Comments by "Mat Broomfield" (@matbroomfield) on "The Audience Has Decided About Live Calls" video.

  1. So people who engage with you via Patreon (and are gullible enough to pay for the right to vote) also support live call engagement. What a surprise, and what a totally unbiased way of running a survey. Now let me just check - 498k subs to the channel, 1800 Patreons. Perhaps they are not the best sample to gauge by.
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  2. I have no idea what the hell point you're trying to make regarding aikido, but clearly when the only people allowed to have a meaningful voice in an issue represent a tiny percentage of your total audience, and not even a representative sample, it is not constructive, especially if your long term goal is to persuade more people to become patreons. David is a great guy but on his whole patreon/membership thing he sounds like a flim flam man.
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  3. I don't know how many, but I'm certain it's orders of magnitude greater than the number of patrons willing to either subscribe or change their patronage just for a silly poll. It was clear that this was simply a transparent and somewhat slimy effort to get more patrons.
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  4. If this was a court case, it would be decided on the balance of probability. Pakman has a several year long history of using EVERY conceivable opportunity, every trick, every incentive, every pressure sales tactic, every dubious technique to increase membership. Based upon his past record, there would be enough to suggest that this was just one more means of gaining greater patronage. Yes, it 's entirely conceivable that he is only interested in the opinions of those who are willing to support him financially, but asking those who ALREADY support him, over the massive, massive majority who do not would be short-sighted in the extreme given that he wishes to grow his pool of patrons. As for your silly win some lose some, I wasn't aware this was a school yard competition, but if you gain some small validation by erroneously claiming a victory, be my guest.
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  5. Your insecurities are on display for all to see.
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