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Post by wiiboy on Jul 8, 2008 15:21:08 GMT -5
Ladies and gentlemen, Viacom is officially going to become known for global boycott! There is a group on Youtube that is making several videos letting people know to boycott Viacom.
Thanks to Paul Fetch, he is the one that bought this to the limb light. An Internet Troll leads the free people. Spread the word today!
Last thing I'm buying from Viacom is the Book 3 boxset.
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Post by Lil' Cheney on Jul 8, 2008 15:34:45 GMT -5
I'm sorry, but that won't really work. The only way to hurt thie rbottom line is to lose ad sales, or drop thier worth. When thier worth is dropped, more people will buy ads.
And the only way to drop the worth is to hurt the ratings. Ratings are decided by peopl in TV panels. Very few people that watch youtube often are in TV panels, and really don't care about boycotting.
Right now, if I were to watch Nick, Viacom's numbers would nt change. They apply a number to each person in a V panel in a certin demographic. Each 13 year old boy in a panel, for instance, might represent ten thousand 13 year old boys in the ratings.
If you are in a TV panel, you will be more effective.
But Viacom is one of the biggest networks. The other three contenders are Turner, News Corperation, and NBC Universal
Viacom owns the following
* Film Production and Distribution: Viacom International, Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks, Republic Pictures, MTV Films, Nickelodeon Movies, Go Fish Pictures * Television Networks: Comedy Central, Logo, BET, Spike, TV Land, Nick at Nite, Nickelodeon, Noggin, The N, Nick Jr., TEENick, MTV, VH1, MTV2, CMT, MHD * Television Production and Television Distribution: DreamWorks Television * Video Gaming: Xfire, Harmonix, GameTrailers, Neopets
This means that if you want to boycott viacom, and hurt htier bottom line the most, you can't use neopets, and you can't watch any of those TV channels above. The biggest are Comedy Central, Nick, and MTV.
If you have young siblings, getting them to understand they can't watch F***ing dora will be tough. They will whine and complain, and you will give in.
It's a great idea, but it will take will power, will power, and more will power. The most effective if you have DirecTV is to block all viacom channels, except nick, nick2, and nicktoons network (for when avatars on), and have a friend put in the code, and never tell you. Or just input some random numbers.
I will generate a guide to boycotting viacom for you guys, if you so want one.
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Post by spiritmage234 on Jul 8, 2008 16:20:51 GMT -5
Boycotting Viacom means not watching Avatar next week. Come on. You LOVE the crap Viacom gives us; that's why you watch it. Sure, Viacom are a bunch of corporate @$$es, but they have successfully monopolized just about 35% of TV, soooooooooooo you have to be - not like a vegetarian - but like Vegan.
Viacom is the juicy red meat that you must resist, as well as the cheese that makes up your deep dish pizza.
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Post by Lil' Cheney on Jul 8, 2008 16:37:04 GMT -5
Who said we had to boycott ATLA?
Just everything else. You can like Fritos but boycott everything else frito-lay makes.
Send this to friends who also hate viacom for what they have done. The real meat is at the bottom paragraph
http:/vistro.net/viacom
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Post by spiritmage234 on Jul 8, 2008 18:58:14 GMT -5
Yeah. You Boycott Viacom, you boycott everything.
A true boycott is when you can't support anything that the offending distributor owns/makes/etc. You can't make exceptions.
"Yeah I'm going to boycott Viacom and all of their networks, but I'm still going to watch Spongebob, South Park, Avatar, The Real World, and The Colbert Report."
In some situations, you can be specific. Like the Alabama Bus Boycott. The protesters were specifically boycotting that busline. If you're boycotting a company that own practically everything, you have to boycott everything or people will either think of you as a wuss or not serious.
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Post by asian malaysian on Jul 8, 2008 19:41:55 GMT -5
I think the best thing to do is give them as much neagtive publicity as possible. Its like the Beijing Olympics. Theres no way your going to hurth their bottom line but if you can keep them in the news for all the wrong reasons, maybe you can get the people at the top to get uncomfortable enough to back off a bit.
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Post by username on Jul 9, 2008 0:51:19 GMT -5
In some situations, you can be specific. Like the Alabama Bus Boycott. The protesters were specifically boycotting that busline. Civil rights? Don't drag that petty cr ap in here, this is serious business, they took down youtube videos. edit- they swear filter "cr ap" now? That's ridiculously stupid.
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Post by spiritmage234 on Jul 9, 2008 5:40:59 GMT -5
^Haha and I noticed the filter too... But yeah. It takes a lot to take down Skynet(s).
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Post by historyman12 on Jul 9, 2008 9:28:02 GMT -5
In some situations, you can be specific. Like the Alabama Bus Boycott. The protesters were specifically boycotting that busline. Civil rights? Don't drag that petty cr ap in here, this is serious business, they took down youtube videos. edit- they swear filter "cr ap" now? That's ridiculously stupid. Yeah! Who cares about that gosh darn crud from heck! [/Flanders] Oh, and, we can't play GH 1 or 2, or any Rock Bands now. And no watching movies made by:Viacom International, Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks, Republic Pictures, MTV Films, Nickelodeon Movies, Go Fish Pictures Those are roughly half the movies made. NOT GONNA WORK.
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Post by Lil' Cheney on Jul 9, 2008 12:12:07 GMT -5
In the TV department, I don't matter anyway...
But if you must, I will only watch ATLA online, so Viacom is making no money on it.
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Post by username on Jul 9, 2008 15:31:51 GMT -5
But if you must, I will only watch ATLA online, so Viacom is making no money on it. I don't even know how to respond.
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Post by nymphadora on Jul 9, 2008 15:33:06 GMT -5
I don't think a boycott is going to accomplish anything except for making you go crazy by checking what's Viacom and what isn't. :/
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Post by Lil' Cheney on Jul 9, 2008 16:47:32 GMT -5
We will eventually find a way to share fanvids. We WILL!
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Post by Baylee on Jul 9, 2008 22:07:01 GMT -5
I don't get it....why is this all such a big deal?
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Post by GROOONK'D on Jul 9, 2008 22:25:49 GMT -5
I didn't click your free stuff referrer.
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