Does viral need a middle man?

ithink_ithink — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 13:35:17 GMT

The nice thing about YouTube, compared to any online presence or the actual channel, is the lack of advertising on YouTube & the increased ability to share the emotion immediately. There isn't heaps of PBS or cable access or real-life sunsets on YouTube because our life isn't wasted & we're emotionally satisfied. The ROI, eyeball count, or buzz isn't worth a damn unless product is bought or leader elected and that isn't happening when more & more tune out. Who wants to participate or share their living emotions like anger, bitterness & apathy? Our emotions are our lives, our lives = time, time = money & money = votes & votes = by the people for the people & people are watching, speaking, & clicking clearly about the waste. We want the juicy bits & now, Carpe Diem! Why sit thru a late night hour of SNL hoping for at least one more good skit or for Mtv to play a video or Comedy Central to get back to Colbert, when instead I can skip all the bad decisions of a producer & company ad exec. & get right to the really funny bits. I'm the producer now, I'm the content provider now, I'm the man, man! And I can recall it instantly & share the emotion immediately! And without as many bathroom breaks.

Does viral need a middle man?

ithink_ithink — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 13:38:03 GMT

YouTube isn't a viral middle man, YouTube allows YOU to be the MAN! Be the producer, be the content provider! See a commercial or campaign ad or the one funnys skit or the one video & to search for other similar content if YOU want it. You're the man now dawg!

Does viral need a middle man?

Clicked Again, Birmingham, AL — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 14:01:38 GMT

Hey Will, found a keyboard that's not quite as flimsy, but definitely has no substance. Have you seen this yet? http://www.virtual-laser-keyboard.com/

Does viral need a middle man?

Will Femia — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 14:56:50 GMT

Clicked Again, yes, I have seen those, or something similar. I love the idea of having a little device wth a CPU and projectors and you place it on, say, a counter and it projects your monitor on the wall and the keyboard on the counter and maybe some kind of touch pad projection. Or maybe it could produce one of those vapor walls for the monitor so you could put it anywhere... Needless to say, I'm pretty stoked about the future of computers.

Does viral need a middle man?

P Kimelman, Alamo, CA — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 15:55:50 GMT

I think the solution for Colbert and all other TV shows is to allow You Tube to point to specific sections of video on the vendors own site. That is, someone on You Tube is pointing me to something interesting that happened, not the whole show. If they could have a link to say 22.2 minutes in, for 1.88 minutes of video, then you get the best of both worlds. Google video allowed that as I remember. This would also allow the content provider to add a 5 second still frame at the start which said which site it came from and who's content. So, it might have a still slide saying: "(c) Comedy Central, 2006
Colbert show 11/02
www.comedycentral.com". This would allow people to highlight clips to others on You Tube (and the like) and still allow the content owner some control (and ownership).