[MarcusMel]

Originally Posted by Jack_

No it isn't, I'm thinking about what's best for the series itself. If I thought what was best for me then my favourites would be completely different and more along the lines of who I support in the US and Canada. I support housemates in the UK based on the objective contribution they are offering to the series since those housemates are the ones sparking discussions and drawing attention to the show and thus they need to stay for the success of the franchise. Nothing more, nothing less. If anything I'm doing y'all a favour

As a side note I understand I'm the minority but rewind a few years and I was part of a majority who thought like this, I honestly don't know what happened but I've watched things fall by the wayside on this forum over the years and now it's only me and a few others who are holding the fort while many others who once agreed have now turned to the dark side tragic, but what can you do?

To keep the ones you speak of in the house would be saying that the general masses approve of their behaviour. Not sure how much influence these thing have on general social behaviour but to approve of bad behaviour for the sake of entertainment would be having little children everywhere having tantrums and telling decent people to *******off.

So the question is are you really seeing the the bigger long-term picture of is it really all just about entertainment and rewarding and only geting to choose a winner from the worst of the worst?

[Jack_]

Originally Posted by MarcusMel

To keep the ones you speak of in the house would be saying that the general masses approve of their behaviour. Not sure how much influence these thing have on general social behaviour but to approve of bad behaviour for the sake of entertainment would be having little children everywhere having tantrums and telling decent people to *******off.

So the question is are you really seeing the the bigger long-term picture of is it really all just about entertainment and rewarding and only geting to choose a winner from the worst of the worst?

I'll answer that one for you: none at all. Big Brother is trash television airing on a trash television channel. Anyone seriously looking towards it for moral guidance as if it's culturally relevant needs to reassess their priorities.

Big Brother is not a charity, nor is it a morality competition. What happens inside the confines of a glorified television set - the content of which we watch for 48 minutes a night - has no bearing on the outside world, what anyone stands for, or what is and isn't acceptable. Nor does who wins. It isn't real life. People don't need to be 'rewarded', it is an entertainment gameshow and the person that wins the cash prize that goes along with it should be the person who has contributed the most to the series, as they have been one of if not the one who has sustained it throughout. We would not have a show without them.

[Maru]

Originally Posted by Jack_

I'll answer that one for you: none at all. Big Brother is trash television airing on a trash television channel. Anyone seriously looking towards it for moral guidance as if it's culturally relevant needs to reassess their priorities.

Big Brother is not a charity, nor is it a morality competition. What happens inside the confines of a glorified television set - the content of which we watch for 48 minutes a night - has no bearing on the outside world, what anyone stands for, or what is and isn't acceptable. Nor does who wins. It isn't real life. People don't need to be 'rewarded', it is an entertainment gameshow and the person that wins the cash prize that goes along with it should be the person who has contributed the most to the series, as they have been one of if not the one who has sustained it throughout. We would not have a show without them.

I really think many people watch for different reasons than you. That said, Big Brother is a personality contest at core. People are going to vote out the personalities they want to see go the most. The game you're talking about is more agnostic and simply can't exist in a VTE situation.

I also think some people, perhaps yourself, overestimate the power of this forum here as being closely representative of the voting public. We are more effective at popularizing the show rather than taking it down by ****ty reasoning by way of votes especially with forums being niche these days. Truthfully, most voters are probably unconnected and limited to a shorter range social media (things like Twitter, FB, etc). This is why when we poll the public in elections, we have to be careful how we screen them through questions because the reasons people vote are myriad.

I agree with you in general that voting out all the characters so early on does limit the amount of controversy in that household, therefore making it easier for certain characters to coast to the final. I usually prefer VTS in CBB for that very reason. With exception to Marco (he was a 24/7 freakshow, sorry, not a character at all 100% rancid sewer water). I did not like seeing Natalie and Georgina go so soon. I'm just one voice out of many though and can't vote since I'm out of country.