What happened to the videos?

slipperyp thought this was worth mentioning said Thu, Jan 16th 2020 at 2:04am ET

And are Irk’s teeth actually popsicle sticks?

I love the videos (all of them) but realized that it’s been since, like, Jason Toon (RIP?) retired from Look Smart Trivia (RIP!) that new ones have been released. Not being in the online-video-making biz myself, perhaps I underestimate the time/effort/costs associated with this but man alive I want them back!!!

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medz said Thu, Jan 16th 2020 at 12:56pm ET:

I would blame Amazon, but they haven’t bought meh yet… I’m not sure what their excuse for killing the creative team is. I do find it ironic that people blamed Amazon for making woot less fun and meh was started as an experiment to see if the traditional deal-a-day site could still work. I guess that experiment concluded that it could, but only if you got rid of the fun.
So, ultimately woot’s downfall was inevitable and wasn’t Amazon’s fault. It’s simply not profitable to pay someone to make original content daily on a site that only sells 1 item per day.

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  tinamarie1974 said Thu, Jan 16th 2020 at 8:03pm ET
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  /image sad sack
  
  medz said Thu, Jan 16th 2020 at 8:49pm ET
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medz said Sat, Jan 18th 2020 at 5:46pm ET:

I heard @matthew is lying low because he was collecting a paycheck for each of the characters but only paying income taxes on his own salary. IRS didn’t take kindly to that.

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thismyusername said Fri, Jan 17th 2020 at 12:06am ET:

They shredded poor Irk and made him into bags… poor Irk

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  tinamarie1974 said Sat, Jan 18th 2020 at 5:47pm ET
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therealjrn said Mon, Jan 20th 2020 at 12:56pm ET:

It’s probably all the hookers and blow that go along with the heady lifestyle that comes from being a meh creative. Just look at that shit in the write ups sometime.

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  capguncowboy said Mon, Jan 20th 2020 at 2:52pm ET
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IWUJackson said Mon, Jan 20th 2020 at 9:29pm ET:

I’m torn… I love the videos, but since they’ve stopped being new and original, I spend less time here which has meant I spend less money. So on the upside, I redid my bathroom!

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squishybrain said Mon, Jan 20th 2020 at 12:51pm ET:

I’m guessing that creative burnout had something to do with it.

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