I can't find the exact tweet, but I remember when Neil Gaiman's Sandman came to Netflix, he shared a tweet thread from a former Netflix analyst who commented that all Netflix cares about is the first 28 days of viewing. If that doesn't do EXCEPTIONALLY well, another season is not a guarantee. They don't have any good metrics or ways to capture cult followings or shows that get hyped up after that first 28 days.
So if I don't have time to watch a show I'm excited about in that first month window, I still will put it on in the background to try to contribute to those hours. It feels like the sort of gaming the algorithm nonsense that you have to do to help your favorite creators out on YouTube and the like.
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That's quite sad because that would mean original series - without being part of a known franchise/Ip- less likely to survive for more than one season
