Can someone summarize the RSD-Culture for me?

[joshuahuebner]

I recently started digging into pickup-Material. Unfortunetly, I didn't get to experience that golden era of pickup everyone talks about. I'm wondering what RSD was, why they stoped and why they deleted all the videos?
What happened there?

[Raze]

One of the earliest pick up artists mystery had a company called social dynamics and his students formed their own company called real social dynamics. You can read about that drama in the game book. The book caused a huge surge in interest in the pickup artist movement.

Over time most of the companies closed but real social dynamics persisted and became the biggest. It moved away from technique and outer game focus and more towards natural game and inner game focus. The way they made money was training different instructors who went on tour and posted YouTube videos advertising digital products and in person bootcamps.

Around 2014-2020 they started having issues with the media and backlash and internal issues with the company. Then an incident happened where some other pickup artist not affiliated with them got arrested and YouTube started banning the popular pickup artist channels showing infield video. Rsd deleted everything to avoid their channels being banned and copyright strikes anyone who tries to reupload it and most of the coaches went on to form their own brands many of which moved away from dating advice.

Some of their old products and videos are floating around online in torrents or other sites but they don’t last long because they get auto struck so you have to try and download them fast. I have a modest collection but am missing most of it.

Owen Cook, Julienhimself, Madison influence, Max Tornow and Jeffy show were former instructors (Owen was a founder) who now post videos about general self help or business and are still on good terms. I think some of them are still doing small bootcamps privately. 
Todd V and Alex Social were instructors who left after internal disputes and are not on good terms with the rest but still focus on dating advice, though Alex mentioned he is quitting soon.

Edited 17 hours ago by Raze

[Hardkill]

Here's my summary of the RSD culture: a group of fools who have succumbed to Trumpism and will live to regret ever supporting a charismatic demagogue. 

[joshuahuebner]

@Raze Thank you!