#pod watcher

[noa-nightingale]

If you ever watch one episode of Pod Watcher, make it this one:

055: We Talk About The Past Year At Watcher

The guys talk about the WatcherTV streamer announcement, the thoughts that went into it, mistakes made, the reaction to it, the changes they made, and the future.

They talk about their own mindset, why they did the things they did, how they think about their content and their company and the people who watch them, they (again) apologize, but they also (briefly) mention that there were times when people's reactions went too far.

It is a very introspective video.

At the end, they talk about future plans, which is very exciting.

It was good to hear all of this and to kind of process it with them again. I never thought that the streamer decision was made out of greed (and it is kind of insane to me that people did) but watching them talk about the past year and the aftermath of the announcement was (not to be too sappy) a little bit healing, I have to admit.

I'm already subscribed to the streamer (my wonderful @ohmsbeliever33 gifted me a whole year of it) and never felt any misgivings about it but this video pretty much solidified that I feel comfortable watching and supporting Watcher.

I am very grateful for this Pod Watcher ep.

[suetrim]

They can put their clip back in the green

Remaking a meme I made this weekend after the Watcher apology



[agoodpretender]

What’s wrong with them?

[bergoop]

their laughter was kinda healing. despite the nasty topic du jour...

bonus Matt reaction:

[waywardmillennial]

Ryan's Hitchhiking Story | Get Scared! 77

[oldmanpusspuss]

story of ryan shane and sara getting absolutely zooted on a redeye flight

[ghostfillers]

is this like their new thing?

[theghoulboysblog]

Ryan mentioning that his mind has subconsciously always thought that Shane is a solid person to rely on because he once had a dream in which Shane sacrificed his life to save him was unbelievably sweet as well as insanely hilarious in ways that I cannot explain.

[wearewatcher]

🚨 LIVESTREAM ALERT 🚨

Ryan, Shane, Steven and Matt will be doing a LIVE episode of Get Scared! on WatcherTV this Friday, April 25th @ 5pm Pacific Time! If you can’t make it or aren’t a member, an edited version will go up on YouTube the following Monday.

(If you’d like to chat with the guys and ask questions, make sure you join the stream from a browser as mobile live features are still in the works!)

[sinnerandafool]

Just watched the newest pod watcher episode. They finally feel like they’ve gotten to a place where they can talk about the “Incident” (as they put it) after almost a year of not saying much. That kind of just goes to show you that they’re just humans trying to grapple with the infinite-headed hydra of an online audience. Nothing they do will ever please everyone, so they took as much time as they could to come to a place where they had processed their personal feelings and then ran it through a filter of what they imagine those fans who were the most angry about the streamer announcement would want to hear. And to me that’s a super mature and wise response to the utter insanity of what April must have been like for them.

Like, truly, this whole year must have been so tricky. If I was in their shoes I would not have had the self control to keep my mouth shut when people were commenting such nasty things. But it seems the lesson learned from their relatively quick apology video was that trying to explain or defend yourself against a vast and sometimes irrational barrage of criticism just doesn’t work. Especially against the irrational parts of it.

It’s okay to let yourself breathe, let others around you breathe and take your time to respond to something, whether you’re in conflict with one person or one hundred thousand people. If anything allowing that time will just weed out the people who don’t actually care about you and are only there for the high of confrontation. Everything moves so incomprehensibly fast online these days, but humans can’t always process complex emotions or make informed statements without taking some time.

But the Watcher founders couldn’t just disconnect from their audience and ruminate on things. They had to continue to try and hold the connection with us despite this huge awkward Incident hanging around in the air like smog. Hurt feelings on both sides and no responsible outlet to talk about it. Until now, when some people might (incorrectly) say it’s too late.

It resonated with me when they mentioned they’re not really super online. That they’re getting elderly. Because that’s how I feel as I watch micro-trends circulate and circle the drain, drama channels make two hour long exposes about creators I’ve never heard of, and people commenting that three days is too long of a time to go without addressing a controversy. I could never ever do what Watcher does, using something as fickle and slick as the internet to support myself financially, but I think the way they are trying to do it is admirable. They slow it down, give us a very “them” version of being an internet content creator. They stay doing what they love at a pace that feels right for them. And I love it.

I’ll always be Watching. 🩶

[suetrim]

Bit of a serious meme for once

[wordybee]

I'm so sorry I haven't been watching Pod Watcher this whole time.

[jesus-said-chill]

The episode of pod watcher where they discuss Shane’s bad parking job will never not be funny

[bergoop]

mean to him

(x)

[littlekingbergara]

ryan staring into his wife's eyes during their wedding and thinking about ghost hunting with shane 🤝 shane buying a gift for ryan on his honeymoon

[bergoozter]

i love ryan and shane