What is your main problem with the Lost Media community?

Yes! I've been seeing a lot of searches for minor 2010s YouTube fan-made videos that weren't really meant for wide release or distribution. Only made for subscribers of a certain channel and not like a major network TV series.

For better or worse, A Day With SpongeBob SquarePants is an iconic search. It wasn't just the fact that it was "lost", it was the insane unexpected rabbit hole surrounding that movie and the desperate attempt to "resolve" it. Clockman was also super interesting because the story behind it was something everyone could relate to, and it had that analog horror vibe. It's been a while since we've had such an over-arching big search, and the two concurrent big ones right now - Slamfest 99 and Me and My Friends - are in a stalemate for now.

Most people in the mainstream lost media community are not sports fans. It's sad, so sad. It's a sad, sad situation.

I am not surprised by this. The overall feelings towards sports alongside the horrific fandoms have made it so that a lot of people here won't even dare talk about sports lest they deal with the worst of the fans.

I agree with the sentiment. What makes Lost Media searches so interesting is that there are always some searches that people can relate to. I'm really into sports lost media searches because there are particular events that I saw growing up that I haven't seen in years due to copyright, and I know others are too but they really aren't active on this forum. As a personal anecdote those U-20/U-17 FIFA tournaments that used to air on TV back in the day are intertwined with my childhood because I was a huge soccer fan and they always aired those on cable TV too so it was free. The 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup sticks out because late 2008 was a time period I remember well, and the 2011 FIFA U-17 Men's World Cup sticks out a lot in my mind because it was a very happy time for me personally, so I want to see these events again. Early 2000s baseball stuff and 2000s NASCAR footage brings out those memories again too.

And that's just me. I'm sure Commander Santa wanted to re-watch Clockman because it was such a vivid memory for him that he wanted to come to terms with. I think that search took off more than others because it was a memory we could all relate to - watching Nickelodeon or Cartoon Network on a sick day from school just trying to feel better and watching some stuff that comes across as weird or off-putting such as a commercial or bumper. The sinister/analog horror vibe of it made it even more interesting. And it turned out to be completely real, even the South Park-like animation of the thing. The only thing that wasn't real was the evil Clockman - in fact he was a really nice guy!

I legally can't make my channel a career. Way too many things that break copyright law there.

SAME