One of the things that I like most about VideoSift is the comments. I get more out of the comments and descriptions than I do out of the videos themselves often.



Our community is growing - and with growth we're getting a lot of new members with different points of view - that's fantastic. I think now would be a good time to remind people that it's OK - even good - to disagree with the content of a video - but unhelpful to direct negative comments at the poster. It's an interesting phenomenon, that we all feel "ownership" of the videos that we post. If someone disparages our video, we might feel they are denigrating us. I do sometimes


So let's just put it out there- it's OK for people to disagree strongly with our tastes. We shouldn't take it personally - and retaliate as if personally attacked. At the same time, when disagreeing with a post or a comment - stick to the message of the discussion and don't make it an ad hominem attack against the poster.



In a related vein - please use downvotes thoughtfully. You don't have to explain why you are downvoting something (though it's nice) but downvotes shouldn't be made because of personal reasons, eg. retaliation, or other personal feelings about the poster.



I think VideoSift works best when we stick to the message, topic or conversation. Personal is OK in profiles - but abuse is not acceptable there either.