First impression of all the featured videos this year
(playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiwadNkDiME693r19D6mn5_7VvnUPlB-7)
Anna King: So spunky! Inspiring. The aside look is just... (People with disease are good vloggers.)
The feel is so forced but she seems a good kid. Yeah.
Code Police: There's an AD?! Little awkward. Edit are also... little awkward, but seems earnest. Really good cause, though. I strongly believe there's should be diversity in coding business.
Wayne Foundation: Speaking of Chicago... Domestic Abuse, huh. They did get the moolah. It suddenly got really creepy. I really like Matthew Gaydos, though. I really do.
Tab for a Cause: It's really nice. Also really simple yet amazing way to give. Amazing!
Nerd Writer: It's so well done. Very clever. SONAR is noisy. It always inception, but sound is louder and faster in Ocean. T'is True. It hurts me. 500, that's sad. Love his production, just awesome.
Mind Leaps: Rwanda is pretty cool. That could be misconstrued... little syntax problems but good. Little boring, but it's good. Just like say that Africa is a continent of potential.
Videomaker: Long video... hmm. Weird accent. Behavior change? Video making has been revolutionized in the past 50 years... it's incerdible how it's unlikely. Projectors... little miffed.
Myles...: Another long video... but cooler! Parkinson is so interesting... Hi Dad! Many different way to shoot... Since the fans... nice. It's nice... BRAIN IN A BUCKET! Quite romantic. Arrogant. Really well done video, lot of interesting bits. Good job, Myles.
Nathan Talbott: He's also really nice, really underrated. He's cool. Time-consuming. (Not the video!) Video is really nice, he has a nice voice. and nice humor.
Radish Time: She is amazing YouTuber, check her out really. NAACP is amazing organization.... done so many things throughout the past century, one of great foundation in America.
Karen Kavett: 50 Books Challenge is strangely hard. The Book Truck is really cool... I think Mediocre Films is a sponsor I believe. Also Karen has excelled so much... She designs so much...
She's the First: Girl's Education Weight? Wage! (That's just me, right...) Visa Lottery... just weird. Just what he said. Education is so important and diverse education is even more important.
Sabrina!!!: Nerdy and Quirky have ran away... like Eden did too. New Generation, REALLY COOL!
Invisible Illness: Suffering on the inside. Our perception is the enemy. Really sweet video.
Hollaback!: Seems like a cool gal. Seems like a cool charity. Cool graphics. It's a good at heart.
ANNNNNNN!: Continuing our sexual harassment campaign... Based in Los Angeles. NEXT GEN!! Crisis center for vidcon... I Forgot and really cool! She's good!
Torre Argentina Cat Sanctuary: The sanctuary is a very interesting place... like it's a thousand place... whatever, actually it might been. I mean I heard as a tourist destination.
Three Avocados: Oh, it's a coffee shop. A simple drawing photo... effective!
JOE YAY!: THE BRAIN! Coolest thing! Mental Illness is a physical disease. (Mostly, but a lot) independent labs... that's really cool. Scientific research is a good way to fund.
MRCHEEZYPOP!: Glick's mom's charity... Knitted stuff.... so warm.
Actua: That's a rocket. Science education is my favorite... it's my stuff. MINDS of Tomorrow. Good.
Malaray of Sunshine: Love her and she's a Seattleite. WWF is a really bi organization but good. Again, I love her video. She's just has a bright personality!! So Soothing.
Hannah Witton: Awesome is even more awesome in a British accent. Youth is the future! Very personal and very cute (THE DOG, I mean. I don't like her...) She's great!
Zoe... actually Alivia: Literacy is important. Very effective, very expressive. Also good cause. Project Library (Not Tim H's project) seems pretty cool, also why didn't he do that? (Or was it?)
Flannel Taylor: another literacy program, also a really cool looking and sounding female. Just having the voice fill the video is very effective, kind of opposite from before. CC is a nice touch.
Mental Health: God, don't flatter me with short-haired females Keeping is very short, nice!
GlobeMed: That was actually amazing, I was going to critique but nope just awesome Props!
Hussiens: Sesame Workshop seems a little weird to donate to... but they have a lot of impact, all around the world. Viewers Like You is an actually important message.
TSWGO: More money. Lot of good stuff happen! Bestseller, amazing! Esther Day event... WOW, Seven families... also Kirstyn Hippe!!!
MATT GUION!: Music Education is cool. Bleak Future? A comprehensive look at the real problem. Teach popular songs! Read some Hip-Hop, it's really interesting! Really cool charity, too!
Nathan and Rose: They seem... hip? Wikimedia is so struggling and people use it all the time!!! This disparity is despairing but there's good number of people who are interested.
International Animal Rescue: Really good premise and also really good charity. Cool.
Lincoln and Luke: The two kid are absolutely adorable and also Malala Fund is so important!!!
Lumos!: Is she German? Although the premise is cute and also really good charity.
Josh Sundquist: Peace Tips is a stuff I could never think about but seems very important! Story is...
Nia Brown: Quick and informative and have a beautiful day!
Engineers Without Borders: You know like Doctors without Borders... Cool jobs. (Third time)
Gills Club: So a interesting combination, like a education + conservation. So CLEVER.
STEPHEN!!!: Weston! Donors Choose is so clever and interesting! Harp... really? Really?
Wheezy!: Taylor Swift's Birthday? Early Weebitizy Jenk? Thousand of videos! Thousands! Livestream??? What stuff? All STAR but no beard. Being denied... Now I have. Oh...
Malaria No More: Puppet Kings??? Looming of Guilt! Seems like a new cool channel!!!
Madisyn Bowen: Little song for perk me up! Toys for Tots is so cute and stuff... it's nice.
Umbrella Nepal: OF COURSE IT'S RAINING History of Nepal is a interesting connection to B 2.0. The Question is, is she lying down or is the lighting just really weird.
She's the First... again?: Oops, there's a repeat in charity, but not in video. Anyway... Cheese the first? The narrator is little better than the other video...
Not Forgotten: How we do spend it? We did this. Iquitos is a big isolated place. WOW~! It's a very nice home. Decorative plants. Gazebo! Food covered. Very nice.
MELE!!!!: One of those very very underrated YouTuber. Please check her out! Story corp is cool. Library of Congress?!?! (Also, But Fart. Wow, that's some history.)
Because I'm A Girl: Very effective, and female right is sorely needed in this world. Cool.
Stella's Circle: I believe this is by Stella Young which passed away recently. Which is pretty sad. Just didn't really... wow. I feel sad and of course, condolences. Also, really great charity.
Laughsoharf: I did it twice??? Lifeboat is so important, as Nerd Writer said about Titainic... I also love how there many different approach to stuff and poverty and pretty cool YouTuber.
Wittybrightmodest: This is for a movement in which there's lot of charity involved. I think if you vote this video, it will go to the Library in St. Louis. This is basic overview of the premise. Donate.
RAINN: Again, another great organization, Nice stop motion, it's a nice video. YouTuber is cool, too.
Girl Rising: Just a 2006 like video. An interesting charity is enough. Also lot of female and edu...
Uncultured Project: Shawn is awesome, looks better every day. Really cool charity that was supported for many years thought the P4A's history.
Chelsea Rose: This is another cat video... and also really important and awesome charity. Cool.
Caitlin Lidae: Being comfortable in your body is so important, least until we could remove ourself from our vessel, but until then we're stuck with this body and we need to live with it. And so, body positivity is very important for human sake!
Water for South Sudan: South Sudan, the new country and very in turmoil. Need lot of help is what I'm trying to say... so, a nice little video. Linda Sue Park is cool too.
Grassroot Soccer: What??? This is amazing. Sport is unifying factor in things.
Shannon H.: Fandom and its power... it's a very fine line to navigate. I mused myself in that sometime we are more used to fiction than reality sometime... like we have to think in term of fiction to understand reality, which is little weird.
ADHD Production: Look at that production! charity: water is a interesting and fascinating charity and pretty effective for a charity that looks that's little pretentious... but it's an effective one.
Matt Vlogs: Really good thought piece most people don't think about that and it's frustrating.
Bril Tyler: Really cool video, the production brighten my eye and it's interesting. Yep.
Eleventh Dimension: Hey, an youngster! Also has that young optimism!
WITNESS: A Spanish person! Gabriel's charity.... I certainly have faith... sorry. Sorry. Also timely.
Made By Mommy: (Well, she's actually big) Education was a big factor this year and also... comment
P4A make a video about stuff... do stuff big or small. Local National State International Continental. Just talk about things.... and every charity is special and worth it if it's actually charitable.
So yeah. Nice variety of video and other things. Good.
Sunday, December 14, 2014
Friday, September 26, 2014
Oh Hank...
Responses to this and this
Oh, Hank...
Problem with Hank and John is that they are... optimistic? I'm not saying that the critics of the Green Brothers is pessimistic, but there's a sense of blind optimism?
They are a cheerleader type... a person who encourages the community to do stuff, and being entrepreneurs that's kind of their job...
What I'm saying here is... You know how parents at a cross-country meet sometime cheer their sons/daughters by saying "You've gone so far, keep it up!" even though they have way more distance to travel? It's intended as encouragement but it gets little... misguided.
Yeah, misguided. That's the word. They kind of forget the whole situation and blindly encourage someone and then go... 'I messed up' when it doesn't pan out...
So back in June, Hank made the post (second link) about racism and how it's "Improving"... obviously it lead to some backlash and Hank hastily defended himself... and then Ferguson happens.
Yeah, Hank probably regret that post.
Which is so embarrassing to call out on Hank again because he's doing same thing here, basically.
I mean Lindsey rightly called bull on this optimism, so I won't go into detail here, but Why?
I mean why are Greens keep making that mistake?
My intuition is age difference. I mean Hank was born '80 and John was born in '77... so they had their childhood in the '80s and their adolescence in the '90 and the dot-com bubble was for them early-mid twenties and they are already doing something...
For me, however born in '94, 9/11 happened when I was 7 and the Great Recession happened when I was 14 or 15 and now I'm looking at more stagnant world at age 19, feeling crippled.
The Millennials had this promise growing up... of prosperity and fortune in the '90s... like the internet and marketing and just everything seems to be handed in a platter... Then the dot-com bubble happened, 9/11 and the Iraq War happened, Great Recession happened and we're hurtling toward 2010's feeling so much loss... there's no hope and no prosperity and we didn't even do anything!
I felt as through millennials feel as though they're against the flow of society, got the short end of the stick, having so much promises and seeing it all just go away. There's resentment for past and disdain/anxiety for the future. It's though we're pushing the rock up the hill and parents are cheering?
It's not anti-authoritarianism, it's not like we rule and adults suck, but adults suck and we have to take up the slack... and cheering won't cut it.
Yeah... so, it's more sinister than I thought. Hank and John's cheering is seen as not an encouragement for a better future, but the leave of responsibility, as in we cheer and you do the all the work.
(Maybe the clash feminism and MRA comes down to the same point... hmm, interesting.)
So, perhaps it's rude say, but shut up and do the work, Hank. Don't need to be a cheerleader.
Oh, Hank...
Problem with Hank and John is that they are... optimistic? I'm not saying that the critics of the Green Brothers is pessimistic, but there's a sense of blind optimism?
They are a cheerleader type... a person who encourages the community to do stuff, and being entrepreneurs that's kind of their job...
What I'm saying here is... You know how parents at a cross-country meet sometime cheer their sons/daughters by saying "You've gone so far, keep it up!" even though they have way more distance to travel? It's intended as encouragement but it gets little... misguided.
Yeah, misguided. That's the word. They kind of forget the whole situation and blindly encourage someone and then go... 'I messed up' when it doesn't pan out...
So back in June, Hank made the post (second link) about racism and how it's "Improving"... obviously it lead to some backlash and Hank hastily defended himself... and then Ferguson happens.
Yeah, Hank probably regret that post.
Which is so embarrassing to call out on Hank again because he's doing same thing here, basically.
I mean Lindsey rightly called bull on this optimism, so I won't go into detail here, but Why?
I mean why are Greens keep making that mistake?
My intuition is age difference. I mean Hank was born '80 and John was born in '77... so they had their childhood in the '80s and their adolescence in the '90 and the dot-com bubble was for them early-mid twenties and they are already doing something...
For me, however born in '94, 9/11 happened when I was 7 and the Great Recession happened when I was 14 or 15 and now I'm looking at more stagnant world at age 19, feeling crippled.
The Millennials had this promise growing up... of prosperity and fortune in the '90s... like the internet and marketing and just everything seems to be handed in a platter... Then the dot-com bubble happened, 9/11 and the Iraq War happened, Great Recession happened and we're hurtling toward 2010's feeling so much loss... there's no hope and no prosperity and we didn't even do anything!
I felt as through millennials feel as though they're against the flow of society, got the short end of the stick, having so much promises and seeing it all just go away. There's resentment for past and disdain/anxiety for the future. It's though we're pushing the rock up the hill and parents are cheering?
It's not anti-authoritarianism, it's not like we rule and adults suck, but adults suck and we have to take up the slack... and cheering won't cut it.
Yeah... so, it's more sinister than I thought. Hank and John's cheering is seen as not an encouragement for a better future, but the leave of responsibility, as in we cheer and you do the all the work.
(Maybe the clash feminism and MRA comes down to the same point... hmm, interesting.)
So, perhaps it's rude say, but shut up and do the work, Hank. Don't need to be a cheerleader.
Monday, September 15, 2014
On YouTube
YouTube is a ubiquitous site. It's has an virtual monopoly of web videos, yet it does much more than just storing and distributing videos. It is a classic combination of entertainment and social media. YouTube is excepted to curate, nurture and lead random people into stardom, yet it needs to give a certain attention to massive section who uses it for communication purposes. Or do they?
Most people agree that YouTube is a social media site. Except YouTube apparently, because lately the strategy for YouTube seems to write off most of its social functions. (Not caring about its messaging system, or bringing video responses to back of the shed, and give it some lead.) For some people, it's pretty obvious. For a business standpoint, being a media conglomerate is much more profitable than being an awkward social media, if not, least ent. is more familiar to the system.
But, the strange thing is YouTube still wants to pretend that they want to be a social media site, most obvious sign being that layout have transitioned from being like myspace, with creative control and whatnot, to the one-size fits-all, even though video size certainly doesn't, approach of Facebook. But the veneer wears thin when they get surprised when two 'giant' fans of YouTube creators 'seems to' know each other...
I mean 'fans' are creating communities and are creating contents by themselves? YouTube must be flabbergasted! I mean YT pretending they're a social media site seems to fool a lot of people! YouTube should consider a job in show business...
Well, that aside YouTube is still a major force in the internet, following the reign of Facebook, with the new key player being new 2008ers Twitter and Tumblr and an old friend Reddit.
And they all something that YouTube needs to continue...
Tumblr, I said its superioity many times. Its popularity indicates a swing back to the myspace times, where the freedom is the key and sensibility not a factor. But there's a key synthesis, in that there's a feed and also the features are quite standardized. That means those who want organization could just make a blog and set up the feed and the whole thing becomes simple and elegant. YouTube could benefit from this two prong approach. Having a customized channel will greatly benefit creators and viewers alike. And social media part will be more fluid and robust with Tumblr's design.
Reddit... main thing to get here is the beautiful commenting system and vareity of sub-reddits. The variety of features is limited but enough to create your own style and its natural affinity for community is something YouTube should strive for. By utilizing the machine of YouTube,* the site could tap into the synergy and make the whole thing... work!
And Twitter... to me, they are separate as night and day. But twitter seems to the last refuge to get information from friend without missing information. (Strangest thing in social media: Why you do they think their own secret algorithm is better at finding out what people want to hear, then people telling them what they want to hear? Is this some kind of algorithmic elitism? That they know what's best for you... than you? Sure, your insight might be helpful, but I'll tell you when I need your help.) Until now, when twitter decided to promote content... Dude, you're Twitter! You famously don't make money! You should not try to make money! All attempts will lead to horrible failures, and you will be ashamed for this... and same should go to YouTube. YouTube is a losing service, there's no way they can make money either turning off most consumers. Google should consider YouTube a service, one that leaks but give valuable information.
As much as people think I'm a Google fanboy, I think Google's treatment of YouTube was horrendous. They tried to make YouTube its own thing, while trying to add their own stuff... often unsuccessfully. You cannot have the best of both worlds. Steal a cake and eat it too. Either you should left YouTube, way alone, like Yahoo! does with Tumblr, or fully integrate like GMail or Google maps or whatever.
Making Google+ its own thing were met with obvious boos, and as it feel to wayside, many trolls and 'haters' start appreciating its simplicity... and yes YouTube comments were integrated to Google+ those trolls and 'haters' started to get 'best' comments, and for a while, it was horrible.
Then the policy changes and now YouTube comment is intentionally horrible. The hate breeds faster than love and so comments with the most engagement seems to be the worse as well. Least Reddit got its 'reputation' because it didn't get big enough. This is just... bad. Bad, bad, bad.
So the comment sucks, intentional, and the feed is still terrible, what with that 'elitism', so what now?
* Welcome to the secret asterisk section! Be warned. This is long.
YouTube community, by terms of evolution, have manage a nice, natural system of bringing fame. First, people like other people and form a community. Then some people get viral or get help from famous stars... (well not sexually... well, like consentually yes, but...) Then the community becomes the all-important middle, bringing viewers into making content and rising the stars and promoting new communities.
This is a beautiful system. There's new fame created every day and the whole connected structure means it's easier to jump around places in the community-sphere. Also, having connections and making friends. That's nice, Real Nice.
But the corporate structure made the top... well, removed from everywhere else. Corporate wants to create an aspiring network where the teen fawn and the other teen winks. This is where the 'fangirl' stereotype comes in. The worry here is that those teenagers will just fawn and not create.
SO that Fangirl Planet video... I always thought as source of ridicule, but not to the fangirls. We all have been fangirls. That's been true. But we... 'harnessed' the energy, creating communities and creating their own ideas. Look at the whovians and their culture, or those in the Harry Potter fandom rewriting the flaws into something more inclusive and expansive. There's something to celebrate about fandoms, but mindless screaming shouldn't be it.
In the end the video is a warning; warning to the current fangirls that exert their energy into nefarious purposes, warning to the creators to sway the fangirl into 'useful' prepositions. And the dread that comes with complete corprate control, that these people will be Eternal Teenagers**.
** Sorry for the detours and also this asterisk, but this is important.
Eternal Teenagers come from Eternal September. The term comes that every September, new users of the internet (because most early internet was in colleges) come in and the 'old guard' have to teach the youngins the Way of the Internet. Then AOL became connected to the Usenet and youngins start flooding the forums and eventually the old guard could not keep up with this new-ness. And so became the Eternal September, where the new outweigh the old and the community shifts dramatically, usually for the worse.
Eternal Teenagers is quite similar, YouTube also have a massive influx of youngins... this time quite literal, and the community effectively changed as a result. But the term here emphasizes 'usually for the worse' part, in that I fear, with corporate influence, that the teenagers here might not well... grow up. That they might eternally fangirl some new or even old YouTubers... or least the replacement rate so big that we'll always have those people. At least, if the second option is true, we'll worry 'less' as we evolve and creators will now have the bunt of the stick. Of course, there's the third option, that the fangirls... grow out. That this whole YouTube thing becomes a fad for teenagers, which isn't good for business or the community. No new guards means the whole system halts!
But what's the truth? Well, we can only wait. We're witnessing the first generation of Eternal Teenagers and it's up to them, and the creators (most out of our control), to create their best solution. There's a usage of fangirl as source of energy... and that's partially true considering attention and money is what we're driving the system. And as with all energy, some is useful and other is not. Hopefully this is will turn out to be a boom... in the metaphorical sense.
Most people agree that YouTube is a social media site. Except YouTube apparently, because lately the strategy for YouTube seems to write off most of its social functions. (Not caring about its messaging system, or bringing video responses to back of the shed, and give it some lead.) For some people, it's pretty obvious. For a business standpoint, being a media conglomerate is much more profitable than being an awkward social media, if not, least ent. is more familiar to the system.
But, the strange thing is YouTube still wants to pretend that they want to be a social media site, most obvious sign being that layout have transitioned from being like myspace, with creative control and whatnot, to the one-size fits-all, even though video size certainly doesn't, approach of Facebook. But the veneer wears thin when they get surprised when two 'giant' fans of YouTube creators 'seems to' know each other...
I mean 'fans' are creating communities and are creating contents by themselves? YouTube must be flabbergasted! I mean YT pretending they're a social media site seems to fool a lot of people! YouTube should consider a job in show business...
Well, that aside YouTube is still a major force in the internet, following the reign of Facebook, with the new key player being new 2008ers Twitter and Tumblr and an old friend Reddit.
And they all something that YouTube needs to continue...
Tumblr, I said its superioity many times. Its popularity indicates a swing back to the myspace times, where the freedom is the key and sensibility not a factor. But there's a key synthesis, in that there's a feed and also the features are quite standardized. That means those who want organization could just make a blog and set up the feed and the whole thing becomes simple and elegant. YouTube could benefit from this two prong approach. Having a customized channel will greatly benefit creators and viewers alike. And social media part will be more fluid and robust with Tumblr's design.
Reddit... main thing to get here is the beautiful commenting system and vareity of sub-reddits. The variety of features is limited but enough to create your own style and its natural affinity for community is something YouTube should strive for. By utilizing the machine of YouTube,* the site could tap into the synergy and make the whole thing... work!
And Twitter... to me, they are separate as night and day. But twitter seems to the last refuge to get information from friend without missing information. (Strangest thing in social media: Why you do they think their own secret algorithm is better at finding out what people want to hear, then people telling them what they want to hear? Is this some kind of algorithmic elitism? That they know what's best for you... than you? Sure, your insight might be helpful, but I'll tell you when I need your help.) Until now, when twitter decided to promote content... Dude, you're Twitter! You famously don't make money! You should not try to make money! All attempts will lead to horrible failures, and you will be ashamed for this... and same should go to YouTube. YouTube is a losing service, there's no way they can make money either turning off most consumers. Google should consider YouTube a service, one that leaks but give valuable information.
As much as people think I'm a Google fanboy, I think Google's treatment of YouTube was horrendous. They tried to make YouTube its own thing, while trying to add their own stuff... often unsuccessfully. You cannot have the best of both worlds. Steal a cake and eat it too. Either you should left YouTube, way alone, like Yahoo! does with Tumblr, or fully integrate like GMail or Google maps or whatever.
Making Google+ its own thing were met with obvious boos, and as it feel to wayside, many trolls and 'haters' start appreciating its simplicity... and yes YouTube comments were integrated to Google+ those trolls and 'haters' started to get 'best' comments, and for a while, it was horrible.
Then the policy changes and now YouTube comment is intentionally horrible. The hate breeds faster than love and so comments with the most engagement seems to be the worse as well. Least Reddit got its 'reputation' because it didn't get big enough. This is just... bad. Bad, bad, bad.
So the comment sucks, intentional, and the feed is still terrible, what with that 'elitism', so what now?
* Welcome to the secret asterisk section! Be warned. This is long.
YouTube community, by terms of evolution, have manage a nice, natural system of bringing fame. First, people like other people and form a community. Then some people get viral or get help from famous stars... (well not sexually... well, like consentually yes, but...) Then the community becomes the all-important middle, bringing viewers into making content and rising the stars and promoting new communities.
This is a beautiful system. There's new fame created every day and the whole connected structure means it's easier to jump around places in the community-sphere. Also, having connections and making friends. That's nice, Real Nice.
But the corporate structure made the top... well, removed from everywhere else. Corporate wants to create an aspiring network where the teen fawn and the other teen winks. This is where the 'fangirl' stereotype comes in. The worry here is that those teenagers will just fawn and not create.
SO that Fangirl Planet video... I always thought as source of ridicule, but not to the fangirls. We all have been fangirls. That's been true. But we... 'harnessed' the energy, creating communities and creating their own ideas. Look at the whovians and their culture, or those in the Harry Potter fandom rewriting the flaws into something more inclusive and expansive. There's something to celebrate about fandoms, but mindless screaming shouldn't be it.
In the end the video is a warning; warning to the current fangirls that exert their energy into nefarious purposes, warning to the creators to sway the fangirl into 'useful' prepositions. And the dread that comes with complete corprate control, that these people will be Eternal Teenagers**.
** Sorry for the detours and also this asterisk, but this is important.
Eternal Teenagers come from Eternal September. The term comes that every September, new users of the internet (because most early internet was in colleges) come in and the 'old guard' have to teach the youngins the Way of the Internet. Then AOL became connected to the Usenet and youngins start flooding the forums and eventually the old guard could not keep up with this new-ness. And so became the Eternal September, where the new outweigh the old and the community shifts dramatically, usually for the worse.
Eternal Teenagers is quite similar, YouTube also have a massive influx of youngins... this time quite literal, and the community effectively changed as a result. But the term here emphasizes 'usually for the worse' part, in that I fear, with corporate influence, that the teenagers here might not well... grow up. That they might eternally fangirl some new or even old YouTubers... or least the replacement rate so big that we'll always have those people. At least, if the second option is true, we'll worry 'less' as we evolve and creators will now have the bunt of the stick. Of course, there's the third option, that the fangirls... grow out. That this whole YouTube thing becomes a fad for teenagers, which isn't good for business or the community. No new guards means the whole system halts!
But what's the truth? Well, we can only wait. We're witnessing the first generation of Eternal Teenagers and it's up to them, and the creators (most out of our control), to create their best solution. There's a usage of fangirl as source of energy... and that's partially true considering attention and money is what we're driving the system. And as with all energy, some is useful and other is not. Hopefully this is will turn out to be a boom... in the metaphorical sense.
Tuesday, September 2, 2014
Jokes that work too well...
So, Neil Cicierega posted a fake picture of NGram result of 'pokemon' which has an aberrant bump during the mid-late 1800's... except that during mid to late 1800's there was explosion of Cornish dialect which coincidentally included the word pokemon! (I sincerely believe Neil invented time travel and decide to take the joke one step farther... there's even an accent on the o! Like the other pokemon! Okay, that's an e...)
(http://edwardspoonhands.com/post/95679178895/solongasitswords-nullbula-thesylverlining)
I actually remembered this because I was eating Doritos and there's this joke that Nostalgia Critic does which spoof Gummi Bears with Doritos... which is strange, except it's a coincidental callback to another joke which The Critic wondered how does Gummi Bears have to with Disney?
Well, Gummi Bears have nothing to do with Disney... but Doritos were invented in Disneyland, using surplus taco that got stiff and moldy and frying them and with seasoning... voila! Doritos!
So, what I am saying is that Doritos unlike Gummi Bears do have connections to Disney... hence at first you think Doug has wrote a random snack for the spoof, while it's an actual stab at an earlier joke!
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEE53i0wNNA)
(http://edwardspoonhands.com/post/95679178895/solongasitswords-nullbula-thesylverlining)
I actually remembered this because I was eating Doritos and there's this joke that Nostalgia Critic does which spoof Gummi Bears with Doritos... which is strange, except it's a coincidental callback to another joke which The Critic wondered how does Gummi Bears have to with Disney?
Well, Gummi Bears have nothing to do with Disney... but Doritos were invented in Disneyland, using surplus taco that got stiff and moldy and frying them and with seasoning... voila! Doritos!
So, what I am saying is that Doritos unlike Gummi Bears do have connections to Disney... hence at first you think Doug has wrote a random snack for the spoof, while it's an actual stab at an earlier joke!
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEE53i0wNNA)
Friday, July 18, 2014
Anonymity
Contrary to popular belief, anonymity does not make you evil.
It's more sinister than that.
People live in bubbles... They see their influence and what influences them. And they assume the world is like this...
That's where the internet comes in.
The people believe that all people are like them. That's the core component. People think that their views will be accepted and that they are part of a majority... or least they are thinking for betterment of humanity... or least the people in that bubble.
I start this post because of this quote.
The fact that very 'normal' people are saying this things are to the fact it's a societal problem, not a personal problem. These man are not 'evil', least not in a social sense because the society is complacent on this behavior rather than labeling as 'evil'.
So, I think that's my response to Hank. The research project probably conclude that it's not whether they’re whether they’re “otherwise nice guys” IRL, or whether they have no friends because everyone has figured out how much they suck, or whether they have a social group where it’s acceptable to be, like, a terrible person. It's a combination of all three.
(To spell it out... Since everyone has figured out how much they suck, they try to hide it by being a otherwise nice guy and probably found a group where it's acceptable to be a terrible person.)
It's a hard step to take that there's something wrong with society rather than just a person or even a group of people. That the sense of Optimism and Entitlement actual ruin us in the long run. What's wrong with Mass Killings in America? Is it guns? Is it video games? Is it 'loss of faith'? Whatever the reason, it will boil to the fundamental malfunctioning of our society... namely the 'sense of entitlement'.
We need to change the culture... not of the internet, but the world. Internet doesn't change you. It makes the world clearer, for better or worse.
It's more sinister than that.
People live in bubbles... They see their influence and what influences them. And they assume the world is like this...
That's where the internet comes in.
The people believe that all people are like them. That's the core component. People think that their views will be accepted and that they are part of a majority... or least they are thinking for betterment of humanity... or least the people in that bubble.
I start this post because of this quote.
YouTube comments aren’t “just the Internet.” They’re not the product of a group of otherwise nice guys who suddenly become evil when they wear a veil of anonymity. YouTube comments are actually a nightmarish glimpse into the sexist attitudes that define the fabric of our own existence in the “real world,” a world that, like YouTube, is owned and dominated by men. The most terrifying gift that the Internet has given us is that it’s shown us how men honestly perceive the world: as a place where women exist exclusively for their sexual pleasure.In the wake of VidCon, and as more and more women start speaking up about the harassment they face online, it’s time to start realizing that our narrative of progress is deeply flawed. Things aren’t getting better for women on the Internet; they’re deteriorating and ignoring the problem amounts to being complicit in it.
You see, the anonymity doesn't make you bad... it makes you real. You start spouting your cherished beliefs because you think you are part of the mass... and particularly found a mass who does have the same interest... leading to an echo chamber..."For women on the Internet, it doesn’t get better" by Samantha Allen
The fact that very 'normal' people are saying this things are to the fact it's a societal problem, not a personal problem. These man are not 'evil', least not in a social sense because the society is complacent on this behavior rather than labeling as 'evil'.
So, I think that's my response to Hank. The research project probably conclude that it's not whether they’re whether they’re “otherwise nice guys” IRL, or whether they have no friends because everyone has figured out how much they suck, or whether they have a social group where it’s acceptable to be, like, a terrible person. It's a combination of all three.
(To spell it out... Since everyone has figured out how much they suck, they try to hide it by being a otherwise nice guy and probably found a group where it's acceptable to be a terrible person.)
It's a hard step to take that there's something wrong with society rather than just a person or even a group of people. That the sense of Optimism and Entitlement actual ruin us in the long run. What's wrong with Mass Killings in America? Is it guns? Is it video games? Is it 'loss of faith'? Whatever the reason, it will boil to the fundamental malfunctioning of our society... namely the 'sense of entitlement'.
We need to change the culture... not of the internet, but the world. Internet doesn't change you. It makes the world clearer, for better or worse.
Sunday, June 29, 2014
Thoughts to 2014 Vidcon
I want to talk about vidcon that happened this week and I want to use an analogy that people say that I really like and that is that the 'con' in Vidcon stands for three things. That it's a conference, convention and a concert and I think that's a really good place to start talking about what is happening on Vidcon and why it feels like there's disillusionment with the lesser creators.
With the three 'cons' there is a different purpose for each... for a conference, you want discussion. It's a place for people with same (or different) interests talking about different topics. And Vidcon does that really well, I think Hank really thought about conference part and doesn't shy away from the topics that might be uncomfortable, and really tries focus on topic that needed to be discussion, rather than topics which are... quirky, you know, 10 things... these types of lists that buzzfeed have. So, that's nice.
For the convention part, however, vidcon is lacking in some respects, because obviously everything is on the internet and you don't really need a physical place to discover new people, but I think Vidcon was designed because it was getting hard to find new people on the internet, so we need more than just YouTube to find people that is new and interesting. And I think when Hank Green talks about there being so much YouTubers, he's talking about that convention piece of Vidcon and how hard it is so create that experience of finding new stuff on the internet in real life...
And there's the concert, which is just a place for people to entertain! You know the place to meet your favorite stars! And that's why most people come to vidcon... which is to meet Jack&Finn or Lol Anothony or what new hot white teenage boy that comes in the scene... and that is kind of the crux of the matter. That we have these screaming fans at the 'conference' or the 'convention' of YouTube and New Media. And we're suppose to have fans... but they should interacting or discussing important matters and not screaming or consenting to dubious people... because what you should supposed to do in vidcon is that... you are meeting your stars, of course, that's the concert part, but then you're supposed to find new stars and people with interest as you, which is the convention, and talk to these stars and fans about important matters, which is the conference part. And having those three parts together will create energy or this zeitgeist that could impact our world in significant ways... and that's little broad but that's what here for...
So, the problem is that the concert is overshadowing the two other parts... so, people are finding these stars but they are not finding other stars or talking about important matters with these stars... and with each other. And there's many way you could go about this... you can focus on the fans and try to wrangle these fans to enjoy new talents or starting talking about stuff with other people... or you can focus on the stars, and you know, YouTube community was formed because all these people had a same interest and were talking about it... and in a sense that creates a community... that shared sense of dialogue does Nash Grier have that? No... does Jacoskians have that... probably not... I mean some people are definitely invovled with it, like Jack and Finn or Tyler Oakley... but you know the Harries twins has history of media in their lineage and Tyler Oakley was here since 2006 and I knew him since 2009... so I mean there's a reason to this exception, and so it doesn't really count... what I mean is these new star and stars that are fading away like Shane Dawson or Mediocre Films... which I both liked, but now I disagree... I mean whole situation is not favorable right now...
It's the funniest thing, you know, that Hank and the crew are starting to figure out what's happening in Vidcon and how to manage this phenomena just in time to see being harder and harder to reach the mission that have finally formalized.... it's really the regression of the mass... the fact that with so many people, you start tend towards the mean and it gets more basic and basic as the fanbase grows. It's the same with politics and business and all types of organization that whole thing start to fall apart and it becomes same grey monster that we secretly fear inside...
We need a mechanism to combat the effect. We need a system that tells us that you shouldn't be stalking because the star is your equal and not your target... and that you shouldn't looking up but across... finding a friend and do a thing... and there's so much projects out there that rely on this... that power of the mass but like a car, you need to harness the explosion, or it's going to explode and all that energy is wasted. But as in thermodynamic, is hard to harness work into something useful. Something like kickstarter or petitions and other stuff... it's just wasted unless we do something.
I think of Victor Gruen when I talk about this... this man created the modern mall, so to speak, as a place for a community to reside... kind of like a market. He was trying create a hole that was left by the suburbs and how the suburbs have no place for discussion and building of community and he wanted to create... a church for capitalism, that place of worship but also of community... that people with the same aspect can have a place for a discussion. But a church becomes a temple... that place of indoctrination and we has this term called the 'Guren Transfer' which is where you enter a place and you feel overwhelmed and so you buy whatever is in your sight... And... yeah... it's just... if you want to meet a friend, where do you go... and the answer is slowly shrinking... the suburbs are very isolating... therefore, the internet is probably only place you could go to meet friends. And Vidcon is the crystallization of that nostalgia of meeting your friend in a place that is meant to meet someone. You know psychological that is... that post vidcon depression... and some say to grow up, but that's the crystallization of fallout of the modern society... we're yearning for that golden age... of physical interaction! Instead we have mindless waves of people with a primal scream... it's sad.
Friday, May 16, 2014
YouTube Quiz...
YouTube first listed their 20 most subscribed channel in May 16, 2006.
Question is how many accounts are still active as of today?
Answer after the break.
Question is how many accounts are still active as of today?
Answer after the break.
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