Thanks Sull for the background info. Ironically the conversation about collaboration has halted.
Someone posted the other day that we are in an "Age of Narcissusism". Maybe it is generally true that vloggers are self-driven, and that is the reason community collaboration has been difficult. The part that has always frustrated me about the level of community participation is that it IS self-rewarding to contribute and collaborate with various sites. This Yahoo group is a perfect example... How many people have a vlog but remain lurkers here? Those who post regularly have become "known" in the community. Technically, it is probably because of the urls in their signatures. The more the person post, the more they themselves become known. Posting comments on other vlogs or participating in other directories/networks only expands the number of locations your site is linked, which Google's page rank weights heavily. I feel the same way about RSS and embedding of videos. Put branding at the beginning and the end and welcome all distribution. If you are fortunate, you may be able to generate income off video advertising. Most Web-based rewards revolve around traffic... and participation usually increases traffic. -Matt http://vlogmap.org --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, sull <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The closest efforts that I am aware of are ourmedia.org and node101.org. > > Ourmedia is still lost in orbit but I know there are some efforts to do a > relaunch/refocus. > > Node101... they succeeded in raising money from vloggercon ($20k?). But I > do not know what the money will go towards in the coming year or if there is > an interest in funding software development etc. I'm not sure what projects > are in store at Node101. > > Else... > A project that is not in and of itself a nonprofit organization but is > hosted and supported by one is Videobloggers.org.... This was my project in > partnership with ibiblio.org. > ibiblio does not have extra resources to help beyond the free hosting (last > i heard). > I have on more than one occasion asked for help in completing/relaunching > that project but no response. > Maybe thats some sort of gauge to the effect of what you are saying, matt. > > sull > > On 12/19/06, leanbackvids < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Couldn't we create a non-profit organization and build the Web app > > under it's ownership? Would others work for that? How successful have > > other attempts been? I don't know. > > > > -Matt > > http://vlogmap.org > > > > > > -- > Sull > http://vlogdir.com (a project) > http://SpreadTheMedia.org (my blog) > http://interdigitate.com (otherly) > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
