And IMDB is owned by Amazon
Along with good reads
And many bad reads
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Im another 10 or 15 years we’re going to be trying to explain how it was possible to create things just for enjoyment to be part of something, and people will think we’re conspiracy wack jobs for suggesting anything was functional before Googazon made everything we interact with.
We’re practically there already. 10-15yr is optimistic imo.
Gah you people are awful.
There has never been more indepentent art in the world than today.
People obviously still exist and create art. I struggle to find it without using corporate platforms because independent platforms are hard to find.
One of the main reasons I’m on lemmy.
Given the context of discussion, not really talking about art, more the trajectory of IT corporations since tech bubble crash. Even that, thankfully, is somewhat hyperbole given Linux and other open software movements and projects.
The online independent art platforms are also facing a lot of pressure in that direction too, between AI and corporate consolidation and fuck up of things like Etsy and patreon. They are trying very hard to control all “consumption”.
In that sense its also awfuly defeatist. The fact that we are here, speaking on non corporate social media is proof of that.
It has big “old man yells at cloud” energy.
And yet here we are, at Lemmy, where things are slightly less corporate.
“you knew how to make a website from basic markup? Okay grandpa, let’s get you to bed.”
ok unc (same, the good ol days)
No wonder I find their scores so unreliable
Edit: I also now kind of want to do a web scraping project and see if there’s any correlation between scores and whether the media in question is owned by Comcast or Warner Bros
I usually find the tomato review pretty good. There have been times where I thought movies were shite that had a high user score.
But the critics score on there is utterly useless to me, I never agree with their shit.
Disagreeing with the critics is a time honored cinematic tradition. It’s like they’re always expecting Oscar worthy stories and performances. Sometimes I just wanna watch a bunch of cars go fast, or explosions go off, that doesn’t mean it’s inherently a bad movie.
But there’s still a good and a bad way to make those movies. I usually find RT a good indicator if a movie I’m interested in will be worth watching. Especially looking at both scores. The critic score is a good indicator if the movie is competently made, the user score shows if people felt entertained. If it’s 50% critics and 80% user it’s one of those that won’t get Oscars but should be fun to watch once. If it’s 70% critic and 40% user it’s that the director tried something unconventional and it didn’t click with people. Etc.
I used to work at the Comcast Center in Philly. In 2010 they won the Consumerist’s “Worst Company in the World” contest (after being the runner-up the previous year). The following year they sent out a company-wide email asking employees and contractors to vote for any other company. They were bailed out by BP and Deepwater Horizon, “fortunately”.
They would also regularly send out emails telling employees to download the Comcast and Xfinity apps and rate them 5 stars. I would just assume there’s a correlation between rotten tomato scores and ownership of the media.
Yea, I haven’t been using them a lot but they were still somewhat reliable until a couple years ago when their ratings started feeling off. The last straw for me was two years ago when I actually convinced a bunch of friends to see the barbie movie based on RT scores. Never again.
Wouldn’t it be nice to think that proving they were rigging the ratings, would stop them doing it?
and metacritic is owned by fandom
And in turn Fandom is owned by Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales. Which makes me uncomfortable in strange ways.
from wikipedia: Fandom was acquired in 2018 by TPG Inc. and Jon Miller through Integrated Media Co.
Wales is still president of the company, and presumably has a continuing financial stake in it.
And in turn Fandom is owned by Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales. Which makes me uncomfortable in strange ways.
https://techcrunch.com/2022/10/03/fandom-acquires-seven-brands-from-red-ventures-gamespot-tv-guide/
Lauren Forristal 8:24 AM PDT · October 3, 2022
"…one-stop shop for fans across their entertainment and gaming journey,” said Perkins Miller, CEO of Fandom, in a statement. Miller had become CEO in February 2019, as the company rebranded from its former name, Wikia, and began to update its core platform technology.
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https://www.tpg.com/news-and-insights/wikia-incs-fandom-announces-investment-led-media-veteran-jon
Feb.20.2018
Nikki Flynn nflynn@fandom.com
Luke Barrett media@tpg.com
“As part of the investment, Miller will join Wikia, Inc. as Co-chairman with current Chairman and Founder Jimmy Wales. Miller brings a history of leadership at media and technology companies such as IAC, AOL, Viacom, and News Corporation and Fox Inc., where he most recently served as Chief Digital Officer and Chairman and CEO, Digital Media Group of News Corporation. Wales is also founder of Wikipedia and founder, Chair Emeritus and Board Member of The Wikimedia Foundation.”
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The context “Rotten Tomatoes” primed my brain to interpret the (75%) as a score, and I was like “There’s no way Comcast is even in double digits.”
same… it took me a second to re-calibrate the context
I believe the CEO is a former Disney exec as well. I remember reading up about this when they were messing with all the review scores for the Star Wars sequels.
Why doesn’t this surprise me? A media conglomerate buying a media rating website so it can control the stats.
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God damn, I never made that link before.
Ironically the source of much of their liquidity.
Fuck
I always knew it might have been rotten!
Doctorow is never wrong.
I use letterboxd for movies
Serializd for shows
Storygraph for books.
All owned by individuals as far as I know.
No wonder their taste is trash
So that’s why their critic reviews are like that
Okay? As someone who gives less than half a shit about any review sites why does this matter? Honestly. Wouldnt people look at the normal people score over critic scores?
