When you’re a kid watching family vlogs you don’t assume the worst of that family nor do you assume that what you are watching is fake. Lots of kids that have watched family vlogs are either an only child or a child who comes from a very dysfunctional toxic family and watches these family channels as a way to fill the void of loneliness or discomfort that they feel in their family. 
     Although I never watched 8 passengers, I did spend a lot of my childhood watching YouTube and specifically watching family vlogs and becoming so invested in seeing what these peoples lives were like every single day. Weirdly enough it did create this para social relationship of me imagining that I was a part of these cool happy upper middle class families . 
      I cannot imagine finding out about the awful news of what went down with the 8 passengers family and feeling a tremendous amount of guilt for ever watching their videos and never noticing any of the red flags. Now seeing what has happened with the 8 passengers kids it does make me question how many more children are being abused and exploited by their parents on and off camera for profit and validation. 
     Hell has a very special place for Ruby, Jodi and Kevin.