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On 2/9/07, Bill Cammack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "bestdamntechshow" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > how do all of you feel about the user feedback that you get? is it > > enough (like there is such thing as enough), or are you concerned that > > people are just watching and not getting involved. > > > > how do we turn that trend around? what type of tools do we need to > > really break the wall down and gain one on one relationships with the > > people who watch our videos? > > > > _drew > > www.pluggd.com > > > > That's an interesting question. I think we have to start out with the > understanding that anywhere you go on the net, there are WAY more > lurkers than posters. I think I read somewhere that the circulation > for this list is something like 2500, and there aren't even 30 people > that post on a regular basis. Even if you try to make a claim that > there are 100 people that post, it's still a horrible ratio. I would > suspect that the relationship between hits on a site and comments > won't be changing any time soon without some sort of restructuring of > the blogs themselves. > > On top of that, I think a lot of blogs are closed-ended, by which I > mean there really isn't anything in them that calls for discussion or > debate. It just IS what it IS. I'll watch Scriggity to see Shauna's > antics, and I'll watch it to see your editing. By the end of the > show, I feel a statement was made, and I watched the expression of > that statement, and I don't have anything to say about it. There are > other shows, like this one about a chick that lies to every guy she > ever meets and then wonders why she can't get a decent guy, where I > don't have anything POSITIVE to say, so I just skip it. :D > > Increasing viewer feedback is a tall order for both of those reasons. > The video itself would have to prompt discussion, and then the > viewers would have to actually participate... most of whom are > lurkers, who don't participate practically by decree. This is why our > friends inside YouTube have so many hits. The culture over there is > to watch something and then comment on it and then tell your friends > or your groups about it and have them comment on it as well. Now, > they have video comments, so by commenting, you're creating another > branch that's going to spawn the same type of responses. Also, the > whole "I'm sitting in my room in front of my webcam with nothing > better to do than make videos for YouTube" mentality is a sort of "cry > for help". It begs for someone to respond to it, and other people > sitting in their rooms in Arkansas with a webcam can empathize with > them and feel the desire to respond. That won't happen outside of > social sites, because there's no community like that. It's like David > said, it's random viewers pressing random buttons and very seldom > latching on to anything. > > I think Zadi & Steve have some good ideas @ JetSetShow, like having > their viewers send in items that they actually use on the web site. > I'm sure it makes the viewers feel like they can be a part of the show > instead of just watching it. Actually, the whole format of their show > invites teens to get involved and make media, either for their own > purposes or to submit to JetSetShow for possible 'airing'. > > -- > Bill C. > http://ReelSolid.TV > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > -- The Faux Press - better than real http://fauxpress.blogspot.com
