Comments on: If You Don’t Know LonelyGirl15, You Should http://youmakemedia.com/2006/09/if-you-dont-know-lonelygirl15-you-should/ It's our turn. Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:19:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Chris Van Patten http://youmakemedia.com/2006/09/if-you-dont-know-lonelygirl15-you-should/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Chris Van Patten Fri, 22 Sep 2006 01:17:06 +0000 http://youmakemedia.com/2006/09/21/if-you-dont-know-lonelygirl15-you-should/#comment-10 Had they gone forward undetected with the (fairly obvious) satanic cult storyline, it would have been totally unbelievable anyway, and people would have started asking questions at that point. I think that this'll allow for them to experiment more in the ARG (alternate reality game) genre and perhaps gain some viewers from that respect. They'll lose the viewers who will feel betrayed, but I'm sure they've already anticipated that loss and planned accordingly. Had they gone forward undetected with the (fairly obvious) satanic cult storyline, it would have been totally unbelievable anyway, and people would have started asking questions at that point. I think that this’ll allow for them to experiment more in the ARG (alternate reality game) genre and perhaps gain some viewers from that respect.

They’ll lose the viewers who will feel betrayed, but I’m sure they’ve already anticipated that loss and planned accordingly.

]]> By: Huw http://youmakemedia.com/2006/09/if-you-dont-know-lonelygirl15-you-should/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Huw Fri, 22 Sep 2006 00:15:49 +0000 http://youmakemedia.com/2006/09/21/if-you-dont-know-lonelygirl15-you-should/#comment-9 Do you not think, though, that the value of LonleyGirl15 has been drastically reduced, now that she has been exposed basically as a lie. The achievement was making people believe that lie, but now that it no longer holds, she will not be watched. That's just my take, though. Do you not think, though, that the value of LonleyGirl15 has been drastically reduced, now that she has been exposed basically as a lie. The achievement was making people believe that lie, but now that it no longer holds, she will not be watched.

That’s just my take, though.

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