YouTube - “recreations”
I will admit to being an avid fan of youtube. There have been numerous videos that I have enjoyed immensely and shared with my friends (sometimes ones that I have watched a lot more than once).
But I (and I know other people that have) been frustrated when something original is uploaded, YouTube addicts like myself discover them, spread the link to that video, and then what happens? Immediately 50 other people “recreate” that video. So then you look to find it again, but when you type in the same tags, you have a hard time finding that particular video.
I guess I am curious - is there a solution to this? I know that the appeal of YouTube and other similar sites is the fact that anyone can upload movies/etc. that they want to. But i think that if the duplication of videos could somehow be regulated it would make the experience of navigating the site less frustrating.
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Tags: YouTube
April 14th, 2008 at 5:51 pm
I think the problem will fix itself. Whenever a new industry/market place exists, it gets flooded with every hair-brained idea that people think might work. Over time, the bad ideas fail, and only the good ones remain. This is what happened with the dot-com boom…the internet was flooded with alot of poorly-designed web companies. Since then, the unsuccessful ones have gone away, and the higher quality sites remain.
Youtube is still pretty young, and in a year or two i’m sure people will realize that annoying remakes don’t get very many hits, and will start putting higher quality videos on the site. So, just be patient.