Hi All,
The reason lostnbronx did the show "hpr0560 :: Old soldiers", was
because HPR was releasing shows on an ad hoc unpredictable schedule.
People were unsubscribing, other podcasts were asking if HPR had
finished or not. In fact that was the first time I asked is HPR RIP
<https://lists.hackerpublicradio.com/pipermail/hpr/2010-September/000109.html>
?
My feeling has always been that a consistent release schedule builds
trust in podcasts. Since then lots of research has been done that
supports it. Eg: youtube
<https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/13616979> "A consistent,
sustainable release schedule is critical when building and fulfilling
audience expectations...." , spotify
<https://podcasters.spotify.com/resources/learn/create/podcast-schedule>
"When podcasters don't stick to a steady schedule, it can be the first
sign of podfading, when a show becomes less and less regular until it
eventually disappears." Should it matter ? No. Does it matter ? Yes.
In the case of HPR, we release "New episodes every weekday Monday
through Friday". You might have no clue who the host will be, what it's
going to be about, if it's going to have potty language in it or not,
but you *do* know that "you can tune in tomorrow for another exciting
episode". We haven't missed a day since 2010-09-21 and sometimes that is
the only thing that keeps the Janitors going.
We have 427 hosts and 240 slots, so one show a year is more than enough
to handle the schedule. Going to fewer release days would not address
the problem of getting shows in the first place, it just prolongs the
inevitable. So no my personal feeling is that we should not release less
shows when the queue is low, nor should we release more shows when the
queue is full, which as has also been suggested. That said if the
consensus is that that should be changed then this is the place to
discuss it.
For now the compact with the Janitors is simple, "You keep sending in
shows and we'll keep posting them. When there are no more shows we'll
close down HPR with dignity." Hopefully that won't be for ages yet but
it's up to you all to decide. So if you want your say Vote Early
<https://hub.hackerpublicradio.org/calendar.php> and Vote Often
<https://hub.hackerpublicradio.org/request.php?id=9999>. (There is no
time limit on the voting either ;-) )
--
Regards,
Ken Fallon (PA7KEN,G5KEN)
https://kenfallon.com
https://hackerpublicradio.org/hosts/ken_fallon
On 2024-01-20 20:28, jezra via Hpr wrote:
The only suggestion that I can make in order to keep the show going
going, would be to decrease the show release cadence. Thrice
fortnightly perhaps?
On 1/19/24 06:25, Ken Fallon via Hpr wrote:
Since I took up the mop inspired by "hpr0560 :: Old soldiers, A
discussion of "podfading" - the fading away of once-active podcasts
<https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr0560/index.html>", the
understanding was to continue the project until there is no more
interest in it.
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