As far as this Dick DMs cover up I'm on the fence.
- On one hand Ralphy will not bite the hand that feeds him under any circumstances. The best example I can think of is Ralph's 15 minute soliloquy about wanting to suck Jim's cock and balls on the disastrous pillsteam. Ralph and the gunt gang could have done this autonomously without any direction from Dick.
- Dame just laughs at people, that's his shtick. It seemed forced but then again who knows if he was even really listening.
- Jim seemed out of place and generally uncomfortable. I think this stood out to people because the most, his aversion to say anything funny on that stream was bizarre.
- Dick having no real point to make or anything particular funny to say is not that unusual for him. Yelling outrageous things can be hilariously funny but it can also bomb miserably, it was a total bomb for most people. That being said, there having been many allegations (by in most cases incredibly exceptional individuals) that Dick is a snake and a schemer for many years.
From my point of view there are 3 more than likely possibilities.
1. Everyone was guarding their payment processor and there was no real collusion. It became a battle of the brown-nosers.
2. There was a wink and a nod ala mean girls club they would just have Jesse on to bury him and Dick's cringe messages as a non-story. Not an elaborate plot or anything just some basic bitch troll-shielding.
3. Dick encouraged everyone to laugh this shit off and bury it, but the guntguard went above and beyond for their master.... Calling way more attention to it ala Streisand effect.