--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Meiser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The problem is youtube still perpetuates the idea that it's all just a > big popularity contest. This promotes the idea that it is all about > viral video, funny videos, and other 'entertainment' hiding the true > identity of this beast which is it's more akin to email, IM, the > telephone... it's just personal communication that just so happens to > be public..... in fact architecturally and functionally speaking it's > closest relative is this very yahoo group, but media rich. Hollllllld the phone. Ever see how apeshit podcasters go over rankings, votes, and *those* award ceremonies? And also, we *did* have an awards ceremony, that had minimal public drama, but lots of backchannel drama. That opens up a can of worms that's opened every quarter, but naturally, the moderate belief is yeah you can do personal stuff, and you can do populist rockstar stuff, too. Let's just not lie to ourselves that we don't do it either (not meaning individually-- honestly I don't care about being #1 until well, heh, I'm #1...) :-) ER
