Because it works, works fast, and users are generally willing to sacrifice quality and freedom for "just working"... look at the threads over the past months about ourmedia/archive crapping out, average ADHD-level user just isn't going accept that as a solution. They also remove the "what version of plugin XYZ am I running" headache, which for people who actually follow these things and care isn't an issue, but I'm not going to (and can't) assume my mom has QT7 installed, and tell her "well just go get it".. that's NOT a good user experience, IMO.
That being said, users DO need to be educated about aggregation, but that's a battle that's *still* being fought on the text-blog level. Waiting 5 minutes for a 2 minute clip is an excrutiating experience for an average user, and one that needs to be rectified. Verdi wrote: >On Nov 8, 2005, at 8:13 AM, Michael Sullivan wrote: > > > >>oh, and of course, let's not forget that the Audience is larger >>than the pool of Content Creators. >>VC's know this. These are the people that they are interested in, >>afterall.... >> >> > >I get that. But why do users like the service? Is it just because >it's been inexplicably written up in places like Slashdot and >BoingBoing? It's just hype. This is what bugs the shit out of me. >Verdi > >-- >Me: http://michaelverdi.com >R&D: http://graymattergravy.com >Learn to videoblog: http://freevlog.org >Learn to videoblog in person: http://node101.org > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > -- Brad Webb, Director of Social Media Technology http://vslabs.vsocial.com/ vSocial | Custom One Media, LLC 51 W. Third Street, #301 Tempe, AZ 85281 (602) 885-2295 - Mobile (480) 967-9575 - Fax ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/T8sf5C/tzNLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/