On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 13:17:48 +0200, Deirdre Straughan 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I don't necessarily disagree with what anyone's saying here, but let
> me play devil's advocate (as I often do)...

I can respect that. :o)

> Not necessarily passive. Look at what TV and movie fans are doing in
> fanvids and fan fiction. Their "responses" are not shown alongside the
> originals on TV, but, with IPTV, it would certainly be possible to do
> so (leaving aside legal issues...).

The point is that the act of "consuming" TV is a passive one. Which brings 
me to...

> And, really, how interactive is the average vlog or blog?

Not very, and it's my biggest gripe about the state of videoblogging right 
now. The community has still not gotten further than "wow, I can make my 
own videos". The videos themselves are still just videos, and not web-like 
(no links for example).

> Vlog kudos feel nice for the video producer, but how useful or
> interesting is that for the rest of the world to see? There have been
> a few examples of vlog conversations in video, but not many that I've
> noticed or heard of in here.

Many times the conversation is picked up in text, which is fine. Being a 
video-snob is not cool.

> Suppose you could submit a video comment to a video that you watched
> on your TV? Does it then become a vlog?

Not really. You're lacking important aspects. Like a permalink. If I can't 
link to you, you're not a part of the network and then you're most 
definitely not a videoblog.

- Andreas
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