Hi; There was a community news show about a month ago during which the producers remarked that there was a plateau in subscribers.
I have a suggestion that may improve this attrition rate... I and I'm sure a lot of others listen to podcasts to wind down while going to sleep. The intro song is loud, low bitrate sounding trumpet chiptune fanfare, which is fine. The thing is, the shows are often recorded at a low volume level so the volume must be adjusted upward to hear them... then after being soothed by a soft spoken hacker voice, the blaring, loud chiptunes are blasted again at the end of the show. This has woken me up from sleep many times. I can only imagine the consternation from headphone users. I'm sure this has led to many rage-unsubscriptions by those less level headed than I. There is a much more mellow sounding intro that is the same tune at a lower volume, that is used sometimes. If there must be an outro song, this should be it, and the loud blaring fanfare tune should be only used at the beginning. -- Sent with Tutanota, the secure & ad-free mailbox.
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