This is just my opinion, but I think that BB has turned the tables on us, where BB was a social experiment and the housemates could be manipulated with tasks and no food etc
Now BB manipulates us.
In my opinion they have a star of the show, they have pre-selected storylines that they coach the contestants on, a kind of light scripted reality. I don't think they care who actually wins, but they need to keep us watching the whole way through, and they need to keep people voting. Maybe more people vote through 'hating' a housemate, than actually liking one.

They then use the highlight clips to manipulate us into thinking the way they want. Its clear they want bear to be the 'star' of the show, so they ramp it up with the annoyingness until just before eviction, when suddenly the attention is switched to someone else, we have very short memories and only vote on what's currently happening, they know that. Someone being bullied, someone acting out of order.
They will save bear every week by using this tactic.

People are posting all over the BB Facebook page that they hate bear, that they are switching off, but they don't because they're there the next night saying exactly the same thing! So they are getting what they want, publicity and people talking about BB.

So in my opinion BB is still a social experiment, but the tables are turned and we are the experiment.

This forum is a real breeding ground for comspiracy theories.

The producers recognise TV gold when they see it, that's all. There are no scripts. If you watch the LF every night you see the hms being random and rambling. Much of what happens is desultory and makes for pretty dull viewing so Bear's antics are a gift to the production team.

True this ^^^ but the only thing Production seem to care about is manipulation of edits to maximize income hence extremely ltd live feed and favouring one HM above the others

It's time we turned it around and EVERYBODY stop paying - completely .

By all means participate in polls etc but don't call AT ALL- dry up the income stream and stop responding financially

Things would change pretty sharpish if that ever happened

It stopped being a social experiment when open auditions were abandoned and the producers began trawling the agencies for the civilian version, and when they chucked a load of reality numpties in for the celeb version.

Would you like to outline what you think the pre-selected storylines are for Sam, James, Ricky and Katie?

the only social experiment was on could people see a tv show behind a gimmick or not.

BB has been the same from the start
cast of people chosen because they would act up to cameras, have traits that could be manipulated by the tasks and thus entertainment people could interact with by playing along with the eviction gimmick.
it has never been an ad hoc experiment with no plan or knowledge of what would be likely to happen each show.... except to some people watching it.... it is those viewers who have changed, not the show... they have finally spotted what it is about.

wait until they realise how x-factor works...