Secret #1 - No reasonably intelligent person needs this guy's 'secrets' because they're self evident if you spend a moment thinking about how you could game the system. I mean, multiple accounts, who ever would have come up with that?
Secret #2 - The message in this piece is ultimately depressing and underpinned by a real nihilism. People who thoughtlessly follow the premises embeded in it would gladly feed paper pulp to children as a profitable replacement for mother's milk. Don't drink the Kool-aid. Secret #3 - As more and more companies use these techniques it will effect the user experience and people will grow bored and tired and tune out. Secret #4 - The viral videos of today will turn up as kitsch in the future just like Soviet era posters do now. Secret #5 - This guy has no ability to predict the future, that's why he's taking pay for real bottom feeder work -- hustling comments and tags on multiple accounts to try and get his client's videos to go viral. Horrid work, that. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Bill Cammack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Frank Sinton" <frank@> wrote: > > > > I was hesitant to give this guy more attention than he already has, > > but thought it would be very relevant to see what is happening "out > > there": > > > > > http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/22/the-secret-strategies-behind- many-viral-videos/ > > > > Many of us knew that the "Top Viewed Videos" on YouTube was 90% crap > > already.... honestly, i wasn't at all surprised - except that this guy > > is a TA at Stanford! Is this what our "Nation's Best" are being taught > > nowadays? > > > > Why doesn't Mefeedia have a Videos tab with "Most Viewed Videos"? It > > is not a popularity contest - we want it to be about REAL people > > having REAL conversations. This reinforces that belief. > > > > > > Regards, > > -Frank > > > > Frank Sinton > > > > http://www.mefeedia.com - Discover the Video Web > > > > Interesting article. > > There are lots of people that use youtube as a means as opposed to an > end. They put the videos on strictly for marketing purposes as > opposed to giving a damn AT ALL about making a good video or something > interesting or educational or that they feel good or proud about. The > entire goal is "getting clicks back to our site", like the poster > mentioned. > > There's a major difference between the questions "How do I get paid > FOR putting video on the internet?" and "How do I get paid BY putting > video on the internet?" For a lot of people, the craft & artistry is > lost on them completely, and all they know is that this is a medium > where they could possibly make money. Those same people will be > raising pigs when that comes in style. :/ Flying kites for profit. > Engineering milk-substitutes... ANYTHING they can do to try to make a > dollar. > > Gaming the youtube system has been "part of the game" for a long time, > already. They have videos ON youtube about how to GAME youtube. :D I > think the situation's only going to get worse now that the studios are > throwing their hats in the ring and releasing a lot more > broadcast-quality content onto the internet. > > -- > Bill Cammack > http://BillCammack.com >
