(03-01-2020 16:44 )Chrisst Wrote: (03-01-2020 12:22 )southlondonphil Wrote: The problem with you prophets of doom is that you've been saying the same thing for at least 5 years. Being persistently wrong doesn't seem to deter you though.
As recently as November the predictions were that Studio 66 wouldn't make it to the end of the year. Now the prediction is amended once again to set a new deadline and so it goes on.
We must, if we can, come to some realistic consensus of opinion about any given issue if our comments are to be respected by the channel's managers on the occasion that they read them.
Phil says nothing about whether or not he agrees that there are problems with 66's output (he doesn't need to) only that he doesn't concur with the predictions of what will result from what they are doing atm. (It has to be said he is quite right too - the stations' deaths have been predicted far too often on here for any given instance to be properly credible at this point.)
The implication of his statement would appear sound also: The judgements of a fair amount of posters as to what is or isn't financially sound for the operators is flawed. We might even stretch the point further and suggest that what turns out to be profitable for the channels is not what these guys are looking for from the shows (i.e. they are judging the situation emotively rather than with cold rational and logic).
This all hints at problems with your idea Chrisst...
IMO, you'll never get consensus from any group of punters about apparent 'issues' on the shows. There are too many guys looking for too many different things therein. Too many guys who will only ever assess with a clouded subjective eye. Too many guys wanting to see things that are not financially viable for the operators. Posters that know the score on the latter, and/or those who are concerned to financially support their favourite babe(s), would never agree with the former group.
Truth is the operators don't necessarily want to put out 'good shows' in any case (only lucrative ones) so why would their bosses listen overmuch? Their sole motivation really is to make the most money they can, as easily (cheaply) as possible. Putting out good shows and making the most profit are not always compatible, so they would not necessarily be looking to implement the sort of suggestions you're thinking of.
This is the problem with the idea that operators should take absolute note of any attempt at mediation from punter groups: When the industry is an exploitative one the needs of each party don't always coincide. We can only really hope for a correlation some of the time at best. That common ground is actually the consesus the thinking punter should be seeking. What we should be asking for IMO is reduction in the level of consumer exploitation (the deceptions, the lack of service consistency, the dirth of transparency) and for them to find more empathetic ways to make their dough. Ones that induce feelings of lasting positivity in the punter not negativity. But, as has been said, they hardly have a reputation for listening.
All the same, trying to make this topic all about 'you don't like the babes I like' is either delusional or deceptive. What posters are expressing on here runs much deeper than that.