Comments on: Vote for Bix (Or Not) http://gigaom.com/2006/07/17/vote-for-bix-or-not/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:00:28 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Bix is the New American Idol http://gigaom.com/2006/07/17/vote-for-bix-or-not/#comment-923467 Bix is the New American Idol Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:51:17 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/07/17/vote-for-bix-or-not/#comment-923467 <p>[...] Om] SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Bix is the New American Idol", url: [...]</p> [...] Om] SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Bix is the New American Idol", url: [...]

]]> By: Brian Wilhelm http://gigaom.com/2006/07/17/vote-for-bix-or-not/#comment-57608 Brian Wilhelm Wed, 20 Sep 2006 04:37:47 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/07/17/vote-for-bix-or-not/#comment-57608 <p>I think this guy is decent, you should check him out:</p> <p>http://www.bix.com/entry/3475</p> I think this guy is decent, you should check him out:

http://www.bix.com/entry/3475

]]> By: Graydon http://gigaom.com/2006/07/17/vote-for-bix-or-not/#comment-57606 Graydon Thu, 20 Jul 2006 08:11:19 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/07/17/vote-for-bix-or-not/#comment-57606 <p>ha ha… I got it… 900 seconds = 15 minutes… of fame. I guess the name change helps get ~6 million to do a categorized digg site.</p> <p>In digg, users vote on submissions… Bix, users vote within a "competition".</p> <p>It builds upon the assumption that the masses will filter out the good and the bad within a competion (large scale one)… </p> <p>I'm yet undecided since a site like LifeHacker relies on a much smaller group of individual filters and works great.</p> <p>I can already smell the knockoffs coming and at a much cheaper bill than 6 million.</p> ha ha… I got it… 900 seconds = 15 minutes… of fame. I guess the name change helps get ~6 million to do a categorized digg site.

In digg, users vote on submissions… Bix, users vote within a “competition”.

It builds upon the assumption that the masses will filter out the good and the bad within a competion (large scale one)…

I’m yet undecided since a site like LifeHacker relies on a much smaller group of individual filters and works great.

I can already smell the knockoffs coming and at a much cheaper bill than 6 million.

]]> By: Chris Damitio http://gigaom.com/2006/07/17/vote-for-bix-or-not/#comment-57603 Chris Damitio Tue, 18 Jul 2006 20:18:33 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/07/17/vote-for-bix-or-not/#comment-57603 <p>It sounds good to me, I might even blog about it on my website at http://www.fukn.us Incredible Fukn.us </p> <p>hard to imagine the death of the record industry though…</p> It sounds good to me, I might even blog about it on my website at http://www.fukn.us Incredible Fukn.us

hard to imagine the death of the record industry though…

]]> By: Michael Martine http://gigaom.com/2006/07/17/vote-for-bix-or-not/#comment-57599 Michael Martine Tue, 18 Jul 2006 19:28:51 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/07/17/vote-for-bix-or-not/#comment-57599 <p>I wonder if this isn't so much because of American Idol as it is because of Google Idol (http://www.googleidol.com/)and other sites like it that have either been repurposing existing content or allowing others to provide links/upload their own original content. Bix is a platform for this, where Google Idol had to do this themselves. Generally, I see this as the right thing at the right time. The market is poised for this.</p> <p>By the way, how are we supposed to pronounce it? Is it "Bicks" or "Biz?" :)</p> I wonder if this isn’t so much because of American Idol as it is because of Google Idol (http://www.googleidol.com/)and other sites like it that have either been repurposing existing content or allowing others to provide links/upload their own original content. Bix is a platform for this, where Google Idol had to do this themselves. Generally, I see this as the right thing at the right time. The market is poised for this.

By the way, how are we supposed to pronounce it? Is it “Bicks” or “Biz?” :)

]]> By: Josh Hyde http://gigaom.com/2006/07/17/vote-for-bix-or-not/#comment-57597 Josh Hyde Tue, 18 Jul 2006 17:40:40 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/07/17/vote-for-bix-or-not/#comment-57597 <p>Why didn't they keep the name 900 Seconds? 15 minutes of fame sounds about right.</p> Why didn’t they keep the name 900 Seconds? 15 minutes of fame sounds about right.

]]> By: Don't believe the hype http://gigaom.com/2006/07/17/vote-for-bix-or-not/#comment-57594 Don't believe the hype Tue, 18 Jul 2006 13:57:09 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/07/17/vote-for-bix-or-not/#comment-57594 <p>Interesting experiment. Did people came out for Idol because they wanted to participate, or was it because they wanted to be on a top rated show? </p> <p>The issue I see is that mostly the public would see pretty good performers because they were screened, the only time you saw bad performers is in the beginning, and then pretty much everyone laughs at them. Could an internet vehicle do the same? Would people want to have to sift through many many bad acts? That is funny for only so long.</p> <p>Idol is popular because of the people that are always involved in the show, not really the participants. Take away the regular cast, and well, you would just have a copycat show (that probably won't do all that well) on a different network.</p> Interesting experiment. Did people came out for Idol because they wanted to participate, or was it because they wanted to be on a top rated show?

The issue I see is that mostly the public would see pretty good performers because they were screened, the only time you saw bad performers is in the beginning, and then pretty much everyone laughs at them. Could an internet vehicle do the same? Would people want to have to sift through many many bad acts? That is funny for only so long.

Idol is popular because of the people that are always involved in the show, not really the participants. Take away the regular cast, and well, you would just have a copycat show (that probably won’t do all that well) on a different network.

]]> By: Stainless steel kitchen utensil http://gigaom.com/2006/07/17/vote-for-bix-or-not/#comment-57592 Stainless steel kitchen utensil Tue, 18 Jul 2006 11:44:28 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/07/17/vote-for-bix-or-not/#comment-57592 <p>Cool idea! Bring out the webcams. Its gonna catch on like crazy.</p> <p>Mandy</p> Cool idea! Bring out the webcams. Its gonna catch on like crazy.

Mandy

]]> By: Intersezioni http://gigaom.com/2006/07/17/vote-for-bix-or-not/#comment-57589 Intersezioni Tue, 18 Jul 2006 11:04:14 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/07/17/vote-for-bix-or-not/#comment-57589 <p>Just a suggestion (sorry for the OT): why don't you provide a printer-friendly version for your articles?</p> <p>Om Malik, thanks for your analysis, I often find them great.</p> <p>Ciao, Intersezioni (happy italian reader of gigaom.com)</p> Just a suggestion (sorry for the OT): why don’t you provide a printer-friendly version for your articles?

Om Malik, thanks for your analysis, I often find them great.

Ciao, Intersezioni (happy italian reader of gigaom.com)

]]> By: dave mcclure http://gigaom.com/2006/07/17/vote-for-bix-or-not/#comment-57586 dave mcclure Tue, 18 Jul 2006 09:23:10 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/07/17/vote-for-bix-or-not/#comment-57586 <p>the 'new' part is the contest framework -- anyone can enter, and anyone can run their own contest.</p> <p>YouTube has a similar experience, but they haven't (yet) tweaked the feature set so that people are competing against each other, and ranking content within a bounded environment.</p> the ‘new’ part is the contest framework — anyone can enter, and anyone can run their own contest.

YouTube has a similar experience, but they haven’t (yet) tweaked the feature set so that people are competing against each other, and ranking content within a bounded environment.

]]> By: Chris http://gigaom.com/2006/07/17/vote-for-bix-or-not/#comment-57584 Chris Tue, 18 Jul 2006 07:44:31 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/07/17/vote-for-bix-or-not/#comment-57584 <p>Aw c'mon, I've been hosting bands playing on YouTube for weeks now. This ain't offering anything new</p> <p>Check out the latest from Glasgow finest theatrical rock, Scunner - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZ2ocTnCNxE</p> Aw c’mon, I’ve been hosting bands playing on YouTube for weeks now. This ain’t offering anything new

Check out the latest from Glasgow finest theatrical rock, Scunner – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZ2ocTnCNxE

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