RIP Video Responses...

I've been thinking a lot about end of the video response lately ,and when I searched through the videos of people talking about the topic and I focused on the single comment that was sent in by a person, either quite new to YouTube or old-time returner, someone who has a life and couldn't get to YouTube in 2 or 3 years. And the comment said,

"Why is YouTube going all about promoting content? I thought YouTube was a video sharing site."

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Why, yes it is.

It IS a video sharing website. A website to share videos. You know, through the site, sharing the video... you know like vlogbrothers and brotherhood 2.0 which was about communicating in YouTube videos. Through you know... Subscriptions or VIDEO RESPONSES...!

You know... sharing video in the internet. You know, a video sharing website. Website of sharing videos... you know, video which are shared through the internet in a nice convenient way. You know, sharing videos... not using other media to share video to people who want to see them because it's a VIDEO SHARING WEBSITE.

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Sorry. Just... Video website. Of sharing. of web videos. Video on the internet. To people who might want to see them. Videos. You know to people. Sharing Videos. YouTube.

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So.... Anyway... (moment of recollection) I was watching through the videos of this topic and people pointed out (like Kevin, are you watching this?) that YouTube want us to be a consumer of video and not wanting people to make videos. You know. Creating content...

ANd... if you remember back in the old days when YouTube was a video sharing website.... still is, I'm afraid. Anyway, you might seen a motto of YouTube on the bottom of the logo... you remember it, right?

Right?

Come on, say it. Broad...broadcast yourself. Broadcasting to other people. Sharing things. Making it public. And not hidden from algorithm and such....

Yourself... you know what you're feeling, what are you doing.... what do you want to show... to us. The people. Who want to watch videos. Oh yay. Video for you to watch.

MAKING CONTENT! That's what YouTube was for. To create content and sharing to the world. Isn't that simple way to do things?

I remember when back in 2009 when YouTube was rehauling its format to appear more like Hulu and other competitors, and that was such a backlash that YouTube decided not to do it.

I remember the song.

"Oh why, why am I even surprised

Maybe YouTube can be Hulu

And avoid its demise

But if it comes at the cost of the little guys

then I think that I might say my goodbyes

I think that I might say my goodbyes"

(Repeat chorus)

When now... we're just. frog in a pot.

You know the metaphor. When you put a frog in a cool pot of water and you heat it up real high, the frog will sense it's hot and jump out of the pot.

But when the heat is applied ever so slightly, and the temperature rises just a little bit every time. The frog will stay there and just simmer and die.

That is what we are. YouTube had slowly turned this place to the Hulutube we loathe and we don't even recognize it. We're just frog in a pot. Just simmering and dying.

There is some people who want to start making a new website for old YouTube goers like us who like to watch content and share it with other people. You know, create a community and we know the technology is there.We can embed videos quite easily and we can make other features work too and we're just starting to create a concept, I was getting excited, but this thought ran in my mind.

Why didn't we do this earlier?  Why didn't we do this in 2010 or 2011 when the pot was lukewarm, not barely boiling!...

I don't have the strength anymore. I feel like I'm just going to perish and die in this incredibly hot water. We don't know if we can make the jump... but if we can, we must try. We must jump.

New website: frogoutofthepot.com. (Huh? What you think?)

(We thought making YouTube studios and doing nextup was great for our community. But now i realized it was trying to make content in higher quality so the people can't climb any higher. Those new people will be daunted and don't want to climb the building.)

Princess and the Doctor tag!

I created this tag when I realized that there's eleven incarnation of the Doctor and eleven Disney Princesses. As both are widely drawn and loved in many ways, I think it'll be a perfect time to add the two together.

So, basically which princess best fit the companionship of which doctor?

Let's start with the First Doctor. Now, he's known as a cool old grandpa in the talks about him so I think I'll place a more vulnerable person to the list... um, I'll go with Ariel. I think the brattiness of Ariel will contrast nicely with the sternness of the First Doctor. Could be a interesting combination.

Second Doctor... he's much more of a bumbly type with the trick and mannerism and all that, so let's have a fun loving character to add with him. I think Rapunzel will suffice?

Third Doctor. James Bond phase, and also the soildfier in many tropes of the Doctor. Which princess should go with him? Let's go in Cinderella, she wouldn't mind the whomobile and the Master.

Fourth Doctor... friendly and childlike and also a rambunctious adventurer... let's go with Mulan with this one as he wouldn't mind his companions to be part of the action.

Fifth Doctor, a gentle but a bloody Doctor. Who can survive all the attacks and graciousness and the celery to boot! I think Snow White will fit the bill as the classic bumbling companions of his era.

Sixth Doctor... when the Doctor took a dark turn... who can accompany him at such harsh times? Well, Jasmine is known to keep a sane mind through the antics of Aladdin so why now for him?

Seventh Doctor, the Chessmaster. Who can match his wits and battles? Well, his scottish accent will fit nicely with our scottish redhead. Also, it would be interesting to place Merida in one of his schemes.

Eighth Doctor, the lovey-dovey one. Who can take his big heart and his adventures...? Belle will certainly take his love and give the brain to his bumbling body.

Ninth Doctor, a street-wise and mood swinging one but a good one nevertheless. I am going with Aurora because she's very domestic and will contrast nice with his style. Fantastic!

Tenth Doctor. Manic and bubbly but knows how to take down a villain. Tiana can replace the role of Martha and she'll be least good as Martha in the show...

Eleventh Doctor. What could I say? Well, only Pocahontas is left so he will have deal with that princess. Or more likely she will have to deal with the Doctor. She's a serious one.

Well, I'm not a final arbiter by any means so leave a comment or make something of it and send it my way. I'll be excited to hear your opinions.