Comments on: Required Viewing: An Anthropological Introduction to YouTube

By: Jusrtin L

Jusrtin L — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:58:20 +0000

interesting

Here’s a bit of flossing for ya. (I read this yesterday, I forget where)

YouTube used as much bandwith in the year 2007 as the entire Internet in the year 2000. WOW.

By: Shasta

Shasta — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:28:44 +0000

It’s easy to take YouTube and the internet for granted. But when it’s presented like this, it blows my mind. I’m such a sucker, I had to wipe away tears at the end. Thanks for sharing this! (Side note: Lev Grossman shouldn’t be commenting on other people’s spelling abilities. His blog for TIME is always full of typos!)

By: Kimmad

Kimmad — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:46:17 +0000

That was really fascinating stuff, and makes me realize how uninvolved I’ve been from the YouTube phenomena. Definitely makes me want to tune in more…

By: Kathryn

Kathryn — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:21:03 +0000

That was fantastic. I seriously just watched the whole thing at my desk at work… good thing it’s a slow friday morning.

Sorta… for some reason, makes me want to get a web cam…

By: Celeste M.

Celeste M. — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:25:59 +0000

Wow, that was awesome. Totally worth watching through.

By: James

James — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 06:08:30 +0000

So, my wife watched the video this afternoon and insisted that I sit and watch it after I got home from work, but it appears to have been pulled from Youtube. Ironically enough.

By: Jeremiah

Jeremiah — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 05:48:30 +0000

Informative & entertaining…I’m 56 & was never interested in viewing or contributing to YouTube until watching this presentation.
I think I’ll become a Tuber.

By: DDRM

DDRM — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 03:31:32 +0000

The concept of “Context Collapse” is really cool. It also explains the fear people feel about “big brother” watching us.
We don’t trust that a mindless bureaucracy can watch us and understand us out of context. Without context, one persons peaceful activitist is another persons terrorist.
Nor can it judge the authenticity of what it is watching from a distance.

By: adrienne

adrienne — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:51:55 +0000

Yeah, that was awesome. Incredibly nerdy, but worth the 50+ minutes I sat here watching.

By: Jordan

Jordan — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:35:08 +0000

Wow, that was a great video, I think that it is the only YouTube video have sat through over 10 minutes, but then again I think that anything to do with Anthropology is interesting.