I didn't understand these extra levels of discovery from looking at the site. I must have not read the Tutorial properly. That's cool.
On 5-Aug-09, at 11:40 PM, andrew michael baron wrote: > What Im most excited by is the potential for Magma to > become one of the most effective ways to find those obscure, off the > beaten > track videos that no one is watching except you and your friends. > This happens through befriending, collecting and then sharing. > Currently for > example, I follow 75 people on the site. When ever they add a new > video to > their channel, it winds up in my dashboard. This is where I find the > videos > from my friends, so these will tend to be the ones that I like the > most. > > Also, in time, there will likely be various people who curate a > certain kind > of video, say for example, all soccer plays. If you love Soccer, you > might > want to follow this person's channel to keep up with all the cool > plays as > they happen. > > On that note, I'd invite you to check out my personal collection of > Japanese > videos: > http://mag.ma/andrew/Japan > > ...as well as some of my favorite mashup videos: > http://mag.ma/andrew/Mashup > > We are also finding videos by website. So if, for instance, you like > Boingboing a lot, we grab every blog post from Boingboing that links > to a > video on their blog, on the Magma Boingboing channel: > http://mag.ma/channels/443 > > So aside form the majority of the people who will probably just hit > the home > page, check out some "here-and-now" popular videos, and then bail, > anyone > who wants to explore or discover new videos, may like this platform > as a way > to find the most relevant ones. > > Cheers! > > On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 5:43 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] > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
