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skepticality
Skeptic Friend
USA
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 Posted - 08/05/2005 : 07:43:54
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Well, sort of!
Thanks to a lot of the folks here at the SFN forums, our show Skepticality has hit #2, (as of today), on the U.S. iTunes system!
I know a lot, if not most of the people on this forum have listened to the show, so... I owe a thanks to most of you here.
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Derek Colanduno
host - skepticality
http://www.skepticality.com/ |
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
Posted - 08/05/2005 : 07:52:32 [Permalink]
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Well done, well done!
The credit belongs entirely to you -- if the show were not of quality, you would have no listeners, right?
Keep up the good fight!
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist! 
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Siberia
SFN Addict
Brazil
2322 Posts |
Posted - 08/05/2005 : 09:16:48 [Permalink]
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Yeah, thumbs up for Skepticality  It's awesome. |
"Why are you afraid of something you're not even sure exists?"
- The Kovenant, Via Negativa
"People who don't like their beliefs being laughed at shouldn't have such funny beliefs."
-- unknown
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dv82matt
SFN Regular
760 Posts |
Posted - 08/05/2005 : 09:54:04 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by skepticality
Well, sort of!
Thanks to a lot of the folks here at the SFN forums, our show Skepticality has hit #2, (as of today), on the U.S. iTunes system!
I know a lot, if not most of the people on this forum have listened to the show, so... I owe a thanks to most of you here.
You guys have an awesome show, very much a pleasure to listen to. I loved your recent interview with George Hrab. 
Keep up the good work. I know you will. |
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Ricky
SFN Die Hard
USA
4907 Posts |
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skepticality
Skeptic Friend
USA
105 Posts |
Posted - 08/05/2005 : 16:27:13 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Ricky
Congradulations! You truely have a great show, and I know you will have years of success.
Do you have any stats on the number of listeners or anything of that nature?
Our stats are difficult, for one big reason. Apple iTunes.
When you hit the top 20 in iTunes for longer than 4 days, they cache your files on a big server farm. They do this for two reasons;
1) To make sure that podcasters bandwidth doesn't make Apple look amateur, so that folks with only 10 bucks a month hosting, can get popular and Apple serves their files without the public knowing, and without a small time dude getting left with a huge bill.
2) To keep the iTunes Top 100 calculations a mystery. They don't want podcasters sharing their statistics and trends so they can figure out how to market and release information to weasel into the top 100, and top 20. So, they serve most, but randomly, of the files that are downloaded by iTunes uses once you are popular.
So, I only know the numbers for the first 10-20 hours, (How long it takes Apple to come around and scrub my files into the farm), after I release a new show. Additionally, I know my 'direct' download numbers. I was told by someone at Apple to safely assume that iTunes is 80% of my listeners... past that first 20 hours.
So, I get, on average about 12k - 15k downloads in the first 20 hours. That is unique IP full downloads.
If Apple is correct, then I am probably at about 30-40k listeners conservatively.
I put only 20k in my media kit... Since I *Know* I have at least that. |
Derek Colanduno
host - skepticality
http://www.skepticality.com/ |
| Edited by - skepticality on 08/05/2005 16:28:40 |
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H. Humbert
SFN Die Hard
USA
4574 Posts |
Posted - 08/05/2005 : 16:52:18 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by skepticality
I put only 20k in my media kit... Since I *Know* I have at least that.
When have facts ever stood in the way of good marketing? You don't list how many people you know listen, you list how many people can potentially listen--and since you are on the internet that's practically everyone. So you should say "Now reaching people all around the globe in over 100 countries on every continent save Antarctica." It sounds more impressive. 
And congrats on the success. It is well deserved.
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"A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true." --Demosthenes
"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself - and you are the easiest person to fool." --Richard P. Feynman
"Face facts with dignity." --found inside a fortune cookie |
| Edited by - H. Humbert on 08/05/2005 20:34:40 |
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
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H. Humbert
SFN Die Hard
USA
4574 Posts |
Posted - 08/05/2005 : 20:30:17 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Dave W.
Why exclude Antarctica?
I don't know, you just always have to exclude Antarctica.
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"A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true." --Demosthenes
"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself - and you are the easiest person to fool." --Richard P. Feynman
"Face facts with dignity." --found inside a fortune cookie |
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
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26022 Posts |
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skepticality
Skeptic Friend
USA
105 Posts |
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
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26022 Posts |
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Siberia
SFN Addict
Brazil
2322 Posts |
Posted - 08/07/2005 : 06:48:03 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Dave W.
Oh, and now a Linux fan steps up...
The Penguin owns all. |
"Why are you afraid of something you're not even sure exists?"
- The Kovenant, Via Negativa
"People who don't like their beliefs being laughed at shouldn't have such funny beliefs."
-- unknown
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the_ignored
SFN Addict
2562 Posts |
Posted - 08/07/2005 : 10:26:15 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by filthy
Well done, well done!
The credit belongs entirely to you -- if the show were not of quality, you would have no listeners, right?
Keep up the good fight!
True, so true. |
>From: enuffenuff@fastmail.fm
(excerpt follows):
> I'm looking to teach these two bastards a lesson they'll never forget.
> Personal visit by mates of mine. No violence, just a wee little chat.
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> **** has also committed more crimes than you can count with his
> incitement of hatred against a religion. That law came in about 2007
> much to ****'s ignorance. That is fact and his writing will become well
> know as well as him becoming a publicly known icon of hatred.
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> Good luck with that fuckwit. And Reynold, fucking run, and don't stop.
> Disappear would be best as it was you who dared to attack me on my
> illness knowing nothing of the cause. You disgust me and you are top of
> the list boy. Again, no violence. Just regular reminders of who's there
> and visits to see you are behaving. Nothing scary in reality. But I'd
> still disappear if I was you.
What brought that on? this. Original posting here.
Another example of this guy's lunacy here. |
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