All good news Andrew. FWIW, I could not easily find a way to search people. I tried to find Rupert to friend/follow him and could not - except by seeing a link to him as a recent user and then using the "follow" link under his profile pic. I know you are in beta - so consider this just a usability tip.
Rox On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 12:55 PM, Jim Turner<[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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] > > -- 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
