Not everyone wants base level content. We have that on M$M. Part of our job is to connect with those folks who do want something different. (I'm especially talking to you David Howell!)
I know this because there is TeacherTube, GodTube, a host of green and ecology videos, and people like myself trying to extend the voice of substance into the future. I feel that non-tech folks and newbies don't know all of the option available to them when it comes to watching web videos. I've mention this before but when I do blogging/vlogging presentations one of the first thing that is mentioned it "oh like YouTube?" I then explain that that is one option of viewing videos. There are other options. The second reaction I get after I show them different kinds of videos is usually is "Why wasn't I told about this?". MySpace is now owned by Fox - corporate media. The have licensing agreements with other content corporate media stakeholders who will refer folks to MySpace. Google owns YouTube. They have contracts with major networks who will repeat what they have been told to say, i.e. "Go to MySpace" and "See it on YouTube" You can only know what you are taught. Or repeat the lie until it becomes the truth. We have to accept that technologically people want it easy and comfortable and non-threatening. Until searching for quality vlogs and web video content becomes as easy as opening a refrigerator door folks are going to take the easier path. The reality is that YouTube made it easy to find content.
