So basic social networking like on twitter and facebook. Just the ability to see who everyone is. The other faces in the crowd.
Simple enough... consider it done. We've got a critical mass on there already. We just need to bug people to join. So... let's start putting the urls in our sig. That should do the trick. :) -Mike On 8/1/07, Rupert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well, we've increased the size of the group two and a half times > overnight. > > You're mostly right about the discussion part of the group. But > that's not the strength or point of having the Group on Youtube. > > And the Posting Videos part of it can be used for good or spam. But > that's not the point of it either. > > The real strength of the Youtube group is as a place to find other > videobloggers on Youtube. It's such a fragmented experience, looking > at individual videos or shows, and so outsiders often get the sense > that Youtube lacks the community & conversation that we have here, & > on our own blogs, on Twitter, etc > > What I like about the group is that you can now go to > http://youtube.com/group/videoblogging > and just click the Members link to see all the Members. > Then you can quickly surf the list and connect with the people you want. > > Here's how it was before: Last night, I had to trawl through about 50 > people's profiles to find people I knew. Each had just a few people > - different people - from the videoblogging community. There wasn't > the massively overlapping friend networks that you'll find on > Facebook or Twitter. So I Friended and Subscribed to as many people > as I could find and sent invitations to join the group to all of > them... and then even more people that I hadn't found joined and > friended me. > > So we're getting lots of people in one place on YouTube, which will > help to make it a richer experience, I think. I'd like to think that > this will help me find all sorts of new people (it has already, > actually) and introduce them to people I know from outside Youtube > and vice versa. That'd be really cool. > > Rupert > http://twittervlog.tv > > On 31 Jul 2007, at 23:28, Mike Meiser wrote: > > Well, I've joined, but I'm not toltally sure that group isn't just spam. > > I'm all for having more excuses to play with youtube, but honestly, I > think sull is write. Youtube groups, or any group without email based > discussion for that matter is just freaking pointless. Flickr groups > are about as sucessful as a group can get with out email... and quite > frankly they suck. Particularly a a forum for discussion... which are > always almost nonexistent. > > But... if you post videos there, and chat there, I'll be sure to > friend you... and subscribe... and check your posts... when I remember > to actually go back and visit it that is... once every couple new > moons. > > -Mike > mmeiser.com/blog > mefeedia.com > > On 7/31/07, Ed Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Count me in, [EMAIL PROTECTED], I have 11 short vids on youtube > and they > > do a great job of giving me exposure and even selling a book now > and then. > > I only have about 1,600 views, which doesn't put me in the class > of vids of > > 17 yr old girls, or pet tricks, but it is not bad. OK, thanks, Ed. > > > > On 7/31/07, Rupert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > So I finally figured out how to search for Youtube Groups. I > found a > > > couple of dozen groups associated with videoblogging - but none of > > > them had more than a few members, and there were no fresh > discussions > > > or activity. > > > > > > Is anybody else here interested in joining a group on Youtube? > > > > > > As per the Facebook group discussion last week, I'd want a group to > > > complement the Yahoo group rather than duplicate it. It'd be a way > > > to share videos and connect with people on Youtube, explore the > > > communities and conversations there, even to inspire us to feel > it's > > > worthwhile posting on Youtube, and to find more viewers. > > > > > > If nobody says yes, I won't bother, because the last thing I > want to > > > do is create another unpopulated dead Group. > > > > > > But it could be a great way to build a bridge from this group into > > > Youtube, since it's often been remarked that there's so much > > > separation between us. > > > > > > My 'month of Youtube' has been a little slowed down by hectic > work & > > > home life, but I'm still as committed to exploring it more. > > > > > > As I just wrote in an email to someone else, I do think it's a bit > > > mad that so many of us are not on Youtube more, given the much > larger > > > number of people passing through there than through any other site. > > > Youtube has 50%+ share of all online video, but amazingly the > > > mefeedia figures show it has less videoblogs than other sites. > > > > > > I understand that a few people will not want to deal with youtube's > > > TOS, their interface or their picture quality, but for a lot of us > > > who want to connect with other people and evangelize this stuff a > > > little, it surely makes more sense to spend some time hanging > out on > > > the main drag as well as behind the bike shed. > > > > > > What do you reckon? Who would want to join? > > > > > > Rupert > > > http://twittervlog.tv/ > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
