By the time this article gets published, the whole Logan Paul situation might be old news that everyone has already heard of, but in case you haven't, I'll give you the short version.

Vlogger Logan Paul was making a video in Aokigahara, commonly referred to as the Japanese suicide forest. While filming around the forest, he and his crew found the body of someone who had recently taken their own life.

Instead of putting the cameras down and reporting the incident, they continued to film the body up close while cracking jokes about it. He spouted some BS about suicide not being the answer at the end, then asked people to like the video and subscribe.

Somehow it got through the editing process without anyone realizing how messed up it was, and it was uploaded to his YouTube channel, where he has over 15 million subscribers.

Naturally, the internet exploded at this and sent a stream of hate Logan's way, causing him to make several seemingly half-hearted (and quite self-centered) apologies and to take a break from YouTube in general.

While the news that this video existed was appalling to me, I feel like I've been desensitized by all the idiotic things popular people on YouTube have done. It seemed apparent that this wouldn't ruin Logan Paul's career. And it hasn't.

Not only has Logan been gaining just as many subscribers as he had before the incident, his fans (the so-called "Logang") have been ardently defending him (even though Logan himself asked his fans not to do so) and are even sending others hate for pointing out how wrong his actions were. (Here's a Phil DeFranco video going more in-depth about that.)

Also, before the general public caught wind of this video and started disliking it, the Logang had no problem with this video, giving it several hundred thousand likes.

It's easy to lose hope when you see how far fans will go to protect their favorite creators when they do something so obviously horrible, insensitive, and dehumanizing. But this situation has also restored some hope in humanity through the "smaller" creators.

Now, just to translate, a small to a mid-sized channel on YouTube basically means under a million subscribers. These smaller creators (and even some of the larger ones) swiftly hopped into this discussion, doing all the things Logan Paul claimed to be doing, but the way it should've been done.

Lots of great YouTubers, such as Meghan Tonjes and Nathan Zed, have made intelligent videos on the topic, redirecting their viewers to suicide helplines and organizations and asking people to donate.

Sadly, while Logan's original video got put on YouTube's trending page, Nathan's video, where he handled the topic of suicide with respect, got age restricted by YouTube. This reflects a flaw in YouTube's system and an obvious bias towards the largest creators. But that's a whole other rant for another day.

Through videos like Meghan's and Nathan's, I've learned more about the actual Aokigahara forest and how they have signs throughout the forest, begging people to reconsider and to call suicide helplines.

Though there are people who are blindly following (and will continue to follow) Logan Paul and people like him, there are also people that are eager to call him out and have the discussion he was too self-centered to have on his own channel.

It's important to remember that as viewers, our clicks are very important. A view on a video, a like, or a subscription to a channel is money in someone's pockets. With your clicks, you're voting on who's going to continue making videos, their income, what kinds of videos they'll make in the future, and tons of other factors.

I urge you to support the people who are using their influence (however small or large it might be) for good, not the ones who are blatantly disrespectful and ungrateful (because after seeing some videos, you can definitely tell that Logan Paul was no saint even before this whole ordeal).

Logan Paul doesn't have to be the face of YouTube. That choice is up to us - the viewers. So please, amplify the voices of those that use their power wisely.