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Genre: Entertainment
Date of upload: Apr 26, 2024 ^^
Rating : 4.964 (284/31,622 LTDR)
RYD date created : 2024-05-07T11:40:29.064447Z
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That phenomenon you mentioned about being background noise for artists like a podcast; I think some creators overvalue their content as "main monitor" content. Often, especially now in the slop algorithm feed era, people like content they can put on their second screen to absorb the audio or commentary while getting something else done. I haven't been a Watcher/Unsolved viewer in years, but their content always struck me as something to pop on and enjoy while eating lunch or something; not as a Media phenomenon like a Netflix show that fuels dialogue outside of their social media.
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Their biggest mistake, really, was mixing two very different messages. "We need to do this to save our production. We might have had to shut down entirely if we didn't do this." Really doesn't play well right next to, "We want to make bigger content! We want to bring in more people! We want to jetset around the globe to show you amazing things!"
They needed to pick one and stick to it. No way to please everyone, but their competing messages didn't end up pleasing anyone.
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The biggest thing this "controversy" taught me was how little Watcher content I actually watched. Ghost Files in particularly, as a previous Unsolved: Paranormal fan, is just too bloated to hold my attention. They don't need a bunch of fancy ghost-hunting garbage, sets, and 1 hr+ runtimes, they just need tight editing and good banter. The "Road files" behind-the-scenes video that was on the Watcher TV platform was pretty illuminating as to their general lack of business sense and mismanagement of resources. They have waaay too many people for location scouting, too many days on location without shooting, etc. Watcher wasn't delivery TV-quality ideas like Dropout is, they don't need TV-level budgets, and even if they were, they don't seem to have the business sense to handle them.
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I loved buzzfeed unsolved because it felt like you were really there with themâ I think something that Watchersâ âversionâ of unsolved (though itâs hard to compare since theyâre just so different content wise) lacks is that feeling of it being relatable and more vlog-like. The videos where it had those cut-to-black gags and seemed like it was filmed on a shoestring budget was so charming and pulled people in so much cuz they really took you on the adventure with them, a feeling a high budget operation like theirs just canât seem to replicate. Iâve never been super into Watcher, and if they donât ever make actual unsolved-type true crime series, the itâll probably stay that way
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@xXHatsuneMikuFanXx
1 week ago
"people who are artists who are not even watching this rn, i am being played as a podcast" hearing this literally made me look up from my sketchbook so fast đ
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