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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2018-03-27 08:58 pm

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Channel Awesome

(Anonymous) 2018-03-28 01:21 am (UTC)(link)
So it's been known for a long time that CA's business practices have not been... good, to put it mildly. I made a secret about it about three years ago, saying that I'd kinda wish it would crash and burn. I haven't followed the site for years, sticking to watching the contributors I still like through youtube.

Some things seem to be coming to a head. Linkara, one of the biggest names still remaining, has left the site. Several others have left as well (Suede, MikeJ, SFDEbris). Former contributors are compiling a google document on all the mis-treatment that will be published on April 2nd.

Anyway, I've been reading a lot of the talk surrounding this, and it has been bumming me out, mostly because the site used to be a big part of my online life for a few years back in the day.

Also the cynical part of me thinks that even with the doc's release, the Walkers and Michaud will just do as they always do and refuse to comment and nothing will change. I doubt most of Nostalgia Critic's viewers know about this stuff.

Re: Channel Awesome

(Anonymous) 2018-03-28 01:26 am (UTC)(link)
I don't know anyone who actually watches his stuff anymore. That may be because I'm older, though. Most people I know watch Todd or Linkara.

On that note, is Brad Jones sticking with him?

Re: Channel Awesome

(Anonymous) 2018-03-28 01:30 am (UTC)(link)
AYRT
I don't know anyone personally either, but I've gotten the impression it's mostly younger people who watch him who haven't outgrown his style of humor as most long-time CA wathcers have.

Brad has not made any comment on the subject, I think ever. He is going to a con with Doug between 4th and 6th, so at least at the moment he seems to be sticking with him.
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Re: Channel Awesome

[personal profile] greghousesgf 2018-03-28 01:46 am (UTC)(link)
I do.
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Re: Channel Awesome

[personal profile] morieris 2018-03-28 01:28 am (UTC)(link)
I stopped bothering with the site a year or so ago when I learned you could just wait a day for NC videos to go up on youtube....and then I forgot about those.

Linkara >>>

Re: Channel Awesome

(Anonymous) 2018-03-28 02:26 am (UTC)(link)
I stopped following the channel as a whole after the first exodus, and just watch the people I like individually. I'm really interested in the google docs though, considering Linkara, Todd, Rantasmo, and a bunch of other people are leaving in the wake of all this.

I guess now the only big names left are Doug himself (who has lost a lot of popularity) and Brad, unless I'm forgetting someone.

It is a really weird feeling though. I too used to be super into tgwtg/ca

Re: Channel Awesome

(Anonymous) 2018-03-28 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
AYRT
I think Angry Joe's still in, though it's not like he ever mentions his involvement with the Channel at all in his videos. I wouldn't be surprised if he unceremoniously leaves as well.

I agree on the strangeness. On the other hand I am also very curious about the document, and what kind of waves it might cause, on the other hand it seriously bums me out, because back in the day, before this all came to light, I remember how it felt like the Channel was like one big happy family.
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Re: Channel Awesome

[personal profile] otakugal15 2018-03-28 03:09 am (UTC)(link)
I stopped going to the site after J-Dub passed away. I was way too sad over that to follow the site anymore.
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Re: Channel Awesome

[personal profile] greenvelvetcake 2018-03-28 03:39 am (UTC)(link)
I'd been steadily losing interest in the site for a while before To Boldly Flee, which was a megaclusterfuck, and while I still like a lot of the individual people, especially Lindsey Ellis, I do get a schadenfreude-y delight out of watching it die this messy, prolonged death. It's bittersweet, since I was really into them around 2008-2010, but this was a long time coming.

Re: Channel Awesome

(Anonymous) 2018-03-28 03:45 am (UTC)(link)
I actually only got into watching this sort of thing (online reviews of movies and such) in the past...idk, six months or so?

But IMO it's no great loss. I honestly find a lot of the other contributors who have already left CA to be more knowledgeable and make more interesting content than the people still with CA. Especially the ones who were with Chez Apocalypse (Lindsay, Kyle Kallgren, Maven of the Eventide whose real name I am blanking on right now). From what I can gather most of these people weren't been involved with the issues, which is nice.