09-30-2015, 08:36 AM
60,000 likes in 12 hours...The "backlash" continues. Hopefully this particular backlash will near the numbers for the Leonard/Penny wedding.
Also 3400 comments, approximately 3200 of which are enthusiastic/positive/delighted/amused, 100 are immaterial, and 100 (generously) are negative.
Etc.
I've given up "liking" comments about it on twitter. There's too many, and the bastards keep pouring in.
Yes I haven't watched the full episode yet. Although that Shelnard business sounds hilarious. Give me time. I AM writing a book you know...
*shiftily closes sixteen open internet tabs*
(I might add, that this is all despite a complete lack of promotion. Whenever there's a "milestone" event (always a traditional romantic one) CBS promotes the bejaysus out of it. Before, during and afterwards. They send their Youtube promos and clips to every major online newspaper under the digital sun, thus guaranteeing a high view rate, regardless of what people actually think or feel about that scene/milestone event. They did the same with the Loco Manipulation scene; they sent that fucker EVERYWHERE. Of course people are going to watch it, not only was Sheldon kissing anyone bizarre and unheard of (at the time), the clip was constantly in everyone's faces. It would impossible for such a widely flaunted clip to NOT amass large numbers of views. However, viewing does not equal approval or enjoyment. It signifies interest, ranging from bone idle to mildly intrigued. Point is, that interest was generated by SHELDON, and Sheldon doing something unSheldonlike. What you have here, with the Shenny kiss, on the other hand, is a clip that was NOT promoted in America, not sent anywhere, and which nonetheless has prompted a massive, unexpected and positive response, measured above all in the enthusiasm of the comments. Since they've changed their Youtube settings recently, so that only Americans can view the offficial CBS clips, any efforts at sharing these clips are hampered from the get go. But that hasn't stopped people making their own versions and clips and passing them around like an underground newspaper. That people are bothering to make this effort shows a level of interest that is considerably more pronounced than mere intrigue.)
Also 3400 comments, approximately 3200 of which are enthusiastic/positive/delighted/amused, 100 are immaterial, and 100 (generously) are negative.
Etc.
I've given up "liking" comments about it on twitter. There's too many, and the bastards keep pouring in.
Yes I haven't watched the full episode yet. Although that Shelnard business sounds hilarious. Give me time. I AM writing a book you know...
*shiftily closes sixteen open internet tabs*
(I might add, that this is all despite a complete lack of promotion. Whenever there's a "milestone" event (always a traditional romantic one) CBS promotes the bejaysus out of it. Before, during and afterwards. They send their Youtube promos and clips to every major online newspaper under the digital sun, thus guaranteeing a high view rate, regardless of what people actually think or feel about that scene/milestone event. They did the same with the Loco Manipulation scene; they sent that fucker EVERYWHERE. Of course people are going to watch it, not only was Sheldon kissing anyone bizarre and unheard of (at the time), the clip was constantly in everyone's faces. It would impossible for such a widely flaunted clip to NOT amass large numbers of views. However, viewing does not equal approval or enjoyment. It signifies interest, ranging from bone idle to mildly intrigued. Point is, that interest was generated by SHELDON, and Sheldon doing something unSheldonlike. What you have here, with the Shenny kiss, on the other hand, is a clip that was NOT promoted in America, not sent anywhere, and which nonetheless has prompted a massive, unexpected and positive response, measured above all in the enthusiasm of the comments. Since they've changed their Youtube settings recently, so that only Americans can view the offficial CBS clips, any efforts at sharing these clips are hampered from the get go. But that hasn't stopped people making their own versions and clips and passing them around like an underground newspaper. That people are bothering to make this effort shows a level of interest that is considerably more pronounced than mere intrigue.)
"WHERE THE HELL'S MY PARACHUTE?"