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I'm really a bit of a Luddite when it comes to social media. I can barely use Facebook, and I wouldn't know how to attract followers on Twitter if my life depended on it. (And who wants hordes of strangers following them, anyway? Besides, obviously, most of the world. [Introverts Unite!]) I'm even at a most basic user level on LJ - and I've been here for over seven years. (Holy crap.) But here I am, trying to get you to use GetGlue. And why? Because the networks pay attention to this little piece of internet real estate.
As I may have mentioned a time or a dozen, I love Prime Suspect. I know that some of you love it, too. And we who love Prime Suspect are worried that it will be canceled because it's getting low Nielsen ratings. But now, with GetGlue, there's a new game in town. You log in to GetGlue and "check in" with Prime Suspect; there's a running tally of how many people have checked in. You can leave a comment about the show, or you can just leave it at the default: "I am watching Prime Suspect." You can reply or rate the other comments, too. (I seem to get a lot of "So and so thinks this comment is funny.") The great thing is that you can check in whenever you're watching it - real time, download, DVD. It all adds up. And then there are the stickers.
Dar is the one who explained GetGlue to me. I'd seen a couple friends post on FB that they were watching such-and-such on GetGlue. I thought it was something akin to Netflix. I still wasn't sold, so she tried to lure me in with the stickers. They are a big deal over there. I was thinking they all had glitter and rainbows, perhaps tiny ponies. I scoffed. But then I started getting stickers while I was checking in - and it was kind of neat. Some of them are handed out based on your activity (Checked in four times for this show? Here's a fan sticker!), and some of them are kind of random (Hey, we've decided to hand out stickers during this episode's check in!). The cool thing is that the stickers are designed by the shows and their networks, so they're really pretty nice looking and appropriate to the show. They stay in a virtual list in your account until you acquire twenty of them, at which point they will mail you the actual stickers free of charge. Mine are in the mail, and I'm expecting them any day now :)
This isn't solely for TV, either. Books, movies, politicians, music, etc. etc. - I think they have things pretty well covered. I checked in with Terry Pratchett's Carpe Jugulum page when I started reading the book a few days ago, and I had a laugh at the witty comments other fans had left. (Favorite comment: Time I visited again with The Maiden, The Mother, and . . . the other one.)
So. Go support your show. It doesn't have to be Prime Suspect, of course. God knows we've all had shows pulled out from under us. That's how many of us bonded. *sighFireflysigh* I just think it's a neat way for us to be proactive. And, you know, get stickers.
As I may have mentioned a time or a dozen, I love Prime Suspect. I know that some of you love it, too. And we who love Prime Suspect are worried that it will be canceled because it's getting low Nielsen ratings. But now, with GetGlue, there's a new game in town. You log in to GetGlue and "check in" with Prime Suspect; there's a running tally of how many people have checked in. You can leave a comment about the show, or you can just leave it at the default: "I am watching Prime Suspect." You can reply or rate the other comments, too. (I seem to get a lot of "So and so thinks this comment is funny.") The great thing is that you can check in whenever you're watching it - real time, download, DVD. It all adds up. And then there are the stickers.
Dar is the one who explained GetGlue to me. I'd seen a couple friends post on FB that they were watching such-and-such on GetGlue. I thought it was something akin to Netflix. I still wasn't sold, so she tried to lure me in with the stickers. They are a big deal over there. I was thinking they all had glitter and rainbows, perhaps tiny ponies. I scoffed. But then I started getting stickers while I was checking in - and it was kind of neat. Some of them are handed out based on your activity (Checked in four times for this show? Here's a fan sticker!), and some of them are kind of random (Hey, we've decided to hand out stickers during this episode's check in!). The cool thing is that the stickers are designed by the shows and their networks, so they're really pretty nice looking and appropriate to the show. They stay in a virtual list in your account until you acquire twenty of them, at which point they will mail you the actual stickers free of charge. Mine are in the mail, and I'm expecting them any day now :)
This isn't solely for TV, either. Books, movies, politicians, music, etc. etc. - I think they have things pretty well covered. I checked in with Terry Pratchett's Carpe Jugulum page when I started reading the book a few days ago, and I had a laugh at the witty comments other fans had left. (Favorite comment: Time I visited again with The Maiden, The Mother, and . . . the other one.)
So. Go support your show. It doesn't have to be Prime Suspect, of course. God knows we've all had shows pulled out from under us. That's how many of us bonded. *sighFireflysigh* I just think it's a neat way for us to be proactive. And, you know, get stickers.
