>> ^MrFisk:
The Art of Sifting.
1. Seems the shorter a video, the more views/voting.
2. The more you sift and comment, the more friends/enemies you'll make, thus more views/voting.
3. A serious election year will inevitably and justifiably mean more political videos; cut the hogwash bellyaching.
4. Comedy is king.
5. Long is the opposite of the aforementioned.
6. Employ a nifty avatar.
7. Rock the boat.
8. One hand washes the other.
9. The tenth vote is crucial.
10. Beggars canyon is a dark and dreary alley, chalk-full of despair, disappointment, loneliness, and regret.


Fixed.

Take the voting power of the Piggers then we'll at least get rid of stuff like http://www.videosift.com/video/The-most-amazing-ukelele-playing-you-will-ever-see-Jake-Shimabukuro and similar aberrations. Piggers aren't real sifters, anyway. Their bodies are more adept at ocular labor than sifting. We should make a Pegrosift, only for P's where the colors are inverted.

Damn Piggers.

>> ^lucky760:
This is so great. It's more deserving of #1 than Jake Shimabukuro.
I don't know why it's in the terrible channel. This is marinating in awesomesauce.
doublepromote


Thanks for the promote! I put it in the terrible channel mostly because of the guy's singing skills. But I agree that the awesomeness outweighs this. Fixed it now.

This is so great. It's more deserving of #1 than Jake Shimabukuro.

I don't know why it's in the terrible channel. This is marinating in awesomesauce.

*doublepromote

Upvote for this cross-post from videosift in another universe.

Strangely Jake Shimabukuro is still #1 on a site with 95% fly fishing or fly fishing-related videos.

My pleasure, I tried to sift another one of Sungha Jung's a couple weeks back and it ended up in my PQueue, then I noticed yours as well (different song) and had to promote it .

In reply to this comment by lucky760:
Thank you mucho, banfiZ!

In reply to this comment by Zifnab:
*promote

Thank you mucho, banfiZ!

In reply to this comment by Zifnab:
*promote

You're kidding, right?

http://www.videosift.com/top?range=all&order=votes&topsubmit=select
http://www.videosift.com/video/The-most-amazing-ukelele-playing-you-will-ever-see-Jake-Shimabukuro

>> ^Grimm:
Example of "Quality Control" at work.
http://www.videosift.com/video/The-most-amaz
ing-ukelele-playing-you-will-ever-see-Jake-Shimabukuro
Has over 500 up votes and 14 down votes. Seems more like 14 people who just didn't like the video as opposed to any "quality control". This btw would be one of the shiet videos MarineGunrock wants to keep off the site.


No it wouldn't. But I'm glad you know me that well. I never said the SOLE purpose for the downvotes was to keep shit off the site. When I downvote something in the queue, it is, but it also means I simply really do not like the video. When I downvote something that's been published, I am merely expressing my distaste for it.

As for the ukulele video, well, I just don't think it deserves so many votes. I think everyone here would agree with that.

Example of "Quality Control" at work.

http://www.videosift.com/video/The-most-amazing-ukelele-playing-you-will-ever-see-Jake-Shimabukuro

Has over 500 up votes and 14 down votes. Seems more like 14 people who just didn't like the video as opposed to any "quality control". This btw would be one of the shiet videos MarineGunrock wants to keep off the site.

take THAT Jake Shimabukuro!

thanks fotr replying to my sift talk, I was looking at older high rated videos and came across this post of yours which made me giggle.



In reply to this comment by dag:
Well, this kind of thing is subjective, but we are kind of a Web democracy here - and the people have definitely spoken. Keep in mind, VideoSift has been around for barely 2 months. I would be very surprised, if this video was still number one in another 3 months (yikes, scary to think that this comment will be very quotable in 3 months).

I guarantee though, that whatever video replaces it - some people (possibly me) will believe it to be unworthy of the spot.

On this performance, I have watched it so many times that I'm sort of numb to its effect -but- the first time I watched it, a shiver went down my spine. Sometimes art can transcend a mere performance and personally connect to the people experiencing it.

Having said all that - I also think there is a bit of intertia about being on the all-time top page 1. I think there are some videos on page 2 and 3 that are worthy to overcome some of the vids on the top page. So go vote for them!
http://www.videosift.com/topstories.php?page=3
http://www.videosift.com/topstories.php?page=2

Marine: Yea, if he had a ukulele he just might go to the top!

Comment hidden because you are ignoring dag. (show it anyway)

Hmm, I'll agree that for many videos showing all the voters isn't too messy, but as we grow- it becomes more messy for videos with a large number of votes.

I just wanted to quote you on this.

In reply to this comment by dag:
Well, this kind of thing is subjective, but we are kind of a Web democracy here - and the people have definitely spoken. Keep in mind, VideoSift has been around for barely 2 months. I would be very surprised, if this video was still number one in another 3 months (yikes, scary to think that this comment will be very quotable in 3 months).

I guarantee though, that whatever video replaces it - some people (possibly me) will believe it to be unworthy of the spot.

On this performance, I have watched it so many times that I'm sort of numb to its effect -but- the first time I watched it, a shiver went down my spine. Sometimes art can transcend a mere performance and personally connect to the people experiencing it.

Having said all that - I also think there is a bit of intertia about being on the all-time top page 1. I think there are some videos on page 2 and 3 that are worthy to overcome some of the vids on the top page. So go vote for them!
http://www.videosift.com/topstories.php?page=3
http://www.videosift.com/topstories.php?page=2

I guess you've never seen the sift's all time top video:
http://www.videosift.com/video/The-most-amazing-ukelele-playing-you-will-ever-see-Jake-Shimabukuro
check out all the "P"s there.

In reply to this comment by v1k1n6:
On a lighter note. I like how all the lurkers decided to sign up for VS just to have an opinion on their soap boxes. There's more "P's" in here then a farmer's field!