In the weeks before Invisible Narratives published their second direct statement to the community, private business communications between Inviz and Alexey were reportedly being shown selectively to creators and community members during private calls. These messages were real, but the central issue was how they were used. Inviz presented narrow excerpts from years of private conversations as if they could settle broad questions about Alexey’s intent, approval, creative authority, and freedom within the partnership. There was no public indication that Alexey had consented to these messages being shared.
26 March, 2026
Skibidi Toilet fan creator ibio75 had a private call with Inviz CEO Adam Goodman, during which he was shown a selection of private messages and screenshots reportedly involving Alexey. Ibio later said the presentation made him sympathise with Boom more, not less, because it felt like selected context was being used to pin disputed decisions on him.
30 March, 2026
Shortly after, a separate call took place between Adam Goodman and a small group of creators and community members, where similar messages were shared.
Participants later claimed that some material shown during these calls was poorly censored or not censored at all. According to those accounts, personal information associated with Alexey, including his mobile number and face, was allegedly visible to people present on the calls.
Inviz Responds – April 4, 2026
Invisible Narratives then published its full public statement in April, releasing 16 private business communications involving Adam Goodman, other Inviz employees, and Alexey. Many of the same kinds of messages had reportedly already been shown privately to creators before the statement went public. There was still no public indication that Alexey had consented to the release.
The central issue was not simply that the messages were private. It was how they were used. Invisible Narratives presented selected excerpts as proof of broad conclusions about Alexey’s consent, approval, creative control, and freedom to speak. But the screenshots themselves were narrow fragments, and even Inviz acknowledged they were “specific excerpts” rather than a full archive. The screenshots could prove that certain conversations happened, but they could not prove that Inviz’s interpretation of those conversations was complete.
It uses these to support their claims across five main areas:
– That the IP transfer in May 2025 was voluntary and made with senior legal representation.
– That Alexey was actively involved in and broadly approving of Emergence.
– That the shift from SFM to Unreal Engine was discussed with and supported by Alexey.
– That far from silencing him Inviz actively encouraged him to speak publicly, and he declined.
– That fan-creator strikes were carried out with Alexey’s knowledge and apparent approval, according to Inviz’s framing.
In each case, critics argued that the screenshots answered the narrowest possible version of the question while leaving the broader concern unresolved.
This full statement was published to the domain bringboomback.com, a name borrowed directly from the fandom’s own grassroots campaign in support of Alexey. This choice of domain was it’s own part of backlash. To fans and supporters of Alexey, it felt that Inviz was taking the movement’s own name to publish a counter narrative built around curated private messages from Alexey. This feeling continues into the substance of the statement itself.
After Inviz shared the post on X, the user Cool Cat (@plunger_woman) posted a reply suggesting Inviz leaked the messages without Alexey’s permission. Alexey liked the reply.
The Statement
The statement itself acknowledges the screenshots are “specific excerpts chosen to address the questions the community has raised,” not a full archive. Notably, this is an account and evidence entirely curated by one party, with the other side described, but unable to respond themselves.
The screenshots did show Alexey reacting positively or cooperatively in certain moments. However, fans pointed out that Inviz repeatedly treated narrow moments of cooperation as proof of much broader approval.
While some initially questioned the authenticity of the messages shared by Inviz, others argued that the perceived inconsistencies could be explained by WhatsApp formatting and Adam’s contact naming and the messages were accepted as legitimate by most. Over time, the stronger criticism became less about whether the messages were real, and more about whether selected real messages could fairly represent the full context of Alexey’s relationship with Inviz.
Ownership & Sale
Invisible Narratives’ first major claim concerned the May 2025 permanent IP transfer. In their statement, Invisible Narratives argued that Alexey had originally assigned the Skibidi Toilet IP in October 2023 under a revocable structure, meaning he could have unwound the arrangement and taken it back. They then claimed that, in May 2025, Alexey chose to convert that structure into a permanent sale while represented by senior counsel at Hogan Lovells.
Inviz presented this as proof that the sale was voluntary, writing that Alexey “decided to proceed on May 7” and also spoke for Alexey, saying that “if there had been coercion, it would be evident in the tone and content of the conversations.” Alexey remains unable to describe how he felt.
Prior to the sale, Alexey had been talking in private with creators describing how unhappy he was with his relationship with Invisible, indicated he regretted signing, and also mentioned he was not being “paid out”. This raises questions as to his position prior to this sale.
Inviz’s own statement acknowledged that a May 6 screenshot existed in which Alexey expressed concerns about Invisible Narratives. Rather than this being an example of “being evident in the tone“, Inviz instead spoke for Alexey, and dismissed those concerns as normal pre-close anxiety. However it was argued that this was a biased interpretation from the party defending the deal, as (again) Alexey remained unable to clarify or give his side of things.
The sale screenshots supported the basic fact that Alexey moved forward with the sale, however they did not fully answer why he moved forward, what realistic leverage he had, or whether he later viewed the decision differently.
Emergence
For Emergence, Inviz highlighted messages showing Alexey giving feedback on a late stage cut and saying it looked like “a finished product.”
This exchange showed he had seen material and commented on it. It did not by itself prove that Emergence was his own concept, that he had final creative authority, or that he could functionally disapprove of the direction.
What was also notable, is that Invisible chose to share a last minute exchange, right before release, rather than any of the prior discussion or feedback he’d have given during development.
Unreal Engine
Inviz showed Alexey advising the Inviz not to “wander around” after backlash and saying the move from SFM to Unreal for the series was worth doing. However, that screenshot came after the shift was already being discussed internally. It showed advice within a direction already being pursued, not proof that the software change originated with Alexey or that he controlled the wider production strategy.
Their evidence also missed the main point the community had been making. The complaints from fans regarding Emergence had little to do with the choice in software, rather the execution of the animation, effects, and most importantly the story. All things engine-agnostic. In the end, Inviz did not listen to Alexey’s advice, and began production of episode 80 in SFM, hiring fan animator Strider.
Strikes
Invisible Narratives relied on an early April 2024 message in which Alexey appeared to defer to Inviz’s judgment, saying that if they felt takedowns would be “better for the brand” and would not “hurt the IP“, he “trust(s) [them] completely on this”.
Fans noted that this was not the same as proof that Alexey personally designed/directed, or endorsed every later Creator Alliance enforcement decision. The message showed a moment of trust and deference to Inviz’s judgment in early 2024. It did not show the full history of how the whitelist was created, what pressures or advice preceded that message, what Alexey’s broader attitude toward fan creators was, or whether he continued to support the same approach after seeing how Inviz enforced it.
Messages later shared by analyst Iron Cameraman would give a further glimpse into Alexey’s trust of Invisible Narratives at the time of early 2024.
Inviz would also speak directly on community accusations, saying “The suggestion that creators are operating under threats or retaliation is simply not accurate“. This attitude would later be challenged when a wave of seemingly targeted copyright strikes began shortly after this statement’s release.
Silence
To distance themselves from Alexey’s silence, Inviz showed messages of Adam asking Alexey to privately tell specific creators that he was “fine“, that he had not been “robbed“, and that they were “wrong about what happened”. Alexey declined.
Fans pointed out that a specific reassurance request was not the same thing as being free to speak openly about Inviz, his contract, or the full truth of the situation.
One of the screenshots appeared to support a major fan suspicion about the IGN article, being that the statement attributed to Alexey may have been created by Inviz rather than being written freely by Alexey in the moment.
In a screenshot shared by Inviz themselves, Alexey writes “And there is also the pre-approved statements – created by Inviz itself – within our agreement, available for use whenever necessary 📣🌟”
This final portion of the exchange took place 25 November, 2025 – a day before the IGN statement, supposedly from Alexey, was released.
Source: https://www.ign.com/articles/let-alexey-take-a-much-deserved-break-skibidi-toilet-creator-and-boss-of-company-now-in-charge-of-dafuqboom-youtube-channel-present-a-united-front-amid-concern-over-creative-control
This suggested that, as part of his contract, Inviz has written pre-approved quotes, approved by Alexey, for use publicly.
There’s also a fundamental contradiction buried in the statement itself. Inviz acknowledge that “mutual confidentiality obligations” exist that “restrict public disclosure of certain terms and details” and later, in the same statement, Inviz say they “don’t know” why Alexey hasn’t spoken. The constraint on his speech and the confusion about his silence appear in the same document.
The word “mutual” doesn’t mean “symmetrical“. While the agreement may cover both parties, the restrictions on what Alexey can say could be stricter than those on Inviz. And as these screenshots demonstrate, Inviz have shown themselves willing and able to release his private messages without consequence. It is not clear he could do the same.
Reactions
KreekCraft, a prominent Roblox creator with a large crossover audience, responded to the announcement with a lengthy statement offering a neutral read of the situation, acknowledging the legitimacy of the screenshots while criticising both Inviz’s handling of the community and what he described as the fandom treating the situation like an “ARG”.
Ibio responded with a quote tweet confirming his call with Adam Goodman prior to the statement’s release, stating that what he was shown left him sympathising with Boom more than before, and that the selective presentation of private messages felt like a curated attempt to pin decisions on Boom rather than a genuine act of transparency.
Adam Goodman publicly responded by challenging Ibio to release the recording of their call, an offer Ibio has consistently declined on the grounds that doing so would expose his face.
8 April, 2026
Journalist Steven Asarch, who is one of the only people known to have spoken directly with Alexey since this situation began, addressed the question of why Alexey hasn’t spoken publicly in an interview with journalist Taylor Lorenz on her YouTube channel.
Asarch told Lorenz that Alexey had reached out to him directly after seeing him announce his interview with Adam Goodman on Twitter, suggesting Boom was closely monitoring coverage of the situation and wanted to speak and make contact.
Asarch confirmed to Taylor that the reason the interview has not been released is that Alexey is contractually prohibited from speaking publicly about Invisible Narratives, Skibidi Toilet, or his contract. In Steven’s words “everything he says has to be buttoned up“.
He further confirmed that Alexey required “quote approval” for anything that would be published, a process that reflects the same pre-approved statements structure Alexey himself references in the November DMs, and explains why Inviz could ask him to say specific things to creators in their favour.
Asarch also noted that beyond the silence around the controversy, Alexey’s options going forward are significantly constrained by a first look deal, meaning any future property he develops must be offered to Invisible Narratives before he can take it elsewhere. As Asarch put it, “there’s not much he can really do“. This deal was also mentioned in the IGN article.
Alexey reaching out to Asarch unprompted suggested to many fans that he wanted some form of public voice.
However, if Alexey could not freely discuss Invisible Narratives, Skibidi Toilet, or his contract, then he also could not easily respond to Inviz’s framing of his private messages. That created the core asymmetry at the center of the controversy: Inviz could publish selected excerpts and explain what they supposedly meant, while Alexey appeared unable to publish his own full context without contractual risk.
The screenshots were real but even excerpts are not the same thing as full context. Inviz’s “Facts Matter” campaign ended up depending on treating selected private moments as broad proof of Alexey’s intent, when the screenshots themselves could only show what he said in those specific moments.