The Traitors is really boring - AIBU

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Very late in the day, so apologies if this has already been done, but I thought I'd catch up on the zeitgeist and watch this.
Watched series 1 episode 1 and gave up on episode 2.
Why is it so popular? It's literally watching a room full of dim people, desperately projecting themselves as being interesting.
If it wasn't so popular I wouldn't bother posting. But it is very popular, and I'd love to know why.

because what one person finds boring. another finds interesting.

We have only had about 5 threads about this. I find beauty routines boring but I dont post about that.

The first series was good in my opinion. The second and third series have been let downs for a number of reasons- 1) people now go on there who want to be famous 2)people know the game and want to play it rather than figuring it out as they go. 3) the endgame mechanic is flawed.

1. there isn't much they can do about this, beyond getting a broader cross section of people

2)I would hope this starts to end, as they realise playing it like other shows doesnt work- there was lots of talk in the second one of alliances like survivor which doesn't fit when you are trying to get traitors out rather than a team through

3. they should change the prize pot structure, rather than splitting a pot which means that even if you think all the endgame players are faithful it is worth voting people out for a bigger share; to a mechanic where part of the individual prize is dependant on how many faithfuls win. So rather than challenges forming a single prize of £90k, the challenges should build to create equal prize pots of £25k, but then you get an extra £1k per faithful that wins. In that way it wouldn't make people vote off faithfuls at the end to get a bigger share- and it would put in a conflict between those who want more money versus those who want more certainty.

S 2 UK was brilliant.
I also like obscure prestige TV like Wolf Hall, but I don't post telling more people to watch that instead of say, Love Island. Horses for courses.

You need to stick with it, it gets much more interesting as you get to know them and they establish the group dynamics.

I did say that I know people have different tastes. But thanks for the snippy responses.

I usually hate TV like the Traitors but I love it. I love how easily and badly people can lie. How people gain tribes and lose them. How people can accuse others on little evidence and get a whole mass uprising behind them. It's anthropology and politics in microcosm.

Having said that I hate the prize games. They are dull as fuck and as PPs have said the whole endgame is flawed.

I feel as though the traitors should have to try to stop the faithfuls from gaining prize money and if so that goes into the traitors pot but if they do it too well they would get found out. Also one set of traitors for the whole series with a potential swap out option otherwise it's pointless.

Anthropology and politics in microcosm is exactly it. I don't think anyone could call Kas, Alexander and Minah dim or uninteresting.

The first few episodes are always the worst.

Btw I'm in Nz and I loved the two NZ seasons more than the UK ones (season 2 excepted).

I watched the first two seasons in the last few weeks. I found season one ok, but I was disappointed with how it ended and I kinda wish we didn’t know who the traitors were as viewers.
I didn’t like season 2 as much. It was too heavily weighted towards the traitors as they had too many chances to recruit. I lost interest halfway through and skipped a lot to see the end.
I have no interest in watching season 3 yet. I think the might be better if they gave more powers to the faithful, like the ability to investigate a player they’re suspicious off or stop a player being able to kill at night or something.

@Tangled123 they do give more powers to the faithful.

For series one I was baffled and my husband was watching it alone, until there was an episode where the round table was extremely emotional and the paranoia and stress got to everyone - that's when I decided it might be worth watching 😂 You have to stick with it for a couple of episodes if you're coming to it cold, OP. Once the players are all in and living it like it's real, it's interesting viewing. I have to say that even in the middle of most episodes it's not that thrilling until the next roundtable. For me it's the way that the players play emotionally or psychologically, not logically, that makes it interesting.

Series one was great, and I felt series two started slowly but then become even better. I didn't much like as series three as it felt staged, and the people all seemed a bit samey and fame-hungry. There was also unpleasantness and 'drama' which I disliked. I get the impression most reality shows like Big Brother have lots of drama and fighting, and I don't watch them; if you prefer that sort of show then the first couple of series of Traitors probably won't be for you, but maybe try the third.