We're Kind of a Big Deal

posted by Brian Houston (dag) 1 decade 3 years 7 months 1 week ago • 1,114 views


VideoSift rocketed past 3 million page views a month this week. Maybe not a big a deal compared to the mega blogs run by AOL minions but still heady stuff for me.

What's great about the Sift is that it's still a large gathering of friends having fun and exchanging views. It's an elixer of Lucky's flexible and timely coding and the member-moderators who care enough to manage the content. To be honest, - and completely unbiased - I've never seen an independent online community work like this before.

Sorry to get all non-snarky and sincere with you - but thanks for making the Sift successful, and a great place to work and play.

16 Comments

rottenseed says...

That is pretty awesome. I think the secret to the relative success here, is the natural rate with which we grew. There was nothing gimmicky that'd turn this place into an overnight success, only to die out a few months later. People come, they lurk, they join, or they don't.

dag says...

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I think you're right about that. There have been so many sites that make a big splash and then burn out. I remember a few years ago, Dabble was such a press darling, and a real alternative to the Sift and its community aspects - the site has been in its current state for about a year.>> ^rottenseed:

That is pretty awesome. I think the secret to the relative success here, is the natural rate with which we grew. There was nothing gimmicky that'd turn this place into an overnight success, only to die out a few months later. People come, they lurk, they join, or they don't.

rottenseed says...

>> ^dag:

I think you're right about that. There have been so many sites that make a big splash and then burn out. I remember a few years ago, Dabble was such a press darling, and a real alternative to the Sift and its community aspects - the site has been in its current state for about a year.>> ^rottenseed:
That is pretty awesome. I think the secret to the relative success here, is the natural rate with which we grew. There was nothing gimmicky that'd turn this place into an overnight success, only to die out a few months later. People come, they lurk, they join, or they don't.



that...and then there were those weirdos at videocu.lt

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