A talk about the future of YouTube
Posted: 13 Jul 2009, 12:38
A late night conversation turned into a more serious discussion (well what ever you consider serious)
If you dot feel like reading but have an opinion please just skip it and post below
theGreatZamboni: im going to update our youtube page to 2.0
thedoghouse: NUUUUUUUU
theGreatZamboni: i need to anounce it on the official post
thedoghouse: 2.0 SUCKS
theGreatZamboni: it will change in a few weeks anyway
theGreatZamboni: force change
thedoghouse: yeah, but leave it on the good one while we still can
theGreatZamboni: we need to get used to change sir
thedoghouse: this isn't change, this is fail at keeping an original, and GREAT design
theGreatZamboni: sorry
theGreatZamboni: if they realize that people want options they will bring the old version back, this will have for sure because 80% of people dont like it
thedoghouse: are you in that 80%?
theGreatZamboni: half and half
theGreatZamboni: i dnt care which one it is as long as my videos get out
thedoghouse: the new design drives me INSANE
thedoghouse: I can't look at the videos the way I want, and ITS, TOO, SHINEY
theGreatZamboni: but the new view only is suited to YouTube's Partners, YouTube isn't the peoples anymore. YouTube is now controlled by people with lots of money. With their new promotion feature you pay YouTube to promote your videos. Now think who has money to waste on promoting their videos other than big corperation​s?
thedoghouse: eh, what can yah do, of course you COULD try to remake youtube the way it was and should be
theGreatZamboni: They new 2.0 is made so banners are more prominent, with out the banner your page is lacking in your own sense of style
thedoghouse: but getting it noticed would be hard
theGreatZamboni: i have looked into making youtube again
thedoghouse: and?
theGreatZamboni: and calling it OurTube
thedoghouse: I was thinking UsTube but OurTube sounds cooler
thedoghouse: of course, there might be a lawsuit or 2 coming out of youtube if it takes off >.>
theGreatZamboni: it would take work but people would get behind it, people who realize that youtube is no longer the people's
thedoghouse: all we need, a webpage, publisism, monah (mostly to advertise on google), time, and the ability to put advertiseme​nts for it on youtube
theGreatZamboni: YouTube can still exist but it must establish itself as one thing. Is it for companies and news, collections of series from around the web. Or is youtube going to keep convincing itself it is still for the people but still in turn withholding from their users who aren't putting out videos that have millions of views
thedoghouse: yeah
theGreatZamboni: we can maybe make a branch of youtube thats for less know videos then when they become big say to the people at youtube "hey this is a good one you should feature it on your front page
gaining it publicity
theGreatZamboni: but it would still remain on both sites
thedoghouse: psssh, like youtube would let that happen, they'd steal the idea and hire a bunch of people just to go out telling people their videos are good and to promote them
theGreatZamboni: You know what, there should have to be a separation. YouTube should just function as it describes itself a viral service by the people for the people
thedoghouse: yeah
theGreatZamboni: well now im going to take our little late night chat and make a forum topic out of it
thedoghouse: dooo eeet
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO BOTHERED TO READ, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
If you dot feel like reading but have an opinion please just skip it and post below
theGreatZamboni: im going to update our youtube page to 2.0
thedoghouse: NUUUUUUUU
theGreatZamboni: i need to anounce it on the official post
thedoghouse: 2.0 SUCKS
theGreatZamboni: it will change in a few weeks anyway
theGreatZamboni: force change
thedoghouse: yeah, but leave it on the good one while we still can
theGreatZamboni: we need to get used to change sir
thedoghouse: this isn't change, this is fail at keeping an original, and GREAT design
theGreatZamboni: sorry
theGreatZamboni: if they realize that people want options they will bring the old version back, this will have for sure because 80% of people dont like it
thedoghouse: are you in that 80%?
theGreatZamboni: half and half
theGreatZamboni: i dnt care which one it is as long as my videos get out
thedoghouse: the new design drives me INSANE
thedoghouse: I can't look at the videos the way I want, and ITS, TOO, SHINEY
theGreatZamboni: but the new view only is suited to YouTube's Partners, YouTube isn't the peoples anymore. YouTube is now controlled by people with lots of money. With their new promotion feature you pay YouTube to promote your videos. Now think who has money to waste on promoting their videos other than big corperation​s?
thedoghouse: eh, what can yah do, of course you COULD try to remake youtube the way it was and should be
theGreatZamboni: They new 2.0 is made so banners are more prominent, with out the banner your page is lacking in your own sense of style
thedoghouse: but getting it noticed would be hard
theGreatZamboni: i have looked into making youtube again
thedoghouse: and?
theGreatZamboni: and calling it OurTube
thedoghouse: I was thinking UsTube but OurTube sounds cooler
thedoghouse: of course, there might be a lawsuit or 2 coming out of youtube if it takes off >.>
theGreatZamboni: it would take work but people would get behind it, people who realize that youtube is no longer the people's
thedoghouse: all we need, a webpage, publisism, monah (mostly to advertise on google), time, and the ability to put advertiseme​nts for it on youtube
theGreatZamboni: YouTube can still exist but it must establish itself as one thing. Is it for companies and news, collections of series from around the web. Or is youtube going to keep convincing itself it is still for the people but still in turn withholding from their users who aren't putting out videos that have millions of views
thedoghouse: yeah
theGreatZamboni: we can maybe make a branch of youtube thats for less know videos then when they become big say to the people at youtube "hey this is a good one you should feature it on your front page
gaining it publicity
theGreatZamboni: but it would still remain on both sites
thedoghouse: psssh, like youtube would let that happen, they'd steal the idea and hire a bunch of people just to go out telling people their videos are good and to promote them
theGreatZamboni: You know what, there should have to be a separation. YouTube should just function as it describes itself a viral service by the people for the people
thedoghouse: yeah
theGreatZamboni: well now im going to take our little late night chat and make a forum topic out of it
thedoghouse: dooo eeet
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO BOTHERED TO READ, WHAT DO YOU THINK?