Comments for "New Support System" Talk at VideoSift.com

By dag

dag (http://dag.videosift.com) — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 04:36:35 -0800

Thanks Lucky. I'd like to thank again everyone who has contributed to the upkeep of the community.

There's been a fair bit of shake-up in online video in the past few months. Our goal is to stay lean and mean and keep this community healthy and thriving.

We will not be crushed under our own weight - victims of our own success. It helps that we don't host any video - but the challenge is still managing our growth and paying the bills. With your help though- VideoSift will be here forever- or at least until the singularity.

By K0MMIE

K0MMIE (http://www.videosift.com/member/K0MMIE) — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 05:14:56 -0800

I like this community, but all these different abilities and powers is getting kind of confusing. As soon as I catch up it's changing again.

Then again... it's like leveling my character. Soon K0MMIE will be a level 100 rogue with stealth double-downvote powers!

By MarineGunrock

MarineGunrock (http://www.videosift.com/member/MarineGunrock) — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 06:50:41 -0800

Only if you can roll high enough to beat my down-vote defense with a DC of 15.

By MarineGunrock

MarineGunrock (http://www.videosift.com/member/MarineGunrock) — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 06:54:49 -0800

Would it be possible to get some sort of statistics? Like the % increase in income for VS since the launch of Charter membership and the donation program?

By smibbo

smibbo (http://www.videosift.com/member/smibbo) — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 16:45:55 -0800

thanks guys. this charter member appreciates the appreciation.

By dag

dag (http://dag.videosift.com) — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 17:28:53 -0800

>> ^MarineGunrock:
Would it be possible to get some sort of statistics? Like the % increase in income for VS since the launch of Charter membership and the donation program?

That's a good idea, I'll put a chart together and post it.

By Arsenault185

Arsenault185 (http://www.videosift.com/member/Arsenault185) — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 00:04:53 -0800

Just out of curiosity.. when you donate you get an extra power point - but now charter members get 2 anyways. Will they get 3 if they donate? (I don't particularly care, as I don't think I will see a need for it myself.)

By lucky760

lucky760 (http://lucky760.videosift.com) — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 00:17:14 -0800

Good question. Actually, there is a maximum of 2 Power Points, so if you are charter and also donate you will still have that maximum.

By Krupo

Krupo (http://krupo.videosift.com) — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 00:34:14 -0800

Yeah, it did occur to me that it seemed rather redundant to have separate donation/power-point streams [esp. since it would encourage chartered folk to de-charter and just donate instead].

I guess the nuance is still around, but it's nice to share the 2 pp bonus with charter supporters - thanks Lucky and Sift!

Suggestion (because people respond to incentives) - allow donaters to buy a "faster recharge".

This way, you keep the "balance" of having 2 pp max, but give donaters a little something-something for giving something-something.

Why did that sound dirty? Ah, not important. I think it's a good idea.

Thanks for the bonus in features. Of course the moment I saw I had 2 pp I had to run to sift talk to figure out what new announcement occurred.

By Arsenault185

Arsenault185 (http://www.videosift.com/member/Arsenault185) — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 00:59:12 -0800

So I need to make sure on something.... Under the old pricing structure, a one year charter membership cost 40 dollars total. Now its somewhere in the neighborhood of $120. Is this right? or is there a typo? That seems like a rather large jump to make... or are the prices listed in Pesos?

By dag

dag (http://dag.videosift.com) — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 02:50:23 -0800

It is a jump in price- but we think it's worth it- this is the best community on the web- and what price can you put on that really?

Our price increase does not effect current charter members.

By Arsenault185

Arsenault185 (http://www.videosift.com/member/Arsenault185) — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 03:39:46 -0800

You're right this is a kick ass place. I'm just worried that this will turn others off from becoming charter. If it was say, 50 a year, then people who would otherwise give nothing might give, so you might get more support in the long run.

By Farhad2000

Farhad2000 (http://farhad.videosift.com) — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 03:56:02 -0800

Why don't you put a larger advertisement to become a chartered member on the sidebar? On the same level as the donation thing but listing reasons why one should charter.

Also merchandise as a viable revenue stream, the t-shirts were a great hit with folks that only fizzled with that lawsuit over trademark usage. This can be on a limited run basis to keep costs low, a limited 100 run or so.

Competitions offering small prizes for a video category which could be plastered on other sites, this is strictly for exposure.

People should be allowed to self post with a large penalty fee, this can be pushed to corporate entities, the stipulation should be that postings should adhere totally to VS rules judged by the community and scanned for self votes form the same company. Since the video is totally depended on the users votes I think its a good compromise, since it can be evaluated independently.

This website is great but unfortunately besides Bluesnews via Ant and occasionally Neatorama there is little exposure to newer users.

By Fedquip

Fedquip (http://fedquip.videosift.com) — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 22:59:29 -0800

I think this is a very fair decision from the sift, I have been charter for a long time now, when I consider the amount of time I spend being entertained by the Sift community it's an easy decision to Subscribe and pay 10 every 20.

The media, entertainment and information that we have access to now, thanks to this community, is much greater then what you would get if you spent hours watching programming on Television. This community provides nothing but the best quality video in every category of the Internet. Subscribing to Videosift should be a no-brainer for any viewer/reader/visitor of the Sift.