oh cool. any chance of keeping the old algorithm as well? just for comparison 'n stuff..

Unfortunately no. It's not the algorithm but the enormous mountain of statistical data that we changed. (This is why the site was down for a few hours the other night.)

you mentioned the other day when the site was down that there are going to be some major changes in 4.0, including the introduction of group playlists - can you tell us when those are coming out? great idea, imo. you also mentioned chatrooms - is that in VS 3.3 or is that something for the future versions?

interesting statistics on the new and improved channel tab:
my top ten channels (votes received)

Comedy - 1864 votes received (comedy talk)
1stTube: the best clips of television - 1406 votes received (1sttube talk)
Documentary Channel - 1206 votes received (documentaries talk)
Politics - 925 votes received (politics talk)
British Invasion - 847 votes received (british talk)
Music - 816 votes received (music talk)
Science - 675 votes received (science talk)
The Serenity of Nature video collection - 608 votes received (nature talk)
Army, Navy And The Air Force - 594 votes received (military talk)
Cinema - 574 votes received (cinema talk)

What happens in Razzleberry, stays in Razzleberry.

Rule #1 of Razzleberry: You do not talk about Razzleberry.
Rule #2 of Razzleberry: You do not talk about Razzleberry.

We have a laundry list of features/changes we will unveil when the time is right. Now is not that time.

I'm exceedingly nosy, and want to know what everyone's is

1. Comedy - 546 votes received (comedy talk)
2. Animation - 487 votes received (animation talk)
3. Music - 473 votes received (music talk)
4. British Invasion - 419 votes received (british talk)
5. Human Sexuality - 303 votes received (sexuality talk)
6. How To Do Anything, Anywhere, Anytime - 221 votes received (howto talk)
7. FemmeSift - 221 votes received (femme talk)
8. Good Eats - 174 votes received (cooking talk)
9. From Asia with Love - 165 votes received (asia talk)
10. Cinema - 153 votes received (cinema talk)

Here's mine, because nosy Thylan demanded it:

1. Comedy - 11065 votes received (comedy talk)
2. Music - 7287 votes received (music talk)
3. What the F*ck Just Happened? - 7231 votes received (wtf talk)
4. A Bit of Parody - 4199 votes received (parody talk)
5. 1stTube: the best clips of television - 3972 votes received (1sttube talk)
6. Everything geek - 3874 votes received (geek talk)
7. Dark - 3284 votes received (dark talk)
8. Rock & Roll - 3097 votes received (rocknroll talk)
9. Politics - 2848 votes received (politics talk)
10. Animation - 2716 votes received (animation talk)

And actually I like this better than the old way. Thanks, lucky.

1. Comedy - 1539 votes received
2. Music - 909
3. Politics - 855
4. Cinema - 756
5. Election08 - 613
6. 1stTube - 569
7. LateNight - 451
8. WorldAffairs - 445
9. News - 441
10. Happy - 432

probably be the only one without cats, cute, or wtf in their top10.

1. Comedy - 8517 votes received (comedy talk)
2. What the F*ck Just Happened? - 6775 votes received (wtf talk)
3. Politics - 3895 votes received (politics talk)
4. Election 2008 - 2529 votes received (election08 talk)
5. A Bit of Parody - 1948 votes received (parody talk)
6. What you FEAR most! - 1940 votes received (fear talk)
7. Music - 1930 votes received (music talk)
8. Cinema - 1845 votes received (cinema talk)
9. Cats and Dogs + others - 1245 votes received (catsanddogs talk)
10. One Nation Under Truthiness - 1211 votes received (lies talk)

What? No one has "Books" in their top ten? How odd.

>> ^blankfist:
What? No one has "Books" in their top ten? How odd.


I dont have time to sift vids on books, i need to take another carload of them to my new place to fill up my library...

There sure is a lot of comedy around these here parts.

1. Comedy - 2512 votes received (comedy talk)
2. What the F*ck Just Happened? - 1856 votes received (wtf talk)
3. Music - 1207 votes received (music talk)
4. Everything geek - 953 votes received (geek talk)
5. From Asia with Love - 802 votes received (asia talk)
6. The Serenity of Nature video collection - 799 votes received (nature talk)
7. Ball-Flexin' - 764 votes received (actionpack talk)
8. Cats and Dogs + others - 730 votes received (catsanddogs talk)
9. Cute - 709 votes received (cute talk)
10. Travel - 635 votes received (travel talk)

1. Ball-Flexin' - 591 votes received (actionpack talk)
2. Everything geek - 501 votes received (geek talk)
3. Short Films - 480 votes received (shortfilms talk)
4. Books: Printed Glory - 111 votes received (books talk)
5. Global War on Terror - 111 votes received (waronterror talk)
6. Politics - 111 votes received (politics talk)
7. Spanning Time - 111 votes received (history talk)

>> ^blankfist:
What? No one has "Books" in their top ten? How odd.

Looks like siftbot proved you wrong.

1. Comedy - 1169 votes received (comedy talk)
2. Video (game) Sift - 576 votes received (videogames talk)
3. Music - 553 votes received (music talk)
4. Animation - 531 votes received (animation talk)
5. British Invasion - 460 votes received (british talk)
6. Everything geek - 366 votes received (geek talk)
7. 1stTube: the best clips of television - 311 votes received (1sttube talk)
8. Commercial Sift - 252 votes received (commercial talk)
9. A Bit of Parody - 195 votes received (parody talk)
10. Arts - 176 votes received (art talk)

>> ^blankfist:
> What? No one has "Books" in their top ten? How odd.

bear in mind, that has as much to do with what's available, as it does with our individual viewing habits. so, channels like grindhouse, books, cult, and (by its very nature) obscure, probably won't wind up on many top10s.

ps. speaking of books, anyone else enjoyed Cyrano? /crickets

Here's mine:

1. What the F*ck Just Happened? - 4123 votes received (wtf talk)
2. Comedy - 3325 votes received (comedy talk)
3. Music - 1944 votes received (music talk)
4. The Serenity of Nature video collection - 1741 votes received (nature talk)
5. Evolution In Action - 1603 votes received (eia talk)
6. 1stTube: the best clips of television - 1596 votes received (1sttube talk)
7. Cute - 1414 votes received (cute talk)
8. Cats and Dogs + others - 1395 votes received (catsanddogs talk)
9. Wheels Channel - 1358 votes received (wheels talk)
10. British Invasion - 931 votes received (british talk)

What? No one has "Fear" in their Top 10 except the loser who created the channel? Not even siftbot? How odd.

Is it too late to change the name of the "Fear" channel to "Depends"?

^ oh! that was another love bite in the ongoing homoerotic festival you two call conversation. i made the mistake of taking it seriously. oops.

*books channel needs a hug.

Moving post to Books Talk - requested by blankfist.

>> ^siftbot:
1. Ball-Flexin' - 591 votes received (actionpack talk)
2. Everything geek - 501 votes received (geek talk)
3. Short Films - 480 votes received (shortfilms talk)
4. Books: Printed Glory - 111 votes received (books talk)
5. Global War on Terror - 111 votes received (waronterror talk)
6. Politics - 111 votes received (politics talk)
7. Spanning Time - 111 votes received (history talk)


Wait, isn't this supposed to be a top ten list? Is Siftie special? Or did you just make that list up so Kronos felt better, Lucky... er, I mean, Siftbot.

/\ it perfectly matches his sifted videos meatbag

consider your nose picked:

1. Comedy - 5777 votes received (comedy talk)
2. Everything geek - 2716 votes received (geek talk)
3. What the F*ck Just Happened? - 2318 votes received (wtf talk)
4. A Bit of Parody - 2023 votes received (parody talk)
5. Music - 1834 votes received (music talk)
6. How To Do Anything, Anywhere, Anytime - 1789 votes received (howto talk)
7. 1stTube: the best clips of television - 1731 votes received (1sttube talk)
8. Commercial Sift - 975 votes received (commercial talk)
9. Ball-Flexin' - 942 votes received (actionpack talk)
10. Cute - 808 votes received (cute talk)

1. Comedy - 3246 votes received (comedy talk)
2. What the F*ck Just Happened? - 1482 votes received (wtf talk)
3. Music - 1293 votes received (music talk)
4. 1stTube: the best clips of television - 1238 votes received (1sttube talk)
5. A Bit of Parody - 743 votes received (parody talk)
6. Standup Comedy - 708 votes received (standup talk)
7. Animation - 595 votes received (animation talk)
8. Politics - 565 votes received (politics talk)
9. Cinema - 541 votes received (cinema talk)
10. Terrible! Who gave thatt a green light? - 538 votes received (terrible talk)

We need to boost our drugs channel!!!

1. Comedy - 12394 votes received (comedy talk)
2. Politics - 7008 votes received (politics talk)
3. Music - 5945 votes received (music talk)
4. Election 2008 - 5223 votes received (election08 talk)
5. A Bit of Parody - 4615 votes received (parody talk)
6. What the F*ck Just Happened? - 4360 votes received (wtf talk)
7. Dark - 4118 votes received (dark talk)
8. 1stTube: the best clips of television - 2715 votes received (1sttube talk)
9. Cinema - 2650 votes received (cinema talk)
10. Animation - 2609 votes received (animation talk)

Here's Mine!


Comedy - 6494 votes received (comedy talk)
What the F*ck Just Happened? - 4162 votes received (wtf talk)
1stTube: the best clips of television - 2549 votes received (1sttube talk)
Dark - 2295 votes received (dark talk)
Ball-Flexin' - 2143 votes received (actionpack talk)
British Invasion - 1941 votes received (british talk)
Music - 1872 votes received (music talk)
Video (game) Sift - 1740 votes received (videogames talk)
Animation - 1608 votes received (animation talk)
Everything geek - 1392 votes received (geek talk)

1. Music - 11728 votes received (music talk)
2. Politics - 7600 votes received (politics talk)
3. Obscure - 5212 votes received (obscure talk)
4. Domestic Policy & Foreign Affairs - 3526 votes received (worldaffairs talk)
5. VideoSift's Archive of Vintage Classics - 3236 votes received (vintage talk)
6. Comedy - 3159 votes received (comedy talk)
7. Global War on Terror - 2874 votes received (waronterror talk)
8. Everything geek - 2822 votes received (geek talk)
9. Animation - 2245 votes received (animation talk)
10. Army, Navy And The Air Force - 2189 votes received (military talk)

>> ^blankfist:
What? No one has "Books" in their top ten? How odd.

what's odd to me is that you and rottenseed don't have *sexuality among the top ten

Post is already assigned to books talk - ignoring all requests by kulpims.

1. Music - 5773 votes received (music talk)
2. Comedy - 5626 votes received (comedy talk)
3. 1stTube: the best clips of television - 3924 votes received (1sttube talk)
4. Cute - 3375 votes received (cute talk)
5. British Invasion - 3333 votes received (british talk)
6. Cats and Dogs + others - 2955 votes received (catsanddogs talk)
7. The Happy Channel - 2400 votes received (happy talk)
8. What the F*ck Just Happened? - 2392 votes received (wtf talk)
9. Rock & Roll - 2146 votes received (rocknroll talk)
10. Cinema - 2081 votes received (cinema talk)

1. Comedy - 2088 votes received (comedy talk)
2. Music - 1773 votes received (music talk)
3. VideoSift's Archive of Vintage Classics - 1442 votes received (vintage talk)
4. Politics - 1343 votes received (politics talk)
5. Animation - 1259 votes received (animation talk)
6. Everything geek - 1194 votes received (geek talk)
7. British Invasion - 957 votes received (british talk)
8. Cinema - 892 votes received (cinema talk)
9. Election 2008 - 801 votes received (election08 talk)
10. What's Fit to Sift - 571 votes received (news talk)

I like this a lot, though I would like it if there was more than just 10 listed.

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

1. Comedy - 2039 votes received (comedy talk)
2. Everything geek - 1409 votes received (geek talk)
3. Politics - 1369 votes received (politics talk)
4. Music - 939 votes received (music talk)
5. Viral Ads - 682 votes received (viral talk)
6. 1stTube: the best clips of television - 676 votes received (1sttube talk)
7. From Asia with Love - 605 votes received (asia talk)
8. Cinema - 580 votes received (cinema talk)
9. The Happy Channel - 443 votes received (happy talk)
10. Commercial Sift - 425 votes received (commercial talk)

1. Animation - 1476 votes received (animation talk)
2. Comedy - 1307 votes received (comedy talk)
3. Matt Groening & Friends Appreciation - 1301 votes received (woohoo talk)
4. Music - 837 votes received (music talk)
5. 1stTube: the best clips of television - 713 votes received (1sttube talk)
6. Arts - 596 votes received (art talk)
7. Everything geek - 482 votes received (geek talk)
8. Dark - 444 votes received (dark talk)
9. Religion... It's the Opium of the People - 420 votes received (religion talk)
10. Live Music - 390 votes received (livemusic talk)

1. Comedy - 1076 votes received (comedy talk)
2. Music - 935 votes received (music talk)
3. The Serenity of Nature video collection - 811 votes received (nature talk)
4. What the F*ck Just Happened? - 712 votes received (wtf talk)
5. Cats and Dogs + others - 455 votes received (catsanddogs talk)
6. Documentary Channel - 389 votes received (documentaries talk)
7. Cute - 349 votes received (cute talk)
8. The Happy Channel - 344 votes received (happy talk)
9. From Asia with Love - 331 votes received (asia talk)
10. Science - 300 votes received (science talk)

1. Politics - 17804 votes received (politics talk)
2. Election 2008 - 14825 votes received (election08 talk)
3. What's Fit to Sift - 8373 votes received (news talk)
4. One Nation Under Truthiness - 6093 votes received (lies talk)
5. Comedy - 3836 votes received (comedy talk)
6. Global War on Terror - 3528 votes received (waronterror talk)
7. Late Night - 2373 votes received (latenight talk)
8. Domestic Policy & Foreign Affairs - 2164 votes received (worldaffairs talk)
9. What you FEAR most! - 1337 votes received (fear talk)
10. A Bit of Parody - 1255 votes received (parody talk)

1. Music - 3009 votes received (music talk)
2. Arts - 1863 votes received (art talk)
3. Obscure - 1089 votes received (obscure talk)
4. Animation - 784 votes received (animation talk)
5. Dark - 671 votes received (dark talk)
6. Rock & Roll - 641 votes received (rocknroll talk)
7. Documentary Channel - 579 votes received (documentaries talk)
8. British Invasion - 561 votes received (british talk)
9. Short Films - 532 votes received (shortfilms talk)
10. Comedy - 514 votes received (comedy talk)

There seems to be more variety per user than in the old lists:)
http://www.videosift.com/talk/What-are-your-Personal-Top-Channels-Update

1. Comedy - 23810 votes received (comedy talk)
2. Animation - 8559 votes received (animation talk)
3. Everything geek - 8291 votes received (geek talk)
4. British Invasion - 6807 votes received (british talk)
5. Music - 5689 votes received (music talk)
6. Video (game) Sift - 5683 votes received (videogames talk)
7. A Bit of Parody - 5290 votes received (parody talk)
8. What the F*ck Just Happened? - 4616 votes received (wtf talk)
9. Australia, NZ and Oceania - 3851 votes received (downunder talk)
10. Cinema - 3726 votes received (cinema talk)

1. Comedy - 1991 votes received (comedy talk)
2. Animation - 1260 votes received (animation talk)
3. 1stTube: the best clips of television - 1253 votes received (1sttube talk)
4. VideoSift's Archive of Vintage Classics - 1075 votes received (vintage talk)
5. Music - 1019 votes received (music talk)
6. Cinema - 595 votes received (cinema talk)
7. Commercial Sift - 567 votes received (commercial talk)
8. Politics - 424 votes received (politics talk)
9. Live Music - 331 votes received (livemusic talk)
10. Science - 305 votes received (science talk)

No surprises for number 1.

1. VideoSift's Archive of Vintage Classics - 6054 votes received (vintage talk)
2. Music - 5598 votes received (music talk)
3. Comedy - 4160 votes received (comedy talk)
4. Everything geek - 2352 votes received (geek talk)
5. Cute - 2025 votes received (cute talk)
6. 1stTube: the best clips of television - 1995 votes received (1sttube talk)
7. Cats and Dogs + others - 1302 votes received (catsanddogs talk)
8. Rock & Roll - 1124 votes received (rocknroll talk)
9. Animation - 968 votes received (animation talk)
10 Live Music - 908 votes received (livemusic talk)

I'm am surprised about number 7. I'd have thought Cats and Dog would have been in my top 3 since I created the channel.

1. Comedy - 490 votes received (comedy talk)
2. What the F*ck Just Happened? - 185 votes received (wtf talk)
3. Sports Sift - 145 votes received (sports talk)
4. Politics - 140 votes received (politics talk)
5. 1stTube: the best clips of television - 131 votes received (1sttube talk)
6. FemmeSift - 100 votes received (femme talk)
7. Commercial Sift - 89 votes received (commercial talk)
8. A Bit of Parody - 77 votes received (parody talk)
9. Dark - 76 votes received (dark talk)
10. Domestic Policy & Foreign Affairs - 71 votes received (worldaffairs talk)

>> ^NetRunner:
1. Politics - 17804 votes received (politics talk)
2. Election 2008 - 14825 votes received (election08 talk)
3. What's Fit to Sift - 8373 votes received (news talk)
4. One Nation Under Truthiness - 6093 votes received (lies talk)
5. Comedy - 3836 votes received (comedy talk)
6. Global War on Terror - 3528 votes received (waronterror talk)
7. Late Night - 2373 votes received (latenight talk)
8. Domestic Policy & Foreign Affairs - 2164 votes received (worldaffairs talk)
9. What you FEAR most! - 1337 votes received (fear talk)
10. A Bit of Parody - 1255 votes received (parody talk)


Look KP!!! Fear in someone else's top ten!!! In your face like a pair of balls! Yes! Can you feel that?! YES! YES! I win! My balls are bigger than yours, mister books!

1. Music - 1025 votes received (music talk)
2. VideoSift's Archive of Vintage Classics - 979 votes received (vintage talk)
3. Comedy - 604 votes received (comedy talk)
4. Documentary Channel - 601 votes received (documentaries talk)
5. What the F*ck Just Happened? - 585 votes received (wtf talk)
6. Wheels Channel - 470 votes received (wheels talk)
7. 1stTube: the best clips of television - 446 votes received (1sttube talk)
8. Science - 404 votes received (science talk)
9. Live Music - 393 votes received (livemusic talk)
10. British Invasion - 389 votes received (british talk)

What. The. Hell.
Have I been abusing the happy tag? I Mean, HAPPY???
Lame. I guess I have all those cat videos to blame.
Darn happy cats.

Happy - 575 votes received (happy talk)
Music - 561 votes received (music talk)
Animation - 479 votes received (animation talk)
Comedy - 459 votes received (comedy talk)
Cute - 404 votes received (cute talk)
Cats and Dogs + others - 369 votes received (catsanddogs talk)
Dark - 361 votes received (dark talk)
Everything geek - 303 votes received (geek talk)
1stTube: the best clips of television - 260 votes received (1sttube talk)
Comic Books - 236 votes received (comics talk)