Time to acknowledge some VideoSift friends
When a new site comes along, there is this kind of DNA transfer that happens. The people that visit the new site via another site bring with them a certain culture, knowledge and bias that creates the philosophy and culture of the new site. I've mentioned before that VideoSift got a lot of its initial push towards community critical mass from MetaFilter. I think that goes a long ways to explaining why VideoSift has a slightly er ... left of centre political outlook. Imagine if we had been colonized by Little Green Footballs!.
There are two other sites that have contributed a lot of VideoSift member DNA, and I'd like to acknowledge them here:
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When I started seeing links to VideoSift from Blue's News, I was starstruck- even more than from our coverage in the Wall Street Journal. Blue's News is one of those sites that has always been in my bookmarks. I'm not much of a gamer anymore, but I still like to keep up- and Blue's News has always been my first stop to figure out what's in beta and what new graphics card is out that I can't afford. I think Blue's News is why we have a slightly techie skewed member base too. Our own Ant is something of a VIP contributor over at Blue's News and is responsible for all of the links to VideoSift. So thanks Ant and thanks Mr. Blue, for injecting your seed into VideoSift. (ahem)
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PopUrls.com is a hot, hot site. I visit it about 5 times a day. It's what Yahoo and Google would love to be but aren't- in the way of an aggregation portal. It's in my top 3 all-time favourite sites on the Internet because of its utility, content and elegant design. For all of the above reasons, I was thrilled when Austria's Thomas Marban offered to add VideoSift to PopUrls. I can't recommend this site highly enough, make it part of your daily habit. (after Videosift )
There are two other sites that have contributed a lot of VideoSift member DNA, and I'd like to acknowledge them here:
![](/images/bluesnews.gif)
When I started seeing links to VideoSift from Blue's News, I was starstruck- even more than from our coverage in the Wall Street Journal. Blue's News is one of those sites that has always been in my bookmarks. I'm not much of a gamer anymore, but I still like to keep up- and Blue's News has always been my first stop to figure out what's in beta and what new graphics card is out that I can't afford. I think Blue's News is why we have a slightly techie skewed member base too. Our own Ant is something of a VIP contributor over at Blue's News and is responsible for all of the links to VideoSift. So thanks Ant and thanks Mr. Blue, for injecting your seed into VideoSift. (ahem)
![](/images/popurls.gif)
PopUrls.com is a hot, hot site. I visit it about 5 times a day. It's what Yahoo and Google would love to be but aren't- in the way of an aggregation portal. It's in my top 3 all-time favourite sites on the Internet because of its utility, content and elegant design. For all of the above reasons, I was thrilled when Austria's Thomas Marban offered to add VideoSift to PopUrls. I can't recommend this site highly enough, make it part of your daily habit. (after Videosift )
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