Tanacon: The Biggest Failure in YouTube History

i've never ever put this much work or heart and soul into anything in my entire life let alone my entire career okay i'm pretty sure riot's about to happen the event that sold 500 i went for six hours this show couldn't get any worse so were you shutting down the whole event horrible just disaster of a convention the fans were legitimately scammed before the event took place it had been hyped as one of the greatest ideas in youtube history i'm excited for tanaka it's just after the event had concluded it was dubbed by many as the worst decision ever tanacon was its name a convention hosted by tana mojo an la influencer who's best described as something like the female version of jake paul hilariously when looking back in retrospect for the event disaster was almost inevitable what else could you expect besides catastrophe when twenty thousand people show up to a venue that holds less than five thousand would you expect anything different when you make attendees wait for six hours in the burning hot sun only for them to be told that it's cancelled when they finally make it to the front today it has been cancelled completely would you expect anything different when the whole thing was planned over a period of less than 40 days conventions take years was that this year that was 40 days ago maybe i think all of the rebelled people and all of the unwanted people should host a little meet and greet in anaheim california on the same days as vidcon the catastrophic idea for tanacon crystallized just 80 days prior to the event taking place initially being teased in a 1 hour and 20 minute rant video posted on the 3rd of april 2018 titled why i won't be attending vidcon 2018 a rant in this video as you might assume from the title tana ranted about her first two years attending vidcon in 2016 and 2017 stating that she had been treated poorly and unfairly by the organizers of the event you can't have a meet and greet here we don't care if your fans are upset we don't care if you're upset then to avoid a third year of adversity vidcon decided that they would bar tana from the event completely they decided it would be better if they banned me from their event for life which left hannah with a feeling of resentment towards vidcon as she was now no longer able to attend however tana made a realization she had literally millions of fans many of whom were attending vidcon to meet her specifically so why not just cut vidcon out altogether and host a smaller cheaper more personal meet and greet somewhere else in la on the exact same day as vidcon with the goal of revenge one of the top comments sums it up well stating so this is the video that started it all approximately a month and a half later after being approached by some inexperienced event organizers tanner would announce tanacon via twitter stating the first tanacon will be on june 22nd to 23rd in anaheim california get ready i promise you aren't ready i have so many surprises in store and you can attend for free the first small round tickets drop at 12 pst be refreshing it's limited the event looked awesome from the outset a cheaper version of vidcon with an all-star lineup including influencers like shane dawson the david dobrik vlog squad bella thorne ebert chamberlain the list went on and on each of which having their own scheduled performance or q a additionally there was an initial round of one dollar general admission tickets making the event basically free for a few lucky individuals however perhaps the reason that tana stated i promise you aren't ready in her initial tweet was maybe because she literally wasn't ready either in the weeks leading up to the event for promotion tanner would be interviewed by forbes during which the first few red flags would begin to show up particularly when talking about how little planning had actually gone into the event before the announcement they didn't have anything rented there was no problem there's no lineup there's nothing nothing absolutely nothing like pretty incredible like it's wild yes i'm a very last-minute person but the lack of planning came off as kind of quirky and romantically impulsive but as the date of the event came nearer and nearer it would eventually be revealed to all that it should have been interpreted as a complete lack of organization the event began to fall apart before the day had even begun on the night before tanacon would take place the event's opening time was changed from 8am to 6am now this wasn't such a bad idea as getting people into the event earlier would have offered a better experience overall however the next day as the event was beginning the opening was so poorly managed that the first set of people weren't even let into the event until 8 50 a.m meaning that even the earliest of attendees still had to wait three hours before being let into the event make sure to arrive early the lines are gonna be long was deadly accurate regarding the part about the length of the lines considering no one was being led into the event the lines began to get longer and longer and longer aerial videos filmed by those in their hotel rooms above showed lines that looked to be so long that they wrapped around the car park numerous times so you end up you end up right here but you start way back here i am lost for words 10 o'clock others who had filmed the whole event from the ground like plane rock vlogs also displayed the insanity of the lions from a first person perspective oh my god yeah these lines are larger than vidcon's lines for sure however the reason behind why the lines had become so long was not only due to the late opening as previously mentioned there was one other short-sighted perhaps even greedy reason far more tickets were sold comparative to the capacity of the venue the actual capacity which included far more than the ballroom was 3192 so that still means that the event was oversold the anaheim marriott had a capacity of only 3192 however a total of 5 000 tickets were sold leaving 1 808 ticket holders waiting in line for people to leave before they were able to enter the problem however was that those who were already inside the event were not going to leave due to the long entrance line outside creating a feedback loop ultimately decreasing the probability even further that anyone waiting outside was going to be able to get in and for those who were already inside surely you wouldn't want to leave anyway right but it's worth it because we're going in now and i'm so excited oh my gosh it's right here this was tanacon it had been hyped at such an awesome event with so many cool creators there must have been plenty going on inside right well no not really inside the function the hallways were so crowded that getting anywhere was uncomfortable shops were packed to the brim making anything besides sitting down unenjoyable however patrons who were inside were unable to sit down anyway as according to security it was a safety hazard to the event everyone's just kind of wandering around looking at this but we're not allowed to wait in the hallway which is the only place to sit because there's no space and it's unsafe not realizing that there wasn't much going on inside those outside continued to wait and note it's been over three hours now ever since the convention opened tensions began to rise as people really started to come to terms with how poorly the event had been organized the tweets of 20 000 people waiting outside to come see me yeah uh these people we don't love you right now okay tana if you're watching this we don't love you right now just so you know we're not happy people however tensions weren't the only thing that began to rise additionally the sun began to fly higher and higher into the sky the event had been held in the middle of a hot summer and those who were unprepared for the heat began to get burnt like really burnt we were in line for almost five hours almost five and we got really sunburned thanks for this hashtag tanacon gotta love that tanacon burn i'm literally in so much pain from my sunburn at tanacon i really hope i get a refund also as a result of the heat and lengthy lines attendees were all prepared with how much water they had brought when there's 20 000 people lined up who might pass out due to the intense heat since they aren't getting any water for hashtag tanacon a legitimate concern as a few unlucky individuals did apparently pass out from the lack of water there's one girl that said her friend passed out those who were lucky enough not to pass out continued to wait in the uncomfortable heat while the others inside were having the time of their life or so they assumed back inside people continued to brave the packed activity scarce hallways in the hope that they'll be able to do the one thing that many assume they would get to do upon entering meet their favorite creator however this was somewhat of a scam as well but apparently the meet and greets are happening today only 150 people get to participate in the meet and greets to meet people that they signed up for attendees specifically the youtuber swell entertainment explained that despite the event selling 5 000 tickets there are only 150 meet-and-greet spots available additionally due to the insanity of the event security would then decide that people were not allowed to leave after entering and now they're saying that if you leave you can't get back in like you're gonna have food it's gonna be a problem because there's no food here well this created a question regarding how people were gonna eat given the lack of food in the venue it created an even bigger more serious question with a venue at maximum capacity and no one leaving due to an inability to re-enter how are the people from outside gonna get in well to answer it simply they weren't and what did this do to their mood understandably the people waiting outside just got angrier and angrier [Applause] despite having sold 5 000 tickets for a venue that supported a little over 3 000 bella thorne one of the celebrities performing we tweet out when there's 20 000 people lined up outside for hashtag tanaka there is apparently 20 000 people in line right now this number was later disputed but there was no doubt about it there were way more than 5 000 people with tens of thousands of people waiting out the front all of which angry and annoyed at how long they've been waiting things unsurprisingly continued to escalate and the front entrance of the event turned into somewhat of a riot at 1 44 p.m approximately five hours after the first round of people were let in tanacon admitted defeat and the fire department showed up to officially shut the event down like it's done i don't know what's going on those inside the event were not exactly rushing to leave after understandably waiting for such a long period of time to get in literally afraid to leave this hallway because i know i'm gonna get kicked out however eventually everyone inside steadily ushered out of the event [Applause] those outside were treated to a much more dramatic cancellation of the event after one of the organizers announced it to the huge crowd of angry attendees today it has been cancelled completely i apologize while those who were inside were on their way out tanner herself would come outside into the crowd attempting to calm the out of control mob tana you're kind of a safety hazard right now kind of a safety hazard the crowd began to forgive her to some extent after she made the effort to face those who were unable to get in but by this point tanner's reputation as a creator had absolutely crumbled after the first day ended in what can only be described as an absolute disaster the event got shut down today um but it was a it was a two-day event right so what's going on tomorrow is it still happening tomorrow later in the day keemstar would interview tana mojo to figure out what was happening on the second day of the event tenno initially tweeted moving the show to a new venue within minutes away from this one that holds an extra 5 000 people and doing a free show with some very special guests tomorrow everything resumes normally and shane and i are working on some awesome cool stuff we love you however at 9 47 pm that evening it will be announced by the event organisers of the second day of tanacon would be cancelled due to their inability to find a suitable venue to continue the event at this point in time there is no way to continue a successful weekend at tanacon as is without risking the safety of you all shane dawson the individual considered to be one of the main acts at tanacon would take to twitter stating just found out tanacon has been cancelled i'm so sorry to anyone that came out here to see me it wasn't my event and if it was it would have been run differently i'm heartbroken looking at the videos of people waiting all day in the sun getting burnt as the disastrous nature of the event was slowly revealing itself to the public the focus began to shift back over to the creator and host of the event tana mojo what did she have to say was she instantly apologetic did she take to social media to explain well no she just went silent on all social media until three whole days later when she would finally post a tweet stating hi guys i'm so sorry that it's taken me so long to tweet these tweets i've been thinking working i didn't want to say dumb i'm nervous but hi i love you and i'm an idiot and i'm sorry but to be real i didn't expect that many people to show up outside which in hindsight was dumbest it was the same day as vidcon and i should have prepared better regardless of if people were telling me different tanacon is attached to me and i take full responsibility some of tana's loyal fans believe that this post itself was enough to forgive her stating thank you so much for all of this i honestly feel at peace and resolved i still love you thank you however for others understandably they still weren't happy unsubscribe from a youtube channel until refunds are provided but it wasn't only attendees that were finding it hard to forgive tanner the creators specifically shane dawson had also been left with a bit of taste after the event had concluded i'm part of that you know my face was on the website i told people come see me and they got nothing so in the week after the event shane began to interview tanner trying to find out what on earth had gone wrong i want to talk to tana and be like what the f were you thinking was this your fault whose fault was this and why haven't you figured out a way to fix it shane explored the main conspiracy being that the event was a deliberate failure for the purpose of giving exposure to both tana and the host of the event they said they were like oh i think that good times wanted this to fail so that they could get press out of it and become like get promotion out of it or something right now it would make sense because if they did want it to fail and they were filming the whole thing why were they filming the whole thing while additionally getting tanner's explanation of what went wrong from her perspective however most importantly this documentary gave tanner the ability to display her remorse for the failure of the event stupid and spiteful it was so stupid planning my convention the same days as vidcon was so stupid which fans could sense was genuine and the reputation of tana mojo slowly began to repair itself in the month following the event additionally many respected tanner for her ability to take total responsibility for the catastrophe which would be fully displayed when she returned to youtube a month later in her classic unfiltered self-deprecating style i have now been off of social media for over a month now which is the longest break i have taken in over three years and i'm an idiot and i trusted a 20 year old idiot who illusioned to me that it would be the best tanacon in the world all of the requested refunds were eventually processed her fans eventually forgave her and her subscriber count still continued to climb after all was said and done tana even sucked up her pride and attended vidcon the following year so yeah vidcon and i are friends again we're going to vidcon we're going to vidcon so as they say all is well that ends well while it was the worst thing ever and i wish i could just erase it i am very grateful for the person it has made me right now

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Id: IAWHIRTMZ1c

Length: 15min 6sec (906 seconds)

Published: Thu Jul 22 2021