Realizing all ratings systems can be rigged, considering how many "bot" Twitter and other social media accounts are out there, this one seems the easiest to rig. And, frankly, I think it'd be funny if one week an old rerun of the Jump The Shark episode of Happy Days ranked in the Nielsen Top Ten because of it. It would make me smile.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/20/business/media/nielsen-to-use-facebook-and-twitter-in-new-ratings-system.html -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
