That was my take for a long time, but since then - the shows we were really engaged, and made an effort to be vocal still didn't flourish. Because guess what:

That was my take for a long time, but since then - the shows we were really engaged, and made an effort to be vocal still didn't flourish. Because guess what: the target market was middle age women at home, so strongly signaling we were in it wasn't helping. - the more targeted the ads, the crappier the experience was. We're leaving this with youtube now, ads often fall into domains I know lot about, and I know they're mild scams or sub par offerings that are trying to gain market through brainwashing, as their competitors are gaining shares through word of mouth. I'm currently getting flooded with Adobe Photoshop ads, and god no I don't want to give money to Adobe.