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?
mauz15 says...

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.

gwiz665 says...

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.

alien_concept says...

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

rougy says...

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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