tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119893162712599171.post6148622112474209154..comments2023-09-21T05:34:50.925-07:00Comments on The World According To Rich: I'm Going to VidconRickflixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00851091100831706043noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119893162712599171.post-81751458043734017172010-07-05T12:18:35.208-07:002010-07-05T12:18:35.208-07:00I completely agree on your comments regarding soci...I completely agree on your comments regarding social media's growth - and the danger of these outlets being overtaken as platforms strictly for promotional purposes. I'm not interested in that aspect - it can only become a successful platform if seen as a means for self-expression. I also believe, however, that if the YT environment is overtaken as a tool of the mainstream entertainment industry, other social media platforms will develop to provide social media outlets.<br /><br />In that respect, we might think of YT as simply the first widespread social media environment of its type - not the be-all-and-end-all.<br /><br />My personal/professional interest began with a perception of social media as a potential promotional tool for myself and my work, but my interests have evolved to seeing it more strongly as a platform for self-expression and social interaction. My professional interest demands that I understand the landscape at large - even the culture that attends a Vidcon type event. Having said that, I am in complete agreement with you about the fate of YT should it simply become a promotional vehicle. My position is that should YT develop in that direction, i believe the effectiveness of the social media concept will create or strengthen other alternatives that continue to allow for more direct social media.<br /><br />I don't perceive your comments as negativity - these are challenging questions that really need to be addressed as social media technology moves forward.Rickflixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00851091100831706043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119893162712599171.post-74552849085597541262010-07-05T09:15:38.078-07:002010-07-05T09:15:38.078-07:00Sorry to spew more of my negativity, but to me, Vi...Sorry to spew more of my negativity, but to me, Vidcon seems to be more of trying to fit new media into an old media shell.<br /><br />Your question of what "approach the entertainment industry at large is taking with the YT phenomena" is interesting, and I get the importance of it to you professionally, but it has very little significance to me.<br /><br />For social media to truly continue its growth into something new and different, the over-powering influence of old media on YouTube, simply as a means to promote movies/TV, threatens to drown out those who are using YouTube to develop something entirely new.<br /><br />Yes, social media (YouTube, twitter, etc.) *can* be used to promote other traditional media, but they become mediums that are nothing but promotional vehicles, they will die quickly.<br /><br />I think there's so much more potential to new media yet to be discovered that I - personally - have no time to care about how Hollywood will use it.<br /><br />Damn. I think I better post this on my own blog...Ken Goldsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14352088132228110064noreply@blogger.com