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LinkPizza posted...

Unless its new or popular Then its harder to find people who havent seen it

Even the most popular shows ever made today are incredibly lucky if they manage 10 million viewers. The most successful ones top out around 15 million at most.

There are a LOT more than 10-15 million people in the world.

Generally speaking, even the most popular shows have vastly more people who have never and will never see them than people who have.

Don't let the illusion of the vocal minority on the Internet fool you - it's more likely to seem like everyone is watching the same things if you mostly stick to niche social circles, or just judge from reactions on Twitter or the like. But it's not really true.

The entire concept of shared pop culture is slowly dying, and is likely to fade even more in the future. Multiple streaming services and alternative media distribution channels almost guarantee people will have fewer and fewer entertainment experiences in common over time.

Which is going to have an interesting result when it comes to the monetization of nostalgia.



Judgmenl posted...

Talking about anything sexual in general is not appropriate for the internet in general.

A case could be made that it's one of the few things that are actually appropriate for the Internet at all.

In the early years of the Internet, there were studies done that implied about 80% of Internet usage was for porn. That's almost certainly changed in the social media era, but porn is still a huge aspect of the Internet's core purpose.

Personally, I'd argue that political discussions aren't appropriate long before I'd argue that sex isn't. Because at least talking about sex doesn't have huge negative real world repercussions.