Well, we've increased the size of the group two and a half times overnight.
You're mostly right about the discussion part of the group. But that's not the strength or point of having the Group on Youtube. And the Posting Videos part of it can be used for good or spam. But that's not the point of it either. The real strength of the Youtube group is as a place to find other videobloggers on Youtube. It's such a fragmented experience, looking at individual videos or shows, and so outsiders often get the sense that Youtube lacks the community & conversation that we have here, & on our own blogs, on Twitter, etc What I like about the group is that you can now go to http://youtube.com/group/videoblogging and just click the Members link to see all the Members. Then you can quickly surf the list and connect with the people you want. Here's how it was before: Last night, I had to trawl through about 50 people's profiles to find people I knew. Each had just a few people - different people - from the videoblogging community. There wasn't the massively overlapping friend networks that you'll find on Facebook or Twitter. So I Friended and Subscribed to as many people as I could find and sent invitations to join the group to all of them... and then even more people that I hadn't found joined and friended me. So we're getting lots of people in one place on YouTube, which will help to make it a richer experience, I think. I'd like to think that this will help me find all sorts of new people (it has already, actually) and introduce them to people I know from outside Youtube and vice versa. That'd be really cool. Rupert http://twittervlog.tv On 31 Jul 2007, at 23:28, Mike Meiser wrote: Well, I've joined, but I'm not toltally sure that group isn't just spam. I'm all for having more excuses to play with youtube, but honestly, I think sull is write. Youtube groups, or any group without email based discussion for that matter is just freaking pointless. Flickr groups are about as sucessful as a group can get with out email... and quite frankly they suck. Particularly a a forum for discussion... which are always almost nonexistent. But... if you post videos there, and chat there, I'll be sure to friend you... and subscribe... and check your posts... when I remember to actually go back and visit it that is... once every couple new moons. -Mike mmeiser.com/blog mefeedia.com On 7/31/07, Ed Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Count me in, [EMAIL PROTECTED], I have 11 short vids on youtube and they > do a great job of giving me exposure and even selling a book now and then. > I only have about 1,600 views, which doesn't put me in the class of vids of > 17 yr old girls, or pet tricks, but it is not bad. OK, thanks, Ed. > > On 7/31/07, Rupert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > So I finally figured out how to search for Youtube Groups. I found a > > couple of dozen groups associated with videoblogging - but none of > > them had more than a few members, and there were no fresh discussions > > or activity. > > > > Is anybody else here interested in joining a group on Youtube? > > > > As per the Facebook group discussion last week, I'd want a group to > > complement the Yahoo group rather than duplicate it. It'd be a way > > to share videos and connect with people on Youtube, explore the > > communities and conversations there, even to inspire us to feel it's > > worthwhile posting on Youtube, and to find more viewers. > > > > If nobody says yes, I won't bother, because the last thing I want to > > do is create another unpopulated dead Group. > > > > But it could be a great way to build a bridge from this group into > > Youtube, since it's often been remarked that there's so much > > separation between us. > > > > My 'month of Youtube' has been a little slowed down by hectic work & > > home life, but I'm still as committed to exploring it more. > > > > As I just wrote in an email to someone else, I do think it's a bit > > mad that so many of us are not on Youtube more, given the much larger > > number of people passing through there than through any other site. > > Youtube has 50%+ share of all online video, but amazingly the > > mefeedia figures show it has less videoblogs than other sites. > > > > I understand that a few people will not want to deal with youtube's > > TOS, their interface or their picture quality, but for a lot of us > > who want to connect with other people and evangelize this stuff a > > little, it surely makes more sense to spend some time hanging out on > > the main drag as well as behind the bike shed. > > > > What do you reckon? Who would want to join? > > > > Rupert > > http://twittervlog.tv/ > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
