Video Tagging

Vimeo is like Flickr and del.icio.us meets video. Worth a look.

Comments

[Andrew Kaufmann]

Can you imagine how big this site could have in the aftermath of the tsunami disaster?

It's morbid, but disasters do seem to have an affect on the acceptance of new technology.

I could see this site being a great tool when there is "high-demand" video -- you post the video you found of Big Event, your buddy does the same, guy down the street posts the video he took himself... but it'd need a bit of pub before it got to that point. And then there's always the question of resources -- if there is a sudden singular drive toward such a site, would they be able to handle the push?

[Jakob Lodwick]

Andrew: we're running Vimeo through the same server and bandwidth setup as our other site, CollegeHumor.com, which handles massive amounts of traffic. So to answer your question: "probably".

[Rob Barac]

Well it was only a matter of time I guess. A great idea methinks.

Now I just need access to the beta site, any leads on that one Steve?

[Andrew Kaufmann]

Jakob: I like your site idea -- and I have to admit to having gotten some laughs out of collegehumor.com and bought a tshirt or two from busted tees. Which leads to an area where blogging doesn't seem to be a big player (but perhaps I just travel in the wrong circles) -- adult content. Outside of fleshbot.com, I haven't seen many ads for adult content -- which is nice to have an internet area not overrun by the sex industry.

Do you see adult entertainment as being a possible big player in pushing a site like vimeo toward the forefront? It doesn't take much imagination to see how such a site could be quite a tool to the internet user interested in adult entertainment. I looked around the site for an AUP, but didn't come across one. Will it be allowed? Collegehumor.com seems quite liberal -- and fittingly so. That kind of thing is part of what the college experience is about. But is the outlook for vimeo different? And what has kept adult entertainment out of the blogging world, or at least the forefront of it?

[Seth]

I think Andrew raises an interesting question regarding adult content. I'll give my two cents: adult content, especially video content, already dominates filesharing communities like BitTorrent and is readily distributed through blogs such as Fark.com, BadGirlsBlog.com and a myriad of other sites that trade in funny video, stupid pictures/jokes and the like. In my opinion, they don't really need to blog, because other people are doing it for them. I suppose pornography fans would love to get the inside dish on production of a movie or feel closer to directors and stars, but I think we're at that level of interactivity already. A blog, in my opinion, wouldn't do much for that particular industry.

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