Comments on: Facebook On the Verge of Being a Top 10 Video Site

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Redux Gets Social So Vid Recommendations Won’t Sux — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:01:35 +0000

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The End of YouTube? | RoneBreak — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 22:48:16 +0000

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By: Casey McKinnon

Casey McKinnon — Fri, 15 May 2009 21:47:50 +0000

TERRIBLE news... especially considering Facebook doesn't offer stats and has awful terms and conditions. Ick.

By: James Aven

James Aven — Fri, 15 May 2009 17:39:17 +0000

The greatest benefit of Facebook is that it has many groups on the site that you can join. So if you are interested in Chicago Cubs you can research Chicago Cubs in the groups section and you will be able to find friends on there that like the Cubs. This is just one example, I know that you can join groups of your favorite football team, television show, or whatever you want for the most part! If you can’t find a group for your interest, you can simply create one!

James
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By: NY Ad Sales Guy

NY Ad Sales Guy — Fri, 15 May 2009 14:14:25 +0000

This is a very interesting point and it should be just the start. People love their communities and Facebook should in time look to be a huge player in video – and video content owners (especially the TV networks) should look to benefit from this.
There is a massive opportunity for video content owners to build their own video distribution networks rather than work with single partners such as Hulu (more applicable outside the US) or not distribute at all.
This is not so important in terms of where the video is viewed, but important in terms of the fact that in about 10 years most TV will probably be online – and so the money will be there too. TV networks must follow the money – which isn’t online yet, but they absolutely must own the billing relationship with advertisers.
Following the money absolutely means owning the sales relationship. Build a network across high-traffic sites with happy communities; change the shape of that network to suit commercial objectives – for example, if you need more women to sate ad demand, do a deal around female-focussed programming with iVillage, and if a partner doesn’t deliver, kick them off. Work with Facebook – promote different shows to different demographics (what a great way to launch a new show) – but own the advertising.
Work with Facebook – but own the advertising; work with Youtube, MSN, AOL – own the advertising.
Because one day that advertising is going to be huge and it’s all about the best video content. Just think how big the TV industry is right now, that is the type of scale you should be considering. And if someone else is selling the ads on your behalf, then you are losing out; and if two of you are selling it, then you are creating confusion.
So here’s a network message form an ad network guy – build your own, drive it forward and keep control.

By: Karl House

Karl House — Fri, 15 May 2009 14:13:36 +0000

It will be interesting to see how FB deals with the ever-increasing bandwidth cost of hosting everyone's non-monetizable "cat riding vaccum cleaner vids". This is an issue several other video sharing sites are also experiencing, and some are even beginning to block non-professionally produced video. That's a lot of terabytes for no revenue.

By: Grouptivity

Grouptivity — Fri, 15 May 2009 05:19:27 +0000

BTW...that was suppose to be "juvenile media"....See if I type in the dark while I'm tired again.

By: Grouptivity

Grouptivity — Fri, 15 May 2009 05:17:06 +0000

Wow.... Top 10 is awesome. Though since Facebook started out as intellectual social media in a sea of juveline media (no offense MySpace), it's no surprise. People needed something smarter to identify with, to work with and to connect on. And via FB, they found it. Rock on Facebook!

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