Ah the smell of communities and fiction the history of which we write.... I watch ((literally)) with an-tici-pation and one famous drag queen said
Adam --- In [email protected], "Steve Watkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I thought you LiveJournal post was great, you made many excellent > points. And I am a big fan of anything that compares recent phenomenon > to things that have happened in the past. These days I see many thing > happening that people & the media describe as new, but theres nearly > always parallels and lessons from history. > > Ive been a bit bemused that some people seem to be quite annoyed about > youtube, and that there are some attempts by a few to disassociate > themselves from youtubers. And to think it was less than 2 years ago > that we were observing some players in mainstream media sneering at > vloggers. Bring on the Rascal Multitude I say, long may they be a > thorn in the side of nepotism, complacency, laziness and elitism. > > Steve Elbows > > --- In [email protected], wlight@ wrote: > > > > > Everyone said, "That needs to go on YouTube", this from guys and gals > > > in age from 20 something to over 50, "This needs to go on > > > YouTube"....NOT "hey put it on your site or upload it to blip or > > > Revver", or whatever, no it HAS to go on YouTube..... > > [...] > > > Maybe I am wrong, I want to be wrong in some ways but I gotta say > > > based on my very informal "test"...the YouTube "debate" is over..... > > > > I think that, while you're touching on a point, it's not 100% the > point. > > I wrote a massive LiveJournal post on how I see the "economics" of > > blogging working, which is the long form and context of what I'm > going to > > say here. If you're interested on my thoughts, you can find it at > > http://cuplan.livejournal.com/256364.html#cutid1 > > > > Basically, though, I think that it's a bit post hoc ergo propter hoc to > > suggest that YouTube is online video. While it has, for now, become > a big > > brand name for people, I don't think that, in the terms of "the > economics > > of blogging" as I see them, that YouTube is actually the end-all when it > > comes to carving out a name for yourself in online video. Consider that > > MySpace or LiveJournal or whatnot is considered the one-stop > location for > > blogging, too, but the most popular blogs are kept on the sites of their > > creators. > > > > So, much like I think someone with a lot of creativity needs to use a > > MySpace page as part of their marketing plan, I also think that a > > successful online video producer will vastly benefit by throwing a few > > bones on YouTube. At the end of the day, though, YouTube doesn't strike > > me as where you ant to make camp...just a place to visit and promote > > yourself. > > > > -- > > Rhett > > http://www.weatherlight.com/freetime > > >
