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Online Video

Impact of YouTube’s Shift from “Small Pond” to “Vast Market”

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YouTube’s Gay Godfather (zipster08) explains YouTube circa 2005-2011… why independent vloggers are creating fewer videos and YouTube was more of a “corporation” than “community.” The “small pond” evolves to a “vast market,” meaning more competition for new creators and the oldies…

You may remember Zipster from the “YouTube Retirement Home.” But unlike his bi-polar chess-companion, he’s the energizer bunny… still going.

What Zipster doesn’t realize is that when YouTube deploys its new “Green Parrot” distortion filter, Zipster will look better (like this) and increase views by 63 percent.

Nalts, Online Video, YouTube

Study Shows People Who Don’t Watch Online Videos Are… Boring

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zipster loco mama terryA recent study shows that the shrinking percent of US citizens that don’t watch online-video regularly are more likely (by 45%) to be boring than their video-watching counterparts. This study, mind you, is based not on a significant N or any official methodology. It’s just based on my own experience.

For example, here’s a result of last evening with Zipster08 and ChristopherMast. It’s a video called “Loco Mama and the Boys from the Hood.” Call them crazy, but don’t call them boring.

Incidentally, Mast (an Indie singer and nurse) is “couch surfing” with the Nalts family this week, and documenting every waking moment. Again- call it what you will, but it’s not boring.

And, all things being equal, life is more interesting when it’s not boring.

Online Video

Party at My Place Saturday Night

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Online-video has its share of online-video pranks, but this one is quite memorable. Last evening I discovered that YouTube’s Gay Godfather, Zipster08, announced a party at my place Saturday night.

Naturally I hadn’t heard about this until seeing the video. But it did prompt the following  conversation last night between me and my wife (which I regret not videotaping secretly):

  • Kevin: Do we have plans Saturday night?
  • Jo: What?
  • Kevin: Saturday night. Are we doing anything?
  • Jo: (Stop fighting, Grant and Charlie!) Why?
  • Kevin: Zipster made a video about a party at our house. So I was thinking…
  • Jo: (One of those “conversation is over” stares).

(Parenthetically, Zipster08 got more than 3.5 million views on his Christmas collaboration last year,  and here’s his fresh new one- The Night Before Christmas).