VideoSift is growing quickly whether we like it or not. We've managed to restrict our memberships a bit, but our traffic is still climbing as non members enjoy the fruits of our sifting. We're regularly getting close to 70K pageviews a day - and while our server is coping, it won't be for long if this arc continues.


We also have a lot of features that we want to bring in, but each query we write in to the code, adds another 2% to the overall server load. What's that smell? burning silicon?



Charter memberships are an effort to fund VideoSift to move forward, increase stability and enable the capacity for new features.



We thought of going the straight donation route, but we wanted to give you something in the way of a thanks and recognition for your dedication to this community. So here's the goody list:

- Absolutley no ads for charter members

- Higher number of queued videos (8)

- Personalized name/comment styling

- Customized user profile (a la MySpace)

- Personal subdomain for your profile (dag.videosift.com)



Have a look at Lucky's profile for an uhm.. bright example of profile modifications possible. ;-)



We will be adding other features like Playlists and Friends lists soon.



Of course you don't have to become a charter member, and free membership will continue to be open for all. We will be displaying some ads for non-charter members but nothing too garish (no pop-ups, intimate dating, or monkey-punching).



Thanks for your support on this, it's been a tough call to go this route. Sort of like Castro opening a chain of Starbucks in Cuba.


So if you are a new member, you can register, existing members - please upgrade