The three sites that I decided to analize were somewhat varied. Certain sites I recognized immediately and others I just thought would be interesting to me personally. Youtube.com, while I normally try to stray away from the most obvious choices for assignments such as this, has to be mentioned because it is the most widely used and the most highly publicized. Celebtv.com I picked as a personal favorite because I have slightly shallow tendencies and easily fall victim to celebrity gossip and finally I chose albinoblacksheep.com, which is the first video site I can remember visiting. My friend Anthony sent me a link some odd amount of years back to watch a video called Shfifty-five,http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/schfiftyfive which was HILARIOUS.
Albinoblacksheephttp://www.albinoblacksheep.com is a site that hosts flash videos, games (flash, java, shockwave), video files(streaming videos), and MP3's. I was more interested in exploring the social networking aspect of the site because after doing our social networking unit I realized that I have an interest in the whole concept. Albinoblacksheep is actually very connected as far as networking goes. There is a "community" on the site that links to both a facebook and a myspace page. I was surprised by this because I found it very different from that of Youtube.com.
Youtube.com http://www.youtube.comallows users to create profiles and is much more involved as far as social networking goes. Youtube serves as a social network instead of having a profile on social networking sites like albinoblacksheep.com. Youtube also has a "community" like albino but this is more involved, once again. It has groups, similar to Facebook, and it has a section for contests. Youtube.com uses .Flv videos which is a more sophisticated and efficient way of uploading videos. Youtube is more popular among those who like to make their own videos and post things.
Celebtv.com http://www.celebtv.comuses streaming videos and is almost more of a news site than anything else. It is not user based content and is clips from different celebrity news shows and sources. I found this site to be the most entertaining because I could just sit there and watch as story after story came up. Whereas with other sites such as ABS and Youtube, I had to search for videos and then decide what I wanted to watch, which for some reason is not what I am interested in doing today. This is a site for those who simply like to be entertained.
These sites are all video caches for people who are in front of the computer all day long and need some entertainment. Slight variations on the sites themselves, like who is posting the content, what format the content is in, and how the users of the sites are connected, really make them unique. Youtube is pretty much a social network in itself, which ABS is an avid participant in social networking with its own profiles, and Celebtv doesn't seem to participate very much at all in any aspect of social networking. All of these sites are entertaining depending on what your interested in and all have a strong following.
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Just wanted to say that you did a great job on Celebrity Jeopardy. The Nittany Lion mask was clutch. It's a shame we had too much footage because it would have been interesting to see your one arm pushup. Just kidding, I can barely do a pushup myself.
Posted by Steven Dodge | November 9, 2007 8:02 AM
Posted on November 9, 2007 08:02