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Originally Posted by dizbusta
I don't think that "viewers" should automatically be regarded as "fans", I would suggest that reputation points are a better guide to the extent of the fan base. Who did you give to today ?? 55555
Cheers
Diz
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Hey Diz, How's it going?
Hate to differ, but in my totally unbiased opinion
, rep points has nothing to do with number of fans. There are people at this forum who are like the actors, because they post a lot and get involved in the action, esp. the controversial stuff. Then there are people who just come to look and read posts, and are the spectators or fans of various actors or various threads.
It is like the movies. It is not what the actors themselves think about a film that matters. Even the critics have little to do with the popularity of a movie or the actors in it. It is the number of people who come to the theater and watch the movie or pay to rent it that matters. And with TV, the number of people who tune their sets in to a particular show.
On the Internet, it is the number of hits that counts and that determines the popularity of a thread or person. Hits count! Rep points are meaningless. Advertisers pay for ads on websites purely on the basis of hits!
On a recent thread, I remember the BM, who started it, saying, "Hey, 77 views and only 3 responses, come on, people, say something!" But most people are passive and don't become active participants. Their views, however, count more than anything! But the passive people don't participate
in the rep system much, because they don't get counted for points there.
It is only recently that many people, even some veteran BMs, began paying much attention to the rep system. I had well over 1100 posts before I even took the time to figure out how the rep system works(it is not obvious), and gave anyone rep points for the first time. I always thought it was silly, and never paid any mind to it. I was once told that at one time I had 4 green cards. I never even noticed. I am not even sure if that was true. The first time I ever looked at it was when it was pointed out to me that I had a red card!
A final thought: a long time ago, it was observed by a very smart person, who, commenting on the scandals involving film stars, said, "There is no such thing as bad publicity." In other words, bad publicity only made controversial actors more popular at the box office, which is the bottom line.
JayBee
