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   From: droleary@2017usenet1.subsume.com   
      
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   Rhino  wrote:   
      
   > I don't see the *number* of signups they experienced yesterday so I'm   
   > not sure if I should be impressed. If the previous record was three and   
   > five people signed up for the service last night, the article would be   
   > accurate - but hardly impressive.   
      
   That’s SOP, so you absolutely *should* be sure that the actual number of   
   signups aren’t at all impressive.   
      
   > But if I was CBS's marketing team, I would certainly   
   > want to try to convince the public that there was a massive groundswell   
   > of support for the service and an article like this would do that.   
      
   If that’s their logic, they should all be fired.  Faking popularity isn’t   
   going to be enough to make this show a success.  Yeah, maybe you can   
   sucker some people into watching a broadcast show by proclaiming it a   
   “smash success” in a promo, but that’s not how you sell a subscription   
   service.  If anything, it sends the message that people *don’t* need to   
   get on board right away, because the content will always be there waiting   
   online for them whenever they do finally hear enough good things about   
   the show.   
      
   I mean, if they sell me on the idea that the show is already a success,   
   I guess I can wait until just before the start of the second season   
   before I binge watch the first, right?  And let me tell all my friends to   
   do the same so that we won’t spoil it for each other, too.  Genius   
   marketing, guys . . .   
      
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