Peter, VIDEOBLOGGER: One who belongs to the videoblogging group hosted at > Yahoo Groups.
Tell me you are kidding. Trust me, I know what I know to be true ;) sull On 11/19/06, Peter Leppik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sull: > > I think the source of your problem is that you don't understand the > meaning of the words "videoblogger," "videoblogging," and > "videoblog." Let me clarify these terms for you, based on what I've > learned from reading this list: > > VIDEOBLOGGER: One who belongs to the videoblogging group hosted at > Yahoo Groups. > > VIDEOBLOGGING: That activity engaged in by videobloggers. > > VIDEOBLOG: The end result of videoblogging. > > So the fundamental problem is that there's all these people on > YouTube who clearly aren't videobloggers (by definition), yet they > engage in an activity which looks suspiciously like videoblogging. > > The debate is over what to do about it, Should we (a) reach out to > these people, invite them to join the videoblogging group, and > thereby turn them into videobloggers; or (b) make sure people > understand that--all appearances to the contrary notwithstanding-- > those people aren't videobloggers but something else. "Youtubers" > maybe. > > It is a debate I expect to see continue for quite some time. > > -Peter > > On Nov 18, 2006, at 9:07 PM, sull wrote: > > > I just finished reading this thread with a sorta confused look on > > my face > > for most of it.... > > And it fitting that the last message here by Charles Hope jives > > with how I > > feel. > > This seems to be a case of over-analyzing a specific perspective of > > communities who are using video to socialize, create, inform, > > entertain, > > insult, inspire etcetera. > > > > As for the video. yeah its a good job making a montage of some notable > > clips and clips that kind of express whats going on at YouTube. Add > > the sad > > sounding violin and piano and booya.... Change the soundtrack to > > some thrash > > metal... and you have something entirely different. But whatever. > > its a > > good video and thanks for sharing it here, eric. > > > > -- Sull http://vlogdir.com (a project) http://SpreadTheMedia.org (my blog) http://interdigitate.com (otherly) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
