sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 hours agoNetflix Viewers Are Abandoning Shows After One Seasonwww.bloomberg.comexternal-linkmessage-square71fedilinkarrow-up1106
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minus-squareTechnus@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up44·22 hours agoSeems like a positive feedback loop: Netflix creates show that’s pretty good People watch it Netflix takes too long to release season 2 People forget show exists, stop watching Netflix drops a season years later No one watches it because they forgot what happened in season 1 and Netflix shows are so serial that you have to know what happened Netflix cancels show due to low viewership Fans of the show feel jilted and slam Netflix on social media Rinse and repeat
minus-squareHuntressHimbo@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·22 hours agoDon’t forget the step in between 4 and 5 where Netflix recalculates the interest in season 2 and drastically changes the scope and pacing, making it more jarring for returning viewers or turning them off before the season drops
minus-squareTechnus@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·21 hours agoOr what about how the first fifteen minutes of each season 2 episode is just “last time on…” and viewers decide they don’t have the time for this shit
Seems like a positive feedback loop:
Don’t forget the step in between 4 and 5 where Netflix recalculates the interest in season 2 and drastically changes the scope and pacing, making it more jarring for returning viewers or turning them off before the season drops
Or what about how the first fifteen minutes of each season 2 episode is just “last time on…” and viewers decide they don’t have the time for this shit