ikr not even a ukulele, very disappointing

​@@demetribaldwin I demand ukulele, I can lend them mine

Honestly though, i like the guys and im happy they realized their mistake

@@LeonBix It's genuine not beating around the bush. How apologies should be, straightforward.

No one is sitting on the floor or wearing white. I’m so disappointed.

LMAOOO

Wheezing? Do you have asthma?

This comment couldn't be more true.

@@MayorGoldieWilson825nah they got COPD

​@@MayorGoldieWilson825 wheezing is like an inside joke from their buzzfeed days unsolved series

But if they wanted to do that, they wouldn’t have started at Buzzfeed. It’s the same thing with the Try Guys imo, where they don’t just want to be content creators, and they don’t want to just be youtubers. They want to be media hosts/personalities and producers at their own independent production company, and youtube is just an easy way to build a fan base and get money from it. They all liked Buzzfeed, minus the lack of ownership over your work and quota system. But the Try Guys and Buzzfeed Unsolved were two of the biggest shows they ever made, so they definitely had better treatment than other staff members there. The only good transition (that I’ve seen) from Buzzfeed content into being a normal UKpostsr is Safiya Nygaard, who has been pretty good at staying relevant by making fun content that often stays within a niche. She doesn’t let the jokes run old/stale, and she doesn’t make a parody out of herself. It’s a great incorporation of her real life with content, and she’s always been pretty entertaining. Her videos are also high quality while still feeling like she’s a creator, not just the host or the star personality of the video. Those kinds of things are what rub me the wrong way about Watcher and Try Guys

Which is a poetic saying as Charles is a good example

Yea I really hope they’re just terrible at managing their money rather than them just being greedy since I actually kinda care about those guys

Ikr?? I stuck with Watcher for maybe a year or two when they first started, but I lost interest in Puppet History when they killed off the professor (I think it came back but I just didn't care by that point), and I was growing out of the ghost hunting/true crime videos before they even left BUN. They never put out anything else that really grabbed me-- going through their channel now it just looks like a 2015 Buzzfeed reskin. That kind of content was fun when I was 17-18, but now I'm 26 and it's not for me lol.

Nothing compares to buzzfeed unsolved, especially pre covid buzzfeed unsolved. That period of unsolved was pure gold. So good. So entertaining. Two dudes talking, black screen. Just amazing

I only watch Watcher for Shane and Ryan's mystery and ghost files.

This! Why do they need sets, videographers, etc? You can also get amazing quality on smartphones now. Spending all this money just to make the videos is ridiculous.

1000% agree

Nice copy and paste

I imagine a lot of pissing, shitting, and crying. 😂

I bet $6 a lot of pointing who's fault this shit happened in their office Also gonna wagger that this definitely made their relationship with each other on thin ice

delete this before they see it

@@swiftlyjer-pdf delete it before they delete it first

Not to mention his wife doesn't work none of that money was her own it was watcher money she just wants people to keep paying for her expensive tastes while she gets to sit home and do half assed art

Where are you seeing the three wedding dresses? I’ve only seen one and a shorter dress she wore at her reception.

Poor

After that story addition no wonder, this pay to play strategy was brought so that their wives could buy a gucci purse😂

Rather knowing how to manage your funds the right way 🫢

😆yup. Plus, idk man, everyone else seems to be able to keep their content on YT, so it sounds like an issue on your end.

Other channels already do this shit. You guys are just throwing a hissy fit because your relatable UKposts want to get paid for it lol. They're stupid doe announcing it

@@nuyynuyy they ARE getting paid though patreon, merch, live show tickets with ad cents and sponsors it's not a making money issue it's a irresponsible spending issue

With this method they aren't as exposed to risk when their videos get demonetized. They talk about murder and sex and rape all the time, thankfully without bleeping or annoyingly muting them out, other channels won't even say those words for fear of getting demonetized. If you're only posting one or two big videos per week it takes a huge chunk of the revenue if it gets flagged.

@@Maplebear1203 patreon has a tax, merch is barely sold, they don't have many live shows, sponsors hardly reaches out to them and sometimes sponsors doesn't give money but rather benefits.

Cause everyone is so numb to the fact that most people just ignore the criticism, double-down, attack the people critiquing, or just blatantly keep doing what they're doing that when someone actually realizes of their mistake, people think it's a needle in a haystack. Why? All we see if just the worst of the worst, so we just expect someone to be a scumbag.

Bc it’s the right thing to do and it shows they listened- and that’s kinda rare

@@sweetcherry7759I mean if they didn’t listen, they would permanently stain their career. This is the bare minimum.

It's different with the Watcher guys. They're actually good dudes. Most people would've just ignored their fans. Lol.

R u new to UKposts?? Most apologies aren't apologies. They usually go on a counter attack and double down or shift blame 😂😂😂

yeah, like worth it was fine cause it was all off buzzfeed money but i don’t think he fully realizes that this isn’t buzzfeed anymore and the people aren’t gonna be happy with him eating gold and truffles in his tesla off viewers money 💀💀

lol, I've watched Shane and Ryan's content and if Steven has been involved in their content.. cool. But I have never watched anything Steven has produced. It just doesn't interest me.

Honestly he could write off all that expensive food as a tax write off in the United States if it was in a monetized video. So if he’s smart enough to do that at least he’s getting a fat return every year which is even worse

I didn't realize Steven is now in charge, that explains a lot in a very worrying way.

I'd pay money for Charlie and MatPat to drop in on Watcher to provide financial guidance like a reality show.

PLEASE tell me it's at least the best let's play ever with dynamic lighting effects and multiple cameras and amazing editing that doesn't rely on the game itself. Because otherwise wtf is a director going to do? The game is the director. And I just went to look at it and it's the most basic shit ever...

@@ferinzz ur gonna hate this but the game is the main part along with shane and ryan joking about, theres some lighting changes throughout and some light editing here and there but literally no use for that many ppl 😭

I'm all for creating new jobs,,,, but that's INSANE

Thats insane. To put it in perspective...when Gametheory does their GTNotLive vids, aka their let's plays...they have a team of four: Matt on the couch as the host, Ash as cameraperson, audio tech, and co-host, an Editor in post-production, and I believe one additional audio/video tech person. GT is also a huge channel like Watchers, so the fact that Watchers is using a team of 14 people for a lets play vid whereas Game Theory, a channel of similar size, does it with a team of four is insane mismanagement on Watchers' part.

I've seen higher production quality LPs done by just a single person and they were full LPs on top of that instead of just mostly one offs that Watcher was doing

it's insane to me that andrew and adam even agreed to join this whole mess... it makes me feel like steven/ryan/shane were so unaware about their audience's perception of them, they appeared confident enough for others to accept whatever offer they'd make i just can't wrap my mind around the fact that there were so many important figures in a room and everyone just agreed with the leaving youtube idea, like, no one said a thing??? specially andrew. dude always seemed to be so down to earth and idk? wise? lmfao it's just weird

“We need to pay our employees a fair wage.” *LIVES IN CALIFORNIA MAKING CONTENT THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH CALIFORNIA* Guys, just move your business somewhere more cost effective … your 1mil salaries would go much further literally 100miles east.

Ikr?? That's when I watched them the most! I mean of course they had production value still, using stock images in a clever way, really good video editing etc., but they don't need an insanely high budget.

I'm betting that the format didn't bring in new viewers enough or it got played out. Sure we have a nostalgia bias, but no matter how great the original style is, the appetites of the viewers, especially considering there are always new young kids coming onto youtube, there almost certainly has to be a refreshing element. Only in very very rare cases can one stay true to the same exact format and maintain for more than a couple years. But who knows. Hard to deconstruct and be sure

@Robisquick im sure that flashier/higher production value videos made it easier to attract newer & younger viewers. if they never changed i know that i personally never would have complained

@@Robisquickactually they left because Unsolved was not allowing them to provide their own input into any of the videos and was making it harder and harder for them. They talked about it before. I do miss the text on the video but they might not be able to do that because it could be property of Unsolved.

Never heard of this channel. Is it like a spiritual successor to Buzzfeed's unsolved?

The ads on the last Mystery Files season maybe even got more compliments than the actual content, I saw loads of people getting really invested in them.

I love Professor Morris Ashley and his story. I want to see if he can find love after his time with his beautiful, estranged, Italian wife, Bianca Sophia.

The way I look at it is that they want full control on whether or not the videos will be monetized or not. UKposts can at any time say "were changing the rules to monetization" and they wont have a say about the matter. Not to say their solution to this risk makes good sense for the audience.

@CleanserSquadSigma HEY EVERYONE this mf spelt asked wrong what a loser! Let’s all point and laugh at him!🫵🤣

there are a few content creators who's ads are either too funny to skip or blend in pretty well to the skit they are doing. Ryan George's can be funny sometimes and Zach Star blends his with his skits.

Yeah I watched Ghost Files a few times but it wasn't as good as Unsolved. I actually hadn't even thought of them for a year or so until this hit.

I think part of that is also that at the start of buzzfeed, he was a random dude who had no real experience with going into these haunted places. Exposure therapy is a real thing, overtime the more people are exposed to/experience their fears the less they're scared of them. He went from having no experience to being a bona-fide ghost hunter. Of course he's not as scared, he's been in dozens of haunted places by now.

@@oliviap.1370 yes, I agree, this also plays a big role in this. It's not realistic for everyone to continue with every episode like its their first. That's why it just doesn't hit the same

Lol that's a good one

Top comment.

Absolutely agree.

That dude likes dudes 😂😂😂

*Don’t read my name…😮*

It fell off massively tbh

there's just friends and family in that company. no finance manager

its not so much the channel... they are living extravagant lives so they keep paying themselves a "liveable wage" you know one that enough to to host as couple 100k wedding

​@@sarahm.8013for their apology video alone, they credit like 2 directors of photography, a creative director, multiple editors, a production coordinator,... . That's not "i hire some friends&family". That is thinking they are a tv channel!

😂

@@SonjaHamburg and even all that for an apology video is crazy.

That is exactly how I feel! Like I don’t watch every video but even id try and chip in if they just flat out asked and I own multiple pieces of merch too. But like even with this apology being good I just can’t look at them the same

Maybe if they weren’t spending ~$250,000 on a wedding and other extravagances they wouldn’t need to try and milk their fanbase for more money.

Exactly, a simple “hey, wanna donate so we can work on production value?” Woulda sufficed.

I agree fully there but just want to point out something. Customers going into a restaurant to eat are expected to pay waiters in America by way of tips. A waiter/servers salary from their employers is that small and pitiful that customers are expected to give the servers a tip. Isn’t what watcher asking of it’s fan base the same as what is expected of customers in a restaurant? My thought to your comment of it’s not the audience’s responsibility to pay their staff, it’s not a customers responsibility to pay a waiters wage either. It’s the employers,

@@Lozza685 i agree with you but unfortunately employers refuse to pay their servers a living wage, that’s the way it’s been for a long time i don’t see it changing any time soon

@@Lozza685what they’re doing is closer to having a meal served by a person that’s only slightly underpaid bc of seniority/popularity, getting ample tips(patreon) and now adding an automatic tip onto your check on top of it all. i have no problem tipping but we patrons shouldn’t have to pay for more than just our meal to ensure their server made enough money to buy their own. and on top of that when a person just adds a tip for me to give them that leaves a very bitter taste. Watcher is now expecting and demanding viewers to pay for ANY of their new content, which is so much more entitled than just having a patreon where supporters CHOOSE to further support you and often get a special thank you video.

Fire everyone except Shane, Ryan and ONE cameraman. Go back to ghost hunting and storytelling (in a small studio). I will be sending them a bill for financial advice. 😂

If u can find the comment again but there @ cus you know credit. :)

​@@Aceofspades2006this isn't high school. No one cares.

Best comment I’ve seen thus far

To be fair it's been 5 years since they left buzzfeed so i doubt that they are still used to a cushier lifestyle at this point, this argument would've made sense if it was only a year after they left, but after 5 years i don't think it holds much water. Though was still a very surprising and very bad move from them, never would have thought that about them

I forgot about them actually (fine bros)

Linus ltt levels of not reading room if they did that lol

they actually did that on patreon when the one on the left admitted to being friends with people that are "kinda racist and homophobic"

Crazy how I licked my lips while eating pizza as a twin girl 😘

nice copy & paste

Me when I steal someone else's comment for likes (stolen from Philip Defranco video)

Whoa. That's some truth.

Or cheat on your wife with a coworkee

there's 100% some suits messing things up from behind the scenes, I guarantee it

​@@idontwantahandlethoughagree!

Your comment brings up a good point. If they’re struggling, they should ask for help in a more humane and compassionate way. Not push away the majority of their viewers by putting up a literal pay-WALL.

Agree completely. If they need help financially they could come up with a new show and ask for crowd funding. The fan base would put money on anything as long as they get something out of it for not much… like buzzfeed unsolved was peak for me and although they were being funded it was cheaper than what they are doing now.

Democrats and progressives generally don't run successful businesses, the ones that do are lying and are conservatives 😂 so just like vice and buzzfeed these guys will fail no matter how much support they have or how many views they get . Democrats can mess up a wet dream . Shame the content is good , they just need a conservative to run the business .

and they completely forgot about conversion for outside rhe us. a fan from the Philippines on the goodbye video said $6 usd is more than a day and a half of normal wages there

If they at least made a deal or shared service with like 3-4 other channels it could've made sense, but did they really expect to earn big bucks from this? Would't it be better to make the prices on patreon higher or smt? Or even ask for direct donations? Or sell each episode for like $1?

you buy $6 cups of coffee?!?!? i doubt a cup of coffee i drink costs less than 1

​@@ramseyzev5179So, so, so true! My husband earned 400€ a month (conversion rates between Euro and Dollar are not that crazy) which could provide for a family of 4! Imagine more than 10% of your wage go to that! When you can feed so many people on your wage.

Minimum wage in my state is $7. I make $15 at a really good job. They're asking for an hour of work for some people

Greed. Greed is the word you’re looking for

A correction from another comment. I’ve heard it’s actually only six figures a season instead, which while less is still a massive amount

@@blademasterzero If they are paying a living wage to a few people to work on it then that seems reasonable. If they are wasting 90% of it on extra shit then yea thats dumb.

​@@davidlazerz8564yeah the problem is it's not "a few" people that work on it but they have So Many employees (which can be seen listed in credit under videos), they really don't need that many at all or to spend so much on production/equipment

⁠@@davidlazerz8564 a livable wage according to data and news articles for LA is 110k, which is insane. They said they have 25 ppl hired. At 110k that’s 2.75MM a year. Even if you drop the salary to 80k that’s 2MM a year. 25 employees on salary for a UKposts channel that produces 4-6 videos a month in ridiculous. That isn’t a few people. They are bloated and more than likely paying significantly more than similar roles at other companies. Their operating expenses are too high before you get into the rest of the balance sheet. They don’t know how to run a business. They need to drastically increase their revenue (which probably was the result of their original announcement) to keep their current staff, less people at current salary levels or cheaper labor. That should be the first step before they optimize their whole production to reduce costs.

@@davidlazerz8564 They credited 17 people including a Gaffer/Lighting in a cheap Let's-play video and only put out on average a video a week. lol.

Omg who is rich enough in this economy to pay for that shit

no parasocial relationship that doesnt involve showing feet is worth half that much

​@@Nunyabisness86A person who is rich enough. Seriously.

bro what-

100?! I hope there is ejaculation.on video

Why? Can you explain please I don’t get it

Me neither

he's always been the self-righteous one ("eat the rich" yet privileged type of guy), I assume it's a bit of an ego hit to be in this position

@@VV-er3zg Beautiful, love to see it

😂😂😂😂

@@danielwood8135 meeeee tooo 😋

That knife has a name: his impending wedding bill, rumored to be around 50K+ USD

Apparently up until recently they were doing fine with Steven as the head, especially at the start. They did videos around the process of making their company. But I suppose reviving his old content of traveling and eating expensive stuff threw a wrench in the machine.

I guess, they actually hired a CEO, and that's his genius Idea

"Business acumen" is how you get decisions like this in the first place.

@@GlacialScion facts

@@RazielDeTamSteven Lim is their CEO. In terms of business acumen, he is a ten year old in a 33 year old’s body.

Crazy how I licked my lips while eating pizza as a twin girl 😘

My parents said if I hit 20k they'd buy me a professional camera begging you guys literally begging nshshe

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@@Austin_Jason nerd

Didn't ask. My content is far superior and has more value than anything this youtuber has ever produced so get over it!

Right. If you can’t make the content because you can’t afford it, don’t make it. Their fans would rather see them make something of lower production value than feel abandoned or forced to pay them a subscription for their content

If you can't accept a well formulated apology such as this one, you can't accept any. I find that sort of sad. I do think they are sorry

@@aidanwiehl2397 it took to long and was to calculated for it to feel like anything more than "sorry we tried to blatantly demand more money we'll try to be less obvious next time"

​@@aidanwiehl2397A bunch of millionaires begging for money in the most obviously manipulative tone possible. These people are extremely calculated but act like their greed was a mistake. The business is making easily a million dollars yearly, and they cry about expensive in the thousands.

Anyone reading from the promt instead of saying it in thier own words - is insincere to me

Even the goat wanted his bridge back

Is it weird I read that in my inner Morgan Freeman voice.

Guys the demons made them do this trust me 😰😰😰

My favorite comment from the og video was “maybe that fortune teller that told Ryan that he was going to die, meant his entire career…” 😂😂😂

"Shane, you have stepped in it this time, you are ON YOUR OWN." "You can have your bridge back???" "Maybe someone will rent it from you for six dollars a month."

Copied comment from the watcher apology video.

If I had a nickel for everytime someone has repurposed this quote in another uninspired way, I'd be rich. Which is hilarious considering the quote was about something be slightly unusual, not so common you hear it multiple times a day.

@@GW42329 oh this comment has been around for a while, seen the same exact comment years ago, kids these days dont know how to be original

​@kyleellis1825 it's just a silly little thing from Phineas and Ferb

I saw this word for word on twitter

They said they’re keeping the videos on UKposts and will post new stuff to UKposts so what do you mean

@@EvaSofie i meant their original idea of only releasing the videos on their own platform

@@sana6057 which they aren’t doing anymore

Honestly, they might just be really out of touch and somehow genuinely not know that $6 wasn’t affordable to everyone. I don’t watch their stuff, but that’s how I perceived it

@@EvaSofie the rich la men do not care about you that's what op is trying to say.

They're just worried that they won't be able to keep their $1M salaries 😂

I get the impression a lot of this fuss is specifically because of Steven and his own goals steamrolling the other guys. He took the lead in the original video announcement and some of the verbiage by Shane and Ryan in this apology feel VERY pointed. Lots of unspoken "I told you so."

Yeah with how big they were there's no way they couldn't pay their workers unless they were spending it on luxuries 💀💀💀

They wanted to bring on the guys from Worth It. Which Steven and Ryan wrote for Buzzfeed and was as successful, if not more successful than UnSolved. Hiring the two guys from that show would be worth it in my eyes specifically Andrew, he's very charismatic and has quite the following of his own. They could all make really good popular content together. They will make more money with Andrew and Adam, I just think they failed to realise they would need to make budget cuts else where to support the new talent.

Welcome to the corporate world. my last company they kept delaying our pay rise for over 2 years saying lack of funds but kept hiring new people with higher salary. And what do you know they lost 7 of the original members within 6 months. Companies have the money but refuse to take a dip in profit for a better workplace

There should be a scale from the Saints Row Reboot to the Sonic Movie to categorise how to handle that shit

*Don’t read my name…😮*

​@@whatswiththisnewhandlesthinggod don't remind me of the SR reboot... one of my favorite series man

That was a fake out to draw attention to the movie

You should not be needing an apology from the Internet. Like seriously what is wrong with you? I think you need to put your phone down and get in touch with actual human beings. Anybody who is needing an apology from somebody on a free platform is completely out of touch.

This is what I feel like a lot of people aren’t connecting, like they make this announcement as soon as they hire on the two guys associated with making content that involves buying the most expensive food/service and it’s just a coincidence?? Seems a lil fishy

I agree. I thought it was a sincere apology that also addressed people's concerns with appropriate solutions... It is weird though why they felt like a private platform sub model was needed though? I seriously question the decisions of their ceo on this... and I'd be curious about what type of contracts Shane and Ryan have agreed to with him.

Have to understand though. New hires are often overworked and paid basically nothing, way cheaper than current employees

Also Watcher: and in our apology video we’re gonna lie about our revenue

@@scourgehh714 actually usually existing employees are paid ass and the new hires get hired on a dollar more

For their "high quality".... Food shows? 😅

​@@scourgehh714 and? Their profit is huge.

@ZackM-sx7tccreep

@ZackM-sx7tcThats kinda creepy..

​@ZackM-sx7tc Brother, as a woman, if you start a sentence off with "Not to be a creep, but", whatever you're saying or typing should stay as an inside thought 😭

wasn't one of the options after subscription being able to vote for which show to revive? from a list of shows that literally died the first time?

You're right. If one of your shows is watching someone eat literal gold maybe people don't want to see that if it means they now have to pay to see the content people want to see.

Crazy how I licked my lips while eating pizza as a twin girl 😘

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@@itz_me_aziza_21 nerd

nerd

At least they did and at least it's better than most apology vids.

Smosh is such a good example. They have way more mouths to feed and much lesser views during that era. They survived without paywalling and now became bigger than ever before.

Because Steven's tesla isnt going to paid itself, or you know...Steven's lets go eat to the most expensive restaurant we can find and make a video of me eating a 1000 dollars hamburger, for the channel of course. Also, who has extra money to hire a financial manager or a business manager? Steven first needs to hire his buddies from back of Buzzfeed to work on his lets eat expensive food show.

the best example I've come across so far. Big props to smosh for not giving up and always trying to keep their fans happy. Now I'm even more bothered by the whole Watcher situation considering what Smosh went through.

I was wondering if they were going through something similar to smosh. Perhaps they already sold watcher and are owned by a scammy company or already have a manager who is taking way more than their fair share(?) That's the only way I can see their maths making sense...

Smosh fucking sucks though

At the same time what should they do? Wear formal clothes and do a deep bow?

Cmon friend (person they don't know who is on average a random teenager) give us more money so we can make even more profit. UKpostsrs hate para-social relationships until tax season comes around

😂😂😂 this is too accurate

Lol this is too accurate

Yeeeep. Steven is the one who's been pushing for it, I'm sure, and now it's all crashing down on him

Wait who's wedding?👀👀

⁠@@rs-mt6kli think it’s Shane’s? But also steven just got married so it might be that! But both weddings were insanely expensive (no one needs three dresses for one day XD)

Are those three married to each other?!?

​@@Chris_Crossno?

​@@chloeapples depends on culture, but at least for modern us weddings a lot of brides have 2 dresses or a changeable dress

An apology made out of obligation isn't sincere.

@@IvyHale151wtf would a sincere apology look like then? people like you really confuse me.

@@IvyHale151they don’t owe you anything

​@@aaronstevens5325 First off, not doing something scummy like this knowing full well is wrong. Now since it has impacted them negatively they're obligated to apologize. Not because they want to, but because they have to

@@IvyHale151 All apologies are made out of obligations. You're obligated to apologize to the wronged party for whatever you've done to wrong them. Doesn't matter how you feel about the person, it's what's supposed to be done regardless.

That’s literally what I understood from this message. And I don’t know how Charlie didn’t touch upon that.

This

Correct!

@@jaydelicioso Because Charlies is human and as a human, he is sometimes dumb enough to miss details, important as they are.

Oh no, the people providing a service want your money for it. What is this blasphemy?

Yup

I blame the guy on the left he’s the ceo

@@camjacob8876 they’re all bad can we just stop acting like one of them is better or worse than the other? Again, they’re all bad.

Why are people so butthurt about it though, paramount+, Netflix, Hulu, hbo max all cost money, twitch subs, but they crossed the line by wanting people to pay a monthly subscription for content?

What if they were genuinely sorry? We get it, you like drama. You like it when someone famous goes under because its a guarantee ego booster. But these guys were sorry and generally cares for their fans.

He is well known for his Cr1TiKaL thinking 😎

​@@Surannhealz good one😂👏

​@@Surannhealz👏😑

There's actually a channel that analyzes and scores UKpostsr apologies! The creator specializes in psych or something

There’s a 10+ hour compilation of him reacting to UKpostsr apologies, it’s beautiful

Out of curiosity, what kind of stuff was cut? Because I can’t imagine what they’d be doing there that’s so not safe for UKposts that it would scare off an advertiser. Unless they’re taking dumps on the floor uncensored or calling the ghosts slurs I can’t think of what would turn off an advertiser when true crime channels and such get sponsors. Especially when I think back to their Buzzfeed stuff- they had a lot more fun but none of it seemed “edgy”

@@averyeml I don't remember the exact bits that were cut because I obviously only saw it once, but I believe one of the jokes and bits that ran through the entire episode was the guys making jokes about Satan's penis. I'm sure there were more, but that's all I remember.

@@lunarlullaby05 gotcha- yeah I get not recalling specific bits but vibes are plenty. I could see that being on the edge depending on the sponsor. I think the guys have some work to do on the back end regarding staff size vs. output but if they can strike a better balance, those advertisers could either be turned down or put up with because they could cut more loose in other videos. I want to see them succeed but I think there’s some bigger issues that they gotta hammer out. I want my ghoul boys back!

@@averyeml I agree. I've been a fan of the guys since s1 of unsolved, so I honestly paid for a sub to their service immediately, but that's only because I'm lucky enough to have a good paying job and not a ton of other things I need to budget for. I put on all of my socials that any of my mutuals could have my password, at least before their apology video. I do think they need to iron out a few more things, but I think the whole thing of them releasing episodes a month earlier than UKposts on their site is a pretty smart move, all things considered.

Lmfao there was no mistake, they knew what they were begging for money and attempted to tone it perfectly to avoid criticism. Millionaires begging longtime subscribers to fund their yacht. You think they didn't know?

It seems like it is their own fault. They grew too big too fast and are afraid to make the necessary changes because they don't want to fire anyone. So instead they are making everyone else pay for their mistake.

@@semperaugustus661 not that they grew too fast, they just want everything to be super high quality when thats not what we care about. We care about the personalities not the set of the shows or the animations. they seen to have this idea that more people equals higher quality which isnt true

God forbid they want to grow, huh?

@@niccolom4556 You have to have natural growth. If we take them at their word that the company is bleeding money and on the verge of shuttering and costing everyone their jobs it is an incredibly unwise and frankly selfish move to keep expanding rather then tightening things up and keeping your people employed.

Not only did they hire 2 more on screen talent. They want to bring back the more expensive show of traveling and eating expensive food. Nothing about their announcement said “we need to stay afloat” all it said to me was “I want more”

Crazy how I licked my lips while eating pizza as a twin girl 😘

@@itz_me_aziza_21 bruh why under my comment

Yeah it's just shady greedy people

Ya don't say?

how you know that you baldy

True, but through their own website they wouldn't have to share a cut of the money with Patreon

@@chrispalumbo5556 WatcherTV is on Vimeo, which costs $1 per subscriber.

Yeah, but that way they wouldn't get BOTH income streams.

@@chrispalumbo5556 it wasn't their own website. They are paying vimeo. So still giving up a percentage of revenue

Buuut moooom, daaaad they want their own site 👶. Jokes aside, I get they really wanna own their media to the *bone.* But they really don’t NEED too yet. And honestly they can’t yet, the audience doesn’t want that.

He took most of the flak for the decision from an audience he probably thought supported him just as much as the other two. The thing is most people didn’t want to blame Shane or Ryan which is probably why.

He felt like he was reciting an official PR statement more than the other two

@@LeMenace1this, but also, he was the one who said “anyone can afford it.” even if they came up with that together, steven said it, which probably allowed people to find a scapegoat to not hate on ryan or shane.

⁠@@cptnjody7and he is also the one that ends up buying 10k lobster for his show. Sorry, he wanted us to pay for his 10k lobster 😂

Most people just accept steven as a part of watcher. Most people are not fans of his work clouding thier channel​@@LeMenace1

Wow, that is SO disappointing

Crazy how I licked my lips while eating pizza as a twin girl 😘

DUUUUDE SAME what are you having?

Same

@@itz_me_aziza_21 nerd

@@itz_me_aziza_21bro what

Don't translate ฉันจะสมัครรับข้อมูลใครก็ตามที่สมัครรับข้อมูลฉันและชอบความคิดเห็นนี้.

Didn't ask. My content is far superior and has more value than anything this youtuber has ever produced so get over it!

Crazy how I licked my lips while eating pizza as a twin girl 😘

Think!

I cried alot as a kid because I couldn't use any of my game codes again from the games I bought physically. Literally didn't get to play them just found out I needed a new SD card after installing them then EA NEVER let me use my expensive ass games again.

They do not expect to be forgiven.

Thankfully it was a one time kind of thing and they fixed it in like two days lol

Exactly they APOLOGIZED for SCHMONEY 🤑💰

nice

lollll omg whose apology video is this from

And the rich was sitting on the left.

It’s eat the rich until you’re rich apparently 🫠

@@fangsbrokenrosesaltburn effect

Buzzfeed people doing Buzzfeed things LMAO

14:24 Shane’s expression says a lot 😂 Like someone else said, I imagine he & maybe Ryan had a few “told ya so Stevens” yelled out after

His wife's opinions on the matter actually made me trust him less, tbh. I don't think he was as uninvolved as people seem to think.

@@ruralmetalhead omg what opinions? 👀

​@@ruralmetalheadmf spill, don't just leave us looking for her Twitter

Yooo tea?? So people still say that?? Either way I want it ​@@ruralmetalhead

@@RyuKyu.77 She had a little pretentious guilt trip moment on her tumblr implying people who didn't want to pay for WatcherTV didn't want to pay workers livable wages or something along those lines. The funny part about it is, her and Shane's wedding was apparently in the $250,000 range, and she wore THREE DIFFERENT wedding dresses. In one day. So her post comes of VERY out-of-touch and preachy.

They literally discussed tips on pod watcher a while ago and were agreeing that it shouldn’t be the consumers job to pay servers livable wages. Ironic

Completely agree. Someone nailed it on their video. Steven is money hungry. Ryan is fame and growth hungry and Shane went along with it because he had no choice.

@@Splat-25 see I want to believe shane was against it but like…. Why would his wife make that post then :/

​@@livi9052It's possible his wife drank the corporate growth kool aid more than he did. She's a highly influential and highly paid member of that company, too. But it's truly impossible to know anything for sure.

They literally didn't read the room at all. This doesn't sound like a problem that they need to throw more money at. It sounds like a problem with controlling their money outflow.

i know exactly what you mean, i was getting that feeling as well especially when steven would talk

It 100% was corporate PR researched apology

pretty much

“Did we do good? Money, please?”

It's so pathetic that people are actually buying it lol

Be honest though, how could they have improved their apology even further? They apologized sincerely, took accountability, and directly fixed pretty much the main issue people had with their move while still trying to save face financially. Are they just irredeemable to yall?

@@Prince-pk4fiI think if they just didn’t claim that they were running out of money it would be way better

Shiiii all of us are struggling, I was like join the club.

Or it could just be the truth, if you go into every situation thinking an explanation is just a sympathy garnering tactic then the whole world will seem like a bunch of manipulative cunts.

Good thing it doesn't seem to be working. Most are accepting of the apology but still are asking how the hell they allegedly ended up in such bad shape.

Honestly Im completely turned off by Watcher now, the facade is broken with this sht and that language has caused me to just see these three dudes as greedy corporate faces now. Any of their business problems are completely on them as a business, if they dont make content that the public enjoys or watches, thats on THEM to produce content thats viable. And that wasn’t even a problem with their channel; people genuinely enjoy them! But their poor ass business decisions and “tv quality” obsession with videos lead them t9 this point. If they want to do tv, they should put their asses into hollywood, except they won’t because they’d be at the bottom all over again and they already have a large yt audience. As we have seen throughout the years, youtube IS NOT television programming. I’m sorry for being so fired up about stupid drama, but I’m actually disgusted with these guys. I used to love watching them; but they’ve became what they were running from. Just Buzzfeed but in different font.

its a common reason believe it or not, bad stuff comes out when something goes wrong and clearly they needed to give a reasonable reason on what they did, its not only for people to feel "bad" for them its also to assure people that they made a mistake due to this "reason" that they gave, if they gave a reason that isnt acceptable they would dig a deeper hole on what they already dug it would be a dumber decision up top a dumb decision. so if you made a dumb decision in the future and dont want to look even dumber dont halfass your reasons

This!

Ghost Files and anything else that requires travel is insanely expensive to produce.

Of the ventures that would cost a lot more to produce would be Ghost Files if they are traveling around the country and having to bring camera crews along, equipment, rent hotels, buying food, etc, BUT just like Charlie said they make a really good chunk of change through patreon, ads, and merch They should have plenty to cover the costs of Ghost Files. It seems like they need to have an actual accountant or something along the lines to help them budget their money if they are that hurting for cash.

I don’t even fuck with Steven at all idk why he’s involved in watcher

They have 25 people on staff. 25! I don't know how they can justify that with the content they make.

Same, they lost me and I followed them since the beginning of their buzzfeed days. They’re doing crisis management now after all the drama.

shane means it, and was probably expecting this response. if ryan was scared, its probably because it seems like that was part of his Big Dream(tm) and hes seeing that it isnt able to happen the way he thought it was. steven literally does not give a shit, hes always been in it for the money imo.

@@HeyItsmeImAlex I’m so conflicted about it 😕 Now whenever their videos auto play on my feed I just can’t watch them.

@@madsfiedler3884 same feelings I got from the video. It’s so clear who cares and who doesn’t.

@@ohapplesaucegood, don’t support them. Any employees laid off will surely find a new job and they needn’t be spending their *apparent* low revenue on hundreds of thousands of dollars on weddings.

This

Only in America buddy

@@mrebear9758move to China

Well we as viewers ARE responsible for paying ALL youtubers. If we dont watch they lose money.

@@thebeastbrothers103Why China?

that's bullshit. anyone with half a brain can understand that suddenly putting your content behind a paywall when it's otherwise been free for like 6+ years is obviously not going to go over well

Maybe if his stupid show was cancelled they could run. I like Ryan and Shane but I can't fucking stand him and his shallow show.

Coffeezilla: *Breathes heavily*

steven has gotta go if shane and Ryan are going to have a chance

I've never seen a money hungry and overall shitty steven in my LIFE😭

I legit joked about this possibility to myself earlier but I genuinely would not be surprised. The guy makes all the financial decisions apparently and he’s the CEO who gets the final say. This whole idea has his name written all over it

I could see maybe if they wanted to include more drunk content (idk UKposts's stance on that) or swear more, but yeah, most of their content is perfectly fine for advertisers...

Exactly, it's not like Dropout where they're drawing dongs every other episode and swearing like sailors. There's a need for an independent platform for content that YT will flag, but that never felt like the case for this group.

That's what I thought. I guess you could call some of their topics not suitable for kids and their language isn't clean either, but over all, what's the problem. Or rather, what kind of content did they plan for the future, that couldn't be put on UKposts? What are they planning that could risk their "brand-saveness"?

@@msthecommentator2863 but I have to disagree. They do swear quite often and a lot of the stuff and jokes they make can be “inappropriate” for a younger audience. Especially when doing their true crime content their jokes can get pretty graphic . I am not sure where the family friend/clean comments are coming from. They also have a show where they try to get extremely drunk and often talk about Ryan being a stoner. Maybe they wanted to make more mature content where they don’t have to beat around the bush about things and watch what they speak about. Maybe have a stoner version or too many spirits without getting demonetized or having trouble finding a sponsor. I’m not saying they made the right decision with making their own platform, but saying their content is “clean/family friendly” is not completely true.

It's also like.. completely possible to reach out to companies.

This is the same woman who in the post DIRECTLY BEFORE THIS ONE, showcased that she bought a $115 Tote Bag. Oh, and spent an estimated $55k on the wedding. But sure, pop off about "survivable" wages

And also why are WE supposed to giving them the paycheck? Shouldn’t that be the company or UKposts? She’s pointing her finger in the wrong direction

​@@M4jorToM23more than 55k. 55k was the venue alone

Exactly. I saw a video recently of this girl talking about how her and her husband live on one source of income and her first advice was “don’t buy a new car, get a used one” like yeah as if all of us poors have luxury new Lexus 😂 if they live in California they are definitely living above their means and they feel entitled to it. Girls don’t NEED to get their hair colored and cut by an expensive hair dresser. They don’t need to get their nails done. They don’t need to wear the newest clothes or have expensive handbags. I bring a $30 backpack to work everyday, and I bought it 4 years ago. I don’t eat lunch to save money dawg 😂 sometimes I just drink water to feel full lmao

​@@caleighhraeeachieve inner piece and you could survive on nothing but a single drop of dew for a few years. Just like the dragon warrior.

It's always like this. There's a reason why every single time humanity tried communism it ended with a tragedy

I'm pretty sure, though I might be wrong, but didn't Shane and Ryan step down from CEO, so it would just be Steven.

You mean to pay employees not vacations

@@mrrockets32they don’t need more money to pay their employees especially since they’re easily supported by ads

Not that big a deal in my opinion, they just made an ill informed decision, didn't hurt anyone, didn't affect anyone, no harm done. Just a stupid mistake.

I'm in the U.S. but this was one of my first thoughts as well. The whole "anyone and everyone can afford" was completely out of touch. It shows ignorance of not only the current cost of living crisis in their own country of residence, but a complete lack of any consideration for their international fans. If Lim is flying all over the world to try expensive food how are they so willfully ignorant of the implications of $6 elsewhere? It's elitist and maddening and I'm not resubscribing.

totally agree

not to mention im pretty sure all these guys live in LA which just accelerates the wealth brain rot

Line goes up!

Im so glad I’ve always despised money. I get the amount I need and nothing more. I have no desire to accumulate wealth. I want to live a happy life, not a rich one.

​@@PossibleBatFacts, preach!

I think we can assume the freelancers are locals to the shooting locations, and therefore WatcherE saves money on flights and accommodations they'd otherwise have to pay for their LA staff. Really, the only people travelling should be the hosts and possibly the producer. Why we need all of this travel is the real question. The travel episodes of Unsolved and True Crime were always my least favorite.

Like @@kirkhendsbee2192 mentioned above, I think they are saving money by hiring local freelancers, therefore no flights/food/accommodations. However, this means that they likely don't need a staff of 25 employees. Just hire locals when going on location, and most of their shows when staying in LA don't need 25 people to produce from what I see in the comment sections. For the few times when they do need more staff, they can just hire ad hoc. They can also move base to lower the production cost if a living wage is their concern.

I've never seen a luxury purse sell for that cheap.

@@HH-le1vi Maybe she got it cheap who knows? Spending $125 or more on a purse isn't the normal for a lot of people.

I don't get why a youtube company need that many employees, especially when they aren't releasing a lot of videos a week. I think they could survive on half the amount of employees. I think they are trying to run their youtube channel like it's a big filming company where they have one employee doing one thing for each role that is required when filming instead of condensing roles and having an employee do more than one job. I wouldn't be surprised if they are running in the negatives and not making money. 25 employees is a big payroll in the books for a youtube channel their size. But their way of going about things just backfired and this might be the beginning of the end for their youtube channel unless they make drastic cuts to free funds. But yeah you're right, i think they are not using their funds properly.

They’re based in LA too, a notoriously expensive place to live and run a business