Tech-savvy audiences block Google Analytics

Re:Tech-savvy audiences block Google Analytics by wodenokoto on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @05:47AM (#28365812)

Is it the Simpsons or Seinfeld where in one episode one of the characters gets a Nielsen box that is used for measuring tv viewership and they can’t leave the house for fear of shows being canceled if they’re not home to watch it.

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Re:Tech-savvy audiences block Google Analytics by hotsauceror on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @08:55AM (#28367427)

They did something similar in “Roseanne.” The Connors were selected to be a Nielsen family and Roseanne made the family watch nothing but PBS, documentaries, etc the whole time. She wanted to hack the ratings so that over time, regular folks like her family would get exposed to a better class of information.

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Re:Tech-savvy audiences block Google Analytics by sofixa on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @05:52AM (#28365849)

Happens in Family Guy too.

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Re:Tech-savvy audiences block Google Analytics by marvion on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @02:16PM (#28371534)

And ALF in 1987 S02E05

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Re:Tech-savvy audiences block Google Analytics by wodenokoto on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @04:23PM (#28373120)

I want to believe that you just remembered that, like if the top of your head.

The idea that some die hard Alf fan just made they way past my post on hacker news really puts a smile on my face.

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