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 //**‘Star Trek–Horizon’ viewership rapidly gains on ‘Prelude’**// //**‘Star Trek–Horizon’ viewership rapidly gains on ‘Prelude’**//
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 +<wrap lo>//See also: [[horizon-matters|Why Star Trek–Horizon’s Success Matters]]//</wrap>
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 +//**__ __**// <wrap lo>**By [[user>cpedraza|Carlos Pedraza]]**</wrap>
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 [{{ ::dummy-accounts.jpg?nolink&300|**REPEAT TWEETS** Multiple Twitter accounts posted the [[https://twitter.com/oaklandtwitti/status/762515407681060864|same tweet]] at the same time, urging readers to watch //Prelude to Axanar//. How come?}}] [{{ ::dummy-accounts.jpg?nolink&300|**REPEAT TWEETS** Multiple Twitter accounts posted the [[https://twitter.com/oaklandtwitti/status/762515407681060864|same tweet]] at the same time, urging readers to watch //Prelude to Axanar//. How come?}}]
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 The appearance of the same tweet across dozens of accounts suggests a coordinated campaign, probably [[http://www.thenetworkniche.com/get-paid-to-tweet/|paid for]]. The appearance of the same tweet across dozens of accounts suggests a coordinated campaign, probably [[http://www.thenetworkniche.com/get-paid-to-tweet/|paid for]].
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 +<wrap em>**UPDATE**</wrap> August 10, 2016 — Axanar [[#axanar denial|denies]] buying tweets.
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 ==== Why Buy Tweets? ==== ==== Why Buy Tweets? ====
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 ===== ‘The Most Successful Trek Fan Film’ ===== ===== ‘The Most Successful Trek Fan Film’ =====
  
-Those numbers may present a challenge to what, in July 2016, //Axanar// director Robert Meyer Burnett claimed on Twitter: "By any metric, //Prelude to Axanar// is still the most successful Trek fan film," largely based on the 2.5 million views since its premiere at San Diego Comic-Con in July 2014.(([[twit>burnettrm/status/751604413811134469|Robert Meyer Burnett tweet]], 7/8/16.)) +Those numbers may present a challenge to what, in July 2016, //Axanar// director Robert Meyer Burnett claimed on Twitter: "By any metric, //Prelude to Axanar// is still the most successful Trek fan film,"(([[twit>burnettrm/status/751604413811134469|Robert Meyer Burnett tweet]], 7/8/16.)) apparently based on the 2.5 million views since its premiere at San Diego Comic-Con in July 2014.
 ==== New Leader on the Horizon ==== ==== New Leader on the Horizon ====
  
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 However, //Prelude//'s claim "by any metric" as most successful fan film may change in less than a month if //Horizon//'s monthly viewership holds up. //Horizon//'s views are currently 2.3 million, but it has an average monthly viewership rate of 467,942, compared to //Prelude//'s 104,630. However, //Prelude//'s claim "by any metric" as most successful fan film may change in less than a month if //Horizon//'s monthly viewership holds up. //Horizon//'s views are currently 2.3 million, but it has an average monthly viewership rate of 467,942, compared to //Prelude//'s 104,630.
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 +=== Axanar Denial ===
  
 So is someone trying to encourage more people to view //Prelude//? Contacted by **AxaMonitor**, Axanar spokesman Mike Bawden said no: So is someone trying to encourage more people to view //Prelude//? Contacted by **AxaMonitor**, Axanar spokesman Mike Bawden said no:
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 > I'm not aware of a Twitter ad buy to promote the //Prelude to Axanar// YouTube page. I know that when the crowdfunding campaigns were running in 2014 and 2015, we advertised on Facebook to drive people to the [Kickstarter] and [Indiegogo] pages, but I'm not aware of any recent marketing-type initiatives to drive people to [//Prelude//'s] YouTube page.((Email from Mike Bawden to AxaMonitor editor Carlos Pedraza, 8/8/16.)) > I'm not aware of a Twitter ad buy to promote the //Prelude to Axanar// YouTube page. I know that when the crowdfunding campaigns were running in 2014 and 2015, we advertised on Facebook to drive people to the [Kickstarter] and [Indiegogo] pages, but I'm not aware of any recent marketing-type initiatives to drive people to [//Prelude//'s] YouTube page.((Email from Mike Bawden to AxaMonitor editor Carlos Pedraza, 8/8/16.))
  
-The feature-length //Star Trek–Horizon// was produced for under $50,000, while the 22-minute //Prelude// [[annual_report|cost]] more than $120,000. //Horizon//'s planned sequel, //Federation Rising//, became the [[federation_falling|first fan film casualty]] of the Axanar [[copyright infringement]] [[lawsuit]]. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}}+In a follow-up statement two days later, Bawden said:
  
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 +<wrap lo><wrap em>UPDATE</wrap> Just before 2 pm PDT, August 23, 2016, //Star Trek–Horizon// overtook //Prelude to Axanar//. //Horizon// had logged 2,565,757 views, compared to //Prelude// at 2,564,967.</wrap> 
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 +> I spoke to Alec about this yesterday and he confirmed that Axanar Productions has not made any Twitter ad buys — no ad buys of any sort since the crowdfunding campaigns, actually.((Email from Mike Bawden to AxaMonitor editor Carlos Pedraza, 8/10/16.)) 
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 +==== ‘Horizon’ and ‘Prelude’ ==== 
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 +<wrap lo>//See also: [[axanar-accusation|Axanar Accuses Horizon of Buying Views]]//</wrap> 
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 +The feature-length //Star Trek–Horizon// was produced for under $50,000, while the 22-minute //Prelude// [[annual_report|cost]] more than $120,000. //Horizon//'s planned sequel, //Federation Rising//, became the [[federation_falling|first fan film casualty]] of the Axanar [[copyright infringement]] [[lawsuit]]. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}}
  
-Watch //Star Trek–Horizon// and //Prelude to Axanar// on YouTube:+Both //Star Trek–Horizon// and //Prelude to Axanar// are available on YouTube:
  
 {{youtube>l94v4YOqxOc?medium|Star Trek – Horizon}} \\ {{youtube>1W1_8IV8uhA?medium|Prelude to Axanar}} {{youtube>l94v4YOqxOc?medium|Star Trek – Horizon}} \\ {{youtube>1W1_8IV8uhA?medium|Prelude to Axanar}}