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Re: Fox’s Fringe “Twitter on TV” Experiment Irks Fans

muri32 — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:19:52 -0000

Totally turned me off. So much so that I am commenting! Frame the show or something else that doesn't impede the experience. Or better yet, make it an online only app!!

Re: Fox’s Fringe “Twitter on TV” Experiment Irks Fans

IRKEDFAN — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:33:30 -0000

I missed the first airing and thanks to some A-Hole had to turn off the tweet-peet. Not every fan can watch the show on the web. I can not and don't want to sit at my computer to watch a television show nor do I want to see crap from the web on my TV. If fans want to tweet then let them do it while watching the show on the web. BTW, there are those that need to watch using the closed caption and twittering fouls that up as well.

Re: Fox’s Fringe “Twitter on TV” Experiment Irks Fans

Name — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:11:29 -0000

@What they could do is do a full letterbox the show and run the tweets in the black space below the video. If you don't want the tweets, you zoon in with your HDTV, otherwise, you still see the whole image of the show. Thats not so hard to figure, now is it?

Re: Fox’s Fringe “Twitter on TV” Experiment Irks Fans

Darrel Whitehead — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:52:50 -0000

PLEASE do not ruin your good program with that stupid TWEET in the screen.

Re: Fox’s Fringe “Twitter on TV” Experiment Irks Fans

mchoice — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:49:11 -0000

Please get the twitter off my screen. It is the next thing to being robbed. A total absence of freedom. If it is on next week I will not watch Fringe again.

Re: Fox’s Fringe “Twitter on TV” Experiment Irks Fans

Name — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:21:52 -0000

get the twitter off, it ruins the experience.

Re: Fox’s Fringe “Twitter on TV” Experiment Irks Fans

optical — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:14:12 -0000

Pointless inanity made you feel 'corrected to the cast'? You're easily pleased.

Re: Fox’s Fringe “Twitter on TV” Experiment Irks Fans

Jason Tucker — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 21:57:49 -0000

Let me turn off this tweet peet bull shit...it sucks!

Re: Fox’s Fringe “Twitter on TV” Experiment Irks Fans

boardbum — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 21:13:02 -0000

My wife and I were watching a rerun of Fringe and we could not even concentrate on the show do to the live twittering going on. This is BS. we turned off the show and will never watch it again. If some 20 something who is running FOX thinks this is the new wave of tv, then good luck on your ratings. I own a lap top and dont wish to turn my tv into one.

Re: Fox’s Fringe “Twitter on TV” Experiment Irks Fans

SLRK — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 17:43:08 -0000

I will never watch another Tweet Peak, it got under my skin. I did try but it didn't work.

Re: Fox’s Fringe “Twitter on TV” Experiment Irks Fans

Karenstemp — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 15:17:15 -0000

Was no one else annoyed at the sexist jokes about the one female lead? Is it a (little) boys club?

Re: Fox’s Fringe “Twitter on TV” Experiment Irks Fans

Diane — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 11:01:18 -0000

As a "true" fan of Fringe, I found the tweetering frustrating. I could care less what these people thought. This was not a good idea and hopefully you will discontinue doing this. The program was turned off when the tweet started.

Re: Fox’s Fringe “Twitter on TV” Experiment Irks Fans

danfoley — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 01:35:25 -0000

I really like Fringe and I Really like Twitter but I do not like Twitter on a television show like Fringe. I hope your experiment proved something. Don't do it. Under no circumstance do I want to see what Lotta Botox or Harry Butt thinks about the show while I'm watching it.

Re: Fox’s Fringe “Twitter on TV” Experiment Irks Fans

Name — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 19:35:11 -0000

Forget the Tweet crud and just run the program...both Fringe and Glee are GREAT shows and don't need that junk to distract the actual fans. They are risking a land-slide of negative feed-back.

Re: Fox’s Fringe “Twitter on TV” Experiment Irks Fans

ladyscrubber — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 19:23:21 -0000

We watch the show to watch the show. Enough of the TWIITS, we use close caption and now we can't. Now we can not see any of the screen. Technology is great but not the the tube. We want to see the tube not the TWIITS. It adds NOTHING to the experience of watching the show.

Re: Fox’s Fringe “Twitter on TV” Experiment Irks Fans

Marvin Waid — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 18:41:42 -0000

I hate it..who cares about what they are talking about..I'm trying to watch the show.
That's like trying to drive, and you have writing right in front of you while you are driving...don't you find that distracting?...If they keep this up, I sure will not watch it in the future. It a great show..I sure hate to see them mess it up with that. I'm missing it now, so I can type this...so it got me away from the show, so I could type this. DO you get the hint?..Loose it.

Re: Fox’s Fringe “Twitter on TV” Experiment Irks Fans

John — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 10:59:55 -0000

Whatever you want to call this screen-sucking B.S., stop it! It's bad enough this crap is causing car wrecks, because the politicos are too stupid to outlaw driving while texting / twittering, etc., don't screw up television. I still haven't gotten over the stupid network logo intrusions that now appear on the screen.
Stop it! Stop it! stop it!

Re: Fox’s Fringe “Twitter on TV” Experiment Irks Fans

Dennis MAnning — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 10:33:49 -0000

Any script on the screen is distracting. My wife and I found the episode unwatchable. We turned it off. Any on screen messages are a distinct negative. The messages won't be made bearable by simply adjusting them. Continue the tweets and we will watch something else.

Re: Fox’s Fringe “Twitter on TV” Experiment Irks Fans

mark harrison — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 04:04:50 -0000

I am a huge Twitter fan but we really don't need it featuring on our favorite TV shows and it shows that the people making these decisions do not really understand social media to the extent that they think they do.

Re: Fox’s Fringe “Twitter on TV” Experiment Irks Fans

Curtiss Grymala — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 22:20:16 -0000

The DVD commentary doesn't cover the screen, but it does completely block out the audio. It's the same basic concept.

Re: Fox’s Fringe “Twitter on TV” Experiment Irks Fans

Name — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 20:42:21 -0000

The Twitter on screen made watching the episode unwatchable. I personally will tune out of any future episodes of any program that force feed unwanted narrative and distractions.

Re: Fox’s Fringe “Twitter on TV” Experiment Irks Fans

clarity — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 18:44:20 -0000

When I watch television, it's because I've chosen to taken computer/Twitter DOWN TIME. No need to combine the ignorance of people while I'm trying to enjoy my favorite shows or grab a show I missed the first time around. It's all about escapism. I turn OFF closed captioning because I despise READING my TELEVISION. Tweets distracted me completely and I never watched the rest of it. I hope Fox learns from this and cans this idea.

Re: Fox’s Fringe “Twitter on TV” Experiment Irks Fans

Roco — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 18:12:01 -0000

I thought it was a good idea in principle, but the execution could do with a bit of work.

Re: Fox’s Fringe “Twitter on TV” Experiment Irks Fans

jrcamper — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 17:13:19 -0000

Get that twitter crap off the screen

Re: Fox’s Fringe “Twitter on TV” Experiment Irks Fans

ghughe5 — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 16:23:30 -0000

GOODBYE FRINGE!
The inane/stupid/asinine tweets on last night's Fringe rerun is the last straw.
I don't want unasked for tweets on my TV!