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BlackJack
Profile Blog Joined June 2003
United States10574 Posts
February 18 2010 16:01 GMT
#1
so I just got my "nielsen TV viewing Diary" which looks like this:

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I am supposed to fill it out with all the stuff I watch on t.v. Ratings are very important in determining which shows get renewed or canceled. The problem is I watch a lot of my t.v. online, especially since the t.v. in my room makes a weird buzzing noise that is really annoying so I almost never use it. Anyway, would you list your favorite shows even if you didn't really watch them?

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exalted
Profile Blog Joined March 2004
United States3612 Posts
February 18 2010 16:03 GMT
#2
yeah i would definitely put down my favorite shows
too easy
ProoM
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Lithuania1741 Posts
February 18 2010 16:13 GMT
#3
I'd definetely lie. Nothing is cooler than trolling your own TV provider ^^.
IMBA - International Mountain Bicycling Association.
Golden Ghost
Profile Joined February 2003
Netherlands1041 Posts
February 18 2010 16:14 GMT
#4
Yup. I would. I probably would even go as far as listing two shows that air at the same time and tell them I was watching them simultaniously on different TV's.
Life is to give and take. You take a vacation and you give to the poor.
Xxio
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Canada5565 Posts
February 18 2010 16:14 GMT
#5
definitely. it still shows which ones are popular, besides, good way to support shows you like (especially if you watch online)
KTY
Not_Computer
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Canada2277 Posts
February 18 2010 16:18 GMT
#6
well you still watch them... (just without commercials, and on a stretched maximized box of an online version)

for me, I watch Fringe, Mentalist, and House from the ctv.ca and globaltv.com websites so they still put ads and shit and i still watch the show using their means so imo i wouldn't feel like i'm lying.

put it this way, the survey is asking you, if we put on "this" show, would YOU watch it? and subsequently, would people like you watch it? you can pretend you represent everybody that watches your show but doesn't get the survey

btw, isn't this one of the reasons we have the digital television black box now? aside from bringing you television in HD from across the nation, i thought they also note what you watch and translate it into ratings.
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Naib
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Hungary4864 Posts
February 18 2010 16:19 GMT
#7
I would troll the crap out of something like this if they tried to waste my time. Free surveys, pft.
Complete the cycle!
meeple
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
Canada10211 Posts
February 18 2010 16:21 GMT
#8
Yup, it doesn't matter if you don't watch them on tv
SOB_Maj_Brian
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States522 Posts
February 18 2010 16:22 GMT
#9
Our household just did the same thing you are considering. We even said that we had a native Spanish speaker, lol.
kidd
Profile Blog Joined November 2002
United States2848 Posts
February 18 2010 16:49 GMT
#10
Oh my god the tv shows I would list
Hi
BlackJack
Profile Blog Joined June 2003
United States10574 Posts
February 18 2010 16:53 GMT
#11
On February 19 2010 01:19 Naib wrote:
I would troll the crap out of something like this if they tried to waste my time. Free surveys, pft.


The survey came with $30 cash, so it wasn't free for them lol
meegrean
Profile Joined May 2008
Thailand7699 Posts
February 18 2010 16:56 GMT
#12
Just pick your favorite ones even if you don't really watch them.
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TheAntZ
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Israel6248 Posts
February 18 2010 16:58 GMT
#13
I would definitely put down the programs i dont want cancelled
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Divinek
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
Canada4045 Posts
February 18 2010 17:22 GMT
#14
it serves the same purpose if you lie about shows you like, so yes you should
Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
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KinosJourney2
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Sweden1811 Posts
February 18 2010 17:34 GMT
#15
No doubt lie and pick your favorites, DO IT `-´
ocho wrote: EDIT: NEVERMIND, THIS THING HAS APM TECHNOLOGY OMG
Severedevil
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States4839 Posts
February 18 2010 17:39 GMT
#16
Yes, put down the shows you watch regardless of where you watch them. If you feel moral concern, bear in mind that they're trying to get you to watch a program in their specific venue so you'll sit through the brainwashing they've been paid to show you.
My strategy is to fork people.
Pyrrhuloxia
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
United States6700 Posts
February 18 2010 17:53 GMT
#17
a lot of people lie on polls, don't trust 'em. we people are mischievous beings.
Carnivorous Sheep
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Baa?21244 Posts
February 18 2010 19:57 GMT
#18
On February 19 2010 01:53 BlackJack wrote:
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On February 19 2010 01:19 Naib wrote:
I would troll the crap out of something like this if they tried to waste my time. Free surveys, pft.


The survey came with $30 cash, so it wasn't free for them lol


What? I only got like five dollars when I got one like 5 years ago D:
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