One of the reasons that I like your channel so much is because you admit when you’re wrong. We all make mistakes and you set a great standard on YouTube and other platforms when you share your thoughts and announce publicly if you got something incorrect. Cheers and best of luck in 2025.
Why is it we are guessing about someone being a liar? Ryan went from correcting errors to publishing them, and publishing them at a pretty high rate. Getting something wrong about a weapon system or tactic is on thing, but why call someone a liar before the information is verified? What was the point in pushing this information out to a trusting audience?
Ryan, buddy. I appreciate what you do and in particular the goal of it. But you've got to slow down. This is hurting your credibility and I'm not the only one who is on the fence about following your work anymore. I'm giving you a sub here now as a sign of good faith that I think your intentions are real. But....
This keeps happening when you rush things.
Measure twice, cut once. In an information war you can't be losing on something the size of the Battle of Gettysburg every 4 to 6 weeks because you get reactive and sloppy. The job you've assigned yourself is hard, but more so than any other genre of "content", you can't absorb being this wrong often enough that the whole project begins to feel hollow.
Keep in mind it also reflects poorly on the people who follow you, support you, and defend you.
Let's get back to taking it seriously. Good luck this year.
Always a fan of your content Ryan but I wonder if trying to deconstruct a conspiracy theory is just producing another conspiracy theory. Let's not get into their game.
I wonder if this is just a case of a man with acknowleged mental health issues just coming to believe that the things he wrote about in this email were actually what happened.
Once again, respect for admitting you were wrong. Something I don't understand, though - how could this whole awful episode be a way to "get the word out" about TBI and PTSD when the email and other documents written by Livelsberger don't make much of a point about those things? It seems really far-fetched to say that he said a whole lot of outrageous things in order to "feed the beast" only to avoid saying much about his "real" point. Isn't it much more likely that he simply was mentally ill and delusional/non-rational and believed these outrageous things himself?
If you're gonna slander two guys by calling them liars then your "proof" needs to be rock solid and not the flimsy crap you presented. This is why you lost my sub. I've seen you put a lot of effort into carefuly analysis before but you rushed the gun to tarnish some reputations here so your mea culpa now means little to nothing.
Mr. McBeth, what is one of the hardest things to regain after losing it? In my experience, it's trust. So heres your come to Jesus moment. I subscribed to the substack and youtube channel because I was tired of misinformation and people dropping videos for clout and views. I thought I had found a channel where truth and verifiable evidence came together with sound logic. Thats what needs to be presented to an audience that's already skeptical of who's telling the truth and who just wants that 🤑 from clicks. I am glad you came back and retracted, but brother, you just lost the confidence of some new joins.
Got to the point where I can’t repeat the information on your channel to other people and issue retractions at the same rate and still maintain my credibility with them.
And you can’t with me.
Maybe I would have stayed subscribed if you didn’t feel the need to resort to the crystal ball so often. You’re not the same channel I subscribed to. I subscribed to a channel that was correcting misinformation, not leaping into action so fast that it creates it.
Boy, you never fail to make me feel like my five dollars are well spent. Good on you for the willingness to admit and error and apologize, and thanks for putting all this work and thought into this. Maybe you were too fast to chime in on this, but it happens in journalism all the time, and that happens in huge news organizations with hundreds of staff. For a guy working from a spare bedroom, you do a heck of a job. Thanks for what you do.
This is why I subscribe. You have an awareness of the real issues and can filter the bullshit. But this one really connects to the life of Matthew Livelsberger. It shows a kind of compassion and empathy that is so often lacking in the cacophony these days.
But even more, I have also worked in cybersecurity on the side of the defenders and I really really appreciate the details that you include. The OSINT rundown was exceptional.
Once again you make a claim then have to walk it back once you’re proven wrong. Your videos are nothing more than YouTube drama disguised as open source intelligence products. Won’t be subscribing again and am starting to wonder why I ever did in the first place.
One of the reasons that I like your channel so much is because you admit when you’re wrong. We all make mistakes and you set a great standard on YouTube and other platforms when you share your thoughts and announce publicly if you got something incorrect. Cheers and best of luck in 2025.
Why is it we are guessing about someone being a liar? Ryan went from correcting errors to publishing them, and publishing them at a pretty high rate. Getting something wrong about a weapon system or tactic is on thing, but why call someone a liar before the information is verified? What was the point in pushing this information out to a trusting audience?
Ryan, buddy. I appreciate what you do and in particular the goal of it. But you've got to slow down. This is hurting your credibility and I'm not the only one who is on the fence about following your work anymore. I'm giving you a sub here now as a sign of good faith that I think your intentions are real. But....
This keeps happening when you rush things.
Measure twice, cut once. In an information war you can't be losing on something the size of the Battle of Gettysburg every 4 to 6 weeks because you get reactive and sloppy. The job you've assigned yourself is hard, but more so than any other genre of "content", you can't absorb being this wrong often enough that the whole project begins to feel hollow.
Keep in mind it also reflects poorly on the people who follow you, support you, and defend you.
Let's get back to taking it seriously. Good luck this year.
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Always a fan of your content Ryan but I wonder if trying to deconstruct a conspiracy theory is just producing another conspiracy theory. Let's not get into their game.
I wonder if this is just a case of a man with acknowleged mental health issues just coming to believe that the things he wrote about in this email were actually what happened.
Once again, respect for admitting you were wrong. Something I don't understand, though - how could this whole awful episode be a way to "get the word out" about TBI and PTSD when the email and other documents written by Livelsberger don't make much of a point about those things? It seems really far-fetched to say that he said a whole lot of outrageous things in order to "feed the beast" only to avoid saying much about his "real" point. Isn't it much more likely that he simply was mentally ill and delusional/non-rational and believed these outrageous things himself?
If you're gonna slander two guys by calling them liars then your "proof" needs to be rock solid and not the flimsy crap you presented. This is why you lost my sub. I've seen you put a lot of effort into carefuly analysis before but you rushed the gun to tarnish some reputations here so your mea culpa now means little to nothing.
Still many questions left. For example, does a special forces soldier really need ChatGPT to figure out how many explosives to use?
Mr. McBeth, what is one of the hardest things to regain after losing it? In my experience, it's trust. So heres your come to Jesus moment. I subscribed to the substack and youtube channel because I was tired of misinformation and people dropping videos for clout and views. I thought I had found a channel where truth and verifiable evidence came together with sound logic. Thats what needs to be presented to an audience that's already skeptical of who's telling the truth and who just wants that 🤑 from clicks. I am glad you came back and retracted, but brother, you just lost the confidence of some new joins.
Appreciate you admitting the mistake, don't think your read on the guy is incorrect but I doubt that makes the crow taste any better.
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Got to the point where I can’t repeat the information on your channel to other people and issue retractions at the same rate and still maintain my credibility with them.
And you can’t with me.
Maybe I would have stayed subscribed if you didn’t feel the need to resort to the crystal ball so often. You’re not the same channel I subscribed to. I subscribed to a channel that was correcting misinformation, not leaping into action so fast that it creates it.
Using fireworks in the cybertruck meant maximum attention and minimal casualties.
I mostly agree but the tannerite (a different brand but similar stuff) is much more likely to cause casualties if it had gone off.
Boy, you never fail to make me feel like my five dollars are well spent. Good on you for the willingness to admit and error and apologize, and thanks for putting all this work and thought into this. Maybe you were too fast to chime in on this, but it happens in journalism all the time, and that happens in huge news organizations with hundreds of staff. For a guy working from a spare bedroom, you do a heck of a job. Thanks for what you do.
This is why I subscribe. You have an awareness of the real issues and can filter the bullshit. But this one really connects to the life of Matthew Livelsberger. It shows a kind of compassion and empathy that is so often lacking in the cacophony these days.
But even more, I have also worked in cybersecurity on the side of the defenders and I really really appreciate the details that you include. The OSINT rundown was exceptional.
I just subscribed and so glad I did.
Once again you make a claim then have to walk it back once you’re proven wrong. Your videos are nothing more than YouTube drama disguised as open source intelligence products. Won’t be subscribing again and am starting to wonder why I ever did in the first place.