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+ | ====== Axanar Accuses Horizon of Buying Views ====== | ||
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+ | **//Horizon Producer Says Accusation ‘Reeks of Jealousy’// | ||
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+ | //**__ __**// <wrap lo>**By [[user> | ||
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+ | A few days before //Star Trek–Horizon// | ||
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+ | <wrap lo>//See also: [[buying-youtube|The Art and Science of Buying YouTube Views]]//</ | ||
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+ | In a tweet August 20, 2016, Axanar' | ||
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+ | The tweet came a few days after **AxaMonitor** observed dozens of [[dummy_tweets|duplicate tweets]] from dummy accounts pointing people to Axanar' | ||
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+ | The article noted that //Horizon// was due to surpass // | ||
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+ | ===== Horizon Producer Responds ===== | ||
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+ | Asked by **AxaMonitor** if he denied buying YouTube views, //Horizon// producer Tommy Kraft replied, " | ||
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+ | > I find it amusing that a team with a multi-million dollar budget is accusing me (a person who made a whole feature film on $28,000) of buying views. I'm as surprised as anyone at the growing popularity of Horizon. I never expected this and I certainly never expected the views to keep shooting up less than six months after release. I'm continually amazed by the fact that people keep watching my movie and commenting on it, and <wrap hi>the fact that Axanar has accused me of buying views on it and on my trailers reeks of nothing more than pure jealousy.</ | ||
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+ | ==== Part of Prelude' | ||
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+ | Kraft was also a member of // | ||
+ | ===== Provides No Evidence ===== | ||
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+ | <wrap lo>//See also: [[buying-youtube|The Art and Science of Buying YouTube Views]]//</ | ||
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+ | It took //Prelude// two years to accumulate its views; //Horizon// took five months. Asked to provide evidence for its accusation against // | ||
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+ | When another Twitter user asked Axanar for more evidence: | ||
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+ | **Axanar** [[twit> | ||
+ | **Clenard** [[twit> | ||
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+ | Axanar didn't tweet further on the topic of evidence at the time this article was posted.((posted 8/20/16)) | ||
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+ | ===== Axanar Director: ‘Nobody Cares’ ===== | ||
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+ | For his part, Burnett refused to identify which metrics justified his claim of most successful: “Nobody cares how many views //Prelude to Axanar// has on YouTube … except you,” Burnett told **AxaMonitor**.(([[https:// | ||
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+ | **@BurnettRM**: | ||
+ | **@AxaMonitor**: | ||
+ | **@BurnettRM**: | ||
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+ | When asked why he made the boast if he wasn't going to substantiate it, Burnett tweeted, "So people who might not watch the film will tune in and see for themselves. <wrap hi> | ||
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+ | ===== Reaction ===== | ||
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+ | Asked on Twitter if he believed Axanar' | ||
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+ | ==== Watch ==== | ||
+ | Just before 2 pm PDT, August 23, //Star Trek–Horizon// | ||
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