Changes at YouTube – Change can be good
I started to write this as a response to James in the comments section when it got really long and I felt that it could actually make for an interesting post where we can all respond.
James mentioned this video, which is very interesting.
I saw the video and I think it has some very valid points.. I even subscribed to their mailing list to see what else they have to say. But I don’t agree with all that they are saying and I explain why later in this post.
“POPULAR”
I’m not happy with the change to “popular” from “most viewed” at YouTube as I don’t feel that “popular” accurately reflects what people are watching on YouTube. It’s too heavily weighted in certain areas, such as, if a video has a large percentage of its views coming from a website outside of YouTube it will appear on the #1 “popular” page even with only 2,000 views. Plus, if a phrase is searched for, then those videos appear all over the “popular” as well.. that’s how we ended up with every single video yesterday being that singer from Britain’s Got Talent! That women is amazing, but I didn’t need to see her videos 40 times on YouTube!
So I think “popular” still does not do what it’s supposed to do, yet, and that’s why it keeps changing. YouTube wants to give lesser known creators of content more of a chance to be seen on YouTube and that’s why the change to “popular”.. but the algorithm is just not there yet.
RATINGS PHASED OUT
I’m also not happy with the phasing out of ratings. One day ratings are there, the next day, they are not. Ratings are very useful as a way to quickly browse through videos to determine which videos to avoid. The problems with ratings is that not only are BAD videos rated low, but videos that are advertisements are ALWAYS rated low as well… and as a result, people are avoiding watching those videos. So YouTube removed ratings from the lists. I don’t think this change is good, and I think they will eventually bring them back.
So I agree with the video in those respects.
“YOUTUBE IS BECOMING THEMTUBE”
But, I don’t agree with this sentiment, and let me explain why.
The people who created YouTube are not stupid and neither are the people at Google. They know that YouTube is popular BECAUSE OF THE USER-GENERATED CONTENT!
But YouTube is not able to monetize the user-generated content like they NEED TO.
ADVERTISERS ARE AFRAID OF USER-GENERATED CONTENT
Advertisers, for the large part, are still afraid to advertise on user-generated content. YouTube is frustrated with that and they are having to adapt until advertisers wake up and realize that they CAN advertise on user-generated content. People will not hold an advertiser liable if its ad appears on a video that happens to be very controversial! I mean, seriously, when is the last time you got mad at a car company because its ad appeared next to a video that you didn’t like? If you’re like me, the answer is NEVER.
BUT ADVERTISERS ARE AFRAID OF THAT SITUATION! And that’s why YouTube is having to adapt to make advertisers comfortable with advertising on the website. How can they do that when advertisers are afraid of user-generated content? Borrow a page from Hulu! Provide professionally produced content that once appeared on Television that advertisers will be more than happy to advertise on!
As I stated in an earlier post, it’s estimated that YouTube costs about $2 million dollars a day to run, but they are only bringing in between $250k – 650k a day.. so they are losing $1.4 – 1.65 million dollars EVERY SINGLE DAY!
No company can exist forever losing that kind of money!
Hulu serves up 88 million video views a month and is poised to make $100 million this year. YouTube serves up 4.2 BILLION videos a month and is only poised to make $300-500 million this year. Hulu is making 1/3 of the money YouTube is making with 2% of the traffic!!!
So, yes.. YouTube looked at Hulu.com and decided to see if they could make some of that “Hulu” money.
USER-GENERATED CONTENT CAN COEXIST WITH PROFESSIONAL CONTENT
How does Hulu make so much money? By regurgitation TV shows and putting them online. Advertisers pay BIG bucks to advertise on those shows and Hulu is very happy hauling the big bags of money to the bank each day.
Hulu is owned by NBC and Fox.. so other networks don’t necessarily want to put their shows on that website and put money in their competitors’ pockets. Why not put their shows on the most heavily trafficked video website on the planet, YouTube?
And that’s what’s happening here.
PROFESSIONALLY PRODUCED CONTENT ON YOUTUBE IS SUBSIDIZING ALL OF THE USER-GENERATED CONTENT ON THE SITE.
Or, at least, that is the plan.
YouTube is hoping that they can monetize the “safe” stuff, the TV shows, like what Hulu does.. and this money will pay for all the user-generated content that YouTube is not able to monetize.
Eventually, over time, the advertisers will hopefully get comfortable with some of the user-generated content and start advertising on that as well… and then, finally, advertisers will realize that users don’t attach advertisers to user-generated content and they will advertise on all the content.
BE OPTIMISTIC
So as far as I’m concerned, I want YouTube to stick around and if they need to bring in some TV shows to help fund the thing? That’s fine by me! I know that user-generated content is THE REASON why YouTube is successful, and the people at YouTube and Google know that as well.
It’s fun to be a conspiracy theorist at times.. and to think that all companies are bad and evil.. but that kind of thinking also stops you from pursuing your dreams. If the whole world is corrupt, then why bother, right?
I didn’t think that way two years ago when I set out to create my channel, and I don’t think that way today. I think these changes at YouTube are designed to help new channels be seen and to help YouTube pay the bills. YouTube is a company of people just like you and me. These people want to see the site succeed and they will fight hand over fist (I wonder where that expression came from?) to see that creators of content, like some of you and I, will be able to continue to do what we do, and get paid for it as well!
So, that’s my perception of the changes at YouTube. Some of the changes are still a work in progress, but overall, I think the changes are great! After reading my thoughts, what do you guys now think?
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I think YouTube is just like a thousand other companies who started out with a beautiful concept but became successful faster than it’s creators anticipated; resulting in a commercial entity barely able to support itself — based on what Marina just said. Unfortunately, in order to survive in a capitalist enviroment most companies have to walk the fine line between keepin’ it real and selling out, so to speak. But history tells us over & over again: Too much power can pollute even the purest intentions.
Big Ed you are a right on kind of guy. I like it, you just cut through all the crap and get right to the point.
Marina if Youtube is selling out to the big networks and major companies like Disney, they have become Screwyoutube. They are trying to stifle creativity and suppress free speech and make us all good little consumer sheep. I say SCREW YOUTUBE! It’s time “SOMEBODY” started a channel just like the old Youtube, offering what they used to offer.
Check this out for a new WORD.. :mrgreen: …vlog in the bath..ula the hula…OH GOD my [SENATE is CaLLing]
:evil: :cry: :lol:..c($)heap LoVe
chaos – that’s what I feel about it.
try something more innocent that will put things in order:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_pGO7_ZGf0&feature=channel_page
Marina, it seems that the latest change on the Youtube frontpage is indeed good for you. I’ve seen your latest video several times there:
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That is correct logischabbaubar, I saw Marina’s video pop up many times this morning in the “Being Watched Now” section.
In addition to that, I also saw Marina’s video in the Featured Videos section.
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:shock: :smile: your thoughts are well read :lol:
Adds are the only thing that keep YouTube alive…
That doesn’t sound right.
A bad dream of mine would be when YT will limit traffic on the site, and start charging the users. One day we will have to pay for our currently free lessons. I’m afraid that this is the direction things are taking, if there won’t be any other solutions.
What a superb argument. Unfortunately, money is what keeps this thing going. I am certain that You Tube has the same MBA types working there that make the same kind of poor decisions that have undermined other media, and manufacturing in this country.
I only hope that their decisions will enhance your channel, not destroy it.
If it means that we must see advertising in order to see your material, so be it!
I’ll still be there for you.
I just started to make money with Google’s adsense. Now I like google ads for they make money. Now I see myself as very biased. I think Marina is very biased towards YouTube. Do you agree?
Well, I’d agree that she seems just a wee bit top-heavy.
Marina,
You probably already know this, but, you may wish to check out
http://www.veoh.com/
It looks to be the start of the new youtube.
Your videos are located there as well.
There are three others out there that are paying for views. Btw she is well aware of the others. She doesn’t upload to them. That is someone one else doing that.
Marina,
Thanks for this. Your sharing your thoughts this way is hugely appreciated.
My thoughts? I’ve said this to you before, in so many words:
Just be you, Darlin’.
Just keep being you.
Always.
oops
I don’t even know how it will affect me when I get a chance to upload videos, I don’t like some of these changes so much. YouTube should be more like OurTube (if that makes any sense).
I finally had a chance to digest all this material.
Quite a bit to consume, too. Lot’s of statistics
and diverse opinions – I still can’t quantify the data.
Perhaps a fresh look at the problem will help.
First, I’m one of those who never goes to YouTube
looking for “the new thing”. When I use it, I already
know what I want to find. I have a few pet sites that
I visit; Jamesington, MissCupcake, Mergatroidal,
Smokey36bear, FrostyEnumerator and, of course,
CaptainJack63. I found all these sites via Hot For Words.
I have quite a number of friends and subscribers, some
who found my page here – and many who found it on
their own (I-don’t-know-how). I’m not even trying, it’s
all just an experiment – to me.
The point is this: Marina is a hot lady who is a very
good teacher. She was getting notice even before there
was anyone writing articles about her. YouTube can do
all the changes thay want, and if Marina just “does her
thing” without any regard for these changes, she’ll be
just fine.
I’ve observed that Jamesington tries to bend and shape
his topics and site content to stay abreast of the trends
on YouTube, and it really has little effect on improving
his viewership. (Don’t take this the wrong way, James!).
His site indicates he is a comedian, and he is that.
MissCupcake does quite well with her site – just being
herself, plus all the character roles she plays. I don’t
see that she adjusts her format to align with the trends.
She has a style that comes across as original, and totally
her own – which is typical for the other people I’ve listed.
Originality does count – “be yourself” does count!
The only other hard and fast rule is to be consistent.
Obama could have been counted as one of our greatest
preidents EVER, but he blew it, in the minds of many
Americans. He sold it one way, and performs in a way
that is inconsistent with what the people want, and
worse, inconsistent with what he was selling. Looking
at his popularity numbers, he’s headed for the tank
with no hope of recovery. He sold out, he sold out many
who supported him – and he’s destined to be a one term
President ala Jimmy Carter. The worst thing Carter did
was the 55 MPH speed limit (I wonder why that didn’t
get reenacted when gas prices were $4/gal?. hmmm….)
I had to mention these guys to show relevance which
demonstrates how easily people who are not genuine
can make names for themselves, engender popularity,
and then fall flat because the facade slips away.
Personally, I believe Marina is wasting too much creative
energy on this YouTube issue. This is energy better spent
pouring over word/phrase requests, and applying her
exceptional ability at generating video lessons.
Marina,
We (yes, I am including Alex) all love you dearly for this,
and it pains us to see you suffer thinking that YouTube
can make any difference of consequence to you, unless
you let that happen. When you started this, you took the
initiative, and lead us all down a path where no others
had trodden. We eagerly followed! Please! Please! Pretty
effing PLEASE! Take the lead once again. Don’t be misled
by some misguided notion from YouTube, that they can
control, limit or contain your success. They cannot, unless
you let them. I guess I said enough (I’m already starting to
repeat myself…). I hate it when I repeat myself! It means
I’m getting older, and I feel like no one listened the first time! And I’ve never felt “old” in my life…!
Peace, darlin’
I never saw Maria on YT. First I saw of her (along with 3 million other peole) was on “The Factor” with papa bear. Just keep goin on there about once a month. There are alot of idiots like me who are attracted to bright lights and blondes… wait a minute, I like that… ok, where was I. Oh :oops:
I know what you mean. I found HFW as a channel offering at Veoh. The first one I clicked on was called “News for Blondes” – LOL! It was totally vapid, dude!
The second (and last) one, I clicked was Marina’s
Floccinaucinihilipilification lesson.
That was it. I got hooked after just one taste of the bait. :mrgreen:
I do… sometimes…. But, I try and mix it up to see what works, some of my videos, come from a thought I had in my head. Maybe I had seen a flowerpot and decided to make a video about terracotta. You are right though, it does hav little impact on my views, but now I am greenscreening, I have a feeling it might change… because… my thumbnails will change. I also have a new idea in the pipeline, it is going to be hard to take off though..
I like your comedy, James! This is why in the past I have attempted to spur you with offhand ideas to make videos. Anyone can make a PB&J sandwich, or eat one; but a comedian can turn that simple premise into hilarity. Your “eating with no hands” video was a total crack up! There’s a guy who takes a spray bottle of blue liquid (looks like Windex) and makes comedy about drinking it. I thought you could do something similar using Tabasco sauce (who would know if it’s really tomato juice? LOL!). This would give you opportunities to hone your craft, and showplace your acting skills. So much of your “competition” is banal and immature in their humor, I always thought you could inject a modicum of your intelligence into a simple idea, and (if you don’t laugh at yourself – and blow the joke) have folks splitting their guts in laughter. You have it difficult, doing stand up, as you must function as both the straight man, and act the buffoon, to set up and deliver humor to an ever critical audience. That’s no easy task to accomplish with regularity. Red Skelton, Bill Cosby, Lucille Ball, Carol Burnett and many others stand as firm examples of what can be accomplished, without selling out to “blue” or edgy comedy. Their stuff passes the test of time, while Andrew Dice Clay and others of that venue have a far limited reach with their material.
I’ll keep watching, you’re still getting your focus. :mrgreen:
Cha-Cha,
Don’t you know that radical suggestions like this are swimming against the tide of our new national awakening? These kind of comments could even be construed as an attempt to incite violence.
Where did you get this? Were you brainwashed and paid to be at one of those Right-Wing funded and organized, Fox News promoted, staged ‘Tea Partys’ last week? I saw some coverage of those on CNN – all I saw were radicals, and NONE of them appeared to be drinking Tea…
Don’t you think that You-Tube is just ‘too big to fail’ at this point, and should be bailed out immediately? Doesn’t it qualify as a ‘toxic asset’ for Google?
That way, Fairness could prevail. Upon entering the site, we could all be presented with videos to view based on a representative cross-section of all those who want to be seen. No Ratings. Caps on Partner Pay. Equality for all.
Marina represents only a micro-fraction of the world population, (Blonde, Blue-eyed, Busty, Entertaining Educational Geniuses) (BBBEEG)’s yet she utilizes a HUGE amount of You-Tube’s bandwidth and resources hosting her. Supremely unfair.
You-Tube needs to level the playing field and give the 6 Billion other people on the Planet a fair chance at success.
And you Sir, need to sit down, take a Zanax – turn on Dancing with the Stars, and get with the program.
I don’t want to have to talk to you about this again!
SHEEESH! :roll:
Don’t waste my time making your foolish, unfounded accusations,
Nothing you said is of any value, nor was there a single constructive criticism offered. You need to see the lesson on “bitchassedness” as you are clearly the poster child. Perhaps you could get a date with Jeanine Garafalo, as you seem to have a lot in common.
In summary – drop dead, asshole! :mrgreen:
Thanks for reminding me! Any criticism whatsoever of our wonderful President must be based clearly in Racism! :wink:
I thought I would ‘Josh you’ a bit with a clearly ridiculous line of off base illogic.
I’ve read many of your posts on the site, and see your frustration with a lot of what’s going on in the world.
You are not alone!
Sorry if my lame attempt at humor raised your blood pressure a bit…
:smile:
My blood pressure is fine, got no time or inclination to deal with foolishness.
I am not frustrated – I’ve got one eye on the ball, and one on the horizon.
I will not deny I am a conservative, free thinker who strongly believes in traditional American values. Honor, duty, country; these are fine words.
Neither the Democrats nor the Republicans in our government have shown any ability to lead this country. I say, it is time to reform the Republican party – perhaps another qualified candidate as Ron Reagan showed himself to be, is in order.
Reagan was a Democrat, so I thank the Democrats for being so stupid as to become what they are today, abandoning reason and values, causing Reagan to defect – and giving America a truly great, conservative president , who did more to unify this country than any Democrat ever did, or ever will.
I can’t seem to find the link on YouTube that list all the partners. Did YT delete that tab? If so then why?
Hello Captain,
Did you mean this link? http://www.youtube.com/partners
Click on the link at the top that says, “Content Partners”.
Who is there in the 3rd row? My favorite teacher and yours. :grin:
No, not that page. I know about that. It used to be a full page of nothing but partner videos. As a category like most viewed, highest rated, etc.
OK, I found it.
Go to YouTube.com
Click CHANNELS at the top
Scroll down to Partners on the left side.
Click Partners.
Default seems to be Most Viewed (in Partners)
http://www.youtube.com/members?s=mv&t=w&g=5
:grin:
I would like to first start off with my comments that I made here Changes at YouTube pt. 2 For I’m a bit behind in the subject.
Marina’s comment:
“POPULAR” I’m not happy with the change to “popular” from “most viewed” at YouTube as I don’t feel that “popular” accurately reflects what people are watching on YouTube.
“YouTube wants to give lesser known creators of content more of a chance to be seen on YouTube and that’s why the change to “popular”.. but the algorithm is just not there yet.”
I think it’s a good change for the people of YT. The most viewed is an unfair advantage. MV tab only benefited the top producers. As long as you can make it to the top page at once and maintain it you will stay on top. This makes it nearly impossible for all other YT producers little chance to get listed unless they upload a video that goes viral. I heard many complaints that the YT partners owned the top viewed and voiced their anger at YouTube.com about this unfair advantage. This is why it’s now the default tab. I personally like the MP tab for my video views went from 1 or 3 a day to as high as 40 to 60 a day. I think my videos are crap and if those are doing that well I can really take it to the top with much better product. I’m sure that other no name YT producers are happy about this new change.
“RATINGS PHASED OUT”
Rating vs View counts. Is there a difference? Really now? They need to drop them both from the YouTubers view. Only the producer should know what the rating and counts are. Does Miley
Cyrus need people to rate her videos? Do we really need to know what her view count is to decide if her videos are any good? The answer is no.
“ADVERTISERS ARE AFRAID OF USER-GENERATED CONTENT”
No no no no… and NO! The are not afraid. They don’t want to spend money on videos that attract the wrong kind of customer for their products. Read my TY part 2 post. Should I spend X dollars on putting my school (Maritime Training) with people that enjoy watching AtheneWins? No freaking way! That’s a waste of my advertising dollars! Especially in this changed economy. Advertisers will never warm up to this kind of content period. I would love to have my ads appear with just about anything the Hulu puts out. I know the content is highly screened.
“USER-GENERATED CONTENT CAN COEXIST WITH PROFESSIONAL CONTENT”
It’s never going to happen. YouTube has proven that time and time again. Only safe UGC will ever partner with advertisers. I’m sure ‘The Diamond Store’ doesn’t want to have their ads next to SxePhil or Athenewins. You have to see this through the advertisers eyes if you want to see a clear picture of what’s really going on.
“”It’s fun to be a conspiracy theorist at times.. and to think that all companies are bad and evil.. but that kind of thinking also stops you from pursuing your dreams. If the whole world is corrupt, then why bother, right?”" – Marina
Oh I spent years convincing my sister about how successful business work. Successful business MUST (not always!) be cut throat. When my sister realised this her business did much better. Business is about making money. It needs the flow of money (like blood through veins). Fuzzy wussy does not work in the big business world.
Now with that all said. A nice soft warm business can do just fine and does not need to be so cold blooded. In fact warm and fuzzy makes small business do very well. My success is because of this technique. Every new student I teach is treated like a best friend and they treat me the same. Many of them would risk their lives to save mine as I would do for them. They are not students just for a month. They are students for life.
The whole world is not corrupt. Just a few. Ok maybe more.
I feel that there are many good businesses that start out great end up becoming bad later on. Look at Starbucks for example. Why did Howard Schultz step back in? Because the managers lost site of the true vision of what the Starbucks company is all about. Look at Apple for another example. Same thing happen there. Steve had the vision and he knew how to communicate his vision. It really is a vision thing. Steve also knows how to balance the coldness of business with warm sense for the customer or at least build a image that there is warmth.
I like my chosen path in teaching. I plan even to host my lessons on YT this year. I don’t plan to put all my eggs in one basket. Looking into Hulu along with some other sites.
:grin:
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@ Greatest potential
You say:
” :oops: I have a wall fetish but that was after I got over my love affair with a folding lawn chair. Is that really so wrong?”
well……… the folding chairs are known to bite. Deck chairs have a high divorce rate due to frustration and them playing at being too hard too get. Apparently, its not classed as a fetish according to their website.
you say:
“I can’t stand the smug look on some of these newsy reporters faces. It’s like these “critics” have to classify anything that doesn’t fit the “norm” into some sort of “abnormal psychology” bin. It’s sad these people can’t just do their jobs and be unbiased reporters instead of lamebrained critics who don’t seem to have much compassion for sensitive people who find beauty in most everything.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlC9q3fxSYY “
Forgetting the funny side, the woman who married the Berlin wall was traumatised when it, her husband, was gleefully torn down (according to another article). Then again, It’s ok to be liberal about these things, but I do feel they need some kind of help. Aye, some reporters are like you say.
@Jeorney
Yes, I did say that:
where you then replied:
Like I said I got over that relationship. ahem
:evil: Murderers!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtYdjbpBk6A
*just josh’n*
You guessed I would post this video
TEAR DOWN HER HUBBY
:mrgreen:
Oooh I’m watching this with such glee! THANK YOU! so I guessed you guessed I just tented in my pants ~haha~ :roll: :lol:
A friend of mine CLAIMED to have relations with a vacuum cleaner. (the tube part,I guess) He said ,”No muss, No fuss” :lol: I was very careful about using appliances at his house after that. :twisted: I bet ya after awhile he could use that tube as a baseball bat!
Whatever floats your boat :roll: :lol:
I must admit, all this makes me question the human condition. Are all relationships nothing but psycho-sexual projections? Women sometimes claim they are treated as objects.
I hear ya. I actually posted a vid somewhere in HotForWords forum section where this worker catches a co-worker with his baggett in an industrial vacuum :shock: It’s hilarious!
Reminds me of the time we were doin construction and the guy next door was sunning on a deck chair. Naked :oops: . He also had his catsunning underneath. Evidently he still had his claws. Well, you know how cats lay on there back and paw at the air? We knew it was only a matter of time until it made contact :shock: with the parts that were hanging through the webbing. When it did; the guy almost pulled the cat through the chair. Easily 1 of top 5 funniest things i’ve ever seen with my own eyes! :mrgreen:
I’m laughin right now. Thanx for the memosy
That’s how you can tell that cats dream cause they’ll paw at the air and get weird expressions on their faces yet their eyes will be closed because they’re having a dream or a nightmare. But, yeah, that was one of the many things that made it somewhat difficult to break it off with Susan. The slats. Walls are sexy and so is sheet rock.
:wink:
Not being nosy, but wouldn’t you need a hole in the wall somewhere. Or do you anotomically drill it. LIke they say,’ getting there is half the fun’
Pros for inanimate objects:
1) dont have to say I love you
2) dont have to buy dinner
3) when you kick them out(after), they dont get mad at you
4) you dont have to hold your farts in all night! :oops:
A quality router makes a clean smooth hole and then there’s sandpaper. I’ve found Triton Plunge Routers to be some of the best tools for this. Oh, and you always want to wear safety goggles before doing any sort of manual work like that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJ05op7Bu7o
lol@1-4
2 little old ladies at the grocer. Bananas are 3 for a quarter.
1st: Should we buy them?
2nd: Yeah, we can always eat the 3rd one :mrgreen:
:lol: pussies always do this too :arrow:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3SA2CMEkvk
what is up with that :!:
:???: Was this the guy :?:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2yt090aEu4 lmfao
No I think I would have recognized him
:wink: :razz: Jennifer Warnes – Easy To Be Hard
…
:lol: First We Take Manhattan
…[Birth-burps] :lol:
When you go to YouTube you will now see an additional button in the upper left corner of the page that says Shows.
I wondered about that. I’ve run across videos that should have been flagged :oops: .
I had a really cool response last night. I compared this scenario to historical events, stating that each is affected by multiple forces acting simultaneously. I also sang the Lady’s praises at her grasp of the forces acting upon this YT situation. When I clicked submit, it said I needed to log in, and my awesome response was whisked away to the ether :sad: , so now nobody will know. :roll:
sound like the story of my life, B :sad:
The old twist on the ‘dog ate my homework’ excuse. :razz:
Like when I write a song or poem. If it isnt on paper in1/2 hour, ‘poof’ into the ether. They said Hank Williams was like that. (No, I’m NOT comparing myself to Hank. Maybe Robert Plant :!: :grin:
Once tree huggers hug a big log,
they never want to go back! :mrgreen:
Yeah, and we’ll be trampled under foot down by the seaside close to the ocean… :?: :!:
Could tree huggers be potential [Objectum-Sexuals] :?:
There’s a priest not far from me who married a woman to her favourite tree. – No joke!
Some Hindu women are encouraged to marry a banana tree. – It’s true!
it gets worse…
A swedish woman married the Berlin Wall, had an affair with a fence, and the saucy minx had the hots for the Great Wall of China. –
A British woman is currently dating a stereo named Jake.
OBJECTUM-SEXUALS
:oops: I have a wall fetish but that was after I got over my love affair with a folding lawn chair. Is that really so wrong?
I can’t stand the smug look on some of these newsy reporters faces. It’s like these “critics” have to classify anything that doesn’t fit the “norm” into some sort of “abnormal psychology” bin. It’s sad these people can’t just do their jobs and be unbiased reporters instead of lamebrained critics who don’t seem to have much compassion for sensitive people who find beauty in most everything.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlC9q3fxSYY
Hmmm… could be you’re on to something :mrgreen:
I’ve seen where women have great affection for
small, handheld objects (and I don’t mean their
cake mixers!). But, they usually give them names
like Buzz, or Mr. Happy :grin:
My sister has a thing for power tools, but she’s
very practical minded – not like those other
women. She doesn’t give them names.
You should have seen the way her eyes lit up
when she got a reciprocating saw (Sawzall) from
my Mom for Christmas! She said “I’ve always
wanted one of those!” Of course, we all kid her
about that! I don’t know any other woman I can
trust, that I would let borrow my tools – and damn
few men, for that matter. :cool:
@Cha Cha
Say, if Marina had named her twitter text gadget thingy, do you think she would she call it Mr. Tweeterdelight :?: :lol:
Depends on if it’s set to vibrate, or not :mrgreen:
We could always ask her! :grin:
:mrgreen: Let’s! Hey, wait a minute Cha Cha. Maybe you should ask Marina that coz you’re a TA and today’s Birthday Boy “Happy Birthday!” you got some clout here.
Heh heh! Thanks!
If you read my posts, I’ve used up all my collateral points for this year, already – I don’t really want to get expelled. :mrgreen:
High school was the same way.
always Top of the Dean’s Honor roll….
always Top of the Dean’s sh*t list…
simultaneously… four years straight :roll:
(funny, I never got detention, suspended or expelled)
…and I only played hookey once!
got busted for it, too (EVERYBODY noticed – LOL!)
I agree that it’s either sink or swim for YouTube, they will sink if they do not start generating money, as any business will do. It is also not unusual for there to be grumblers when change occurs. But change can sometimes be good-you never know until you try. One thing I did notice in this video was a bit of sour grapes because some of his videos were censored-whether rightly so or not I do not know-but it seemed to me that that was at least in part this video was made. I think your positive outlook, intelligence and willingness to try new things will help HFW to keep thriving :smile:
I’ve seen some other videos that were flagged as inappropriate for minors although they didn’t contain anything sexual explicit, any violence or anything else that could harm minors, like this video. It seems that Youtube doesn’t review flagged videos anymore :-(
my reply to you came out in wrong spot :oops: Sorry!!
I’d like to add something concerning the video that Marina mentions at the top of her post:
The people who have made this video are worried that the changes that we are currently seeing could change the nature of Youtube and transform it from a social network into something different, something commercial. But they are overlooking one thing: Youtube as it was until late 2008 doesn’t have a future. Like it or not, but in a free market economy, it’s about making money or die. From that perspective, the changes that we see are not the death of user generated content. The changes are neccessary to save Youtube and thus to save the major platform for user generated content. The only way that user generated content can survive is within a coexistence with professional content.
Just imagine for a moment you were Disney or Paramount. Disney and Paramount notice Hulu and recognizes that they could make money by streaming some of their old content on the internet. The inevitable conclusion that Disney or Paramount should draw is to find a way to stream its old content to make some extra money on the net.
What does this mean for Youtube? It means that Disney, Paramount and all the other media companies could become a serious competitor if they launched an online video service on their own or joined Hulu, pulling away advertisers’ money that Youtube is needing so crucially. For Youtube, it’s a plain necessity to get these companies on board in order not to lose the advertisers’ money that they need.
So why shouldn’t Youtube get some of this money by acting as a video streaming service provider for these media companies, whithin Youtube or on separate sites like vevo? I guess Marina could tell us something about the advantages of having a skilled and powerful partner on your side because, as far as I can see, she’s using Google as a service partner to sell the ads on her website. For viacom, Disney, Paramount and others a partnership with Google/Youtube has the advantage that they have a strong and reliable tech partner on their side and that they can kick News Corporation and NBC in the ass by the way.
This was my comment from the “Changes at You Tube pt2″ , but it works here also.
Sorry to say my viewing habits aren’t going to change just to satisfy some ad executives. I didn’t sign up to you tube to watch ads, but was a good source for entertainment where ad content could be easily ignored. The premium content channels will be regulated into the same category as my tv viewing habits where i start changing channels when an ad comes on. Since there is no other channels similar too you tubes premium channel to switch too, it will be just something i wouldn’t find very much use for,and will just ignore all its content to compensate for a lack of other similar channels.
…If thy want to sell ads be like the newspaper with a classifed ads section, then when I want to know about some product I would go there to see what’s available, otherwise it’s just having ads shoved down a throat that’s not looking to buy anything.
but nobody would go there!! :lol:
Marina, I agree with almost everything that you’ve written. Youtube’s not doing these changes to piss off the community but simply to generate some more revenues. That’s absolutely legitimate.
Just take a look on Youtube’s advertising channel. To me it’s clear that Youtube has introduced categories in order to sell ad space to advertisers who want to target a specific group. They’ve launched their partner programme in order to get the content partners that they are talking about in this video.
I don’t think that Youtube can’t sell ads on ordinary user generated content. They simply haven’t tried yet. There are a tens of thousands of ordinary users that upload funny or not-so-funny videos with their pets on Youtube. There’s nothing controversial in these videos, and I can’t see any reason why pet food companies shouldn’t place an ad on these video pages. Youtube doesn’t have a problem to sell ads on the video pages of their content partners even if these videos are controversial. Fox News is an very controversial TV channel with some extremely controversial TV shows that reflect far-right opinions, yet advertisers don’t have a problem to place ads there*.
Many Youtubers can’t see that it isn’t enough to make Youtube the most popular video platform of the planet. Unlike Wikipedia which is operated by a non-profit foundation, Youtube is operated by a private company that aims to make profits. It’s absolutely OK that they try to seek ways to increase their revenues in order to minimize their losses and to become profitable sometime in the future.
I don’t know what the Youtube people intended when they introduced the “Popular” board. PedanticKarl has posted some broad analyses on that board over the last few months in the forums. A few months ago, there were a lot of videos with very low view counts on the top of the “Popular” board. As far as I can see now, Youtube has changed that, I can’t see as many videos with a few thousand views on that board now. I totally agree with Marina that it doesn’t make sense to present Susan Boyle’s appearance on “Britain’s Got Talent” 40 times. To me it’s clear that the “Popular” board is an epic failure by now whatever Youtube may have intended with it. I’m expecting that they’ll be heavily tweaking the “Popular” algorithm in the next months.
* This is NOT meant to be a pinprick against Marina’s appearances on the O’Reilly Factor. Here appearances there are good for her, and if it’s good for her, that’s fine with me.
You know, I really do love it when Marina teaches us the origins of words and phrases. Her videos using green screen are very nice – we get to see Marina exercise creativity in a new way. I certainly do hope to see more lessons come out, and her production return to levels we saw this time last year. Every day, or so, there was a new lesson that stimulated us all in a fun meaningful way. There was a good organic flow of community, without politics – without controversy. It was a nice place to escape the noisy, unproductive chatter from all the mainstream media. Everybody was on the same side.
Her show was a very homespun, grassroots production – and even criticized by some as having no future, because she was viewed as just “a girl and her homemade videos”.
She blossomed before her audience in a venue that was well received. Her numbers on YouTube could not be matched by anyone else doing “homemade” work, even beating the glitzy, well funded “high power” shows.
First, it was measured in milestones of success based on the number of views, the number of subscriptions, etc.
… all from the simple cutting edge ideas Marina employed.
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Of late, starting with the election cycle in the US, and proliferating through the devastation to the US economy – loss of wealth, loss of jobs, etc.; Marina’s cycle of success appears to have been broken, as observed by the lack of daily output in actual word/phrase lessons.
What has replaced it during this period is an edgy, controversial environment with focus on whimsy; suchas as non-milestone related articles which mention Marina, and other site’s activities unrelated to word/phrase origins.
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My page at YouTube is still very experimental, as I have had no ideas inviting universal mass appeal that I feel would be successful – especially when compared to Marina’s successful work. I would not even have a page if it wasn’t required by HFW in order to have a subscription.
Yet, with all of the discussion going on here because of political events, and the takeover of America by a demonic government, I am beginning to see a “new” light, and a growing darkness as the light of Liberty is being extinguished.
There is an audience here who lack the education to know how great a country this was, back when the USSR was such a threat to our freedoms and way of life.
They don’t know what real American properity is, anymore.
Without the USSR as a threat, other threats are being manufactured to replace it, of a domestic nature.
The tone and feel of the country, is much different – much more negative. America produces nothing but lawyers, bankers, crappy cars, and soap products. You can’t find “made in USA” on any products in the stores. It’s all “made in China”, now. Poison pet food, corrosive dry wall, cheap clothes and shoes (which fall apart easily) are examples of what our choices are now. The USA is ripe for invasion by foreign powers, as there is no means of production to make the weapons and tools with which to arm our soldiers and citizenry. We would have to import the necessary items needed by the military, to meet the demand. Financially, China owns us to the tune of some $4 trillion dollars (thanks totally to spending by Obama govt., none of which will lead to job stimulus) which translates to $13 trillion in debt to be repaid with interest.
And then, the US is still flat broke, meaning aprox. $20 trillion of wealth is lost during this period to feed, house and clothe America, including paying off the national spending debt. What really sucks, is that the World economy will collapse long before America can produce this amount. Inflation is already spinning out of control. The evidence is at the grocery store. Shelves are getting emptier, variety of products is scaling down – nothing is on sale (no coupons, no ads for lower prices, etc.).
Gas prices surely will increase, and you may see $5/gal gas by this summer, despite hype in the media to the contrary that this won’t happen. Every month the “experts” are shocked and surprised that their estimates do not fit the reality of the world. The lesson is – do not trust the “experts”.
Sorry, truly sorry – that this sounds all doomy and gloomy.
Especially when we all come here to escape this crap – looking for Marina’s kind and gentle face to educate us, and bring us together. I hope Marina is encouraged to produce more lessons, and less pages like this. Marina’s lessons are among the few things left that give us hope for a better future. I would rather be on a lessons page making jokes and having happy discourse about word/phrase origins; wouldn’t you? :mrgreen:
Something for you Sat. morning:
In Honor of the 44th President of the United States , Baskin-Robbins Ice Cream has issued a new flavor, ” Barocky Road .”
Barocky Road is a blend of half Vanilla, half Chocolate, and surrounded by Nuts and Flakes.
The Vanilla portion of the mix is not openly advertised and usually denied as an ingredient.
The Nuts and Flakes are all very bitter and hard to swallow. The Cost is $100.00 per scoop.
When purchased, it will be presented to you in a large beautiful cone, but then the Ice Cream is taken away and given to the person in line behind you.
Thus you are left with an empty Wallet, no change, holding an empty cone, with no hope of getting any Ice Cream.
Aren’t you feeling stimulated?
I’ll admit – that was more creative than the job stimulus package :mrgreen:
I understand where you’re coming from. A parallel situation is to be found all over EUrope and Australia. I’d look into who owns the USA’s ports and airports. For instance, British Airports Authority (BAA) is owned by a Spanish company: Ferrovial! It’s a slight exaggeration to wonder what the UK actually produces anymore, and what is produced belongs to another country. It’s related to the EU policy of political, social & economic integration. That sounds nice but did many expect this outcome? I think the whole thing is triggered by globalism (and the [banksters]). Countries may no longer be countries, but zones belonging to an oligarchy of fat cats, with no integrity, wanting cheap labour. The New Labour.
“The only problem with socialism is that eventually, you run out of other people’s money” – Maggie Thatcher
POPULAR: Like that singer from Britain’s Got Talent!? A week tops beause fad popular is like chewing bubble gum- flavor only lasts so long and then it soon gets boring and deemed tasteless and then people want something else.
RATINGS PHASED OUT: Perhaps that should be an option for the people who post videos to decide if they want ratings posted or not. Gee, how diplomatic. Could it be a concept?
“YOUTUBE IS BECOMING THEMTUBE”: Directions on “How to Make a Poop Tube :arrow:
Dry Bag Method:
1. Use a converted dry bag as a lighter, less bulky alternative to the “old school” PVC poop tube. The poop bag technique is increasingly popular among big wall climbers.
2. Buy a dry bag from any sporting goods store that sells rafting supplies. Usually the medium size will suffice
3.Place some kitty litter at the bottom of the bag to help absorb excess moisture and odor
4.Clip a carabiner to the bag and tape it in place so that the poop bag can be easily attached to your haul bag.
when all else fails there’s that expression “hand over fist” :neutral: :idea:
Was that a shot? It read like a shot. It felt like a shot. :twisted:
:mrgreen: A patriotic twenty-one gun salute perhaps
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBODCj3NAxI
I do really think the Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse in the video is total badass. I wouldn’t trust it too much, and it may very well be part of an orchestrated counter-attack on whatever youtube is or wannabe to be now. Seriously, just look at it! Blackish, yellow-injected oily eyes, sharp-toothed, ready to swallow like a mashmallow the leading-edge technology delivered by youtube.
Nevertheless, yes indeed, it may help leverage web-enabled bandwith, and by a technology injection process, maximize some seamless wandering paradigms. The transition to Walt Disney-like content could without a doubt morph some plug-and-play application into a frightening P-Diddy magma and black architect seamless plug-and-plays non-envisionneerable for young children.
Having said all this, yes, oh yes, I do think optimism can unleash some mighty robust youtubers and enhance the ROIs, the caligules and the profits.
Yes, this is what, grosso-modo and multo-presto, I think about hulu, themtube, youtube and the Walt Disney Mickey Mouse paradigm.
Will YT have to pay royalties to get the tv shows? Will they make enough off of advertising to offset the costs because they might have to pay [hand over fist] to get the rights? I’ve heard the saying this way to, Maria. :smile:
MOVE IT ON OVER :!: SAYS WHO :?: :!:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2otjNkvsKU
Good Job Marina….
:mrgreen: WORD REQUEST: [ pusillanimity ]
related http://www.hotforwords.com/2007/04/16/dont-be-so-pusillanimous/
Thanks John :cool:
To Marina and readers/members…
For this HFW’s website, what would be kind of advertiser that would pay for a spot on this page? Just like baseball parks put ads on the fence… what kinds of businesses do you think would benefit? This is just a brainstorming thing to see what we can come up with. :grin:
Red Bull, FHM magazine, upcoming sports events promos
That’s a good question. KoalaBear gave a good start to determining the answer last night under the REM Sleep Video. Anyway, that’s what I think… :smile:
Fighting against Google / YouTube is like swimming against the tide. You won’t go anywhere, panic, and drown. Swim away from the current, then regroup.
Perhaps, an alliance of YouTube contributors will speak with a more persuasive voice. The Internet is capable of giving each person / entity a voice ~ true democracy.
What would happen to YouTube if the alliance of contributors would pull their contributions and move elsewhere? Guess who would be panicking then?
I agree with everything Marina said, and I wanted to add a very important footnote to Marina’s comment above.
Marina said above:
The first footnote is that it is in fact the reverse. How many times has Marina gotten hammered and being accused of bowing down to one type of advertiser or another. You can review all of those comments in the recent past and last year. Marina has answered that many times why certain Ads appear and other don’t.
The second footnote is that a viewer will either favor a video or reject it. The advertising at that point becomes mute at that point.
There is no such thing as BAD publicity
It’s posts like this that make me love Marina and HFW. She could just be some stuck up bitch who think sthat because she is famous on the net and is on the TV that people are beneath her…. and she doesn’t
GOD SAVE LADY M!
Good point. Thank you, most gallant Sir Jamesington. I remove my hat. If I had one, that is.
Marina thank you for adding your thoughts on this. I agree with everything you said. I presume that the cynics have never started a business and if they have, I’m sure they have a grudge against the world for one reason or another.
Life itself is change and the successful people like Marina know how to adapt. Some people go looking for their sunrise headed West, but Marina knows to look for her sunrise heading East. :smile:
Where does it rise in the UK? I don’t know… Im never awake at sunrise.
It rises at sea-level! :mrgreen:
Ditto, Karl.
Didn’t the video have that tone of ‘the people’ own YouTube?
Much of the stuff I’ve seen there seems to be a platform for people to ‘indulge themselves’ with things that interest only a very few – maybe some of their friends…where is it written that Google needs to subsidize their playtime?…on the user’s terms?
People who post content with a broad interest will get viewed. Yes, the retention of the rating system makes sense to gain attention for those worthy – but if people just don’t wanna watch you, why can’t you just send your stuff around on a chain letter? :roll:
OK here is my reply Marina.
I don’t think so, at the moment YouTube is trying to just focus on the companies, the most popular list is there so that youtube can start to sell the shows to people before they actually get ready to bring in the BBC, NBC etc, and REALLY SELL things, but it will die down.
But I do agree with a lot of what you say.
About this YouTube money loss thing…. I know they are losing money… BUT, does it actually matter when you subtract that from Googles daily profits?
Good points Marina, I don’t want to sound condescending (woo, first time I have ever used that in a sentence) but . . . well done for saying how you feel about it.. Because, I really didn’t think you would, I didnt think any partner would… :smile:
James
Probably not much. :razz:
:mrgreen: Marina, this is my message to you!!! :mrgreen:
:grin: “every little thing is gonna be alright” :grin:
in time? :mrgreen:
I agree, Marina.
The changes might be annoying, and protesting against them isn’t wrong, but it’s on the verge of being ridiculous that people seem to think that YouTube is ‘evil’ and shouldn’t be allowed to make these changes. They exist to make a profit and have the right to make decisions that they think will get them there. If you don’t agree with these decisions, fine, nobody is forcing you to use YouTube. Instead, use another site such as Liveleak. In fact, that’ll probably be the most effective way of protest: if they loose users, their profits will dwindle and YouTube will revert back to it’s original state.
And by the way, does anyone else think that the narrator of that video has an exceptionally annoying voice? It’s pitch always goes down annoyingly at the end of a sentence. :razz:
It would revert. It would just writhe into a mess and close down :lol: … Oh, like its doing now?
WOW I have a reply page.. I will read this but first I should point this out…
http://www.youtube.com/browse?c=24&l=&p=1&s=tr&t=a&cr=US&gl=US
THAT VIDEO HAS BEEN ON YT FOR 1 DAY AND IS ALREADY THE TOP RATED VIDEO FOR INTERTAINMENT IN THE WORLD!!!!
Lets see what the plans for demotion are
#1 – Top Rated (All Time) – Global
#1 – Top Rated (All Time) – Entertainment –
#1 – Top Rated (All Time) – Global
#1 – Top Rated (All Time) – Entertainment –
BUT WHAT ABOUT THE EVOLOUTION OF DANCE?
Wow. Marina, I am very impressed with this post. You are absolutely right. I think we as internet users, especially those of us who have been on since the early days (I believe I first began surfing in ’95) have to realize that the internet is a business, and not everything can remain totally free forever. Your monthy fee to your ISP does not send money to the companies that create content or host it. The money has to come from somewhere. And advertising is one of the best ways to keep a business like this going.
I would also like to see ratings come back, and be based on what people actually watch and rate like it used to be. However, TV shows can also get good ratings if they are good, and so can ads and commercials. Look how many people tune into the Super Bowl to watch the commercials? Even if good commercial content is put on, people will watch it, ad money will come in, and individuals creating independent content will retain a place to display it.
Marina,
YOU ARE SPOT-ON in my opinion. :!:
I’m trained as a Statistician who became a Businessman – but you certainly don’t have to be much of a numbers guy to analyze this – it just requires you to [Think outside of the Box].
Marina, You and YouTube are [Symbiotic] – you rely on them for exposure and hosting and income, but let’s not lose sight of the fact that they need YOU and others like you to interest viewers, so they can sell advertising, and monetize their business. People can watch Disney by turning on the TV – not so with HFW.
In looking over the most views there of ALL TIME – you rank right up there at the TOP. Most all of those above you have content created by more than one source, or have multiple distribution sources OUTSIDE OF YOUTUBE driving viewers IN to YouTube – with just a very few exceptions. Also, your content is not at all [Flash in the Pan] – you have long-term Staying Power – as long as the English language continues to be spoken.
I get from your previous posts that you are thinking a bit from the [Paradigm] of how their changes will effect you – which is OK and something you need to keep in mind…but, along the lines of my post yesterday that you responded to, I think you are best served by thinking in the direction of how you effect THEM – both now and in the future…
You are in a position now to drive viewers INTO YouTube. YOU are a draw. YOU can put yourself more and more into the Driver’s Seat. I am [encouraging] [empowerment] if you haven’t already picked up on it… :wink:
It seems to me you have [Conquered] most of the important things you can do to market yourself WITHIN Youtube. The press and exposure you are getting OUTSIDE of the site, I will wager, is what is bringing you a lot of new views (Graph your daily views and see how they [correlate] to the press you are getting and your O’Reilly appearances.)
Consider me an example of ONE – but I have read several other posts here from those who heard about you elsewhere, and took the time to sign up and post. I personally have NEVER done so anywhere else. I believe in what you are doing.
BTW – I think your recent lessons are just the right mix of Sexy and Intelligent and Fun – WELL DONE. Parents will not feel [compelled] to block your content, and teenagers and overgrown teenagers (believe me) will be viewing the more [provocative] words looking to see ‘more of you’.
This is the last LONG comment you will see from me.
I’ll send any [Tome]-length comments to your Business Email in the future so as not to [Bore] the others here, or [Hog] your server storage!
Expect one on how I’d do the ‘Syndication’ strategy sometime soon.
I predict ‘you will be to YouTube as [Johnny Carson] was to NBC!’
Is that a [Simile]? or a [Metaphor]? or something else entirely?
Jody
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Carson
Classic Carson on the Copper Clapper Case! :lol:
http://www.johnnycarson.com/carson/pop/video/ws_jackwebb/start.jsp
Is there a name for this style of Word Play?
:lol: That was very funny… they are good a memorizing, unless of coarse, they were reading a script.
Yes it is onomonoptaeia. pronounced ono-mono-pia.
I think that’s spelled onomatopoeia and pronounced
“ON-o-MOTT-o-PEE-ya.”
Amen – well said :mrgreen:
“I predict ‘you will be to YouTube as [Johnny Carson] was to NBC!’”
Simile is “like” or “similar” to.
Metaphor is more definite.
it’s also like a IQ question.
so…
that would make it a… simile-metaphor thingumyjig :!: :mrgreen:
Marina,
Still love the grey matter between your ears.
Be Optimistic is the best stance for the time being.
The current flavor of opinion is to kill corrupt businesses at all costs.
Well they ain’t all corrupt and stupid.
If their plan goes flop, then something else will open to take it’s place.
You found a need, and your filling it.
(But HotForWords is still a suboptimal expression of all your talents)
I haven’t read this whole passage, yet – but a quick glance makes me think “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!”
In other words, since it was working, the only reason to change it is to manipulate the media. There is a new management structure at YouTube, and they changed it to their agenda; not for business reasons – but to put forward an unpopular political agenda which would never see the light of day if allowed to stand on it’s own merits.
CNN would be #1 if the broadcast news media were run this way…they wouldn’t be in last place all the time.
Did CNN ever get the million views they sought in the “competition” with Ashton Kucher? LMAO :mrgreen:
In Florida, 850 AM radio, the Air America radio station, is out of business! This “progressive” (left wing liberal) operation shut down because no one is listening.
And the pendulum swings back to the right…
All politics aside – it’s about right and wrong, not right and left. YouTube has forgotten this, which explains the new labels and tags – which have no meaning. :mrgreen:
I really like the progressive radio.
I think it’s a regional thing along with contractual stuff.
But the pendulum does swing both ways.
I noticed in Fl, a couple months ago, that Rush was on 5 stations at one time, but no progressive radio at all. I also noticed that Fl radio had taken a big turn to the worse in general. And in a market that had some real high quality stations.
I notice you fall back on the mantra using Rush as a criticism of free thinking individualism. How sad for you. I guess we cannot put politics aside, after all, huh?
You mention that Florida radio has taken a “big turn” to the worse in general. I live here, and haven’t seen any of that. Perhaps you can provide a link to show us the facts as you purport them here. Here is one you may find of interest. It was the first of 467,000 I pulled using the search string “Air America of the air”
I would be curious to hear your definition of the word progressive, especially, given the context in which you have used it. Here is a link to how it is defined in Webster’s Online Dictionary, in case you need help. I didn’t see where progressive is defined as supporting a political agenda aimed at promoting facism in America, as it was on so-called “progressive” radio stations that are now off the air.
Ditto Cha Cha. Falling back on a mantra is not the right thing to do of course.
Florida? But what about Florida? I think Obama could very well turn Florida into a very profitable orange-producing state. By injecting bailout money (with the most careful moderation of course) into orange plantations, could he boost the production and put Florida on the map again and raise the juicy profits to a significant income-producing level?
Florida is a very profitable orange producing state already, without Obama’s “help”. What a ridiculous assertion to make suggesting this.
I guess you didn’t hear about the tree blight that the state used as an excuse to kill all the privately owned trees in the state? They destroyed perfect, producing trees – for no reason, other than to deprive private citizens of the joy in having their own trees.
Hurricane winds blew the blight all over the state, yet – the only trees destroyed belonged to private citizens. That’s one way to corner the market, eh?
With his new found comrades in Cuba, perhaps he can find a market for the crappy cars his auto companies are going to produce, since the market for them in the US is effectively nonexistent.
People can’t buy cars without jobs, can they?
Maybe he could come to your state, and plant some of his magic beans, and grow you a beanstalk to the sky, hmm?
Let’s hope he knows better than to travel to Texas… state funerals are expensive.
He certainly hasn’t made any appearances in public, except before Georgetown college students who view him as a pop figure.
His monthly numbers are down to from 65% to 55% and falling, as of Friday – so he better get you those magic beans QUICK (before the magic wears off).
Just don’t give up your last milk bearing cow to him – LOL!
The Thrill is gone- B.B.
I may be goin to hell in a bucket, but at least I’m enjoying the ride- Grateful Dead.
Didn’t somebody say if your getting raped, lay back and enjoy; cause its gonna happen anyway. Only 3 1/2 more years and then the people will Carter-ize his ass! :!:
@ Cha Cha,
I say you stick to your orange trees and florida sunshine, and you don’t touch fried frogs or roasted mashmallows, ‘cuz you don’t know shit about these obviously. That latter business is another level, lemme tell ya, it is true.
Now that I think of it, Obama didn’t even kis Sarkozy’s fine ass old lady. Maybe he’s one of those down-low brothers? :shock:
Not sure if he’s one of those down-low brothers, but rumour has it that Obama has a brother somewhere that earns 1 buck a day. Cha Cha would probably know more about this.
Obamas father had children by at least 4 different women. He does have a half-brother who lives in africa, makes less than a dollar a day and is facing foreclosure. Its funny (not funny ha!ha!, just funny) that bush saved more africans with his AIDS awareness programs than anybody in history and obama wont even help his brother. I gues hes more worried about mre important things like how far his head should be off of the ground during bows and how he can hold chavez hand and penis at the same time. Sorry I dont sound like cha-cha. Its early and I cant stir up that much vitriol and invective. (just kiddin, cha-cha) :mrgreen:
Vitriolic? Oh no! Not at all!! You sound like a very powerfully brained individual actually.
So, you think Obama could have a relation with Chavez then? But why would he be holding his penis? Perhaps it’s an old indian custom to shake both penises and hands instead of only hands?
Are you from Texas? Yes, I totally agree with you that everybody and everyone should be aware of AIDs, and the right thing is to launch a bunch of programs to target the poorly informed individuals. But I may be wrong on that, as I am not an expert neither in politics or AIDS programs.
I try to use my “neuro”gens. :mrgreen:
Catching the sarcasm.
No, but I went to school there. (You cant beat the ladies. At least, in the SE part). :twisted: Dont know about the sarcasm here, barely setting my meter off; but it is documented bush saved over 1.2 million lives with awareness, condoms, etc. He never got credit for the good things and was blamed too much for the bad. I think.
I think I am starting to understand you Cha Cha.
So the right wing is more like right and the left wing is less right and more like wrong? That’s an interesting observation. How would you integrate this mantra into an Obama cabinet “Sock and Awe” context?
What? I didn’t say anything like that…
Conserve… conservation… Conservative
You should find out the meanings of those words – educate yourself.
Go back and read what I said, about putting politics aside.
Right is right, wrong is wrong – Yes? No? Do you know the difference between right and wrong? Did you know right is good, and wrong is bad? Simple shit, really…
“How would you integrate this mantra into an Obama cabinet “Sock and Awe” context?”
I really don’t understand what you’re saying here…
With Obama’s cabinet du jour, especially. He hasn’t had much success getting people he appoints to stay in those jobs. They all seem to bail as soon as they learn that Obama has imposed an agenda upon them that they cannot condone.
With the new carbon dioxide pseudo-science BS, I wonder what will become of Coke, Pepsi, Beer and Champagne? His proposed tax does nothing to eliminate CO2 at all, only create tax revenue for an ever expanding intrusive government dedicated to controlling every asset and facet of your life.
Besides CO2 is a natural part of the environment.
If he can tax that, he can tax oxygen, and water.
Who’s to stop this madness? It’s ok to tax cigarettes, right?
Where is the smoker being represented by all of the tax dollars being stolen by the government in the form of taxes?
Where is the insurance program to cover smoking related illness, that these taxes should be paying for?
Yes, it could very easily be said that the “left” is wrong – I think I can agree with that. Stealing is wrong, and those on the left clearly support stealing from smokers and using the stolen money for their own purposes.
Did you know that the government used monies procured from fines against tobacco companies to invest in those same companies, as a secure investment guaranteed to return a profit?
Why haven’t those on the left objected to this outrageous hypocrisy? That money, those fines – were supposed to be used to fund anti-smoking campaigns.
There is a helluva lot more than just this, but you have to educate yourself, otherwise, you are just a sheep to slaughter at the hands of these predators.
It’s your future – do you want to be a slave?
One last thought:
How do you cook a live frog?
You start off with a pot of cool water and very slowly bring up the heat. By the time the frog realizes what’s happening – it’s too late.
Frog legs, anybody? LMAO!
Cha Cha,
From Florida, eh? You don’t know shit about business or marketing dude. Stick to politics or stick away!
Fried Frogs have long been replaced by roasted mashmallows long time ago.
And “sock’n awe” is a well known business technique, related to gran’ma old socks where she was putting her money in the old times. Comes from the old Prussian business academy technique, “Ein Schmock und Schnack”.
Basically, you sneak information from an unwary customer, then you brainfeed it foie-gras style, like a thunderstrike bolt, so he is presented with no other choice than to BUY.
Do you think Obama knows this technique?
“well known business technique”? :roll:
Another one of those is to sneak up behind
someone, hit ‘em over the head and steal
their money. You’re wrong about my business
experience. But then, I’m not a cossack, or
an old Prussian :mrgreen:
I’ve been doing good business for 35 years
without ever resorting to unscrupulous, unethical
business practises, as you suggest.
How do you cook a live marshmallow?
I didn’t think a marshmallow had a brain
and could realize what was happening.
@Cha Cha Cha
No, you’re not a Cossack or a Prussian. I think you have some Cajun ancestry in your pedigree, somewhere somehow. Perhaps you are a direct descendant of the Marquis of Lafayette?
Do you think Obama may somehow have Cajun ancestry in his family?
@ neuro
I’m thinking another Marquis…de Sade, maybe :razz:
Obama probably has cajun because he is, like a dog; a “Heinz 57″. Oh shit, did I just call the president a dog. I feel so naughty, fat guy in little coat style! :mrgreen:
@beeve14
Oh no no amigo! You didn’t call the president a dog, you just said he was a Heinz 57, just like a dog. Which is all good I think, because ya’know, once upon a time in da ol’times, the doggie style was a way of life, or should I say the doggie way was a lifestyle. Diogenes of Sinope was the master and the pioneer of it, living in a barrel. And when someone dared to stand between himself and the sunshine, some very spicy dialogs would ensue.
:twisted: Oh, the humanity!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPWGyCxa7-s
Dear Marina,
I’m sure both YouTube and Google consider you an asset and don’t want you to place your videos elsewhere. But none of us can predict the future. If Google decides to eliminate YouTube, it will.
If you wanted to, I’m sure you could buy your own server, create your own website, and sell enough advertising on it to be very successful. We all learn to adapt to change.
Seesixcm6
Of course it could be good if not the user produced it put a side of all commercial stuff.
But I there will be too much TV-shows or similar I think UT is dead.
We have to wait and see.
But I reckon you can count your views and give some statistic about the future after a while?
Long live free internet
Mats
http://projektbloggen.se
My personal opinion. There will always be those people who no matter what a company does they are evil cause they are upset that someone is taking there money legit or not. There will also always be people out to make a dollar cause they like the former want money to improve their lives. You Tube was pretty much made free for everyone to just be open for a very long time this attests to the fact that they care about people seeing things for free. More over most companies that are loosing that kinda money would pull the site down till the changes were completed cause they are loosing more then any of us will ever see everyday just to make us happy. Plus the solution most sites do in cases like that is charge EVERYONE and you tube is trying very hard to not do that until all other methods have been used. Really it comes down to do we want to keep you tube around or not my vote is for yes therefore for change.
I believe your view is the most reasonable position to take since no one can exist very long by losing so much money every day.
HMMMMMM
More things for me to look at in the next few days; but I did see that video yesterday morning when Pedantic linked to it and did not agree with almost all of what that guy (the “panicy panic-monger”) was saying.