@Camden Scobey
I think several agree with you in principle.... I've seen RT bust so many times it's not even funny, and he certainly wins more than his fair share to, but what is the definition of "winning" or "success" in chasing. (Likes, $$, fame at elevated risk for self and others?) or (growth, knowledge, pleasure while driving to your own tune). Personally, I will take the latter all the time. Tornado counts aren't a score board of success, intelligence, or group seniority if the manner in which you obtain it is hyper risky (people's definitions of it vary). I'd personally rather fail at seeing a tornado, be safe, learn, and see the joys of the hunt perceived through the destinations, the views, process improvement, develop skills and techniques or methods, while keeping it simple, safe, and not over complicate it. Even the most seasoned chasers get it wrong. Being your own chaser affords you the ability to compare notes with others on here, or out in the field, and you'll pick up stuff or omit it if it's stupid or useless to what you're after.
That Said, everyone who does it has a motive, and someone is bound to criticize motives here and there just because we have to freedom to go out and be stupid while streaming lol. If or when I know RT or a few others are near, I drive elsewhere, not because of him/them per say, but because of the hoards that sometimes follow. The Chaser Hoard is real, I've witnessed it more times than I care to remember, oddly enough, Vortex and DOW drew in sooo many inexperienced flash mob chasers on a few occasions it was crazy ( ohh THOSE guys are EXPERTS! let's hang with them) needless to say they have a JOB and you are getting in the way of it!.... so, I have learned to walk away and fast from dense clusters of chasers and outsmart and out speed the group just by better planning. Develop a what you will or won't chase plan and stick to it.
--Getting off topic a bit here--
One of the videos I watch over and over again is El Reno Lessons Learned. The amount of Luck that more people weren't killed that day astounds me, purely on the basis of roads packed with traffic, time of day(rush hour), the extensive flooding from previous days storms to. simply amazing. and again, why I won't go after storms in certain areas unless I know the conditions prior to the day I'm choosing to go, routes, escapes, etc.
but to bring it back into this topic: was social media was even considered as a factor that day (positive or negative?)