[Beetlejuice]

The show used to have immediate impact because of the feed. Everyone was talking about what happened as it happened on forums (and these days they would be on twitter). Now though the response to anything that happens sometimes comes 24 hours later (as with the face to face noms) and it dies down very quickly after. There's no excitement, no spontaneity, everything is micromanaged to within an inch of its life. It's dreary and dull and keeps viewers at a distance. Trust has been lost and viewers just can't be bothered. Especially when they have to rely on desperate twist after desperate twist to contrive drama so as to maintain an audience.

This why TIBB and especially DS are so quiet. Where people used to be discussing everything that was going on in the house as it happened, the few who remain on the forums are now discussing the poor ratings and whether or not the lack of the live feed is the problem.