Well, since Josh Leo went from ranting about "a-list" to being one of
the most popular vloggers I don't think it's as big an issue as people
would make it out to be. But let's analyze anyway shall we? :)
3) FireAnt's 10 default feeds?
4) the recycled hot list of names used in previous articles on
vloggers in the lexis nexus dbase?
5) Where else? Our minds?
or is it just active participants in the vlogosphere
1) people who post videos a lot?
2) people who chat here a lot?
3) people who get active in lots of projects?
4) or simply people who make videos people love?
What else determines visibility... what else embeds the status quo
into the system. What else indoctrinates?
How can we break the status quo?
As an example... Mefeedia is developing things like favoring,
tagging, reviewing, and re-vlogging (aka. their "blog this" tool) so that
anyone can quickly find and just as easily promote new vlogs and videos.
And we're helping you do it because it helps us build a better
directory... which is the vision of "social media"... self helping, self
made... like wikipedia or any wiki... but different in form.
Sure there's still a way to see the most popular video feeds...
but we can't deny people that, it has it's utility. What we can do is
develop tools that create "churn"... that agitate the status quo... so
that the mix of vlogs doesn't become a homogenized flow of same
same... and meanwhile you can do the same... the best way of course
it revlogging... promote other peoples videos... keep an up to date vlog
roll.
It's no secrete that re-vlogging is ALL I do with my blog... what's
more I seek out other projects like evilvlog.com to "re-contextualize" and
challenge norms and expectations... Evilvlog is now a wild
and chaotic churn of media coming from all over the vlogosphere and
we're going to keep adding adding editors until it implodes.. and/or
people start creating their own "evilvlogs"... seek out people of shared
interest and start your own multi-person vlog or blog and let's
decentralize this conversation on this yahoo group a little... because it
in my mind is perhaps the one thing most responsible for this
cliquish insider feeling... that new visitors get... it's well beyond it's
capacity... that said perhaps I shouldn't even be posting here... but to
say... disperse.. find or build new fertile lands for conversation... it's
completely within your power.
BTW, some other ideas on creating more churn, in addition to AWSOME
collaborative re-vlogging.
Perhaps mefeedia and fireant should both create _javascript_ objects
for dropping in the right hand sidebar of a vlog that would contain a list
of vlogs one is currently subscribed to on mefeedia or fire ant... An up
to the minute vlog roll.
Perhaps also a tool for displaying the items in one's personal queue
of media or playlist... to put in the right hand side bar of their
vlog.
Perhaps also a tool for displaying my recently favorited or tagged
videos in the right hand side bar of my vlog.
FireANT, Vlogdir, Blip, Audi blog and others might find ways to
follow suit.
These things like live vlog rolls would have a TREMENDOUS impact on
search traffic and traffic flow. I would absolutely love to see what Steve
Garfield, Ryanne, and Josh Leo and indeed all my friends are subscribed to
at any different moment, what their tagging, what they're
favoriting. All this on the face of their vlog. The search engines
would go NUTS!
I encourage you to look for other ways of promoting the mix and
churn.
The solution to this issue in my mind lies in ongoing work around the
following fundamental systematic / architectural question.
How can we drive traffic out to the edges of the network and
strengthen traffic and connections between those decentralized
nodes?
The edges of the network are your vlogs... and the key activators are
you.
Services and tools should be focusing on empowering you to build
better ties with other vlogs.
So, think different. Think Umpa lumpa!
CHURN is good, churn is great, churn is what drives the great
debate.
LOL!
-Mike
On Dec 16, 2005, at 6:30 PM, Michael I wrote:
Uh not to flog a dead horse but I remember some time
back when Josh Leo loudly said the same thing...same song, same
arugement.
Is this something that should be
addressed? I do not know the complete tift here but reading
Manchessemo's complaint here has been metioned numerous times.
Why is this? does it put a black eye the promotion
of videoblogging? Do arugements like this leave a bad taste in peoples
mouths? With this new "media" are people struggling to stay at the top?
and in the mean time does this stiffle the creativity?
has it created
a hierarchary instead of a anarchy? as a particpant (since August 2004)
and observer it seems that it's not making the most positive impression.
I am open to any honest and or creative disscussion. If
you want to email me to mention any personal feelings I welcome that
also.
Mick
ManCheeseMo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
Uh,
how original. What exactly am I promoting? I don't even have
a
vlog to promote yet.
My point is that the "good ol' boy"
network gets old. If you are
buddies with the FireANT crew or
if you're one of the pre-populated
vlogs, you'll get extra
attention.
There are people on this board that seem to have no
job other than
promoting themselves and their friends.
IMHO,
many in this group live inside a bubble where vlogging is
everything
to them. The funny part is that most people don't care to
watch
a person talk into a camera about mudane things. Just
wait
until the mass media catches on - then we'll really see how
popular
you are(n't).
Maybe this is the new punk, but it is
weak that the same people get
all the hype when their content is no
more creative than anyone else.
They are just part of the in crowd
(or should I say the
self-promoting crowd).
Just look how
sensative they get when their "power" is questioned.
To those:
get a life, or better yet, a job.
Watch, now one of the connected
moderators will probably ban me from
this group. Hasn't that
happened to others who disgree with the cool
people?
