I see they are ranked newest (number of days since posted) to oldest. This new feature should help promoted videos that are sometimes buried by an influx of new vids from the queue.

You can use the normal little sorter box on the right to sort them as you please, but yeah as the default view it should help a bit.

Thanks. I had only had part of the page in the window.

That's great! All these new toys...I love it.

I love the new toys too - reminds me of the fact I upgraded my computer today too - wheeeeeeeeee!

I don't see the link on the front page though - is it hiding or should I sleep?

ack, you are right. We are experiencing some technical issues, you can still get to the page through the classics link in the blog post though.

Tell ya what, I'll go to sleep, spend a day at work, come home, and check it out.

And if that doesn't work, we will fire zee missiles. http://www.videosift.com/story.php?id=937&where=index

Everything is back to normal now and the "classics" page is now ordered by least votes as the default selection.
Enjoy!

Yay, even before my nap!

Please stop with the features.
My life has become extremely difficult since finding VideoSift and I'm pretty sure I'm on the verge of becoming single again.
Close the site down and let me interact with loved ones.

lol@dd

Great feature, thanks!

gather the family around the computer for quality time, deputydog...lol

Before bed each night, my (nearly) 4 year old daughter and I read a book and then gather around the VideoSift for some beloved Sifts. Her eyes fill with joy as she enjoys Emiliana Torrini's Sunny Road, and a sneezing panda, and a farting pig.

Many times, she asks to see Uncle James', oohaah's, and swinginpagan's 'metal' hands photo. And soon, I will teach her to bellow "SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE!!!!"

Ahhhhh . . .Videosift.

Yup yup yup...this is a family fun spot. My son has turned all the kids in the neighborhood onto this place, but I have to follow him around with a "You have to clear the 'NSFW' videos with your parents!!!!"

Seriously...this place has become a talking point in our family. "Did you see that cat video on VideoSift???"

Same here. My kids want to surf this site on their own, but I won't let them. We stopped watching tv pretty much, so this has become our primary media outlet.

If we added a feature that hid nsfw videos from people that were not logged in do you think you would feel comfortable letting your kids surf the sift? I am not sure that there is any real way to make the site kid safe, but it is certainly something that we would think about.

I never noticed that feature! (I'm logged in on my son's computer, too.) Very cool. That makes me feel better about his friends surfing the sift...I haven't received any complaints or threats yet. ;-)

I monitor what he watches, and if I ever see a sift that I don't want him to watch (if it's scary or brutal) I tell him not to look at it. And he's not allowed to look at the queue...AND he has to ask about the NSFW ones.

However, I'm not strict about foul language or mildly sexual content...I know that he will see it anyway, so being able to have an open dialogue about what he sees and what is and is not socially acceptable seems the better route.

Plus, he knows I have a way of checking where he's been on the internet, so he sticks to that rule. Good thing he hasn't learned how to delete the History. ;-)

(cont)

There really isn't a way to make it completely kid safe. Everyone has different opinions about what is ok for their kids to watch. For example, I would much rather he see this:

http://www.videosift.com/story.php?id=8350

than this:

http://www.videosift.com/story.php?id=6773

So, there really isn't a way to please all the parents...it would give them a false sense of security about letting their child(ren) watch media that might upset the parents.

But what you've done is great. Making the NSFW tags viewable to members only is fantastic.

That sounds great, James.

However, it does run directly against my plan to teach her how to log in so that she can vote for daddy's stagnant lindyhopping and Young Ones videos as well as anything involving Nellie McKay. She will have to overcome the vicious new member queue, but she has a better handle than I do of what is brilliant and vote-hogging.

daphne: "I never noticed that feature!"
james roe: "If we added a feature that hid nsfw videos"
:-) Just wanted to clarify that that feature doesn't currently exist. James was merely suggesting it. But after reading your response, it's obviously something that needs serious thinking about.

"IF we added a feature..."

pfft...I need glasses. Thanks for clearing that up.

Yes, I think that would be a great feature.