Recently, I am receiving feedback that is just the opposite - that videoblogging is taking off as people are tiring of the "funny video on my cat" viral video content.
-Frank Frank Sinton CEO, Mefeedia [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mefeedia.com - 2,182,387 episodes from 22,754 video feeds across 13,561 websites Our blog: http://mefeedia.com/blog --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Heath" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Provocative?!....please...everyday there is someone saying 'vlogging' > is a failure or who wants to watch people talk to cameras....2 guys > leave a comment on a TechCrunch blog, who cares? does anyone on this > list care what some guy named "Erik" and some guy whose company helps > you "outsourse" your business thinks? (btw, someone should tell Mr. > David Scott Lewis, that "outsourcing" is soooo 2005, the term > is "smart sourcing" takes the "sting" out of losing your job and > makes it sound better to shareholders, you didn't outsorce, you smart > sourced, see?) > > I vlog cause I wanna vlog, watch if you want, don't if you > don't....If I was worried about numbers, I'd dress in a biniki and do > the news..... > > ;) > > Heath > http://batmangeek7.blogspot.com > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Jan McLaughlin" > <jannie.jan@> wrote: > > > > Oh, the nasty kids are in the playground again... > > > > Tut-tut. > > > > Jan > > > > On 3/19/07, Michael Schaap <michael@> 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] > > >
