Re: [videoblogging] Re: Input from the community?

2006-12-16 Thread Jan / The Faux Press
And my apologies for missing the 'k' reading too fast. It's a consistent fault. So, nevermind. I'm sorry. $10,000 would buy hotdogs for me and my whole neighborhood. Well, not really. I don't pay entry fees for contests. Ever. It was the entry fee thing got my ire up. Dang. Hmmm. Another

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Input from the community?

2006-12-16 Thread Anne Walk
hello Nox, it could be that i am just suspicious by nature but this is my critique based on a first impression of the site: I think the pay to submit model is a bad one because it gives the appearance that the money given out is directly related to the submission fee. that is not

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Input from the community?

2006-12-15 Thread Jan / The Faux Press
Am not inspired by the concept in the least. Pay $5 in order to maybe get $10? I don't think so. Robin Hood works if Met Life is the sponsor. If Met Life is the sponsor, then folks don't have to pay to enter. Glenda the Good Witch would work as wish-granting icon, but she's copyrighted.

Re: [videoblogging] Re: Input from the community?

2006-12-15 Thread Nox Dineen
Jan, I wasn't clear about the winnings. I took the lazy route and wrote $10k rather than adding the zeros. The winners in both Naughty and Nice categories will get $10,000. Would it be more appealing if we removed the whole wish granting aspect and just made it about who could produce the

Re: Re: [videoblogging] Re: Input from the community?

2006-12-15 Thread Artsmash
It seems as though money cannot be the prime motivator. There seems to be a disconnect in the end product that you want people to give. There seems to be no motivation in this concept other than money, kinda like how a church tells you to pay tithing so that God will like you down the road. It

[videoblogging] Re: Input from the community?

2006-12-14 Thread Bill Cammack
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Nox Dineen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I recently started working at an Internet startup that is looking to create a video website based around the concept of people submitting wishes in video format, and then granting the wishes with the most votes on a