YOU WILL USE GOOGLE PLUS - #POGOBAT
- 10 years ago
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Edited by David Wright
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Thumbnail by Karen Kavett
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Intro by Rob Scallon
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Rough Transcript:
I got an email from Jake...
...Thanks Jake! So, my girlfriend recently sent me a link to a cute little Ukelele diddy by Emma Blackery. Maybe you've seen it... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTq8TrA3hb4
I think she pretty accurately sums up the way we all feel about Google trying to force their failed social network down our throats. I mean, I'm all for improving the comments system, putting the comments that are most relevant to me right on top, but why does YouTube need anything but YouTube to do that? Like, why can't they use who I'm subscribed to rather than some social network nobody has time for? Honestly, I'm a little creeped out. The multinational intelligence conglomerate that is Google doesn't just want us to act in a very specific way--it's like they feel entitled, they're offended that we might choose to not live in the digital bubble they've made for us. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMChO0qNbkY
I was recently watching fellow-YouTuber Hank Green's take on all this nonsense, and while I agree with the general seething sentiment of his video, there was one thing he said that is so wrong it makes the baby Jesus cry. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1rLnzpb0iM
Now, he's right that there's nothing we can do in the short term to make YouTube change course, but if we play a long game we can absolutely chip away at Google's ability to bully its users. The only reason a video sharing website is in a position to strong-arm its users into adopting a particular social network is because they have a monopoly. If there was another video site with even 5% market share, YouTube would think twice. It's time to start giving other video sites a chance. I'm not saying that we should stop using YouTube per se, but I, for example, from this day forward will also be uploading my content to Vimeo and DailyMotion--links in the description. I will also, from this day forward, be attempting a new moneymaking model for pogobat, because who needs ads!? Especially when YouTube takes a 45% cut anyway! Shit's ridiculous. Pogobat is now ad-free in hopes that you'll support my endeavors via Patreon, which is like Kickstarter for recurring things so rather than giving, like, twenty five bucks to a project once, you give, like, a twenty five cent tip each time I make a new episode. There's a link to my Patreon in the description, and now an animated quandary from MoonShoesPatty!
http://www.patreon.com/pogobat
#POGOBAT on other platforms
http://vimeo.com/pogobat
http://youtube.com/pogobat
http://twitter.com/delicioussteak
http://pogobat.tumblr.com/
danbrownuniverse@gmail.com
Special thanks to MoonShoesPatty!
http://www.youtube.com/MoonShoesPatty
Edited by David Wright
http://youtube.com/miraclefalcon
Thumbnail by Karen Kavett
http://youtube.com/user/xperpetualmotion
Intro by Rob Scallon
http://youtube.com/user/robs70986987
Rough Transcript:
I got an email from Jake...
...Thanks Jake! So, my girlfriend recently sent me a link to a cute little Ukelele diddy by Emma Blackery. Maybe you've seen it... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTq8TrA3hb4
I think she pretty accurately sums up the way we all feel about Google trying to force their failed social network down our throats. I mean, I'm all for improving the comments system, putting the comments that are most relevant to me right on top, but why does YouTube need anything but YouTube to do that? Like, why can't they use who I'm subscribed to rather than some social network nobody has time for? Honestly, I'm a little creeped out. The multinational intelligence conglomerate that is Google doesn't just want us to act in a very specific way--it's like they feel entitled, they're offended that we might choose to not live in the digital bubble they've made for us. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMChO0qNbkY
I was recently watching fellow-YouTuber Hank Green's take on all this nonsense, and while I agree with the general seething sentiment of his video, there was one thing he said that is so wrong it makes the baby Jesus cry. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1rLnzpb0iM
Now, he's right that there's nothing we can do in the short term to make YouTube change course, but if we play a long game we can absolutely chip away at Google's ability to bully its users. The only reason a video sharing website is in a position to strong-arm its users into adopting a particular social network is because they have a monopoly. If there was another video site with even 5% market share, YouTube would think twice. It's time to start giving other video sites a chance. I'm not saying that we should stop using YouTube per se, but I, for example, from this day forward will also be uploading my content to Vimeo and DailyMotion--links in the description. I will also, from this day forward, be attempting a new moneymaking model for pogobat, because who needs ads!? Especially when YouTube takes a 45% cut anyway! Shit's ridiculous. Pogobat is now ad-free in hopes that you'll support my endeavors via Patreon, which is like Kickstarter for recurring things so rather than giving, like, twenty five bucks to a project once, you give, like, a twenty five cent tip each time I make a new episode. There's a link to my Patreon in the description, and now an animated quandary from MoonShoesPatty!