Not-A-Video Videos
You know the one's I'm talking about.
You see an image of album cover art, and a song plays. Or you see a YouTube logo screen, and audio plays.
These are not videos. They are audio files with a static image.
Should these be allowed on the sift? What do you think?
You see an image of album cover art, and a song plays. Or you see a YouTube logo screen, and audio plays.
These are not videos. They are audio files with a static image.
Should these be allowed on the sift? What do you think?
15 Comments
Sigh. *unquality.![](https://videosift.com/vs5/emoticon/wink.gif)
I usually just downvote them. No need for more rules.
I usually downvote as soon as I spot one too. It is funny how people react to them depending on the person that submits them. Picture a probie or non star posting and people jump to point out how it is not valid to post it. But let a diamond or above post it and on occasion it is suddenly ok to have them.
But from my experience, I have seen that downvotes work most of the time.
Any audio posts that manage to get published are usually pretty great. I haven't seen any song + album cover ones get through, and would probably downvote them like rasch.
The one video I posted like this got 124 upvotes.![](https://videosift.com/vs5/emoticon/tongue.gif)
So basically, you know, lick me.
Some of them are impossible to get a proper video on, so sometimes I sift them, if they're good. If someone else has submitted one and the music is good, I'll even upvote it too, but usually my attention span is too short and I wander off.
I managed to sift this one even: http://www.videosift.com/video/Elliott-Smith-Figure-8
(Yeah that's right, vote for it, you ingrates.)
I see downvotes as a personal attack on my character and put the hate down on anyone who crosses me.. that's how I roll.
I will only sift something if it has a montage of pictures, never if it just a still. As tempting as it is cos there is so much quality stuff that has no videos for it, I think it kind of defeats the object here.
I also think that if people want to upvote it and enjoy it, then let them do so
Just for Volumptuous.
Because you are so dear.
I don't really see the problem. They're pretty rare, for one.
The site is about sharing, and sometimes a song or a narration is every bit as entertaining or informative as a video.
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What about a video without any sound?
I don't need moving pictures to enjoy a video, necessarily.
>> ^volumptuous:
anythingsift.com
Yes, let's keep the site focused!
>> ^gwiz665:
What about a video without any sound?
I don't need moving pictures to enjoy a video, necessarily.
http://www.videosift.com/playlists/Eklek/No-sound-Silent-clips are viewable (video means "I see") and we sift them.
if its got sound and at least one frame, its a video. if its got more than one frame, with or without sound, its also a video.
Fuck it - The question around here is "Will it Sift?"
If it does, it does. If it doesn't, (duh), it doesn't...
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