Comments on: The Places We Live http://chrisphoto.com/2008/12/the-places-we-live/ multimedia producer Sun, 05 Sep 2010 17:56:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Gordon Brander http://chrisphoto.com/2008/12/the-places-we-live/comment-page-1/#comment-54 Gordon Brander Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:50:44 +0000 http://chrisphoto.com/?p=187#comment-54 One would be remiss not to mention how people respond to a video. Though in many web videos, public commenting does not play a part, there are just as many where it does. Comments and community are just as much a part of a documentary video on the web as the color of the page and the quality of its editing. You can see this plainly on Youtube. No effort is made to foster a healthy community there, and people respond with flame wars, insulting remarks and responses low in cognitive content. The content is in turn effected by this culture and pirated videos, lusty teen video diaries and "lol videos" prevail. In contrast, the video site <a href="http://vimeo.com" rel="nofollow">Vimeo</a> has from the start fostered a creative, fun culture. The founders created a site that respects the content it hosts--through good design and high-quality video bitrates. More than that, they have become community organizers, coming up with <a href="http://www.vimeo.com/28554" rel="nofollow">fun projects</a>, meme's and generally encouraging creative work. They are rewarded with folks creating quality content, constructive conversation around videos and a loyal community. One would be remiss not to mention how people respond to a video. Though in many web videos, public commenting does not play a part, there are just as many where it does. Comments and community are just as much a part of a documentary video on the web as the color of the page and the quality of its editing.

You can see this plainly on Youtube. No effort is made to foster a healthy community there, and people respond with flame wars, insulting remarks and responses low in cognitive content. The content is in turn effected by this culture and pirated videos, lusty teen video diaries and “lol videos” prevail.

In contrast, the video site Vimeo has from the start fostered a creative, fun culture. The founders created a site that respects the content it hosts–through good design and high-quality video bitrates. More than that, they have become community organizers, coming up with fun projects, meme’s and generally encouraging creative work. They are rewarded with folks creating quality content, constructive conversation around videos and a loyal community.

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