Netflix claims Fortnite is now a bigger competitor than HBO

Re:Netflix claims Fortnite is now a bigger competitor than HBO by rv-de on Sunday January 20, 2019 @02:31AM (#18951687)

interesting point. the problem is that no interaction means no data. and along the motto "if you can't measure what's important, you make important what you can measure" a more concrete metric needs to be used. even if - ironically - the optimization is opposed.

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Re:Netflix claims Fortnite is now a bigger competitor than HBO by howard941 on Sunday January 20, 2019 @09:23AM (#18953153)

I was going to use that motto for a completely different email with my faraway manager but I found that the more popular version was "Measure what's important, don't make important what you can measure." It's attributed to Robert McNamara https://www.azquotes.com/quote/613247

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Re:Netflix claims Fortnite is now a bigger competitor than HBO by mkagenius on Sunday January 20, 2019 @03:01AM (#18951809)

Ofcourse not completely 0. Just enough to keep renewing.

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Re:Netflix claims Fortnite is now a bigger competitor than HBO by rv-de on Sunday January 20, 2019 @04:19AM (#18952113)

sure but if you optimize you have to optimize towards a number. Now that number is either 0 in this case or x which is close to zero. Now which x would you choose? And if you choose an x (let's say 47 minutes and 23 seconds) you'll lose data moving towards it.

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