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Re:Poll: Google+: Like it/prefer it to FaceBook by ditojim on Tuesday July 05, 2011 @11:21AM (#2730151)
i like your parents approach, but there are sometimes good shows that get cancelled after the 1st season. if you let the masses make decisions for you (as your parents are doing in this situation) things tend to slip through the cracks.
Re:Poll: Google+: Like it/prefer it to FaceBook by jedberg on Tuesday July 05, 2011 @12:46PM (#2730548)
Right, you end up missing out on some great shows. But those great shows leave you with a bad taste, because you only get 1/2 the story, since they are cancelled before their time.

TV shows, at least in the way they are currently produced, are only valuable if at least some subset of the masses likes them.

Just like social networks. they are only valuable if at least some subset of the masses likes them enough.