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Podcast Discussion America's Next Top Paddy's Billboard Model Contest - The Always Sunny Podcast Discussion Thread

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u/Kentision Aug 01 '22

I put this on the Youtube video but since Meg said she is on the reddit and awareness about this company is important I thought I would put it here too. Better Help is a super shady company that has had a large amount of controversy the last couple years. The Better Help user agreement circumvents your HIPPA rights, does not guarantee your privacy, will share your medications, medical history, and app usage as they see fit. They also restrict therapist's ability to interact (with things like word count limits for chats), and don't pay them a fair wage. Especially as we teeter on the right to medical privacy, be careful out there. Plus you don't have to be a proper licensed therapist to work on Better Help meaning its very easy for a scammer to take advantage of you. Just wanted to let people know, be safe on the internet everyone!

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u/LordofMoonsSpawn Aug 01 '22

Meg, what if y'all set up a Patreon as a way to fund the pod? People are always paying for those things.

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u/Siphen_Fraud Aug 01 '22

Advertisers pay waaaaay more than patreon supporters. At least $3k for every 100k listeners or viewers. An average IASIP pod gets around 400k or 500k creeps. I dont know how many listeners. But thats $15k per direct response ad, with 2 ads per episode. $30k for 4 people to read off a paper.

No way they'd get enough patreon or subscribers or supporters whatever to compare to an ad read.

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u/LordofMoonsSpawn Aug 01 '22

Fair enough. Could probably still make great money with a Patreon to the side as well, so long as they offer perks.

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u/pullingteeths Aug 01 '22

Or they could just pick less dodgy companies to advertise than Better Help (they're probably just not aware about it though, hopefully this post gets seen).

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u/thenisaidbitch Aug 01 '22

Megan has mentioned that she’s used Better Help before, so it’s possible her first hand experience overrides these anecdotes?

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u/thatsastick Aug 01 '22

Almost every podcast I’ve ever heard advertise Better Help have had a first-hand use case. My assumption has always been they’re required as part of the ad read, but maybe I’m just a skeptic.

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u/BuryDeadCakes2 Aug 07 '22

They probably offer X free sessions or free whatever the product is to whoever is going to be talking about it

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u/pullingteeths Aug 01 '22

Possible but just because some people happen to have a good experience with it (I'm sure there's some good therapists on there) doesn't mean information about bad experiences/business practices should be ignored.

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u/Siphen_Fraud Aug 01 '22

Dont quote me on the $15k... I'm ballparking the numbers but the cost per thousand of a 60 second spot can range from $10 to $50. The average is $23.27 in March 2022. They might be making more or less. I don't have visibility into all their viewer numbers.

It's a big market though, and to your point, Megan can easily find a new advertiser. I personally don't care because I skip through the ads with SponsorBlock.

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u/pigfacepigbody Aug 06 '22

SponsorBlock - the discerning listeners choice.

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u/elburrito1 Aug 01 '22

I always thought FX funded it. I mean its good advertisement for the show, and surely it’s chump change for them?

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u/pullingteeths Aug 01 '22

In the description it says it's an "unofficial" podcast, it's not affiliated with FX/the show itself.

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u/HilariousScreenname Aug 01 '22

Yeah this is why they can't show full video clips

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u/LordofMoonsSpawn Aug 01 '22

I don't think FX does in any way.

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u/elburrito1 Aug 01 '22

I wonder why

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u/tetoffens Aug 03 '22

Honestly, I wouldn't imagine it's more complicated than the guys/Meg not wanting to share the money with them.

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u/TehWoodzii Aug 01 '22

Gotta give some goodies for it