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levyfiles

Have you considered that maybe Steven Lim just sucks. He’s not immune from criticism just because he’s POC. He’s the CEO, so he’s responsible for this. And notice how Ryan, also POC, hasn’t gotten the same amount of flack.

I think there's something so funny to me that happens when people fall victim to conspiracy theory. It's where they apply malicious intent to everything about a situation where it really is just incompetence.

The thing is, I am and have been in camp: this is scary but let's see what happens because I trust Watcher who make the creative content I enjoy to protect the creative content I enjoy. I've openly criticize them for being sloppy about things on livestream and in comments on discord in the past and I have left fanspaces where there's someone at the helm who truly just sucks just by virtue of being an apologetic bigot or worse. However, never and not a single time have a felt that there is malicious intent in the stuff they get wrong and it's why I follow them.

This ongoing sentiment that Steven has some kind of unknowable evil hold over Shane is so toxic and reads so flat-earther when the truth of it is that all three of them did not go to business school, have almost zero experience in marketing but one of them had to step away from the creative field and shoulder the brunt of the business-side workflow.

Attitudes like this?

and this

I would be a little less irate about it if it weren't for the outpour of comparisons and the adamant belief that somehow Shane could never be involved. Even the tiktok comments going full body language analysis saying Shane was furious. Like guys, come on. Let's try a little hand at reality.

I love them but have you ever considered that they--all three of them, not just Steven-- just might be bad at admin and marketing?

And in terms of Ryan, the babifying of him; the sheer lack of agency the narrative applies to him is also bad.

Exhausting behaviour overall.

bergooz

i feel like part of this is another lesson in parasocial relationships. we in fact do not know the people we watch sometimes multiple times a week on our little screens or even the people we pay to see at live shows

wulfhalls

like. I get being upset about watcher pivoting to streaming but acting like these three men power walked into ur actual house shot ur real life pet dog execution style right in front of ur eyes and then demanded u pay them exorbitant amounts of money for it while bathing in ur tears feels a little dramatic. TO ME lol

bluecloudsandwhitesky

Okay can we stop acting like Shane and Ryan are hostages? They are grown men and this is their company too. Even if Steven is the driving force, they are supporting this with their full chests. Ryan said it’s the “right thing to do” and Shane had the professor say “ well why not?” Which is every bit as tone deaf as Steves “ everyone and anyone can afford it”

monarchisms

“well, maybe shane was outvoted” “this is steven’s fault” “i think ryan-” these are all grown men with dick and balls

southernsolarpunk-deactivated20

I watched Charlie MoistCritikal’s video on the Watcher drama and he definitely has some good insight considering he runs a company that helps creators get sponsorships, and finding out that with their subscriber & view counts they probably get $15,000-$30,000 per ad read was like the final nail in the coffin for me. So they make $100k a month on patreon + an ad read a week + ad revenue + merch sales? Maybe slow down on making new shows. Cultivate what you have. Maybe remaking worth it… isn’t worth it.

(Charlie’s video is good if you want some deeper insight into the creator economy)

achesspiece

the selective breeding of music to get shorter and shorter for tik tok has resulted in devastating negative long term health effects on the songs

achesspiece

what do you mean this album is 12 songs and only 24 minutes total it's not going to survive the winter

thegoldenfox64

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girlfictions

and let the history books name joe biden, rishi sunak, justin trudeau, emmanuel macron, ursula von der leyen and every other world leader who did not step in to prevent the genocide of palestine as cold-blooded murderers. may they face a shred of the immeasurable pain and suffering they allowed to be committed against 2.2. million innocent lives.