons we wanted to give you the heads up on some positive changes coming your way.

Over the last two months, Jim and his wife, Kim, have been working together to move forward with the channel and reached out to a community team for advice and support on social engagement. We’re so excited to share these changes with you today in this community announcement!

A lot of you are aware of a situation from Jim’s personal life that became public at the beginning of 2021. Through this, many people were hurt and many grievances within the ASMR community came to light. We’re not ignoring or moving on from those events. Instead, Jim and his family have decided to use what’s happened as the catalyst to affect positive, permanent change and begin a process of healing for Jim, his family, and his fans.

The goal with these changes is to nurture an environment based on accountability, mutual respect, and most importantly: healing. In this announcement, we’ll introduce the new team, explain some of the changes you can expect to see, and answer some main questions we know a lot of you will have for us.

This consists of a team of four, and we’re so excited to get to know all of you. Besides Jim, this team consists of:

- Kim, Jim’s wife and manager. Kim will handle all the businessy stuff.

- Murphy, the Jimち ASMR community manager. You’ll recognize them as Murphy Jimち Mod on Youtube.

- Emmanuelle, the Jimち ASMR social media manager. You’ll recognize them as Emmanuelle Jimち Mod on Youtube.

Developing this team means that Jim will get to focus on his true passion- making the ASMR content that you all love and enjoy. This also means that, for now, Jim will not be in direct contact with fans. This was Jim’s decision, made to keep the wellbeing of himself and his family in mind. Jim and his wife still read and appreciate every subscription, like, and comment; and they are grateful for the enthusiasm and support of his fans.

Another change is that this channel now has community guidelines! (You’ll find these here and in the “About” section of the channel, and they’ll be linked in the description of every video going forward.) These guidelines are meant to foster a healthy community based on mutual respect and accountability. Those guidelines will be enforced by the channel moderators, Murphy and Emmanuelle. You’ll be able to identify them by the usernames we’ve listed above.

We’re so excited to get to know all of you better as we transition into a new and exciting phase of this channel. We’ve put together a short FAQ to cover some common questions. If we haven’t covered your question there, leave a comment and Murphy or Emmanuelle will answer it as best they can.

Thank you.

Jim & Kim
Murphy (they/them)
Emmanuelle (they/them)

Thank you all so much for continuing to support me over the last two months and thank you to the new Patrons who recently signed up. I can’t wait to show you everything I’m working on.

Q&A

Q: Is there any way for me to contact Jim directly?
A: There are no personal channels with which to contact him directly.

Q: What if I want to contact Jim and tell him how much I love the content?
A: We appreciate your support! Jim and Kim still read all of the comments on videos and encourage you to leave your love there for them to see.

Q: Is an official Discord server going to be coming back?
A: No, we have no intentions of opening up a new server.

Q: Can I get more information about you guys?
A: Kim will handle all things businessy and be the main point of contact for business-related enquiries regarding the channel. Murphy will manage and moderate Jim’s online community; they have almost ten years’ worth of experience in online communities, and you’ll find them under the usernames Murphy Jimち Mod. Emmanuelle, with Murphy, will be running Jim’s social media on his behalf, and will also act as a moderator you can find under the username Emmanuelle Jimち Mod.

Q: Where can I find other social media associated with Jimち ASMR?
A: In the coming weeks, you’ll be able to find official social media accounts for Jimち ASMR on Twitter and Instagram. These are run by Emmanuelle and Murphy on Jim’s behalf. Unless we explicitly say so, all other social media associated with Jimち is fan-run and not endorsed by him.

Q: Why didn’t Jim make a public statement about what happened before now?
A: Jim posted a written apology on Patreon in January. This same apology was posted on Youtube and removed shortly after: this was done to respect the privacy of everyone involved. Jim and his family felt that long-term, transparent, positive change would speak louder than a written apology or apology video.