--- In [email protected], "Steve Watkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The thing is that I cant actually think of many people here who > believe otherwise. OK maybe occasionally someone who hasnt put in > insane amounts of effort into their vlog, wonders why they arent being > noticed and propelled to the giddy heights, but generally it seems > like most people know that it will take a certain something to make a > show with a large audience and h potential to make money via advertising. > > There is of course a natural desire for some people who get so hooked > on vlogging and related arts, to want to do it all day, and so to > wonder what ways may exist to make money. But most people are quite > realistic, they may not know demographics but they know the > approximate size of their own audience. > > What may also have encouraged talk of people getting paid here, and > the view that many vloggers believe this will happen as if by magic, > is the businesses that have got a lot more riding on this. These > companies, and their associated media & blogs, are the ones that need > this stuff to happen, and they are going to talk things up. And when > they buy eachother for insane amounts of money, or get a load of VC > money, or do advertising deals that sound lucrative, the people who > make the videos wonder about their cut. But like with so much of web > 2.0, there can be some very big numbers involved which arent actually > based on any revenue stream, just the expectation that there will be > revenue in the future.
Yes. I've noticed this. For instance, there are a few different meetups http://meetup.com for "new media" in NYC. Depending on which ones you attend, it's either media makers talking about their projects or people doing "startups" that are trying to find out how they can get people to put videos on their sites in order to look like a progressive company and score some VC funding. It's exactly what you said. The startups have no revenue stream, but if they can convince someone that they have a viable idea, they can get money based on their hopes for the future.... Which, as you very interestingly point out... leads to THIS! => > At this stage my concern is not about how many people are going to get > rich, but about whether the infrastructure for easy vlogging will > survive ok if the buzz dies and the income to the companies that do > the hosting etc doesnt materialize. I was sarcastic about the sheer > number of video hosting companies that appeared once videoblogging > become big, but choice is good, I like variety. Its not going to be > very nice if at some point some video hosting sites get unplugged > forever and people face losing or having to reupload all their stuff. > > Cheers > > Steve Elbows Excellent point. I hadn't thought about this at all. Somebody could "invest" their videos into some new video-sharing site, especially one where you record right into the site, and you don't have a "hard copy" of your video stored somewhere IRL, and then what happens if that company folds? What happens if "the buzz dies", and they can't get any more "trust me, we're going to get you a return on your investment" money? Very interesting. Definitely something to consider when choosing where to post. Personally, I'm not concerned with that since I post my video to blip, AND I have backups of all my videos anyway. Living in the same town with the blip folx, I happen to know that their work ethic is outlandish! :D We're still talking shop over brews at 2am, or that might be when one of them SHOWS UP because something happened in the middle of the night, and they hopped to dealing with the issue. They focus on the needs of the community, make progressive updates to their services and infrastructure and are clearly dedicated to (and very good at) doing what they're doing, so I'm not concerned about blip. Some other sites, that just seem to have tossed together a user interface so people can start uploading videos and try to "go viral" while they PRAY for VC money..... We'll see if any of them disappear. :D -- billcammack http://reelsolid.tv > --- In [email protected], "Chuck" <chuckboycejr@> wrote: > > > > Absolutely. > > > > --- In [email protected], "Bill Cammack" <BillCammack@> > > wrote: > > > > > I agree, Chuck. I'm not saying that people shouldn't do what they > > > want to do and what they love to do and HOPE to get paid to do it. > > > I'm just saying it's more of a longshot than I've seen discussed in > > > this group. > > > > > > -- > > > billcammack > > > http://reelsolid.tv > > > > > >
