I signed up as well; thank you for letting us know about it Andrew. My beef, having a well-loved show with longevity but not huge amounts of traditional popularity, is a way to move beyond the algorithms of popularity. Most of the video hosting sites show the most popular - which become more popular because it's so easy to watch what is on the home page. The "discovery" part gets diluted quickly in favor of the mob. Videos that appeal to the 15-25 male demographic continue to rule - they seem to have the most time to watch these and make them popular by default. Looking at the top listings on Magma right now is enough for me to think, "same old same old; no need to return."
Thank heaven the TED videos are on the home page however. But then I already subscribe to them. :-) I did try to add 3 BeachWalks,tv videos to the mix and got this error on all three: "This video could not be embedded at this time." I'll be glad to help troubleshoot this with you unless you already know what the problem is. Aloha, Rox On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 11:05 AM, Frank Carver<frank.car...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > 2009/8/5 Andrew Baron <and...@rocketboom.com>: > >> I wanted >> to for sure return to my roots to get the word out and get your >> sincere feedback before we go live in the next couple of weeks. > > Well, one thing struck me immediately. In with all the > freely-available media there's a bunch of stuff from the restricted > Hulu, un-watchable outside North America. > > While I can see why you have included it, I would *really* appreciate > some way of telling from a thumbnail whether I might actually be able > to watch the video, rather than having to play a guessing game and > click through to the magma page for each video. IMHO an ethical > aggregator should highlight unrestricted, community-sourced video, and > at least warn viewers of potentially restricted sources. > > Otherwise it certainly looks interesting. > > Frank. > > -- Roxanne Darling "o ke kai" means "of the sea" in hawaiian Join us at the reef! Mermaid videos, geeks talking, and lots more http://reef.beachwalks.tv 808-384-5554 Video --> http://www.beachwalks.tv Company -- > http://www.barefeetstudios.com Twitter--> http://www.twitter.com/roxannedarling
