Spatifs Announced Last week, it will present public sports as a way of “helping new fans” on all podcasts. But podcasters rapidly criticized the new feature – basically, this will further promote the podcast, which already has large audiences, while small audiences appeal less.
Friday, Spatifs Changed course On his plans, but did not completely eliminate the idea. Now, the counting of play will only appear in shows with at least 50,000 dramas. Instead of showing the exact game count, the position will only be updated at a specific milestone, such as 100,000 or 1 million plays.
The company wrote in A, “We plan to roll this newly developed version of play count in the coming week.” Blog Post. “It reflects our evolutionary efforts to provide the best insights for creators and a clear experience for their fans.”
For decades, the Podcast Hosting Platforms have not shared many public indicators of a show’s popularity – for example, Apple Podcasts have reviews and charts on its app, but it will be difficult for listeners to know if there are audiences in a show tens or tens.
Although Spatif has taken the angle that this ambiguity is a loss, the creators have been partially attracted to the podcasting medium because it is different from other forms of online media. When someone clicks on YouTube video, for example, they are approaching the media with the current video knowledge of the video, and how many people have subscribed to this channel. But podcasting can equalize the playground for more niche creators.
Podcasters have also expressed disappointment over different platforms in different platforms as a “play” or “stream” lack of clear matriculation.
The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) works with the podcast platform to set up a clear matriculation, described as “sports”, which creates more consistency for the dell -making between the podcasters and the advertisers. But according to dlewsCompared to the IAB standards, the definition of spataf and YouTube is different as “play”.
Play count will be cited that the “people actively tested” content will be cited at the time, while streams and downloads count only after 60 seconds.