Why we care about "Target Audience" in specific things?

[SweetShark]

Live gets easier when you consider other people's ignorance and stupidity as hilarious (unless of course it's dangerous). People who judge other based on their hobbies are very immature, and you shouldn't be bothered by them. If you want you can laugh at them for laughing at you.

Sadly is easier said what you really like than done.........
Do you really have the heart to tell to others peoples you like "specific" things?
I speak on Internet more freely because I know there are people they share similar interest like me.
In real life.......really tough. Only specific people I really care about know about some interests that are "taboo" to others....

Well if it's regarding pornography I'd keep my mouth shut if I were you. That can freak people out, and rightfully so. (Not saying there's anything wrong with pornography as long as all involved parties are consentfull, but no one needs to know what floats your both). Otherwise I can see no reason to avoid your interest when your striking up a conversation with someone. If you like to dress up like a pretty little princess (really regardless of what gender you are), then I can see how that can be embarrassing to mention in a conversation. But that doesn't mean you ought to feel ashamed about it or something. And if people judge you for that, it only says something about them.
As for me I'm still very child-like. I like running, jumping, climbing trees etc etc. As a 22 year old that's considered to be embarrassing, but that doesn't stop me from doing it whenever I get the chance.

But what if I want to put the Pokemon clone game "Pocket Pussies" in Listal for the games I played?
*Joking.......I will put the game anyway.....I need to create a page for the game first....*

Yes, it is very difficult to hide "this" kind of secrets...
Sadly even if it something simple again, like watching MLP, it is not again easy for me...

EDIT:
Yep, I created the page for the game.
Thank you for remind me ^^

http://www.listal.com/game/pocket-pussies-pc

 

[Ratties]

Keep in mind the concept of "target audience" is more of a business term then a social term. It will always be important to the business world since it's only logical to target your products towards the people who will actually buy them.

In a social context though, judging people just because they fall out of the target audience makes no real sense at all. The reasons why somebody likes something is more important then their age. Really it goes to show that people would be much happier if we all adopted the well proven social philosophy of "not giving a shit".

It's impossible to not give a shit. Just by saying the phrase, "I don't give a shit." Well that still means you give a shit by not giving a shit. How far down the rabbit hole does it go. You don't get to cherry pick on the things you don't give a shit about. It has to be everything. If you are truly adopting the lifestyle of, "I don't give a shit." If you say the phrase, "there are some things I don't give a shit about,"....... well that's different. Most people just like to say, "I don't give a shit."

 

[rutger5000]

Live gets easier when you consider other people's ignorance and stupidity as hilarious (unless of course it's dangerous). People who judge other based on their hobbies are very immature, and you shouldn't be bothered by them. If you want you can laugh at them for laughing at you.

Sadly is easier said what you really like than done.........
Do you really have the heart to tell to others peoples you like "specific" things?
I speak on Internet more freely because I know there are people they share similar interest like me.
In real life.......really tough. Only specific people I really care about know about some interests that are "taboo" to others....

Well if it's regarding pornography I'd keep my mouth shut if I were you. That can freak people out, and rightfully so. (Not saying there's anything wrong with pornography as long as all involved parties are consentfull, but no one needs to know what floats your both). Otherwise I can see no reason to avoid your interest when your striking up a conversation with someone. If you like to dress up like a pretty little princess (really regardless of what gender you are), then I can see how that can be embarrassing to mention in a conversation. But that doesn't mean you ought to feel ashamed about it or something. And if people judge you for that, it only says something about them.
As for me I'm still very child-like. I like running, jumping, climbing trees etc etc. As a 22 year old that's considered to be embarrassing, but that doesn't stop me from doing it whenever I get the chance.

But what if I want to put the Pokemon clone game "Pocket Pussies" in Listal for the games I played?
*Joking.......I will put the game anyway.....I need to create a page for the game first....*

Yes, it is very difficult to hide "this" kind of secrets...
Sadly even if it something simple again, like watching MLP, it is not again easy for me...

EDIT:
Yep, I created the page for the game.
Thank you for remind me ^^

http://www.listal.com/game/pocket-pussies-pc

Okay no offense, but I don't understand you very well. I'm guessing that English is your native language, and you're simply playful with the structure of your sentences. But honestly I have the hardest time to see any coherency in them what so ever. The fault is likely with me, as English isn't my native language, and I don't understand / speak it as well as I've hoped.
So I want to ask of you to explain to me what the problem is.
You watch MLP and it's not easy for you to tell people about it?
If that's the case, then I'd recommend against avoiding the subject when striking up a conversation with someone. Watching MLP is a hobby, hobbies especially rare ones make people interesting. Also like I mentioned earlier people who judge other people for their hobbies are full of shit, and it's good to know who these people are.

 

[bug_of_war]

I'd never worry about an adult enjoying Pokemon, but I would worry if they were utterly incapable of enjoying Shakespeare, or a good philosophical debate, or a natural history museum, or if they took no interest in the wider world. Alas, I suspect this is increasingly true of younger generations.

While I see your point, I also think that it's unreasonable for someone to expect that people should get the same joy of reading Shakespeare/philosophy as they do just throwin' a Pokeball, shooting some NPC, or just plane old Mario. I never really enjoyed learning Shakespeare because I found it far too old for me to really care about. I get that it took serious skill to write in iambic pentameter and that there is a shit ton of hidden meaning behind a lot of what he writes, but I find his stories to be uninteresting and unrelatable. I also understand the allure of a very good philosophical debate, but some people (such as myself) just don't see the point of getting caught up in it, it seems like a waste of your life to spend time pondering somewhat trivial parts of life. I would much rather experience the wonders and mysteries of life than get caught up trying to figure out the wonders and mysteries of life.

OT: OP is right, who gives a shit about the audience, the joy they find is what counts.




(But fuck Bronies...and Neckbeards...and Hipsters...and-nah, I'll just shut up)

 

[SweetShark]

Okay no offense, but I don't understand you very well. I'm guessing that English is your native language, and you're simply playful with the structure of your sentences. But honestly I have the hardest time to see any coherency in them what so ever. The fault is likely with me, as English isn't my native language, and I don't understand / speak it as well as I've hoped.
So I want to ask of you to explain to me what the problem is.
You watch MLP and it's not easy for you to tell people about it?
If that's the case, then I'd recommend against avoiding the subject when striking up a conversation with someone. Watching MLP is a hobby, hobbies especially rare ones make people interesting. Also like I mentioned earlier people who judge other people for their hobbies are full of shit, and it's good to know who these people are.

Thank you for your good words, but English is my second language. I am from Greece.
And yes, I watch MLP and it is not easy to tell this freely.
And because also I am from Greece also.......let just say most of them don't have an "open mind".
Gladly my friends even I am the weirdo of the group, they accept me for what I am...........holding from them some secrets of course for myself to know only [the "p" staff].

 

[BarkBarker]

Quality has no brackets it adheres to, if something is good, I will enjoy it, to like something that is actually bad, not bad if you think about it like this or bad in certain areas but actually 100% shitstorm bad, well then as long as you admit it is bad, I'm fine with it, don't defend the intolerable simply out of a desire to not let people depreciate what you enjoy, I like things that are awful, but I admit they are awful, and move on with my life.

 

[Raikas]

I would much rather experience the wonders and mysteries of life than get caught up trying to figure out the wonders and mysteries of life.

Isn't that part of the point though? Even if the examples were something other than natural history and debate, isn't there a greater point about being a balanced human being.

As in, it's fine to be an adult who enjoys Pokemon, but if you're obsessed with it in the way that kids can obsess (and surely everyone who's ever spent time around a 7-year-old knows what that's like - they get into something and it's all they ever talk about until the obsession fades), that's a different story. Liking what you like is fantastic, regardless of age, but if it's the only thing you consume that's a little sad.

 

[LetalisK]

I know this is tangential to your point, but that picture needs a great big "CITATION NEEDED" scrawled across it. As far as I can tell, it's based on someone's perception, not reality.

 

[Scarim Coral]

Somewhat, I mean for some of them it's kind of more of an minority vs the majority like you vs the world in a way. Examples would be like the recent Star Trek remake movies, fans of the previous franchise complains about it when the general public (the target audience) tend to favour the film and this apply to stuff like Superman and Transformers etc.
For what the companies out there cares are the numbers so the larger numbers win in their view but yet again this doesn't apply to all them (e.g. the brony compared to the actually little girls who love the show).

 

[bug_of_war]

Isn't that part of the point though? Even if the examples were something other than natural history and debate, isn't there a greater point about being a balanced human being.

As in, it's fine to be an adult who enjoys Pokemon, but if you're obsessed with it in the way that kids can obsess (and surely everyone who's ever spent time around a 7-year-old knows what that's like - they get into something and it's all they ever talk about until the obsession fades), that's a different story. Liking what you like is fantastic, regardless of age, but if it's the only thing you consume that's a little sad.

Obsession is always a bad thing, (see Bronie- no, stop it) but just because someone does not appreciate some of the older forms of enjoyment (Opera, Shakespeare plays, philosophy etc) does not make a droll life. So yeah, allowing any 1 thing of anything consume your life is bad.

 

[Images]

Dude, target audience is a necessary evil. It helps keep material focused and on point. Think about all those movies or TV shows that had massive tonal shifts that left you scratching your head because it came out of left field. That came from somebody trying to be an idiot by not considering their audience or being a bigger idiot by wanting ALL the audiences. This is not a new thing by any standard. The only problem is when it becomes a committee project and voila, "poochie the rappin' dog".

 

[SweetShark]

Dude, target audience is a necessary evil. It helps keep material focused and on point. Think about all those movies or TV shows that had massive tonal shifts that left you scratching your head because it came out of left field. That came from somebody trying to be an idiot by not considering their audience or being a bigger idiot by wanting ALL the audiences. This is not a new thing by any standard. The only problem is when it becomes a committee project and voila, "poochie the rappin' dog".

And again, I don't have problem when it used as a buissness model.
I have a huge problem when other people use this as an excuse to judge you why you like something that it isn't for you.