TheSeventhAnimorph t1_j0shull wrote
Reply to comment by ArsBrevis in Streaming’s Golden Age Is Suddenly Dimming. After years of breakneck growth, the number of scripted TV series orders made by networks and streamers is in decline. by 08830
...and on the next streaming-related post, the top comment will be someone complaining about shows getting cancelled.
Seriously, the predominant views on this subreddit are bafflingly contradictory; people simultaneously complain about too many quality shows being cancelled, while also espousing the idea that reducing quantity is a good thing because it means they'll focus more on "quality" (while ignoring that their definition of "quality" is obviously not the one the services are using given the shows that are being cancelled - they're effectively advocating for the services to cancel more of the shows that they do like).
In reality, reducing quantity won't increase the quality of content at all; it will actually decrease the number of quality shows by anyone's definition and will reduce the number of niches that are getting any content at all.
CptNonsense t1_j0soqo3 wrote
Reddit thinks quality means "Shows that appeal directly, specifically to them that they also like personally"
lightsongtheold t1_j0usk0b wrote
It is still a puzzle even using that particular bit of logic why those folks think networks ordering less TV shows will result in them personally finding more TV shows they enjoy!
You know what happened at HBO when AT&T ordered them to produce more TV shows? We got more great TV shows than ever before!
DMPunk t1_j0uengm wrote
Yeah, that's what happens when there's millions of people using the subreddit. It's harder to get a consensus
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