Nihilism with Shane

Watcher fan. Bambi(Pan/Her/Asian/Ravenclaw/Capricorn). I draw shit.& I don't ship RPS. *sideblog(of @indiefangirlyep)*

[kadhdhdkd]

Absolutely AMAZING response by Watcher imo.

They acknowledged that they made a mistake, made the wider context more clear, and addressed basically all of the criticisms brought forward by the community as far as I know.

Anyone who already subscribed to the streaming service who no longer wants it gets a refund.

Patrons get a free subscription to the streaming service.

The service now only offers early, ad-free episodes that will still be released on YouTube.

They acknowledged the insensitivity of the original pitch and how the price is not something that everyone can afford.

THIS is how you respond to backlash, especially this widespread. Take time to collect your thoughts, take the criticism into account, and change your actions going forward.

Great job Watcher 👏

[onceinabluem0on]

Very intrigued by the amount of people (myself included) who are saying they didn’t like ghost/mystery files as much as buzzfeed unsolved.

Because this means we were sticking around for loyalty. Because we wanted to see Watcher succeed. Not because of “tv level content” or expensive shows or whatever else.

[moonybeam3]

Miles is ONCE AGAIN here with the jokes

[stricklyfangirling]

[stricklyfangirling]

Still them not giving full subscription to patreon in the first place is still fucking wild to me. 100% glad they fixed this. I was one of the patreon before I was mad broke. So I think I can imagine listening to their new announcements and going wtf is wrong with yous?

[stricklyfangirling]

[drlangdons]

We all understand wanting to leave YouTube. The issue here is, instead of just getting their own website and shifting the content, they are going full throttle on making their fans pay for every single aspect- including content they’d already been given for free, over multiple years.

Plenty of content creators have had their own content sites over the years, with free content and then content specifically for their paid tiers. Not unlike Patreon but everything in the same place. So that fans could enjoy their content, especially videos they’re already viewed and enjoyed for free, but they are getting their freedom and their subscriptions.

It’s a strictly business decision and that’s fine. I just hope they’re prepared for how many regular viewers they’re going to lose because people can’t afford this, or straight up just aren’t willing to pay for something they used to get to free.

[stricklyfangirling]

This is what everyone feels rn i think

[inthecemetery-a]

watcher leaving youtube... for a streaming service????

[wearewatcher]

We’re Leaving YouTube

[stricklyfangirling]

Yo....I get why and I want to be glad for yous.I've been excited since Andrew joined. I surely gonna "try" to support you guys when I can "sometime" afford it. But...with restricted countries and all that...? And you clearly NOT KNOWING the main supporters of ur channel (Which are mostly students who lack finance) is just not great. If this decision was made after 10 years of Watcher, I'll get it. Because your viewers would be aged. But now? It's just very hasty and irrational. Dropout's audiences are older. They can afford it. Watcher audiences? Not really.

And also with all the subscriptions around everybodies getting pretty sick by it. Including me. Rather be better IF you did a subscription service within YT that would have been less controversial.

[wearewatcher]

BREAKING: Andrew Ilnyckyj and Adam Bianchi join Watcher! The trio will produce and star in a brand new food show. “We picked up where we left off with Worth It, but we’re also making something completely new,” Andrew shared.

More info to come this Friday with other major announcements.

[stricklyfangirling]

YESSSSSS

[virfujiwara]

Callback to an old drawing I did

[virfujiwara]

Here they are!! The series of drawings I've been working on for months!

Now, trying to sum them up in a few words (in a reblog) is gonna be impossible because I can (and sometimes do) talk about each of them for hours on end. All you need to know tbh is that more than half of them have mommy issues and dog motifs. They all have something about their names, in a way, and they're in my brain 24/7

[stricklyfangirling]

OH MY GOD

[stricklyfangirling]

This is the cutest thing I've ever seen.

[stricklyfangirling]

HEY Y'ALL

Good to be back.

[q-unsolved]

there’s a devil in this town,

[stricklyfangirling]

This is soooo good

[superdecibels]

Has this been done before

It’s the Professor puppet from Puppet History 

If you haven’t, go check the show at Watcher