When I was fifteen I loved it too. It was quite different then. For reference I am 30 now.
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College Humor Sold: Almost all employees laid off, including Dropout, Drawfee, and Dorkly
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Erso lived during the end of the Republic, so he knew space wizards existed. He had hope that the Rebellion would have a space wizard pilot. I don't see anything ridiculous in the universe where people can get choked to death by some invisible power.
Actually I'm curious how big the Dorkly team was before today. It was one of the teams that clearly got over invested in due to Facebook lying about their numbers. For a few years they out a shit ton of animation that never seemed to do anything.
It really sucks that these talented folks are losing their jobs, but the bigger picture is that YouTube is in competition with Netflix and Disney+ and the dissolution of these YouTube content creators is proof of that.
Back in 2010, I'd watch YouTube religiously. Nowadays, there's just so much more consumable entertainment that even YouTube struggles to retain the most hours of my internet viewing.
Back in 2010, I'd watch YouTube religiously. Nowadays, there's just so much more consumable entertainment that even YouTube struggles to retain the most hours of my internet viewing.
Fuck, Drawfee is like my daily thing. And Dimension 20 is amazing. I hope they can all re-organize somewhere together.
Definitely sad to see this all go down. Drawfee is really the only part I followed and it seems like they'll continue on in some form, but so many talented people losing their jobs in one fell swoop is a massive bummer.
that concept has been around since the 90's eu too
Yeah also exhaust ports also generally contain the most toxic and explosive gasses that need to be vented from the ship, and an explosion would ignite those while blocking their normal escape route resulting in a cascading failure making the core overload. Not the torpedoes directly hitting the core
Fuck. That sucks. Love Drawfee's stuff, and I'm constantly surprised at how much laughs they're still able to get out of their skits.
I will miss College Humor every single day now. God, some of those videos are Top 100 of the decade.
I don't think this guy did anything wrong per say but it SOUNDS LIKE he's basically saying he fired everyone hoping to re-hire them under much different contracts. They went from a company that can afford a payroll to a brand and he's hoping the people stick around. He's probably taking a financial risk himself but read between the lines and it's "hoping to keep the band together but I can't pay paychecks."
Correct me if I'm wrong but that seems kinda like what will probably happen.
YouTube and independent online video series are always circling the drain. There's just not enough money in it if you don't have a large dedicatee paying fanbase, if you work in an expensive area like SF, and that there is loads of entertainmemt right next to yours that is gobbling up mindshare. Just think, for every 3 minute CH video they put up, they are now competing with at minimym 1500 minutes of new videos alone on YouTube. CH was always going to go under. Surprised it lasted this long, but seeing as they were losing money for a while, it seems they really hoped the magic was gonna happen again.
No... They lost all their funding and therefore can no longer afford anyone but like a few people (likely editors to finish the content they had already made before this) and hopes that they can boost Dropout (their sub service) in hopes of getting them back enough funding to get on their feet again.
Although I like their videos, yesterday I was browsing their youtube channel and saw that most of the videos had less than 200k views, which, coupled with the production costs, should not be a good situation, and wondered how they were still aflot.
Couldn't they have tried the Linus Tech Tips way, and have inserted little commercials at the beginning and end of which video?
Couldn't they have tried the Linus Tech Tips way, and have inserted little commercials at the beginning and end of which video?
Not as good as these though...
Still though, sucks that everyone including the whole main cast were layed off.
I wouldn't mind watching more Youtube, but it seems like it the past couple years their algorithm for what they're showing you has gotten so much worse. There has some channels that I'm subscribed to that I just straight up never get notifications or updates for even though they update very regularly. The Art of Photography, for example. On top of that, if I watch one or two videos that are outside of the realm of what I usually watch, videos related to those are pushed to me for a good month or so.
What are CO-OPs?
Could they sue for potential loss revenue?
True. But the idea of hitting that 1-in-a-million shot shot is a lot more satisfying. =)
Some of their old stuff is still golden but there is uh... a lot of so great stuff in there that hasn't aged well.
I blame the introduction of the home page. Some of my subscriptions get mangled in the home page section which I find intentionally deceptive... 🤨🤔
Some video content company that already has giant video subscriptions on youtube should pick these folks up. Like a Buzzfeed or something maybe? Someone who can create a comedy channel for them where they can put their content on, so these people don't have to start from scratch again; with a built-in audience and with a safety net like health insurance.
Well it sounds like right now everyone is still working with them, or almost everything, it's just freelance/contractual basis and on a smaller scale as they try to ramp up. So, if it goes well, things could go mostly back to 'normal' but it's still a huge blow. FWIW in the Discord Sam said that the severance packages were extremely generous, so hopefully nobody is out too badly short turn.
All of them were tweeting goodbyes and asking if anyone is hiring
Yes I understand that, they're all freelancing and need other work as well.
The general idea is this: Do what needs to be done to make the endeavor immediately profitable, which still includes paying these people for the work that is still being done, it's just not full time work. Rehire and regrow from there. Obviously those people need work in the meantime, and it may mean they find something permanent and can't come back. Shitty situation. I do think Sam is trying to do right for the cast and crew.
I really enjoyed Drawfee.... and only discovered it two months ago.
The bubble when it bursts online is hard hitting.
The bubble when it bursts online is hard hitting.
College Humor was fantastic from like 2007-2011. It launched a lot of great careers, including Sarah Schneider's who is an incredible writer.
Still fantastic. I love the current cast. Pretend that's all marginally past tense
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Don't despair! Of all the groups affected, Drawfee seems like the one that is gonna keep going for sure. Obviously being content that is primarily just a computer screen probably helps with this a lot. They said as much in a video over the weekend, and just posted on twitter something that sure looks like they're making new videos:
Though, I am sad we probably won't get more Drawfee Variety Hour ever again, because that was a beautiful cursed production that I loved.
They posted a new post-layoff Beans, which I haven't gotten a chance to watch yet but presumably has some discussion about the future going forward?
