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Patworx Since: Aug, 2011
#1: May 30th 2012 at 8:06:39 PM

Blip.tv is a video sharing site used by many amateur video makers, including those on That Guy With The Glasses. It also tends to be used by You Tube users whenever You Tube takes down or blocks one of their videos. Since the use of Blip is becoming more and more common (and since You Tube doesn't know how to handle copywrite material and puts too much emphasis on the YouTube partners), I have to wonder: Will Blip replace You Tube? Will it be the Facebook to You Tube's Myspace? What do you think?

0dd1 Just awesome like that from Nowhere Land Since: Sep, 2009
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#2: May 31st 2012 at 5:51:14 AM

I thought people mostly just use it to make money from their videos.

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Patworx Since: Aug, 2011
#3: May 31st 2012 at 6:45:51 PM

[up] Good point. Maybe people will go onto You Tube to gather a following and then move to blip when they have enough fans. Either way, I really see this site stealing You Tube's thunder down the road.

Dream_Huntress Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: Complex: I'm real, they are imaginary
#4: May 31st 2012 at 7:53:05 PM

[up]I find that unlikely, Blip's content is always original content, and while there are many original series that have garnered a fanbase there, You Tube still has more users, as in millions more users, for the simple fact that you can upload copyrighted content as it is, and unless the copyrights watchers cgo hollering to the TPTB, they stay there.

And is not just the casual viewers or channels with partnerships, is the channels that belong to music, tv and movie companies, the fact they're already legally streaming movies and tv shows, also political events, concerts, fashion runways, etc. I know you're comparing the situation to the My Space vs Facebook, but is not the same situation, especially when you taken in consideration who is backing You Tube: Google.

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Ana Since: Jan, 2001
#5: Jun 1st 2012 at 11:23:08 AM

People started abandoning Myspace because of its inferior feature set compared to Facebook and the catastrophic retool it went through. Not quite the same.

People started to migrate towards Blip because of the much more lenient length limit, laxer handling of copyright claims and the possibility to make a few internet bucks. Youtube fixed the first issue, there are options for the latter and let's not forget that youtube got sued into the copyright claim system over the last few years until it evolved into what it is now. This isn't a cup of suffering that will get taken away from blip should it ever reach a comparable size. Because, let's not fool ourselves here, despite blips over-representation in this particular forum it still delivers just the sliver of a fraction of what youtube does. Youtube is still technologically superior in basically every way and is owned by Google while blip is a small company backed by venture capital.

Doesn't matter anyway, I hope both stay around. Last thing the internet needs is another monoculture and single point of failure.

LizardBite Shameless Self-Promoter from Two Galaxies Over Since: Jan, 2001
#6: Jun 1st 2012 at 2:06:17 PM

Blip.tv is a video sharing site used by many amateur video makers

No, it's used by professional video makers. People on blip get payed. This is why Blip has certain restrictions to its videos. You Tube you can post anything, but with Blip, you need to a) have original content and b) have a regularly updated web series. One shot videos or web series that only update once in a blue moon aren't allowed.

Blip and You Tube are two entirely different beasts. You Tube is like a local talent show. A bunch of people do random stuff in hopes of impressing you. Blip is more like a TV channel, it's full of people whose income depends on impressing you.

Dream_Huntress Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: Complex: I'm real, they are imaginary
#7: Jun 1st 2012 at 2:11:31 PM

No, it's used by professional video makers.
Some of them are, but there are a lot of informal video makers, just like there are a lot of good video producers on You Tube. And even if that wasn't the case, Blip is still in no position to be considered a replacement for You Tube, are they streaming Rock in Rio?, yeah didn't think so.

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FastEddie Since: Apr, 2004
#8: Jun 1st 2012 at 2:41:54 PM

We use blip for the Echo Chamber videos. New seasons starts Tuesday, June 3 </pimping>. You do have to have to have a series or they won't host it. Their player is for sure better than You Tube's.

edited 1st Jun '12 2:42:44 PM by FastEddie

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Filby Since: Jan, 2001
#9: Jun 1st 2012 at 5:58:38 PM

I think Blip has the edge on overall quality and consistency of the material you find there, but YouTube's sheer variety means it won't go under in the near future. I think both will stick around.

lexicon Since: May, 2012
#10: Apr 17th 2013 at 9:43:25 PM

Thank you Lizard Bite (if you're still around). I was wondering what made Blip so much more professional feeling then You Tube. Do they also care about how the video looks? I've seen some videos on You Tube with very dark or yellow lighting but I haven't seen any like that on Blip yet.

Re: Maybe people will go onto You Tube to gather a following and then move to blip when they have enough fans.

I hear it's the other way around. The creators of a series put it on Blip and the audience posts it on You Tube to spread it around.

EditorPallMall Don't Fear the Spiders from United States, East Coast Since: Feb, 2013
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#11: Apr 18th 2013 at 11:07:52 AM

Youtube is about getting as many possible videos (other than porn) on their website and hosting them. Blip, on the other hand, is trying to gather amateur video makers to promote shows with a stricter bar for entry.

One will not replace the other.

edited 18th Apr '13 11:08:13 AM by EditorPallMall

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0dd1 Just awesome like that from Nowhere Land Since: Sep, 2009
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#12: Apr 18th 2013 at 12:18:29 PM

Not to mention how Blip has started to cull the crop for quality control. (Try saying that three times fast.)

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#13: Apr 18th 2013 at 8:17:23 PM

No, it's used by professional video makers. People on blip get payed. This is why Blip has certain restrictions to its videos. You Tube you can post anything, but with Blip, you need to a) have original content and b) have a regularly updated web series. One shot videos or web series that only update once in a blue moon aren't allowed.

Blip is also apparently going to start becoming more selective with the series they host on their site since it's more of a business model than youtube (though youtube has upped it's game in the past few years as well.)

LizardBite Shameless Self-Promoter from Two Galaxies Over Since: Jan, 2001
#14: Apr 19th 2013 at 7:21:56 AM

Do they also care about how the video looks? I've seen some videos on You Tube with very dark or yellow lighting but I haven't seen any like that on Blip yet.

In the past few months, they've started to. Originally, anyone could upload on blip as long as they met the guidelines, but now new series need to be approved by blip, and any series which doesn't meet quality standards gets the boot. They've since become a lot more like a TV network since my last post.

lexicon Since: May, 2012
#15: Jun 6th 2013 at 2:42:02 PM

So what does everyone like or at least find interesting on Blip TV?

Raidouthe21st Cool Dude from Whacking trick-or-treating punks Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
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#16: Jun 6th 2013 at 3:16:39 PM

Less clutter's one of the reasons, I imagine.

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#17: Jun 6th 2013 at 3:56:06 PM

Streams and loads a lot better than Youtube, in my opinion

lexicon Since: May, 2012
#18: Jun 6th 2013 at 8:12:07 PM

Actually I meant which shows are interesting to watch?

JRPictures Since: Nov, 2010
#19: Jun 6th 2013 at 8:15:01 PM

Most of TGWTG is on there, which is a major reason for me

0dd1 Just awesome like that from Nowhere Land Since: Sep, 2009
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#20: Jun 6th 2013 at 8:18:58 PM

TV Trash is pretty consistently good, if you like learning about bad TV shows and/or Peanuts specials.

Oh, and Marc Mues does some pretty good music reviews (though he does get a bit too hipsterish at times—I can look past it, though).

edited 6th Jun '13 8:19:54 PM by 0dd1

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lexicon Since: May, 2012
#21: Jun 7th 2013 at 10:48:40 PM

Feminist Frequency is a big thing on Blip. Love it or hate it, a lot of people watch. I recently found Animation Lookback but it sounds like unscripted rambling and other unprofessionalisms.

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#22: Jun 8th 2013 at 10:02:54 AM

Folding Ideas is pretty brilliant, if very minimal production-wise. Basically a guy and a puppet talking about the application of communications theory in the critical analysis of different media: Justin Bieber's Christmas album as a stereotype incarnate and something deeply weird, End Of Evangelion as a meta-commentary on immature and entitled Japanese fanboys, how terrible the Sci-Fi Channel's adaptation of Ursula K. LeGuin's Earthsea books were—lots of stuff. Very thinky, very cool.

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RocketDude Since: May, 2009
#23: Jun 9th 2013 at 7:07:12 PM

Like I've said before, Lazy Game Reviews.

Freemans Mind is also on Blip, sort of.

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