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One of my favorite media exposure statistics is that 105 MILLION people watched the series finale of the show MAS*H [0]. In fact, of the top 10 most watched bro
by alexpotato 4y ago
One of my favorite media exposure statistics is that 105 MILLION people watched the series finale of the show MAS*H [0]. In fact, of the top 10 most watched broadcasts in US television history, the other 9 are Super Bowls.
I also feel like we are in the middle stage of the fragmentation. Netflix etc meant that my set of shows might not overlap with your set of shows but some shows are still popular amongst a bunch of people.
The next step, which feels not that far off, is where you tell Netflix AI: "Hey, I want a movie with Charlton Heston, Ariana Grande and Abraham Lincoln set on a space station, go." And it then generates it for you.
With that level of customization and personalized media, I wonder if we will feel even more fragmented culturally as we lose these common narratives and touch points.
0 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_watched_television_broadcasts_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_watched_televisio...
- mcphage 4y ago> With that level of customization and personalized media, I wonder if we will feel even more fragmented culturally as we lose these common narratives and touch points. The thing is, people like having these common narratives. They like talking with their friends about ongoing stories, they like telling their friends about new interesting things that they're watching. I don't think any sort of system without that would work. I just don't think it's what people want out of their media.