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  • Technus@lemmy.zipEnglish
    47·
    3 days ago

    Seems like a positive feedback loop:

    1. Netflix creates show that’s pretty good
    2. People watch it
    3. Netflix takes too long to release season 2
    4. People forget show exists, stop watching
    5. Netflix drops a season years later
    6. 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
    7. Netflix cancels show due to low viewership
    8. Fans of the show feel jilted and slam Netflix on social media
    9. Rinse and repeat
    • HuntressHimbo@lemmy.zipEnglish
      28·
      3 days ago

      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

      • Technus@lemmy.zipEnglish
        8·
        3 days ago

        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

    • adarza@lemmy.caEnglish
      1·
      2 days ago

      i’ve been stuck on step 4. price hikes chased me away, i haven’t been back. i don’t even know what’s “new” anymore, and i don’t care.

      i just watch the stuff i have locally, there’s more new (to me) stuff on my disks than netflix has ever produced.