#unsolved

[sophies-junkyard]

#‘all things unusual unexpected and unhinged’ #at last they have them all #watcher #wearewatcher #Shane madej #Ryan bergara #mystery files #ghost files #BFU #unsolved #this is my life

[going2hell4everythingbutbeingbi]

ghost files will play the most dramatic music and then cut to dead silence and absolutely fuck all will happen. amazing. yes queen give us nothing.

#watcher #ghost files #ghoul boys #ryan bergara #shane madej #watcher entertainment #ryan and shane #shane and ryan #mystery files #buzzfeed unsolved #buzzfeed supernatural #unsolved #food files

[eloise-t-g]

i think for me, the watcher situation comes down to this:

it's absolutely respectable that the watcher team wants to grow and produce better quality content. it's respectable that they don't want to stagnate and end up pushing the same content out over and over again. that's not satisfying for them creatively, i get that.

however, if higher quality, more heavily produced content is not what your fans are asking for, then you can't ask them to fund it.

this all-or-nothing method they've gone for is frankly bizarre. it feels like they leap-frogged all other alternatives to improving their finances and ended up here, alienating and frustrating the majority of their fanbase (the fanbase they thanked for getting them to where they are).

i think this could have gone a lot better if they:

Hadn't hyped up this video for a week.

Hadn't announced the worth it successor just beforehand.

Hadn't put out a wishy-washy, "boo hoo we're so sad about this", over-produced video.

Hadn't made it $6/month (more in a lot of countries given exchange rates).

Had considered that this means fans in specific countries literally cannot pay for the subscription due to geo/region-locking.

my ideas for improving their funds, aka things they could have tried before blowing their brand up: create their own website with two options - a free version with ads and a paid version without ads, OR make better use of their patreon/make their website extra content, not all their content, for example:

Put the ghost file debriefs on there.

Put shows like survival mode on there (or even shift that show from pre-recorded video to live-stream - live stream access to patrons and VOD access to everyone, maybe).

Put episode commentaries there.

Do reaction videos to their old buzzfeed content, talk about memories and BTS, and put that there.

Put one/two episodes of each show, per season on there (and ONLY there).

Put the episodes up there a few days early.

Make specific, website only content (that's not your main and most popular series aka ghost files and puppet history).

Record the live, in-person shows and put those VODs up there.

EDIT (thought of something else lmao): put extended or even uncut versions of ghost files on there. Paranormal Detour on Detune's twitch channel has shown that people will willingly sit through 6+ hours of a ghost investigation.

EDIT: idk, do livestreams once a week where you watch scary movies with fans on discord or twitch.

(side note: the fact that they're not taking down their patreon and instead shifting all of their podcast content on there, something the patreons who have been loyally giving them money for years didn't ask for, is ridiculous and greedy. add to this the fact that they don't even get a free sub to the new website, instead get 40% off - a measly 10% more than anyone else who subs before the official launch).

the thing for me is that they're claiming they want to make "television" and "television-grade content". that's completely fine. what's not completely fine is acting like your four episodes a month is equal to netflix's entire catalogue.

this really felt like it should have been something they told us they were progressing towards, not something they revealed to be on the imminent horizon. idk, it just feels out of nowhere. no, they don't owe us all of the info about their company. but something had to be better than this.

final thought - it's okay and valid to be upset at the team for this. for a lot of people, it's a complete betrayal (especially the comment that $6 a month is something "anyone and everyone can afford", i mean yikes). i do think some people's anger got the best of them, and some of the comments i've seen across youtube, twitter, and tumblr are plain bullying, racism, and harassment. until we have the whole story, we can't decide that one founder (aka steven in a lot of people's minds) is solely responsible. i know a lot of these awful things are only coming from a small minority of the fandom, but they still get seen.

at the end of the day, all three of them got up in front of a camera and made this video, together. that can only lead us to the conclusion that they made this decision together. acting like these men in their 30s couldn't stand up against it if they truly wanted to, is so strange and parasocial lmao.

tl;dr there were much better ways of going about this announcement, if it even needed to be made at all. however, that doesn't excuse the hateful shit being spewed at the team. for now, all we know is the three founders decided they were done with youtube, and done with their loyal youtube audience.

(i have so many more thoughts on this but i need to stop lmao. however i do wonder how different things could have been if 1. they had hired someone with actual business experience as their CEO from the jump, and 2. this video was more of a "hey we're broke! this is a last-ditch effort to save our company!". guess those questions will remain ... well ... you know ...).

#watcher #ryan bergara #steven lim #shane madej #buzzfeed unsolved #unsolved #worth it

[trashworldblog]

when normal tv programming/youtube uses one of the unsolved or ghost files or puppet history music

#engrained in my brain etc #watcher #ghost files #puppet history #unsolved #bfu #watcher entertainment

[vessilin]

i am just as distraught about Watcher being put behind a paywall as the rest of you but if you put a goddamn FRACTION of the energy you use gifting subscriptions to those who don’t have access to buy them to… oh i don’t know.. buying e-sims for gaza, raising awareness about Palestine or Congo, or literally supporting Palestinians/those in Congo in anyway, it would make a significant difference.

#watcher #shane madej #ryan bergara #steven lim #palestine #free palestine #free gaza #buzzfeed unsolved #unsolved #free congo #congo genocide #palestine genocide #palestinian genocide #do better

[sncwonthebeach]

I needed everyone to know that these

were side by side in my pinterest board .

#we are watcher #watcher fandom #watcher network #all hail the watcher #ryan bergara #shane madej #steven lim #ghost files #mystery files #ALSO MYSTERY FILES SEASON 2 WHAT ?!?!?!?! #watcher #too many spirits #dish granted #top 5 beatdown #welcome to puppet history #puppet history #puppet university #buzzfeed unsolved #unsolved #poor ryan

[jpherron]

More fanart from episode one, couldn't resist drawing this scene. I've never seen him so fearless on an investigation.

Art is mine, all copyright belongs to Watcher and the ghoul boys, don’t copy it or print it or sell it, but reblog to your heart’s content! Instagram // Twitter

#ghost files #shane madej #ryan bergara #unsolved #watcher #ghoul boys #we are watcher #fanart #watcher fanart #ghost files fanart

[morbidology]

The map at the top shows peculiar cases of people vanishing without a trace. The map at the bottom shows America’s largest cave systems.

#true crime #unsolved #mystery #missing

[karlydraws]

Spooky Season Spooky Boys Memes

I made some BF Unsolved™ parodies for this Halloween... Hope you like them....

Has this been done?

A Friendly exorcist

An Insufferable (fake) exorcist

Reigen's liver cannot handle caffeine either

Iconic

#mp100 #karly draws #buzzfeed unsolved #bf unsolved #unsolved #mob psycho 100 #モブサイコ100 #shigeo kageyama #arataka reigen #katsuya serizawa #ekubo #dimple #ritsu kageyama #mob #reigen #serizawa #ritsu #serirei

[rainymeadows]

The existence of Shane Madej has ruined ghost/cryptid hunting shows for me. I just can’t take them seriously unless there’s a rational skeptic present at all times to offer counter-arguments and alternate suggestions regarding potential evidence.

Not because I’m a killjoy, mind you - I love the paranormal too - but a lot of obviously fake evidence gets passed around as if it’s real and it’s refreshing to have someone there to say ‘that’s a wild animal’ or ‘that’s a camera fault’ so that the stuff that’s really convincing is that much more satisfying to find.

#unsolved #buzzfeed unsolved #watcher #ghost files #shane madej

[dailyunsolvedmysteries]

A rare photo of an octopus with a transparent head

#octopus #animals #facts #creepy #unsolved

[monsteraficionado]

An evolution, by Ryan Bergara

#ryan bergara #shane madej #itzegifs #holy shit the blue bfu season is terrible to color #... bless watcher actually #anyway happy christmas (: #buzzfeed unsolved #unsolved #bfu #too many spirits #watcher collabs

[chippedmoon]

Idk I think it’s kinda weird that ppl expect the boys to just be happy creating videos of them sitting in front of a blank wall and telling stories over a blue and yellow text. Can’t creators ever desire the need to progress???

#watcher #ghost files #buzzfeed unsolved #bfu #unsolved #ryan bergara #shane madej #idk idk idk it’s weird how y’all want ppl to remain at the bare minimum

[modernlotrhobbitthoughts]

LotR and Hobbit Characters + Buzzfeed Unsolved (3/?)

#like i said i've been watching a lot of unsolved recently #listening to it really quietly has helped me fall asleep! #also i couldn't for the life of me find a good quality elrond facepalm picture!! #ridiculous #buzzfeed unsolved #unsolved #lord of the rings #the hobbit #lotr #lotr characters #hobbit characters #lord of the rings characters #characters as #watcher #saruman #beorn #elrond #legolas #nori #frodo #aragorn #it's bones!

[trashworldblog]

ghoul brothers return: august 25th

#ghost files #watcher #ryan bergara #shane madej #watcher entertainment #ghoul brothers #shane and ryan #bfu #unsolved #we are watcher

[maddipoof]

I know no one follows me for watcher things, obviously, but good god i just have to say that while i do think the whole streaming thing is absolutely ridiculous, acting like these are the rich we’re meant to eat is absolutely deranged. 3 men owning a company with a grand total of 25 employees is so far from the exploitative rich in question.

#they do not control any flow of commerce at all #i refuse to believe that anyone in internet content creation can be described as “The One Percent” #watcher #buzzfeed unsolved #unsolved #puppet history