How can you seperate the two? You are calling her work "shit", then IMO you are calling her the same thing. And one more thing "Apoligies to anyone offended"? That's a cop-out, you know you will offend some people, the statement is meant to offend, because you used strong words to invoke a feeling......you could have just said that you don't like it, but to use that word in the context that you used it....it seems unduly harsh and mean spirited and offensive...
Heath http://batmangeek7.blogspot.com --- In [email protected], "Adam Quirk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > After re-reading that it appears that I called Casey shit. I do not think > that Casey McKinnon is Shit. I think that Galacticast is Shit. > > On 12/15/06, Adam Quirk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Independent producers, the ones doing innovative things, creative things, > > with their "CONTENT", are being left behind in the billion dollar Youtube > > "new media" revolution. > > > > There are people doing very impressive, intelligent, timeless things. > > Many of which, idealistically, have no ulterior motives other than to create > > art. I wrap Richard BF and several other amazing people into this category. > > > > > > They aren't selling me anything. > > > > But the people that seem to be glorified in this "Videoblogging" Yahoo! > > group are the ones that cater to the lowest common denominator. > > > > There was an inherent honesty involved when I joined this group. Inherent > > because we were all just responding to each other's videos. And I > > understand that we have outgrown that simplicity (it's become Youtube). > > > > I'd like to retain some of that structure if possible though. > > > > I'm not sure if it is. > > > > I can no longer sit idly by reading glowing reviews of Amanda Across > > America or Galacticast. > > > > I happen to think Casey is a very nice woman. I just think what she and > > Amanda Congdon are trying to do to the personal media revolution is very > > contrary to what I think should be happening. > > > > Because they are both SHIT. > > > > I'm not saying you shouldn't post about either of these pieces of shit, > > just saying that I can no longer read this email list without responding > > appropriately to my conscience. > > > > Apologies to anyone offended. > > > > Ok, > > AQ > > > > > > > > On 12/15/06, sull <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > well i will chime in *again*. > > > > > > i have nothing truly against network2. > > > they communicate here and seem like smart, decent people in this space. > > > of course, that is also in best business interests but hey.... you cant > > > be > > > too skeptical otherwise you would be... paranoid. > > > > > > i've claimed this before, but its important to repeat it especially when > > > a > > > thread like this invites it. > > > > > > vlogdir.com is OPT-IN. from day 1 in April 2005, the directory has been > > > a > > > community-driven directory. > > > I didnt populate it. YOU did. and I am proud of that because i think it > > > is > > > an interesting gauge of this vlog community. > > > I also think that it works mostly as a passive filter. Meaning, people > > > actually take a few moments to submit their videoblog and vodcast (rss > > > feed). That means that they think they have something good to share with > > > others. so they choose to take some measures to do that sharing. > > > vlogdir is always a top 10-20 result in google... so it helps somewhat. > > > > > > I also believe that vlogmap.org has worked this way for almost as long. > > > > > > though i totally love mefeedia.... they are not only opt-in and they > > > actually went through a period when they sucked in a boat-load of feeds > > > from > > > other services like blip, vimeo, vsocial, youtube etc. i call most of > > > those > > > feeds.... orphans. > > > but mefeedia is like the best overall vlog/feed aggregator i think and > > > they > > > do a tremendous amount of "right" stuff.... so, this is in no way to > > > traject > > > anything negative on mefeedia. they rock and when i can, i help them out > > > with feedback. > > > > > > fireant.tv is opt-in too but last i checked, they also add in their own > > > selections as well. the weird part is the fact that any feed you enter > > > in > > > the app, gets added to a database as part of a review queue.... and if > > > it > > > looks tasty, it will end up on the web directory. i think you can > > > opt-out > > > of that happening on mac version. but many feeds on fireant.tv are added > > > by > > > fireant themselves as well as the community (whether intended or not). > > > > > > the only time i truly think its nasty to add feeds without opt- in is > > > when > > > some site appears out of nowhere and sucks in feeds and wraps ads around > > > everything. > > > they are obviously just trying to rank high in search results and make a > > > few > > > bucks. no value back to the community and no value to the publishers. > > > its > > > cheap and its dirty. and it creates a bad reputation too. > > > > > > RSS... yes if you put out a feed, as a general rule you are syndicating > > > your > > > content to anyone on the web. Preferably, you want that content grabbed > > > by > > > an audience, not by random aggregator sites. But you also realize that > > > some > > > of the reputable aggregator sites actually do help you gain exposure and > > > get > > > traffic and distribute your media. More people can subscribe to you. It > > > can be a very good thing if you actually want to spread your media. > > > But you should respect the aggregator and if you dont, you should be > > > able to > > > tell them to remove your content. and they should respond asap. > > > > > > network2 seems like they are trying to add value to the community. i > > > think > > > they might succeed. we'll see. > > > > > > vlogdir.com... well.... the project was one of the originals to come out > > > of > > > this community.... and its in auto-pilot. it still serves and represents > > > the vlogosphere.... but i have not personally focused on evolving the > > > project. after all, it is what it is. what else can it be? i promote > > > vlogs that i like a lot... on the site and elsewhere. and every once in > > > a > > > while i need to delete some vietnam tourism site etc but for the most > > > part, > > > the directory has been problem free. thats a success story. to me at > > > least. > > > > > > maybe in 2007, i will carve a little time out to improve the site. > > > > > > in mean time, make sure any agg-newcomers work like mefeedia, vlogdir, > > > fireant, vlogmap, blip..... the originals.... who give full attribution > > > and > > > add value to the community. oh, i suppose network2 as well ;) > > > > > > sull > > > > > > On 12/14/06, Markus Sandy <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <markus.sandy% 40mac.com>> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > i think i see a difference > > > > > > > > aren't fireant and mefeedia "opt-in" ? > > > > > > > > also, i don't think they *feature* sites from people who wish > > > otherwise > > > > > > > > On Dec 14, 2006, at 1:32 PM, Heath wrote: > > > > > > > > > I don't see what you are doing as any different than Fireant, or > > > > > MeFeedia, etc. You are providing a way to view video on the web, > > > > > vlogs, etc.....at least you are providing link backs and other > > > > > things, there are plenty of sites around that just "take" your feed > > > > > and you would never know it. Ran across a few of those, now THAT > > > > > bothers me, just taking, but I don't see what you are doing > > > > > as "wrong"..... IMO you have been honest and above board, so no > > > > > worries on my end.. > > > > > > > > > > Heath > > > > > http://batmangeek7.blogspot.com > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected]<videoblogging% 40yahoogroups.com><videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com>, > > > > "[chrisbrogan.com]" <group@> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > --- > > > > Markus Sandy > > > > http://feeds.feedburner.com/havemoneywillvlog > > > > http://feeds.feedburner.com/apperceptions > > > > http://feeds.feedburner.com/digitaldojo > > > > http://feeds.feedburner.com/spinflow > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Sull > > > http://vlogdir.com (a project) > > > http://SpreadTheMedia.org (my blog) > > > http://interdigitate.com (otherly) > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
