Oh, the nasty kids are in the playground again... Tut-tut.
Jan On 3/19/07, Michael Schaap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > FYI > > In the comments on a short TechCrunch review (http://tinyurl.com/2bcqx5) > about VLIP i > read the following provocative statements: > > 'Erick' writes: > > "Unless a person is at least the slightest bit entertaining, Vlogging > stinks. I dont want to > look at some weirdo sitting at home/work talking into a webcam about their > lame day or > skill or opinion. If you arent as entertaining as Ze Frank, then you stink > and nobody wants > to hear/see you..." > > and David Scott Lexis writes: > > "Video blogs have been a failure, as I noted in a couple of AlwaysOn > Network columns. > Videos are one thing; automatically downloading video blogs (or video > podcasts; I prefer > "video podcasts") is too bandwidth intensive, too slow, takes up too much > hard disk space. > > You want to leave your computer on all night to download video podcasts? > Well, good for > you but you're in the minority. How many video podcasts have been > successful? Do any > have over 10,000 subscribers to their feed? > > Compare and contrast with "standard" blogs such as this one. Matter of > fact, are there > any video podcasts that have even 1% of the subscribers that TechCrunch > has? None that > I'm aware of, and in my public blogroll I subscribe to a lot ( > http://www.bloglines.com/ > public/DSL). > > Mind you, this might be a decent idea, but until bandwidth, hard disk > space and all sorts > of other limitations are overcome (like the need for better and easier > production > techniques), it will remain a novelty for the SXSW crowd (and they're not > early adopters, > they're "way-too-early adopters"; in the 70's they would have been touting > the wonders of > AI). > > BTW, I still subscribe to several video podcasts for my iPod. But I > suspect that I'm in the > minority; I know very few people outside of the Bay area who subscribe to > more than a few > (if any) and I don't know anyone in China (where I currently live) who > subscribes to any > not even one. YouTube, thumbs up; video blogs & video podcasts, thumbs > down (too > early). > > Remember, so-called and self-anointed pioneers usually wind up with arrows > in their > back. Besides, how many people really have good "TV"/video presence? Not a > lot. Good > podcasters are a subset of good bloggers, but good vloggers are a subset > of good > podcasters: That's a tiny set..." > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > -- The Faux Press - better than real http://fauxpress.blogspot.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Yahoo! Groups gets a make over. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/hOt0.A/lOaOAA/yQLSAA/lBLqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
