I really like Vimeo in terms of features, functionality and design. Though I
use it mainly to share the small number of videos I don't want to publicly
post on my vlog (it has different levels of privacy settings, which is why I
like it). I can't say what it has to offer in terms of community, because I
haven't explored that side of it yet.
It seems to me that the best way to share your videos is still to use
something like blip to host and talk things up in comments, twitter and hope
people subscribe via rss or see your tweets.
Viddler has a nice community here in Philly, because it's homegrown. I know
a lot of people use it here who aren't vloggers but want to share videos
sometimes.
On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 9:35 PM, Rupert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The discussion about YouTube got me thinking. I did a little tour of
some video sharing sites.
I went to http://office.wreckandsalvage.com/ where they have a list
of links to all the video sharing sites they upload to.
A bunch of them are now defunct. All the predictable ones, like
Grouper/Crackle, Studio6 and Dabble. Sharkle is still holding on
somehow.
I was amazed at how dull they all are. How limited the extra number
of views they offer, how limited their sense of community networking.
Above all, I was struck by the incredibly limited range of videos on
most of these sites. Blip is really onto something by focussing on
Shows in the way that it does now. At least it's not all bikini
models and sport clips.
I wondered what the point of them all was. There's no way that I'm
going to waste my time uploading videos to any of them, for the sake
of a few dozen views by people who don't care.
It seems to me that the only reason these sites would interest
videobloggers video artists is if they get videos in front of
likeminded people with whom they can connect and communicate.
So perhaps it's an ability to foster community that will make the
difference between success and failure for these sites. I heard
Vimeo has good community. And Viddler? Is that right? What about
Daily Motion?
Any others? Does anyone else have any good experiences on any other
video sharing sites?
Rupert
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