Dirk's Tiny Podcast Dirk Primbs

There seem to be a wave of new podcast experts joining the podosphere lately. Thankfully they all share the same wisdom so I can summarize it for you... 

As a general rule I try to not cheer online without adding a few lines of text. It feels lazy. But at least in case of 5 star ratings the message is still clear. But what about those middle-of-the-road ratings? What does it mean if you get a 3 star without any comment?

Is it you, your listeners, your podcast host, the podcast client creators?

Pocasting is often compared to mass media and so people try to produce the kind of content that would run successfully on a radio station. However, a broadcaster needs to appeal to the masses because only with huge numbers they can hope to bring in the money required to run a massive operation. But in our modern crowdsourced world in which everyone is free to pick their own content this isn't the only way to think about that... 

Today I explain the problem with podcast stats and why they're wrong in most cases anyway.

A little mini-rant about a podcast title trend I noticed.