Public suspensions serves two reasons. First, it sends a very clear message that certain actions aren't appropriate for fans, for existing members, and for future potential hires. If your content is the sort of things you know others were punished for in the past - you might not want to apply, or promise and heavily commit to not doing it. Instead of thinking that it's cool because no one ever got reprimanded for it officially. Second, it sort of absolves you of your sins. You did a bad thing, you got punishment, time to use it as a learning experience and move on. We hate assholes who get away with it much more than assholes who get slapped in the face. Stealth suspension disguised as a personal break is a corporate punishment to keep you in line. They try to convince you it's for your own good and they are "letting you save your face". But in reality, the one who is trying to cover their ass is a company. You can't be criticized for wrong suspensions if you never announce them
As for Vesper, he admitted he was wrong, he vastly overestimated his ability to deal with stressful situations, and should have handled it differently. Did it hurt Cover's rep a little bit? Yes, people probably will never stop breeding rrats about exact cause. Does it actually hurt them as a company, if their main source of revenue, the streamer, is in the right in public opinion? Eh, not really
As for Vesper, he admitted he was wrong, he vastly overestimated his ability to deal with stressful situations, and should have handled it differently. Did it hurt Cover's rep a little bit? Yes, people probably will never stop breeding rrats about exact cause. Does it actually hurt them as a company, if their main source of revenue, the streamer, is in the right in public opinion? Eh, not really
