4 ms·

Maybe these shows are being cancelled because they're not good enough and people don't watch them. "Netflix adaptation" is already a meme these days for a reas

Maybe these shows are being cancelled because they're not good enough and people don't watch them. "Netflix adaptation" is already a meme these days for a reason.

acdha 4y ago
> Maybe these shows are being cancelled because they're not good enough and people don't watch them. How do you square that with the people saying they would have watched it but never got the chance? It seems unlikely that a few weeks is enough to exhaust the pool of potential viewers, especially for a company which was once famous for monetizing the long tail.
- xboxnolifes 4y ago
  For the same reason that is brought up on every survey-based research discussion thread: what people say and what people mean/do are not the same.
  - acdha 4y ago
    Yes, but if you end the experiment before most people have a chance to start you haven’t given them time to reveal that preference. Most people don’t have time to start multiple new shows over the holidays.
horsawlarway 4y ago
Netflix made its name picking up content that had consistently moderate viewership over a long period of time, rather than looking for boom and bust blockbusters. That was their whole schtick - find undervalued series that had moderate viewership numbers on original airing, and then bank on those shows continuing to draw viewers over time. That seems to run entirely counter to the current strategy, they fell straight into the trap of entering the production game, and it turns out they just aren't that good at it. Which is a shame. They're undermining their own products dramatically by not letting stories wrap up. Their bread and butter shows don't exist if they've been cancelled because they weren't booming hard enough on opening weekend. I watch a lot of shows, but a catalog of cancelled season ones is a hard "no" from me. Not interested, not going to pay for it. I finally cancelled because of the ads, but the outrageously large number of dead in the water shows in their catalog made it a lot easier.

Maybe these shows are being cancelled because they're not good enough and people don't watch them. "Netflix adaptation" is already a meme these days for a reason.

acdha 4y ago

> Maybe these shows are being cancelled because they're not good enough and people don't watch them. How do you square that with the people saying they would have watched it but never got the chance? It seems unlikely that a few weeks is enough to exhaust the pool of potential viewers, especially for a company which was once famous for monetizing the long tail.

xboxnolifes 4y ago
For the same reason that is brought up on every survey-based research discussion thread: what people say and what people mean/do are not the same.
- acdha 4y ago
  Yes, but if you end the experiment before most people have a chance to start you haven’t given them time to reveal that preference. Most people don’t have time to start multiple new shows over the holidays.

horsawlarway 4y ago

Netflix made its name picking up content that had consistently moderate viewership over a long period of time, rather than looking for boom and bust blockbusters. That was their whole schtick - find undervalued series that had moderate viewership numbers on original airing, and then bank on those shows continuing to draw viewers over time. That seems to run entirely counter to the current strategy, they fell straight into the trap of entering the production game, and it turns out they just aren't that good at it. Which is a shame. They're undermining their own products dramatically by not letting stories wrap up. Their bread and butter shows don't exist if they've been cancelled because they weren't booming hard enough on opening weekend. I watch a lot of shows, but a catalog of cancelled season ones is a hard "no" from me. Not interested, not going to pay for it. I finally cancelled because of the ads, but the outrageously large number of dead in the water shows in their catalog made it a lot easier.