2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forummaking the rounds on FB - don't turn off your Tv on inauguration day, leave it on but
on some channel not showing trumpenstein being sworn in:
"CALL TO ACTION: Don't turn off tv Inauguration Day!
DO NOT TURN OFF TV! Read on.
If you have cable or satellite TV, they keep track of who is watching what. Instead of turning your TV off that day, turn all your TVs on OTHER CHANNELS. Some suggestions would be:
The Science Channel
National Geographic
Discovery
Animal Planet
Comedy Central
or any channel not showing Drumpf
Here's the reason.
If 1000 households are watching TV that day:
400 or 40% are watching Drumpf.
600 or 60% are watching anything else.
With a boycott of 400, you have this:
400 or 67% are watching Drumpf
200 or 33% are watching anything else.
Suddenly, if we turn off the TVs, it looks like a large majority of viewers tuned into Drumpf. But if our TVs are tuned to other shows, the percentage drops.
For Drumpf, to have low ratings AND low percentage, it'll be a blow to his ego. Twitter will be hilarious.
Get it? Got it? Good."
InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,544 posts)GP6971
(32,975 posts)so we'll be watching them
3catwoman3
(25,430 posts)I will put them all on the Hallmark Channel for sappy, happy ending movies.
I will be working all day, and wouldn't watch even if I were home.
SCantiGOP
(14,238 posts)Somebody, somehow knows if your TV is on and which channel? Don't think so.
jg10003
(1,027 posts)Goblinmonger
(22,340 posts)ecstatic
(34,367 posts)It's no longer just those with Nielsen boxes.
How do I know? Because I've had to acknowledge those warnings on apps for u-verse, directv, and now back on Comcast/xfinity.
DVR viewing and on demand/online viewing only counts if you watch within a certain time frame (either 2 or 3 days).
progressoid
(50,743 posts)Unless you are streaming your TV via the internet, or are being tracked by a ratings company, this is probably a waste of time.
Jacob Boehme
(789 posts).... I'd rather watch feral cats fucking in the street than to watch tRump on a podium spewing his garbage.
Afromania
(2,789 posts)I'm using that the next time I have to do anything distasteful.
iluvtennis
(20,847 posts)...hopefully it'll be televised.
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/christinerousselle/2016/12/23/democrats-plan-alternate-megaconcert-for-inauguration-day-n2263022
12/23/16
Democrats Plan Alternate Mega-Concert For Inauguration Day
While there are few actually confirmed details as of now, there's apparently a massive, star-studded "We The People" concert being planned for Miami on the day of Donald Trump's inauguration. The idea is to counter Trump's inauguration and garner higher television ratings than the swearing-in.
Rumored artists include Beyoncé, Katy Perry, Madonna, Lady Gaga, and Elton John.
continued at link...
lapucelle
(19,532 posts)CentralMass
(15,537 posts)Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)If you have "On Demand", go back and forth between, say, Samantha Bee, Robot Chicken, John Oliver, @ Midnight, Daily Show reruns, Drunk History, and whatever else amuses you.
TeamPooka
(25,268 posts)jg10003
(1,027 posts)Ghost of Tom Joad
(1,406 posts)madamesilverspurs
(16,040 posts)It's a masturbatory trumpgasm.
Just wanted to clear that up.
.
that trumpgasm is going to get cheezewhiz all over everything...that color never comes out in the wash, or the press for that matter
csziggy
(34,189 posts)I thought it could also be "ignoramus inaguration."
Doreen
(11,686 posts)Or Clinton shows or Bernie shows? Talk about the networks picking up what people would rather watch!
Feeling the Bern
(3,839 posts)But. . .I don't think it will matter. Assfaced Shitgibbon has his apologists and his cheerleaders. They will polish that turd all day everyday.
msongs
(70,170 posts)barbtries
(29,766 posts)looking for attractions far from the inauguration to show to my granddaughter.
AgadorSparticus
(7,963 posts)If you can please post pictures for those of us that can't be there will be great!
barbtries
(29,766 posts)but will only have my phone and expect to be holding a sign. I'll definitely be taking some pictures.
AgadorSparticus
(7,963 posts)barbtries
(29,766 posts)my plan exactly.
C Moon
(12,554 posts)sinkingfeeling
(52,986 posts)HoneyBadger
(2,297 posts)Leaving 4 tvs on with no one watching is how you get climate change folks
AgadorSparticus
(7,963 posts)You feel THAT bad. I SELDOM turn my teevee on so y'all can use my hours.
HoneyBadger
(2,297 posts)Climate change is the biggest issue of our century
AgadorSparticus
(7,963 posts)To fight climate change that will give us more bang for our buck. I just think we need to have louder voices in this matter if we want to see any lasting changes. And one of the best ways is to be visible with our wallets and what we give credence to (ratings DO matter).
Vinca
(51,029 posts)cwydro
(51,308 posts)Sure.
B2G
(9,766 posts)progressoid
(50,743 posts)spooky3
(36,193 posts)You can watch it when you wake up in a cold sweat after trying to block out thoughts of the next 4 years...
randr
(12,479 posts)Mike Nelson
(10,281 posts)...you are a Nielsen (ratings) family.
old guy
(3,292 posts)I suspect that even if nobody tuned in he would still get 70% ratings.
AgadorSparticus
(7,963 posts)teezy
(269 posts)headlines like, "Most watched inauguration in American history" on Jan 21st. Or at least on Agent Orange's twitter.
FSogol
(46,506 posts)I rest my case, Your Honor
cwydro
(51,308 posts)Wow, DU posters will be turning their tvs to a different channel, as well as turning tabloids back to front.
A brave group of resistance fighters, yessirree.
niyad
(119,887 posts)LeftInTX
(29,996 posts)Via my cable co app.
Does anyone know if viewership of specific cable channels can be determined via the streaming apps?
(I won't be watching the inauguration. I probably won't even be home. But I will put it on TCM if they can determine viewership)
My hubby's TV has a standard cable set box. I will turn his on and put it on something not inauguration related.
SticksnStones
(2,108 posts)Advertisers pay attention to more than just the Nielsen numbers.
And your cable company can absolutely tell what channel you're tuned to. The question is, do they do anything with that data and can we (the politically awake viewer) influence their actions by tuning in elsewhere.
http://www.ibtimes.com/tv-watching-you-back-comcast-nbcuniversal-data-sharing-plan-raises-privacy-questions-1926903
The change, which will take place at some point during the 2015-2016 broadcast season, promises to supercharge NBCUniversals newly announced audience targeting platform, or ATP, which combines viewer data from set-top boxes with third-party data about consumers behavior, purchase history and interests. Together these sources of information are a powerful indicator of what viewers like and dislike: Over the years, data brokers and retailers have amassed vast troves of information about our most intimate habits, while cable equipment has become more advanced at generating activity data about what shows people watch, when they watch them, and even how many people actually sit through the commercials.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)Takket
(22,512 posts)The amount of people that will...
1. Actually see this
2. Act on it after reading it
is statistically insignificant. and even if it wasn't and spread like wildfire the advertisers and networks would know the rating numbers are skewed by this protest and the data is simply going to be tossed out as an outlier. You won't effect anything by doing this, so just do what you personally want to do.
LAS14
(14,679 posts)Is there a hashtag for this?
Hudba
(53 posts)chillfactor
(7,694 posts)that does not have the orange one on.....most likely SyFy or Hallmark.
still_one
(96,520 posts)PoindexterOglethorpe
(26,727 posts)And keep it off for a week or so. See just how much you really miss it.
It's possible to watch a great number of things on the internet, so it's not as though you have to give up watching entirely.
I don't have a TV, haven't had one in over eight years now, and this is the fourth significant time in my life I've done without. I can't imagine ever having a TV again.
tazkcmo
(7,419 posts)Been almost 20 now for me. Plenty of interesting things to watch on the innertoobs. Just finished binge watching Cary Grant movies. Smooooooooooth hombre. I'm a straight male and would happily mother his children!
Historic NY
(37,850 posts)However, a boycott scheme similar to the described above would likely not be very effective regardless if whether viewers had their televisions turned on, off, or changed to something other than Inauguration Day news coverage.
The largest stumbling block to this plan is the assumption that each individual's personal viewership affects a given television program's ratings. This simply isn't the case unless, of course, that individual is a member of a "Nielsen family."
cwydro
(51,308 posts)Everyday I am more amazed at how gullible DUers are.
blue cat
(2,439 posts)Will do!
Vinca
(51,029 posts)I'm betting the poo really hits the fan in DC on Friday.