Thanks for the comments yall! The "top charts" part of Magma is just the popular entry point. 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 <rup...@twittervlog.tv> 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<frank.car...@googlemail.com <frank.carver%40googlemail.com>> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > 2009/8/5 Andrew Baron <and...@rocketboom.com <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]
