[Hpr] Happy new year - should we continue with HPR ?

[Ken Fallon]

Hi All,

The reason lostnbronx did the show "hpr0560 :: Old soldiers", was 
because HPR was releasing shows on an ad hoc unpredictable schedule. 
People were unsubscribing, other podcasts were asking if HPR had 
finished or not. In fact that was the first time I asked is HPR RIP 
<https://lists.hackerpublicradio.com/pipermail/hpr/2010-September/000109.html> 
?

My feeling has always been that a consistent release schedule builds 
trust in podcasts. Since then lots of research has been done that 
supports it. Eg: youtube 
<https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/13616979> "A consistent, 
sustainable release schedule is critical when building and fulfilling 
audience expectations...." , spotify 
<https://podcasters.spotify.com/resources/learn/create/podcast-schedule> 
"When podcasters don't stick to a steady schedule, it can be the first 
sign of podfading, when a show becomes less and less regular until it 
eventually disappears." Should it matter ? No. Does it matter ? Yes.

In the case of HPR, we release "New episodes every weekday Monday 
through Friday". You might have no clue who the host will be, what it's 
going to be about, if it's going to have potty language in it or not, 
but you *do* know that "you can tune in tomorrow for another exciting 
episode". We haven't missed a day since 2010-09-21 and sometimes that is 
the only thing that keeps the Janitors going.

We have 427 hosts and 240 slots, so one show a year is more than enough 
to handle the schedule. Going to fewer release days would not address 
the problem of getting shows in the first place, it just prolongs the 
inevitable. So no my personal feeling is that we should not release less 
shows when the queue is low, nor should we release more shows when the 
queue is full, which as has also been suggested. That said if the 
consensus is that that should be changed then this is the place to 
discuss it.

For now the compact with the Janitors is simple, "You keep sending in 
shows and we'll keep posting them. When there are no more shows we'll 
close down HPR with dignity." Hopefully that won't be for ages yet but 
it's up to you all to decide. So if you want your say Vote Early 
<https://hub.hackerpublicradio.org/calendar.php> and Vote Often 
<https://hub.hackerpublicradio.org/request.php?id=9999>. (There is no 
time limit on the voting either ;-) )

-- 
Regards,

Ken Fallon (PA7KEN,G5KEN)
https://kenfallon.com
https://hackerpublicradio.org/hosts/ken_fallon

On 2024-01-20 20:28, jezra via Hpr wrote:
>
> The only suggestion that I can make in order to keep the show going 
> going, would be to decrease the show release cadence. Thrice 
> fortnightly perhaps?
>
>
> On 1/19/24 06:25, Ken Fallon via Hpr wrote:
>>
>> Since I took up the mop inspired by "hpr0560 :: Old soldiers, A 
>> discussion of "podfading" - the fading away of once-active podcasts 
>> <https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr0560/index.html>", the 
>> understanding was to continue the project until there is no more 
>> interest in it. 
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