asshat

If the things said in these forums are largely from people in their 30's, it's worse than I thought.

Sincerely,
asshat

Hello @jagerxbomb,

If you don't like the 99 existing threads anymore, nor the idea of the 100th, maybe you should just go somewhere else? Should you decide that is best and need recommendations, I have many bookmarks for internet pages which I am happy to share.

@nickm Hi NickM. I'm glad you have weighed the value proposition of both options and have concluded the best use case in this situation. Please let us know how it goes should you pursue that avenue!

Yours,
asshat

That's good news. More options are welcomed.

Now while I may not be hip like Blossom Dearie on this sort of thing, I'd think the best way to get more views on the Youtube would be to make videos people want to watch. Things that slap, bop or otherwise bang seem to be in vogue and worth pursuing.

Sincerely,
Asshat

@nickm: hey it's nickM! Still slumming it around here I see. It's gotten rough, even turboman/Derek says he gave up on best of videos because there's nothing best of about the last 2 years. Anyway, keep digging for that couch money, there's lots of it.

Best,

Asshat

Hi @bisonhero (is that a hero of Bison, or you yourself are a heroic Bison? Either way, pretty cool.)

Sure, that's the usual argument that arises. It's only valid however if you have prior knowledge of and want to wait around for a sale. Same could be said about most any product. $50 is the advertised everyday price unless one waits an indeterminate amount of time, or is already in the system looking to extend. I don't know about you, but I want to enjoy my Lean Cuisine salisbury steak in the next 7 minutes, not 7 months when it's on sale.

But I digress. To the OP - if you feel $5/$10 a month is worth the podcast scraps they offer, then by all means. Otherwise the NEXTLANDER free content is pretty much everything of value they do.

Yours,
Asshat

GB is $50/year, which is couch money, so I hear. NL is $5/month and up and so is only 83 cents more a month or $10/year. That's not even couch money, that's at best sidewalk money.

Only you can help them keep the lights on. Their current 10k Patrons, even conservatively estimating only bring home over 25k/month gross, per person. That may sound like a lot of lights, but have you seen the cost of electricity lately?

Sincerely,
Asshat

Hi @yapapanda,

The project was ultimately abandoned as during the final phase of development, the news came about that the three members of the team were departing the company. It was felt the goal of the reporting was no longer relevant at that point.

The project scope statement was effectively:

Produce a visual report with varying style graphs and charts on a weekly basis, ending on Sunday including -

Hours of content per team member

Show title or podcast

Premium and not

Have those metrics roll up each month for reporting over time in order to plot trends per staff or show to illustrate peaks and valleys

Supply the same statistics for several years past for historical context

Output reports to a twitter account for public viewing - I think we set up @GBstats or something like that

Probably other things I've forgotten

Using the GB API to gather the appropriate fields in JSON provided the data. Then I was importing that into a SQL database for data cleaning, structuring and ultimately reporting. I think I was using SSRS for reporting, or maybe left it with Excel - I don't recall. The real issue was that the JSON pulled from the API had incomplete and incorrect field data, or was at the very least inconsistent. Then considerations for empty fields or misplaced data, excluding beast and bomb casts from premium since a free version exists and to not double count items, Derek Stones Best Of videos and the list goes on of other oddball items that would pop up and muddy the reporting. Basically it was a mess and sanitizing the data was a headache.

I probably still have some SQL and temp reports stored somewhere, but not any valid JSON dumps at this point. To my previous point of noticing drop off, that's still very true without having final shiny reports to point to, as the numbers were still generated and looked over, just without presentation anywhere.

I suppose unless I, or someone else wants to carry the torch and put a bow on it, my word will have to suffice. Otherwise, anyone that is a premium member can pull the data and look for themselves, it's all there.

Hope this answers your question, and apologies I don't have the final product to show for you.

Hugs,

Mr. Asshat

Hi @Mr.Platitude,

Thank you for making that distinction. That is a very important point, and one that if forgotten, could lead to grave misrepresentation or worse situations. While someone such as yourself that is surely familiar with platitudes, allow me to suggest several common use definitions of the noun 'character':

The mental and moral qualities distinctive to an individual.
The quality of being individual in an interesting or unusual way.
Strength and originality in a person's nature.

Though it is true character can stand to represent by definition, a person in a novel, play, or movie. Given that this word in particular has several definitions and meanings, one could conclude that I am aware of the human nature of those previously brought to attention.

Again, I feel it is important and am grateful that you were able to use me as an opportunity to remind others of this quality for those that work at Giant Bomb.

If you should have any other such opportunities that I may be able to assist with, please do not hesitate to ask.

Best,

Mr. Asshat

@galvano said:

Hello @galvano,

I trust you are having a fine day.

It has come to my attention that my previous post within this thread may have caused you some distress. I noticed you used choice terms such as "cringe" and understood my words to represent a "Declaration Of Independence" in some form. I'd like to invite you to contact me via PM to discuss what I believe to be a misplaced understanding of my original intent, and an opportunity to address your concerns with me personally, rather than in the third person.

I appreciate your taking the time from your day to read over my thoughts, and hope that not all of them were lost on you.

Should you chose to accept my invitation, I'd like to offer some food for thought beforehand, as perhaps it will provide aid as a primer towards our conversation. Note I have already followed you on the site, as a necessary prerequisite to initiate a PM.

The following two excerpts are from notable poet Alexander Pope's work, An Essay on Criticism. Though centuries old, I find his words to still be very relevant in today's world. The first passage is fairly self explanatory:

But you who seek to give and merit fame,
And justly bear a critic's noble name,
Be sure your self and your own reach to know,
How far your genius, taste, and learning go;
Launch not beyond your depth, but be discreet,
And mark that point where sense and dullness meet.

Pope continues on in part two of the poem. However, as a sidebar, if you're unfamiliar with Pope's works or this particular poem, the simplest distillation for this second passage would be as such: In effect, Pope is stating that a little learning or knowledge will only befuddle someone, misleading them into thinking they know more than in fact they do. As such, the only solution to this would be to continue learning.

A little learning is a dang'rous thing;
Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring:
There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain,
And drinking largely sobers us again.

I hope this finds you well, and give pause to consider my offer such that we remedy any miscommunication for future discussions.

Thanks again for your time.

Sincerely,

Mr. Asshat