I agree about the participation, I wish more here posted, just to have a few more "voices" be heard....
Heath http://batmangeek7.blogspot.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "leanbackvids" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 <sulleleven@> 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 < leanbackvids@> 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] > > >
