When I see things like this I always think back to the inhabitants of Easter island and how they chopped down all their trees just to see who could build the biggest fanciest stone head.

>> ^zombieater:

>> ^siftbot:
Tags for this video have been changed from 'ropes, archaeologist, replica, theory, move' to 'ropes, archaeologist, replica, theory, move, easter island, moai' - edited by xxovercastxx

Why would you change tags to include words already in the title? Does the search function not use the title to find videos?


I used to think the same thing but a lot of people like to click on tags (something I had never really considered) so I started to put them there.

My unrequited curiosity is making me second this question.>> ^xxovercastxx:

>> ^Fusionaut:
It's too bad that the actual Easter Island statues actually had bodies underneath the ground...
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/106129

Why is that "too bad"?

>> ^zombieater:

>> ^siftbot:
Tags for this video have been changed from 'ropes, archaeologist, replica, theory, move' to 'ropes, archaeologist, replica, theory, move, easter island, moai' - edited by xxovercastxx

Why would you change tags to include words already in the title? Does the search function not use the title to find videos?


http://videosift.com/talk/A-couple-of-little-questions-about-the-Sift?loadcomm=1#comment-233837
@lucky760: "...I find it totally reasonable to have terms repeated..."

http://videosift.com/talk/VideoSift-101-tags?loadcomm=1#comment-783325
@lucky760: "Regarding the issue of repeating terms in title and tags, it's encouraged..."

http://videosift.com/talk/TagsTitle?loadcomm=1#comment-262237
@lucky760: "...it's frequently very important that terms in the title also appear in tags."

>> ^siftbot:

Tags for this video have been changed from 'ropes, archaeologist, replica, theory, move' to 'ropes, archaeologist, replica, theory, move, easter island, moai' - edited by xxovercastxx


Why would you change tags to include words already in the title? Does the search function not use the title to find videos?

>> ^Fusionaut:

It's too bad that the actual Easter Island statues actually had bodies underneath the ground...
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/106129


Why is that "too bad"?

Tags for this video have been changed from 'ropes, archaeologist, replica, theory, move' to 'ropes, archaeologist, replica, theory, move, easter island, moai' - edited by xxovercastxx

>> ^Fusionaut:

It's too bad that the actual Easter Island statues actually had bodies underneath the ground...
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/106129


But surely this is just a smaller scale proof of concept of what you could do with a lot more people.

Your video, Walking an Easter Island moai statue, has made it into the Top 15 New Videos listing. Congratulations on your achievement. For your contribution you have been awarded 1 Power Point.

This achievement has earned you your "Pop Star" Level 4 Badge!

>> ^Fusionaut:

It's too bad that the actual Easter Island statues actually had bodies underneath the ground...
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/106129


You just blew my mind. I never knew about this.

It's too bad that the actual Easter Island statues actually had bodies underneath the ground...

http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/106129

All I have to say is, when you're visiting Easter Island, do NOT swim too far out...

Easter Islanders depended on trees for both source of energy as well as raw materials for building boats. They were highly dependent on trade with other islands, so boats were vital to the trade. But people needed housing and heat, so they kept cutting trees down, until non was left. When the last tree was consumed, they had no means of building boats and trading with other islands. The islands were not self sustaining, so the people turned to cannibalism until the civilization was wiped away.

http://youtu.be/IESYMFtLIis

Well, you haven't been "here" but I appreciate the sentiment!

I love this little guy, especially on Easter Island....

In reply to this comment by gwiz665:
I've been everywhere, man.

Smart-ass.

In reply to this comment by BreaksTheEarth:
Thanks everyone! Now all my hard work can pay off and I can promote the hell out of the vids I like!

Oh and by the way, I was going to go to the SiftUp but I realized that I had a girlfriend and I take showers regularly so I wasn't sure if I would fit in. If people are around next year or something, I am sure this relationship will go sour like all the others and I will stop showering for lack of a compelling reason to wash my balls.

Thanks for the picture Rasch!