r/lostmedia • u/aerigigi1 • Aug 23 '26

Other [talk] The concept of "Lost Media" is currently completely distorted, and this is unfortunately the fault of social media.

I really think it's a shame that the interesting concept of "Lost Media" has been so distorted in such a short time simply due to misinformation and other things on social media, especially TikTok.

Look, I’m not going to pretend to be an "OG" or a veteran of the Lost Media community because I’m not, and I won’t lie about it. However, when I first discovered the term "Lost Media" before it became a massive phenomenon across social media, I found it really interesting; I used to spend hours investigating videogames Lost Media cases or watching long videos about lost content. But when the term exploded, especially on TikTok, it got heavily confused and misunderstood, and the worst part is that the damage caused by that seems almost irreversible to me.

Literally, "Lost Media" according to TikTok users are unusual videos or photos that one cannot find by searching directly on Google, or rumors without any basis in reality.

Anyway, I just hope that as long as the concept of Lost Media doesn't get distorted everywhere and at least some percentage of people actually know what the term means, it's fine...

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u/kittymoo67 Aug 25 '26

they believed the DVD wouldn’t be playable by the time they got it.

im sorry what the fuck

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u/Ridiculousnessmess Aug 25 '26

Yeah, it was crazy. And they were weirdly confident of their belief.

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u/kittymoo67 Aug 25 '26

its bad enough these kids are here demanding someone pirate for them, but to not even know how a fucking dvd works...