I agree with you! I won't sacrifice my integrity just to fit in and gain short term popularity. In fact I read an article about this same thing today that made this exact point. I would rather not fit into the mold of most of the people out there on site like youtube that are making videos just to get a quick laugh or some attention.
Shawn Carpenter http://spcbrass.wordpress.com http://loudtourtv.blip.tv --- In [email protected], "David Howell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jay, I think the most important line in that article is "Dude, you're > not funny. So don't try.". > > So, for those of us that are not funny or wanting to make absolute > idiots of ourselves in our videos, we are destined to always be > bridesmaids and never a bride. > > I'll stick to not being funny, not being popular and keeping my > integrity intact. > > You will have to excuse me now. I have to go and make some cute kitten > videos. > > Thanks > > David > http://www.davidhowellstudios.com > > --- In [email protected], "Jay dedman" <jay.dedman@> wrote: > > > > I just read this blog post and came across this paragraph: > > http://newteevee.com/2007/09/21/college-humor-pwns-funny/ > > > > "And for a business, popularity is key, which is why CollegeHumorTV taps > > into the rich vein of pop culture to fuel its jokes. "Really clever, > > stand-alone sketches don't do that well on the Internet. They're not the > > kind of videos that go viral," said Gurewitch. "For us to stay a > > money-making business, we need to make sure videos have a lot of > > popularity."" > > > > For some reason it just hit me: > > the way to be popular is to make videos about what is happening > right now. > > So if people are talking about Facebook, make a funny video about > Facebook. > > This is what talking about, this is what is being searched for online. > > This is "popular culture". > > This is how to be popular. > > I'm a retard for not having really grasped this concept. > > > > Jay > > > > -- > > http://jaydedman.com > > 917 371 6790 > > Twitter: http://tinyurl.com/2aodyc > > RSS: http://tinyurl.com/yqgdt9 > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > >
