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What does 0.5% of content even mean? Are you referring to content people are actually paid to produce?

• __loam 3y ago
  He's right in that art consumption is an attention based economy. 0.5% would not surprise me. I think his conclusion is wrong though. He seems to question the need for a strike in the economic environment he described, but that environment is exactly why organized labor is important. Unions can make trying to pursue creative work professionally slightly more bearable.
  • crazygringo 3y ago
    If you're including every amateur unpaid artist, then sure maybe 0.5%. BUT if you're talking about paid professional TV and film production (the context of SAG-AFTRA), probably something like 95% of content that is written, shot and edited into a final product makes it to audiences. After all, that stuff is expensive. By the hour, most of that content is TV shows. Most of the unseen ~5% is produced pilot episodes that didn't get picked up for a full season. And a small amount will be films that halted production midway, or turned out to be so bad they weren't released.
• jart 3y ago
  I'd say that sounds accurate for open source projects. Calculate how many GitHub projects have a "used by" section.
  • ceejayoz 3y ago
    That’s an odd methodology that would conclude React isn’t “used by” anyone.