I see a videoblog, besides it’s technology, as honest. It is not contrived for achieving a result in it’s audience, but to express something real for the person making it.

so suddenly comments by people who arent as active video makers are not good enuf for you either? damn, tough to meet your standards, michael.

c’mon. thats not true. you are in that vlog theory group and you know well that myself and others have tackled this topic… and it has also been repeatedly brought up on the VBYG to the point where even I started to gag at the topic. So, don’t try to make it appear you are breaking through anything. This topic is old and tired…. but it still interests me.

Why must it be so hard to simply say that the vlogs I appreciate the most and respect the most consist primarily or entirely of non-commercial personal media… because that is much more representative of what you actually do prefer than simply ‘vlog’.

let it go. even Ryanne would disagree here… right Ryanne?

One is helping to sell the brand of Nike and the other is helping to sell the brand of Verdi. A strong Verdi brand could lead to all sorts of opportuntities…aren’t you writing a book? If you get paid for that book then you are still selling out your daughter for your personal monetary gain.

I say that to make a point, I have no issue with people trying to make money off vlogging.

Context is hugely important (props to Richad BF). I was trying to make that point with the various levels of “dischord” we feel; and in my video “Shame on CNN”.

I’m struggling with how to go about video ads on Minnesota Stories. Which is a videoblog no matter what you say. I sure don’t want a political protest video or touching documentary clip followed by some jerk screaming in a used car lot. I’d much rather have a video ad from the Minnesota Historical Society.

This debate has echos of a similar debate about documentary film. Some claimed Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11 was not actually a documentary because it has such a biased point of view. Of course the earliest days of documentary (Nanook of the North) were contrived/constructed truths with a biased point of view.

Likewise, some videoblogs have had eyes on TV and revenue potential from the very beginning. For proof, read through Jeff Jarvis’ vlog archives from 2002.

What I said about documentary, I’ll say about vlogs: It’s a willow tree. All kinds of people are pulling it and bending it in different directions, but it can withstand the weight.

As to “why not just claim non-commerical personal media?” Well I thought about that a lot before making this video. To me it seems like the whole idea of creating a videoblog to generate an income came later and so maybe that’s the thing that needs a new name.

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I don’t know – many of of you who have responded really don’t like this idea and you guys act like I’m the supreme court and just handed down this ruling. I’m just a guy trying to figure shit out. I’m as fucked up as all of you (that’s right – you’ve all got problems, inconsistencies, conflicts of interest, times when you speak to quickly and moments of clarity – just like me).

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Earlier, Anne summed up where I’m at in my desire to make this post:

I don’t despise commerce or online shows at all. It does, however, make me sigh a little sigh when I see how quickly the tide turns from personal journaling to “user content” Current TV commercials and YouTube as the new “trailer” park.