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youkaiyume · 7 months ago

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Alright, so I've been a fan of Shane, Ryan and even Steven since their buzzfeed days and I've been watching this whole thing with Watcher moving their content over to their own streaming service debacle.

Like most ppl, I think it's a poor business move to alienate your fans like this, but I've been thinking on it more from maybe a financial perspective. I'm wondering how many people actually signed up for it. I saw a tiktok advertising expert say that the conversion rate for ads--meaning the number of ppl to actually buy something when they see an ad is about 1-5%. Like, right now they have about 2.8 million subscribers. And even though they've lost about 50K since and counting, they probably anticipated some loss. I'm sure they've mathed that if they just get at least like 100K conservatively out of their nearly 3 million fanbase to sign up, they'd be able to make $600K a month from their streaming service at six bucks a pop each month.

Maybe that's worth it? I'm not exactly sure how much they were making before. Ppl say they had 11K subscribers on patreon before but that's just their member total. Actual paid members was about 5K. But despite the controversy, their patreon member count has actually gone up. Today it sits at 12K members total with nearly 6K members paying. So they're making at least $30K-70K+ a month currently on patreon based on their offered tiers. not sure how much they were making on ad revenue alone or sponsors cuz I'm not sure how that stuff works on youtube. But maybe by their own accounting they think the loss of followers was worth it if they can hang on to that small, loyal but paying minority.

Another youtuber has pointed out that if you have a sponsor for a video and it's a one off, it can pay more. Up to $35K. So if that is the peak and they release 1 video a week, so 4 a month would be like 140K a month on sponsor money. And youtube pays about $10 per 1000 views a video, and they average 1 mil each video. So about $40K a month on views. So we can guess that they made about $180K a month currently on youtube (patreon and merch sales not included).

Honestly, if they can reach the goal of 1-5% of their subscribers converting to their streaming platform, yeah they probably would make more money in the long run. IF they can somehow manage to retain as well as grow those number of subscribers on their new platform. And don't forget, they don't plan to delete their current videos on their youtube channel so they'll still be earning revenue from those videos. We'll have to see I guess given how much goodwill they've lost with their audience.

Tbh, I am all for them trying to get paid more for their work but I also think they could have transitioned much differently, like only putting some exclusive content on their own platform while also posting free shows to youtube. Or maybe delaying releases for a week or a month for youtubers. or cutting back your production costs if it's really killing you cuz everyone has pointed out they liked the ghoul boys when it was just a black screen with text scrolling by saying "wheeze." Only time will tell if this move paid off for them.

But I'm not super knowledgeable on how the entire youtube thing works so if someone has some insight, feel free to weigh in.

#watcher #shane madej #ryan bergara #steven lim #its not a bad business move tbh if they get guaranteed 6 bucks each month each subscriber #and they don't have to care about the views/what is popular because they are no longer paid by how well a video does #also i am really tired of ppl placing the blame on one person #like i get that we all have faves and maybe some are problematic #but that doesn't make your faves innocent cinnamon rolls okay #they all made that decision together #text post #personal

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sukibenders · 5 months ago

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"I understand why Penelope didn't tell Colin about LW, that was a huge risk and could have put her in an uncomfortable situation." So, for some that I've seen with this rhetoric, you can understand her not wanting to tell Colin about a gossip blog she wrote that, not only, made repeated digs at the queen (who's on her neck mind you) but HIS OWN family as well but can't understand why Marina, who was pregnant and left out of options, would conceal her pregnancy from him to protect herself and her children from the threat of being thrown out? Hmm.

#bridgerton #colin bridgerton #anti penelope featherington #more so anti pen stans so to speak #penelope featherington #marina thompson #tbh both were wrong to keep it from him not gonna deny that bc they were in rough spots #but it's not lost on me how some have more sympathy for pen (even though her actions caused many people harm)#(and were done at her own free will---no one forced her---keep that in mind)#whereas marina was an unmarried lower class pregnant woman during the regency era in a family that didn't want her #there are a lot of racial dynamics at play in this conversation to bc fandom is always quick to villainize a p(w)oc over their problematic #yte fave it's a tale as old as time sadly

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heretherebedork · 1 year ago

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Boston in every other episode: Most Problematic Fave out to Be The Worst

Boston in episode 8: Least Problematic Fave who's Just Born This Way

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xxplastic-cubexx · 12 days ago

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bro the feminine wiles aren’t even a joke like. im with that anon who thought hellfire gala charles was a woman when they first saw him bc same, that design is insaaaane (/pos). how could u not think that when u see it lmfao. idk whose choice it was to give him a corset but the hourglass figure + female coded jawline combo do not lie. i saw it on pinterest and i was like ohhh don’t lie to me i know an anime girl when i see one- WAIT PROFESSOR X????

and that’s not even to mention movieverse charles ofc. we’ve all seen james mcavoy and his big sparkly kawaii anime eyes, i shouldn’t have to say it. charles xavier is never beating the allegations, i fear

gonna need this ask hung in the louvre i fear

#fave #snap chats #i think you fully had me at 'big sparkly kawaii anime eyes' like TRUE but vjlKJLKVJAKL #i got this ask while i was out getting sushi with my brother and when i say i was near losing it in our lil booth ajvlkeaklj #female coded jawline is INSANE thats just his face 😭😭😭#the hellfire gala outfit does give off like. Space Girl energy though im not gonna even lie. i think its the halo #and corset /who gave him a corset/ like im the last man to criticize another man wearing a corset i promise #but bold decision to do so right in front of my eyeballs #the princessification of charles xavier needs to be studied im so serious when did this start #i really do think its just the cat suit outfits cause when he's got a suit its different #though.. i was gonna lie but even with the beard he still pretty in FoX #and ill be tbh im still mixed on the beard look like for starters youve reminded me he's blonde and i still think thats illegal #and yet .... his beautiful eyes distract me all the same. like whatever you want bbg you can look like a viking if you want #charles xavier having hair is cursed in general bar the movies and because of that i can only imagine him brunette #but he is my problematic wife so ill love him regardless #it'll be very hard to when he has a terrible brad pitt cut in one universe and wears wigs in the other but thats what loves about #anyway hope everyone had a lovely halloween !! i watched all of S1 of xmen evolution with my bro :)#also if i threw together a quick charles costume then you have no proof of that and esp dont ask our sushi waiter mk thanks #ended the night playing a bit of shadow gen .. if i cried a lil no i didnt thats between me and god ....

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artbypockets · 11 months ago

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Jedi Knight, Etain "Don't Worry I'm On The Pill" Tur-mukan

#star wars #republic commando #etain tur-mukan #repcomm #jedi #my problematic fave tbh

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sharkieboi · 4 months ago

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little details, I love that as soon as Mrs. Coulter is introduced to the idea that she can wear pants she never voluntarily wears a skirt or dress for the rest of the series

#shhh sharkie #his dark materials #the tv show specifically #literally she dresses up in modern clothes to go see Dr Mary and learns she can wear pants and still be her commanding self #and the only other times we see her not wearing pants is when she’s forced to wear a dress #a) at the magisterium giving her the purple dress and b) when she’s going to be sacrificed and she gets the hospital button down #there is honestly so much i could talk about with the costume design with this show it’s impeccable #that marisa looks exactly like lyra when they’re both about to have their daemons cut!!!!!!!!#and mrs marisa coulter specifically in the tv show you are my new problematic girlboss fave tbh #yes you’re evil and i hate you but also go get it follow your ambitions and fuck all those terrible men who tell you no

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qiu-yan · 4 months ago

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the real struggle of being a jiang cheng stan is that the one thing i do actually side-eye him for is also the thing that literally none of the antis give a shit about

#mdzs #jiang cheng #they can't even roast my problematic fave in the right way....it's rough out here #tbh this might actually be better for me. if the antis did actually start bashing jc for the thing i side eye him for #i would actually have to take the L. seething coping etc.#but as things are they only focus on shit that either isn't true or just isn't bashing-worthy so i can freely dismiss their arguments #yanyan speaks

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theceaselessidiot · 5 months ago

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sorry i am not done being upset about how cressida was treated in part 2.

i especially want to talk about how the conversation between eloise and penelope had about cressida genuinely made by blood boil.

when eloise said "i genuinely enjoyed her at the start", she made their entire friendship sound so trivial, like cressida was just some toy meant for her entertainment...and then she basically said the friendship was motivated by pettiness (which fine is justified giving her anger at penelope being LW).

also saying she hopes cressida has a "reasonable" moment like have we even seen cressida be unreasonable? imo most of her actions have perfectly reasonable explanations.

it just leaves a bitter taste in my mouth to see cressida doubting her actions, regretting them even and questioning whether it was a good idea (it wasn't) meanwhile eloise is out there calling her a viper, a monster (and that is before cressida and her mother publish their sheet about the bridgertons) and basically saying "well she was fun at first but then I got bored"

#whoever that person in part 2 is its not eloise bridgerton #tbh it makes cressidas words about how eloise should maybe look in the mirror when talking about cruelty seem like forshadowing #is cressida an innocent character whos never done wrong? no #did she bully penelope and do some questionable shit? yes #does she keep choosing the worst option? also yes #is she a lonely scared and desperate girl who has abusive parents and faces a life with an abusive relative? yes #do i want to hug her? yes #do i want her to get a redemption arc and a hea? yes #i'm a cressida cowper stan #this is a cressida cowper fanblog now sry #cressida cowper #eloise in part 2 was so ooc #i still love her tho she's one of my faves #and cressida is my problematic fave who has never done anything wrong in her life ever (joking)#bridgerton #bridgerton spoilers #my post #own post

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url0calpr0sh1tt3r · 2 years ago

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The Old lady with a Sword is Proship!

She has no reason not to be! Hell,; it’s why she has a sword to begin with !!! :D

#Old lady with a sword #Old woman with sword #do not mess with her #don’t mess with her #My Jam B]#ur fave is proship #ur fav is proship #your fave is proship #your fav is proship #proship #proshippers safe #proshippers please interact #proshipper #proshipping #she’s the “fandom grandma”#she doesn’t have many if not any problematic ships of her own #but By God will she protect the younger proshippers from things like death threats n whatnot #icon tbh #be more like old lady with sword

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evil-but-refined · 1 year ago

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Fuck characters that made you question your sexuality. What character made you question your gender? I'll go first (Btw I haven't gotten past season 2, I tried watching the show 3 or 4 times growing up and I never did for some reason. I'm trying to finish the show now but I feel like I'm cursed)

ALSO THIS ANIME IS SO PROBLEMATIC BUT IT'S SO FUNNY AND I HATE THAT

#rambling about tv #istg im cursed #vld pidge #voltron legendary defender #please no spoilers #why do i procrastinate so much #its such an awful habit #but i still do it #i could've finished this years ago #here i am though #at least the world healed from it #trans #ohshc #ohshc haruhi #ohshc needs a less problematic season 2 #maybe its just me who thinks that #problematic fave show tbh #I'm literally the homosexual supporting cast

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cloud8doesstuff · 8 months ago

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Square may be too cowardly to give Hojo a Costa del sol alt. but im not. Nomura count your days. /J.

+other stuff!

#professor hojo #lucrecia crescent #final fantasy vii #final fantasy vii remake #final fantasy 7 rebirth #cloudy scribbles #tbh if you dont treat ur problematic faves like little barbie dolls than what are u even doing #ask to tag

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fledermaus-art · 7 days ago

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There's no way out of this dark place No hope, no future I know I can't be free But I can't see another way I can't face another day

// Trout of @whatlurksbean 👀

#problematic fave tbh #she fucked up real bad but man do i love her #what lurks beneath #wlb #trout wlb #wlb fanart

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4th-make-quail · 4 months ago

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"3 things you want to know about me" HMM... top 3 favorite fictional old men? :P

TOP THREE THIS IS SO CRUEL.... HOW'S A BITCH MEANT TO PICK. But okay, FINE. XDD I'm picking ones who've been around the longest heh

1. Leonard "Bones" McCoy! I've loved him since I was in single digits watching TOS on my grandma's tiny portable kitchen TV heh. Absolute smokeshow, gorgeous accent, the works. I love one cranky doctor!!! He's smart, he's got heart, I adore his humanism and his friendship (and more!!!) with Jim, and oh my god, his blue blue eyes. And his forearms. And his EYEBROW and his fluffy hair!!!

2. Sartauvoir quo Soranus of FFXIV IVth Legion! He's a sadistic pyromaniac whose favourite pastime is burning people alive, and he's p obviously in love with his superior Basch van Gabranth (pictured here smooching his BEAUTIFUL FACE) who died 30 years before the bit of the game Sart is in. His bit of game is heavily Ivalice-based, hence the Basch heh. He transforms into a giant fire monster during his duels and has a penchant for summoning phoenixes and time magick fuckery, he's so much fun and is my absolute beloved. He has truly like a total of 20 minutes of game time and not a single cutscene and I adore him with every fibre of my being!!

3. This is a toss-up, but forever loves must win out: Doctor Cid, of FFXII! He's one of my fave kind of characters - super smart scientisty dudes who are a bit morally dubious and also antagonists 🥰🥰 I love the way he speaks, his beautiful nose and how chubby he is, and his stupid long thighboots and his super active way of gesticulating andandand- well ofc his relationship with Vayne. Obviously. And his little purple tie and his greying hair and WELL. HIS EVERYTHING.

#ask quail #old man bone zone #THIS WAS SO HARD HAHA #Thank u for the ask!!! 💚💚💚#I tried not to go on my sartbasch and cidvayne manifesto but what's a girl to do lol #I also managed to not pick more than one xiv guy although I have another three I could have listed immediately:#Lyon rem Helsos and Menenius sas Lanatus also from bozja with Sart!#and Gaius van Baelsar my other main biggest xiv love!!#and then there's Quintus van Cinna and Varis zos Galvus my other problematic faves.....#tbh they're all problematic faves cos xiv fandom has a problem where they equate all Garleans with being nazis???#which is one of the main reasons I have so much of that fandom blocked and all the tags muted here LOL #ANYWAY THANK U AGAIN FOR THE ASK!! 🥰🥰

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wah-pah · 2 months ago

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As threatened, I have indeed started a Mad Men rewatch.

I love this show so much.