Some News And A Farewell

Hello, dear Beanfriends.

As many of us are aware of at this point, our wonderfully terrible group-watching site/app Rabbit is shutting down. (If you’d like to know a little bit about the situation : https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/hitting-wall-amanda-richardson)

We aren’t sure as to when it will cease to exist, but we have a couple of backup plans forming. Several of us have been looking into alternative sites and apps, although it’s rare for them to have both in one.

For now, we have a main chat on Discord, which seems to be the best option, with a chatting function outside of watches (which helps with coordinating times and plans) along with a screen-sharing function.

The link for that chat is here : https://discord.gg/GSYTwYe

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As frustrating and buggy as Rabbit could be, I am so grateful for the opportunities it gave us all to chat in real-time while watching/listening to things we love (or hate).

The initial idea was borne out of feverish desperation, a need heightened by 2AM excitement to share music with some Beans who didn’t have yet streaming access.

After the success of that first room, we thought to spread the news in the case that anyone else might be interested in the little site.

It’s been a over a year now since then, and in that time, around a hundred Beans have been brought to the dark side.

We’ve had hours-long music rooms, absolutely amazing live-translation watches (@kimbapnoona and @jenmole, have I mentioned that I love you recently?), crack watches,”I’m in this for the robot” watches, hate watches, accidentally traumatic watches, “put this dumb episode on 2x speed so we can get it over with” watches, “we’re replaying this five-second clip of Mr. Thornton for scientific research” watches…

And best of all, we’ve had a space to connect, to bond together through expertly-written keyboard-smashes and stimulating, intelligent discussions.

I want better words to describe my feelings for all that Rabbit has facilitated for us, but I’m afraid they are beyond my possession right now.

The experiences we’ve had over the past year are irreplaceable. Thank you all for sharing them with me and making them so very amazing. I’ve loved getting to know you all a little more through Rabbit.

P.S. I believe @babybeast among others are organizing farewell watches in the bunny’s honor, so please do join us, if you wish.

P.P.S. Lee Min Ki would look good in a mohawk. That is all.

P.P.P.S. If anyone has any questions regarding the changes, or has any insights into steps moving forward, please let me know! Thank you so much!

@greenfields, @fatcat007, @neener, @waadmay, @mindy, @estee, @hotcocoagirl, @kimbapnoona, @outofthisworld, @natzillagorilla, @giegie0384, @cloggie, @hades, @tspmasala, @isthatacorner, @rukia, @suriyana-shah, @sweetiepie54, @pbnjelly513, @jenmole, @lcaro13, @seashell, @samantha1, @parkchuna, @fencejumper, @delphy010, @paperclip, @minnetter, @shindy, @ally-le, @khalessymd, @manohira, @moomoomoondog, @ultramafic, @justme, @earthna, @baieda, @stpauligurl, @tsutsuloo, @kdramaswimmer, @giocare, @obsessedmuch, @vivanesca, @leetennant, @chingu, @sicarius, @coffeprince4eva, @miraalmano, @marybee, @jaelegant, @charlieblue17, @frabbycrabsis, @luzitania, @jaelegant, @crysta, @mollyp, @whoopeeyoo, @babybeast, @silvermists, @esther95, @beesgiggle, @zetteceniza, @dokutokunaneko, @feenah9895, @egads, @noobita, @samurai, @adieunoire, @christina41218, @saya, @festerfaster, @ravennightstar, @adieunoire, @blissfulennaira, @1tea1, @bebeswtz, @saturtledaisy, @snarkyjellyfish, @lordcobol, @llljr, @amilia, @katakwasabi, @infinitize, @superwhopotterlock, @minminfan

and alllll of the other Beans who have fallen into the bunny crock. (So so sorry if I missed you, this list hasn’t been updated 😭)