This year will be the most informative in terms who's truly innovative in online video hosting. I had a hunch that seesmic or imeem would not be around for long simply by initially checking out their UI and user experience. Not that I am happy that they are folding, but this is another example that the "mee-too" model doesn't work unless you bring something groundbreaking.
--- In [email protected], Jay dedman <jay.ded...@...> wrote: > > I just saw that both Seesmic and Imeem have decided to stop > accepting/hosting videos for people. > http://blog.imeem.com/2009/06/25/simplifying-imeem/ > http://newteevee.com/2009/06/26/seesmic-no-business-in-video-conversations/ > > It's interesting that Seesmic is closing down video since that was > their big play when starting. I know that the "vidder" community had > collectively chosen Imeem to host all their videos....and now find out > they have 5 days to get take their work down before deletion. > > This is just another example of the need to backup all your work. > > Jay > > -- > http://ryanishungry.com > http://jaydedman.com > http://twitter.com/jaydedman > 917 371 6790 >
