> What will happen is that videoblogging will change from being a nice > friendly little community we are used to seeing here, into one where > people treat it like a competition for viewers, become obsessed with > stats and popularity, insult other videobloggers, find ways to make > money without giving anything back to the community, see only dollar > signs when the term 'videoblogging' is used, and so on... > > Do you think this won't happen? Or something completely different will > happen?
There's no reason you can't and won't have both. If metrics, money and competition don't matter to you, avoid them. Just because some people will start video blogging and deriving revenue from it is no reason other video bloggers (those on this list) can't have a community that nurtures the needs of the community. In the context this whole thread started, Videomaker Magazine getting into video blogging, it's hard to argue whether what Videomaker ultimately does is giving back to the community or not. Giving back to this discussion list community, maybe not. Giving back to the people who benefit from information in Videomaker, probably. While magazines certainly exist to generate profits from advertising, the people who write for them are often very giving of time and expertise in a number of communities. In the context of companies who use video blogging to further their cause without giving anything back to the video blogging community; Microsoft already does that with Channel 9. The upside of Channel 9 to Microsoft the corporate entity is creating a warm fuzzy feeling about Microsoft, which doesn't offer definable monetary value, but is worth money. Channel 9, as one of the most highly visible video blogging efforts, doesn't point to a single place in the Microsoft or MSDN.com worlds where they show you how to create your own Channel 9. It's almost impossible to find out any information directly related to video blogging using IIS, ASP, MSSQL, etc. even though it would be beneficial to Microsoft to provide this information, considering Channel 9 is powered entirely by MS technologies. Most of the solutions for creating video blogs are associated with using QuickTime in some way (yes, I know about the screencasts on using Windows Movie Maker). This may seem trivial to a group made up primarily of Mac users and Linux hosting accounts, but the reality is many of the companies who will do video blogging long term use Microsoft server products. These people will use only small bits of any community effort here because their needs aren't addressed by this group. At the same time, the people who create the interviews at Channel 9, like Robert Scoble, Beth Goza. and I think now Michael Lehman is also part of the team, all have given back to online community (if not this one specifically) in various ways over time and will likely continue to do so indefinitely. The only possible risk to video blogging that any effort to commercialize some aspects of it might present is the possibility for apps like iTunes (or Windows Media Player, if Microsoft ever gets their act together) to lockout the little guy. Jake Ludington http://www.mediablab.com http://www.podcastingstarterkit.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/A77XvD/vlQLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
