Monkeynotions

Wow! I’m shocked at the meme I’ve been uh skimming/following of people asking NOT to videoblog. Scoble sums up some points here very well. But I wanted to address some of the remarks I have been reading, and honestly I am shocked:

Brad Templeton basically states that video is not reader/viewer friendly (without a large over head such as transcripts, etc…).

My response: Blogs are not necessarily reader friendly (trust me). And requesting professional editing and this large overhead to be viewer friendly basically creates what we have on television. Media controlled by the few. To ask people not to videoblog because the bar is so low that ~95% of it is boring, in some ways I think slaps the First Amendment in the face.

Alec Saunders The lack of indexing/searching creates an inability for the viewer to digest easily, also he states:

My response: Just because it’s rough on the viewer doesn’t mean to not produce content. Sure technology is behind, but that didn’t stop people from creating personalized webpages with Geocities back in the day. The technology is always trying to catch up with human needs, why wait around for it? Capitalize on this need.

The second comment about internet becoming TV, was interesting for me becuase I think what’s been explosive about video on the internet is the fact that now I can have social interaction with the video or what I’m watching. I can leave comments, share, and basically have a conversation much about what I’m watching. This is pretty much how humans like to consume television, talk about the show, watch shows with their friends. The internet now allows that. This may not be interesting to you, but it’s occurring and a human need, that vlogging allows.

Ending Thoughts:

Also the beauty about vlogging is that it’s still new. Do I HAVE to produce a 2 min show everyday to be a vlogger? I don’t think so. Do I need high end stuff? not really. Jay Dedman said something to me once about why he liked vlogging so much: You don’t feel compelled to continously do a show. . You can use a rich medium to tell stories or even to capture what went on. That’s why I like doing it.

Really, ending now…

I think the reason why blogging won out … not necessarily because publishers wanted to express themselves, but I think it’s humans / readers/ viewers would rather have honesty and rawness to remind each other that we are all humans. Why is the numa numa lipsynching song so good? Why did lonelygirl15 become so popular? I think they all reflected a bit of rawness and honesty that is *seemingly uncontrived*. That’s why I think people like it.

…and goodbye!

Okay it’s early in the morning, and I don’t think i’m making too much sense here…besides I have a video to finish editing . Now don’t you wish this post was a video so you didnt’ have to read all that ? hehheh

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