Now I work in an auto parts store… *ahem*

But the stuff I make on YouTube is not watched by people who make YouTube videos. The VAST majority is people who have NO idea how to make videos… or spell. That to me says the assumption we are entertaining each other is wrong, as I am no where NEAR the highest-viewed person on even this website, let alone YouTube.

Yes, this stuff is in-jokes now. But that is changing FAST. As people who make videos are building national (and local) audiences, people are starting to get what this YouTube thing is.

Reubi baby! turn that frown up-side-down!

A Series of Indictments!
get it? [click]

Oh, and when I wear my Nalts hat, people just point and laugh in a bad way.

anyway, I had second thoughts about leaving that line and a few others in there, but I felt since there is this huge power grab going on from big corporate media and of course the Telecom Immunity Bill that passed in a Democratic Congress, it’s something that needs a serious discussion and I hope there will come a few ideas, plans, or some new paradigm in the future that will avoid these all too controlling forces.

BUT, It’s been a few weeks since Google got the Viacom ruling, there was this wonderful surge and massive outrage that has all but faded now. Google has decided to abandon it’s users via contempt and appeal so it looks like hope hopped a boat out of town.

Man, I depressing myself! Think I’ll crawl back into my cave and contemplate dust, rebuild the carburetor and join the sharks.
ole!

Basically, you are all just entertaining each other. For all the exposure You Tube gets the core or guts of You Tube or any online media is still an insider’s joke and the only way for anyone to actually become a “huge hit” or make the transition is to have, find, build connections and get on, ugh, yes, TV.

There are two ways to look at online media.
1. The stuff you want to do and share.
2. The stuff that will make you money.
A combination of the two is the ideal.
So that makes almost 3.

What I’ve observed outside this medium is, most of the world (the US) has no idea who any of you people are. I have yet to find one person outside the inside of online circles who have even heard of ze frank let alone Smosh, everything just moves way too fast, but there is something to be said for sticking to it, slow and steady…

Basically, you are all just entertaining each other. For all the exposure You Tube gets the core or guts of You Tube or any online media is still an insider’s joke and the only way for anyone to actually become a “huge hit” or make the transition is to have, find, build connections and get on, ugh, yes, TV. TV is still the king and tells the masses what to do and where to go. I think the amount of money the two political parties spend on television makes this assertion a solid claim. However, I do believe that will change. There is a new generation of viewers that have never-not-known the internet; what present day 14 year old never heard of You Tube?

Robonick can you do a scientific survey for us in the middle of Nowhere WI and ask your peers? Impress your social studies and math teachers with the results.

Demographic-wise, that’s the core audience and unfortunately, few 14 year olds have the kind of disposable income needed to support this medium. Most of the ads you see on You Tube are only preparation for that future market. The money makers, those with real disposable income are busy watching the Nightly News and fill in the reality show. [Viagra and Lipitor Ads Here]

The potential of online and for online communities has barely been scratched and the approach seems to be more of the same old boring business model of dog eat dog; though the potential could be so much more.

In many ways it’s truly American, combined with a still sloppy and unorganized grass roots murmur.

SIDESTEP
You saw Obama’s Ditsy Girl, Nader digging up Anarchist and an Older Super Cool Punk Rocker Patti Smith, Gravel grabbing some of that Obama Girl, well catch Ron Paul! The most unsexy guy ever to run in a presidential race wins the sexiest video and catchiest tune of the year award: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBCKMTo210k

Too bad we don’t pick our leader according to one of the best music video on You Tube. Freedom is so damn sexy!
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Still, there are some great stories and wonderful connections to be made online, but no matter how many meet ups or gatherings people hold there will always be that invisible wall between the creator and the audience, and the power grab being made by Comcast, AT&T, MS, Google, Viacom, CorporBehemoths… the future of the Internets seems to be headed towards, merely, TV on Steroids [click] <– predicted by 2012 – mdj was right!

Dystopianly Yours,
ji