Would like to get this up on www.techstartups.com Andrew and would be happy to arrange for the interview.
Jim On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 3:43 PM, Rupert Howe <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Yes. The difference between viral and ephemeral popularity and a > sustained lower intensity. > Most of the people in this group have never been into producing the > kind of videos that will get shown here, because they're about > something different from the shocking/funny/gossipy X factor that > makes things virally explode. > But I think mag.ma is an elegant solution to those times when you want > to surf some funny popular videos (typically 9.05am and 4.55pm) > > > On 5-Aug-09, at 10:32 PM, Roxanne Darling wrote: > > > I signed up as well; thank you for letting us know about it Andrew. > > > > My beef, having a well-loved show with longevity but not huge amounts > > of traditional popularity, is a way to move beyond the algorithms of > > popularity. Most of the video hosting sites show the most popular - > > which become more popular because it's so easy to watch what is on the > > home page. The "discovery" part gets diluted quickly in favor of the > > mob. Videos that appeal to the 15-25 male demographic continue to rule > > - they seem to have the most time to watch these and make them popular > > by default. Looking at the top listings on Magma right now is enough > > for me to think, "same old same old; no need to return." > > > > Thank heaven the TED videos are on the home page however. But then I > > already subscribe to them. :-) > > > > I did try to add 3 BeachWalks,tv videos to the mix and got this error > > on all three: > > "This video could not be embedded at this time." > > > > I'll be glad to help troubleshoot this with you unless you already > > know what the problem is. > > > > Aloha, > > > > Rox > > > > On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 11:05 AM, Frank > > Carver<[email protected] <frank.carver%40googlemail.com>> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > 2009/8/5 Andrew Baron <[email protected] <andrew%40rocketboom.com> > >: > > > > > >> I wanted > > >> to for sure return to my roots to get the word out and get your > > >> sincere feedback before we go live in the next couple of weeks. > > > > > > Well, one thing struck me immediately. In with all the > > > freely-available media there's a bunch of stuff from the restricted > > > Hulu, un-watchable outside North America. > > > > > > While I can see why you have included it, I would *really* > > appreciate > > > some way of telling from a thumbnail whether I might actually be > > able > > > to watch the video, rather than having to play a guessing game and > > > click through to the magma page for each video. IMHO an ethical > > > aggregator should highlight unrestricted, community-sourced video, > > and > > > at least warn viewers of potentially restricted sources. > > > > > > Otherwise it certainly looks interesting. > > > > > > Frank. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Roxanne Darling > > "o ke kai" means "of the sea" in hawaiian > > Join us at the reef! Mermaid videos, geeks talking, and lots more > > http://reef.beachwalks.tv > > 808-384-5554 > > Video --> http://www.beachwalks.tv > > Company -- > http://www.barefeetstudios.com > > Twitter--> http://www.twitter.com/roxannedarling > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > -- Jim Turner One By One Media, LLC www.onebyonemedia.com www.bloggersforhire.com @Genuine this email is: [ ] bloggable [x] ask first [ ] private [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
