Happy Siftiversary - VideoSift is 3.
Yes, it's official - we are 3 years old today.
I'd like to start with links to our previous Siftiversaries:
1 Year old
2 years old
Things have changed so much in online video over this span. When we first started, our tag line was "The best of YouTube and Google Video" . This seems like a circumscribed way to think about online video now - but 3 years ago - that's pretty much all there was. Flash video was just coming into its own - and until then QuickTime still ruled. (one of the few Apple products that I'm not a fan of)
The first YouTube video I ever saw was the Lazy Sunday a video that I think was YouTube's first hit. We're quickly moving to a future where the amount of videos online will rival web pages themselves. I don't think we have a firm grasp on what this means for society - but we'll keep growing and evolving VideoSift to be the community that Sifts the cream from these megaliters of video milk.
VideoSift is growing - and though we are not climbing to rockstar heights of popularity - we do have to change and put in tools that help the community manage itself.
As we grow, we see two avenues to managing the site. A fork in the road if you will. We can become increasingly draconian and sharp with our changes (top down policy changes, midnight mass user account purges) as we see in many so-called online "communities" - or we can put the site in the hands of the people who have invested the time and effort to build VideoSift into the community it is.
Naturally, the latter is the path we've chosen. It's messier, not very slick and sometimes downright ugly - and we will probably never be a Digg or even a Reddit- but I can promise you that we will always strive to keep this amazing place a community. IMHO we are one of the few true communities on the web, and not the slick marketing paint slapped on some sites that claim it.
I'd like to thank all of the Sifters - past and present who have made our community the amazing institution it is. (3 years that qualifies us as an institution in internet time, right?)
Happy Siftiversary to you all!
I'd like to start with links to our previous Siftiversaries:
1 Year old
2 years old
Things have changed so much in online video over this span. When we first started, our tag line was "The best of YouTube and Google Video" . This seems like a circumscribed way to think about online video now - but 3 years ago - that's pretty much all there was. Flash video was just coming into its own - and until then QuickTime still ruled. (one of the few Apple products that I'm not a fan of)
The first YouTube video I ever saw was the Lazy Sunday a video that I think was YouTube's first hit. We're quickly moving to a future where the amount of videos online will rival web pages themselves. I don't think we have a firm grasp on what this means for society - but we'll keep growing and evolving VideoSift to be the community that Sifts the cream from these megaliters of video milk.
VideoSift is growing - and though we are not climbing to rockstar heights of popularity - we do have to change and put in tools that help the community manage itself.
As we grow, we see two avenues to managing the site. A fork in the road if you will. We can become increasingly draconian and sharp with our changes (top down policy changes, midnight mass user account purges) as we see in many so-called online "communities" - or we can put the site in the hands of the people who have invested the time and effort to build VideoSift into the community it is.
Naturally, the latter is the path we've chosen. It's messier, not very slick and sometimes downright ugly - and we will probably never be a Digg or even a Reddit- but I can promise you that we will always strive to keep this amazing place a community. IMHO we are one of the few true communities on the web, and not the slick marketing paint slapped on some sites that claim it.
I'd like to thank all of the Sifters - past and present who have made our community the amazing institution it is. (3 years that qualifies us as an institution in internet time, right?)
Happy Siftiversary to you all!
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