Steve: > If a few people could try it out, I'd like to see how the video > comment stream works.
I signed up with Flickzor and left a message at your Flickzor widget. First off, if they want this thing to soar, they'll have to rebuild it so you can leave a video response without joining "yet another" social organization, and signing away certain rights that careful people might not want to. I bumped into a few gliches during signup and cannot replay my introduction--definitely in technical beta, as they explain. Terms: The newsletter is opt-out instead of the better opt-in. More importantly, a user of their service could end up paying for THEIR lawyers and traveling to Virginia in the case of a third party lawsuit. How could the risk of that be worth the service, even if it is free? (I've got professional liability insurance that would cover it, but if I sign too many of this sort of agreement my premiums are likely to go up.) Taking care of the content providers: Their business model seems to be the usual "taking" of content, branding, and surrounding it with advertising and keeping all the revenue for themselves. They say they are still in early beta testing on the technical side, but they already have advertising well established. I'd rather pay a fee for an unbranded widget and no advertising. I didn't see any options to test that out. In any case, I've been waiting for this type of service, and Flickzor is the closest yet. John www.HistoricHomeWorks.com
