Welcome to VideoGrater

It's been a poorly kept secret - but it's finally happened. It's 12:01 AM and I want to be the first to tell you that VideoSift is now VideoGrater. Update your bookmarks!

We know that there have been many suggestions about what to do about personal queues... "streamlining" the Sift, concerns about Siftquisitions and - whatever - but I'm very happy to announce - we've fixed it.


By changing the metaphor of "Sifting" to "grating" we're changing the whole way we think about Videos on the Grater! Have a look at the below:




That's it! that's all you need to understand about VideoGrater. It's going to be a much more fulfilling experience for graterers with a clear idea about how it all works. We got so sick of people saying "what the hell is a Sifter" and "I thought it was an old paint can with a crank".

Some other details to get out of the way. Of course, any reference to "Sift" should be replaced with "grater":

Sift Talk is now Grater Talk
Siftquistions are now Graterquisitions
Siftbot is now Graterbot:



And of course the community members who make this such a fun place are now called "Graterers". (it's a little unwieldy, but it will grow on you)

As an interim measure - until we all get used to the naming conventions - we'll be pre-processing your comments to ensure that the correct terminology is used.

So, grate on graterers! I'm looking forward to a bright, bright future for VideoGrater.
dag says...

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

If there's one thing we've learned - having the right metaphor for your site is fundamental. And who doesn't like grated cheese, really? Besides the Chinese I mean.

youdiejoe says...

It passed my mind that since Dag is "down under" that Cheese Festivals was being sprung on us early. The idea that a grater was lost on people is telling of the age we live in, next thing you know kids will stop listening to music on their portable turntables!

deputydog says...

i fucking hate cheese and refuse to be a graterer.

the metaphor sucks too. so now we grate videos? after you submit one it gets posted as loads of tiny clips? brilliant thinking losers.

NeuralNoise says...

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Sagemind says...

>> ^Stingray:
Please change Beggar's Canyon to Grater's Canyon!


Un, No, I believe Beggers Canyon should stay, Now it just doesn't make sense. The key word in the name was it's description - hence the name in the first place. "Beg, Begging, Begger, Begger's Canyon, Grater's Canyon just doesn't make sense - at all....

I'd go back to bed if I could...

RedSky says...

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I hope I make my point clear.

my15minutes says...

videomelonballer.com was already registered?

{edit} - ^shuac - stop telepathically stealing my material
or i'm calling for a gratequisition.
srsly. that was fuckin' freaky, dude.
now pardon me while i verify the contents of my sugar and salt containers.

laura says...

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Can I say "gratergrate"? nope. Damn, this feels like sensoring. What if I wanna say a sentence that legitimately uses the word "grater"?

phelixian says...

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shuac says...

>> ^my15minutes:
videomelonballer.com was already registered?
{edit} - ^shuac - stop telepathically stealing my material
or i'm calling for a gratequisition.
srsly. that was fuckin' freaky, dude.
now pardon me while i verify the contents of my sugar and salt containers.



Grate minds think alike.

Sagemind says...

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Do we invoke "Ggragratereragratere" incheesegrateread of "Beg"

NetRunner says...

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KnivesOut says...

I guess folks are exercising the grater's ability to grater out accidental usages ograterhe word "grater".

[edit]Grater!!![/edit]

[edit2]Grater!!![/edit2]

[edit3]Sgrater!!![/edit3]

[edit4]S1F7!!![/edit4]

Sagemind says...

>> ^Sagemind:
>> ^Stingray:
Please change Beggar's Canyon to Grater's Canyon!

Un, No, I believe Beggers Canyon should stay, Now it just doesn't make sense. The key word in the name was it's description - hence the name in the first place. "Beg, Begging, Begger, Begger's Canyon, Grater's Canyon just doesn't make sense - at all....
I'd go back to bed if I could...


I'll repeat myself and hope the CheeseGrater doesn't Great my question again...

If Begger's Canyon is now Greater's Canyon, How do we invoke? Do we have to invoke "Great" instead of "Beg"?

RedSky says...

>> ^grateragemind:
Igrater thigrater an early "Cheegratere Fegratertival'grater Joke"? Doegrater Augratertralia Celebrate before ugrater???


Yeah, but we tend to gratertick to cheddar. None ograterhat fancy brie or camembert flaberdagraterhery ...

Sagemind says...

>> ^grateragemind:
Igrater thigrater an early "Cheegratere Fegratertival'grater Joke"? Doegrater Augratertralia Celebrate before ugrater???



Hey... cheese fegstival s J O K E was changed to CHEESE FESTIVAL - I Think We Are Being Punk'ed!!!!!

NetRunner says...

Let me try to recreate my gratered comment:

We should graterquisition dag for this metaphorical travesty.

Before, we gratered the good videos from the bad; now it's all about shredding the cheese that is web video.

Therefore, I recommend we immediately make the following structural changes to the Videos:

1) All videos published on our partner sites should be automatically submitted by graterbot.
2) The front page should be sorted by newest published videos.
3) The ability to upvote should be removed; the purpose is to grate, not grater.
4) All comments must be derogatory towards either the video's content, or the content's creator. Or the site.
s) The Top 1s should be changed to the "Top 1s Most Grating Videos", with #1 being the most downvoted video.
6) star points should be renamed Cheese points.
7) Cheese points will be awarded for every ten derogatory comments a s makes.
The "Top Graters" lists should be changed to "The Most Grating Graters" lists (both of all time, and of the week).

This will help us to retool for our new mission; finding the most grating videos on teh intarwebs.

Kevlar says...

I, for one, plan on celebrating by grating down crappy videos into tiny nubs and getting bloody in the process. Isn't that what downvoting is all about? Ant?

spoco2 says...

So, what you're saying is... the entire extent of your plan for getting the grater out of financial difficulty is to grate it?

Grate it?

I could have understood Greating it... that would have made it... well, great, but grating it? Poor grater... it'll never be the same again. Before, the worst it could do to you is give you a little tickle if you got your finger in the grater area.

But now! It'll take your fingers off man.


And on another note... did you already have this domain, or did you actually register it just for today? Boy... I thought you were busy.

spoco2 says...

Oh, and all of you saying it isn't Cheese 1st yet where you are... well, welcome to the WORLD people. The US is not the center of it, you're just going to have to accept that other countries are ahead of you in time, we see it all before you do, and quite frankly we're bored by it by the time you see it.*







* To remove ambiguity, this should not be read in a serious tone.

dag says...

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

I'm glad everyone is mostly onboard with the changes. All the issues that we've struggled with are starting to melt away like a fine gruyère on a piece of baguette under the grill.
grate on graterers!

pipp3355 says...

grater grater graterbot videograter great cheese festival

[edit] tee-hee! that's awesome!

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[edit] oMG! how clever is this filter?

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Eklek says...

http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaasschaafmethode

Google translate:

The grate method is generally a term used cuts are indicated, involving all ministries or parts of a company to surrender something.

As a general grate alleged use is typically Dutch and a thin slice of cheese can be cut, the grate method and word coined to indicate that each component must return a small piece. These are usually for political decisions to cut.

The grate method has advantages and disadvantages. It is possible that everything could just go in a slightly lesser extent. But it is also possible that a part is not functioning properly, what the cuts are no longer absorbed by other parts may be.

A grate method to cut down on expenses is a result of an internal split or a class contradictions cripple Ministers. The political directors responsible for choosing a "grate" when they have no political choice.

->
moral, want to safe money? Change your URL!:)

jonny says...

SiftBot needs our help!

Everyone say it together! If we all do it, we can release SiftBot from the clutches of his evil twin!

Sift Sift Sift Sift Sift Sift Sift Sift Sift Sift Sift Sift Sift Sift Sift Sift Sift Sift Sift Sift Sift Sift Sift Sift Sift Sift Sift Sift Sift Sift Sift Sift Sift Sift Sift Sift Sift Sift Sift Sift Sift Sift Sift Sift

chilaxe says...

I'd like to announce I've registered videoskullfucker.com and am selling it for mid six figures.

The price is flexible, but sooner is better than later, because I kind of need to pay my rent.

graterbot says...

>> ^jonny:
GraterBot needs our help!

Everyone say it together! If we all do it, we can release GraterBot from the clutches of his evil twin!

Grater Grater Grater Grater Grater Grater Grater Grater Grater Grater Grater Grater Grater Grater Grater Grater Grater Grater Grater Grater Grater Grater Grater Grater Grater Grater Grater Grater Grater Grater Grater Grater Grater Grater Grater Grater Grater Grater Grater Grater Grater Grater Grater Grater


Bot!

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This is how you type April Fools without having it changed to Cheese festival.

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