Spend money on “copaganda” to avoid public perception they’re making “copaganda”. Totally makes sense. Something that doesn’t make sense to Toronto cops? Fighting _actual_ crime – what the copaganda money should have been used for….
That would have paid for a whole month of 24/7 warming centers to be open. It would have prevented hundreds of people freezing on our streets. It would have allowed for better outreach to people with mental health issues and prevented at least some of the violent TTC attacks.
>TPS said the podcast has reached 94,500 people — tracked as either plays on streaming services or views on YouTube. Some videos have attracted more than 10,000 views, but most totals are in the hundreds.
Reporting on numbers like this always bother me. First, I don’t trust the company to accurately track and report this data.
But more importantly, a view on YouTube or a ‘listen’ on Spotify is counted after 30 seconds. I don’t think most readers would be aware of this, so it’s always worth mentioning. A significant subset of their views–I suspect the majority, based on my familiarity with consumer analytics–would be much shorter than the whole duration of the podcast.
So, “has reached 94,500 people” is carefully worded bullshit. How many people listened to the most or all of an episode? That’s what matters.
alfalfa6945 says
Spend money on “copaganda” to avoid public perception they’re making “copaganda”. Totally makes sense. Something that doesn’t make sense to Toronto cops? Fighting _actual_ crime – what the copaganda money should have been used for….
Tneyaht says
That would have paid for a whole month of 24/7 warming centers to be open. It would have prevented hundreds of people freezing on our streets. It would have allowed for better outreach to people with mental health issues and prevented at least some of the violent TTC attacks.
Tneyank says
The corruption in this province never ceases to amaze me
HothHanSolo says
>TPS said the podcast has reached 94,500 people — tracked as either plays on streaming services or views on YouTube. Some videos have attracted more than 10,000 views, but most totals are in the hundreds.
Reporting on numbers like this always bother me. First, I don’t trust the company to accurately track and report this data.
But more importantly, a view on YouTube or a ‘listen’ on Spotify is counted after 30 seconds. I don’t think most readers would be aware of this, so it’s always worth mentioning. A significant subset of their views–I suspect the majority, based on my familiarity with consumer analytics–would be much shorter than the whole duration of the podcast.
So, “has reached 94,500 people” is carefully worded bullshit. How many people listened to the most or all of an episode? That’s what matters.
Bokbreath says
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