/baw/ - General Discussion

>inb4 beecock

Moving back to my hometown in about two weeks. Yaaaaaay.

Man, you really can't talk about anything British right now.

Goin’ offline on Monday, won’t be back until Wednesday at the absolute earliest. Try not to destroy the place while I’m gone, ’kay?

>>407660
I'm British, would you like to talk about me Anon?

>>407661
That's Moose's line.

>>407736
I doubt it'll really get worse than the worst of the Frozen fandom. Furries spread like wildfire but even then it shouldn't be TOO bad. Everyone who knew furries are a thing knew this movie would be big with them. The furry fandom for this movie will just be lumped under the larger furry cancer umbrella. Worst case scenario the fox guy becomes a mascot in the same way Krystal was.

Bronies were a surprise. Nobody was expecting that shit to blow up like it did. By being expected, Zootopia furries will never manage to have the same level of impact. I don't know if I'd say that people are used to 'normal' furries now, but at least on the internet it seems like they kind of are.

You know the only thing I have that I really care about or treasure as a possession... is my Steam Profile (and my laptop, but I need my laptop to use Steam)
Say one was dying, then would wish I had someone close to pass the account onto and have them tend to as if it were something of value, just so all the time I spent on it wouldn't end with me.

Do have a younger brother but its not as if he even use his own steam page, doesn't care for PC gaming and is constantly breaking his computers via simple carelessness... also he's succumbing to the family history of mental ill-health which to be honest is the greater issue and reason why might be thinking on the issue of general morality, but like all my problems it seems best solved by ignoring it and focusing on something less painful.

>>407775
I'd say it's way too early to think about your death. Most people at your age have jackshit worth inheriting, anyway.

>>407782
People can have an amount of money in their steam account. Just look at this fellow who got VAC B& recent-ish. http://backpack.tf/profiles/76561198044167286

>>407782
Dunno, I'm almost 30. Least I'm not a wizard I guess.

>>407789
Cryptkeeper, jeez, right a will already.

TeethandHunger, here's the thread.

Oops, Sorry about that. Used to a pic, not mp3.
Sorry guys.

>>407840

I share your pain. (I didn’t have to move too much stuff during my move thanks to a bum knee, but being out of shape made what little I did do an exhausting endeavour regardless.)

I ate way too many jalapenos yesterday and I now regret it dearly.

>>407847
>ate way too many jalapenos

Why would you do that anon?! Where you trying to kill yourself by setting yourself on fire on the inside?

>>407859

>Is there a way to emotionally lobotomize yourself?

Not really, no.

>>407861
Shit.

>>407859
>emotionally lobotomize
You injure yourself by doing harm to your body. Its painful, but it hurts.

Well, it finally happened.

I stumbled upon a piece of R34 so well drawn (in my opinion), that it inspired me to keep trying to draw well, and stop giving up.

>>407881
Share with the class, dude.

>>407883
First of all, it's porn. Second, I have a hunch no one here will like the drawing.

>>407884
We have NSFW tags for a reason

>>407889
But it looks like shit.

>>407894
In after
>but it looks like shit

>>407895
It really does look pretty shitty though.

>>407896
I warned you my opinion will differ from yours. I warned you you won't like it.

BUT DID YOU LISTEN??

>>407902
Clearly your opinion is wrong, and you should feel bad.

How is it so fucking difficult to get some plain-ass terracotta flower pots? Everyone wants to be fucking special now.

After three and a half years, I finally realised my YouTube username has "rape" in it if you write it without capitalisation.

My main audience seems to be fourteen year olds so I don't know how to feel.

Also, check 'em

>a good artist does specifically what you like
this feeling shouldn't be this rare

>>407999
Well you can rule out "partucularly surprised".

>YouTube
>see video on recommended list in homepage
>watch video while logged in
>thumb-up said video
>that video is recommend on the suggested videos sidebar
>watch other videos over the next day
>that video is still on my fucking recommended list
LEAVE
its the Zootopia CinemaSins video

>>408052

Watching CinemaSins. [ding]

>>408071
It's probably one of the least cringey things I watch.

>Listening to Metaphor the Great (does a lot of Boondocks soundtrack)
>half his lines are similies, not metaphors

More YouTube ayyy

>leave computer unattended for an hour, playing music on youtube
>return, still playing due to autoplay on. is playing a closely related song
>look at tab history
>after about three songs, it entered two songs that had each other as next on their 'up next' suggestion, so it's just been playing those two songs for an hour
youtube has a bug. shocker

I wonder if hardcore shippers can understand the concept of friendship.

>>408146
Asian rice is almost always the sticky kind so you can get a clump of it with one grab of chopsticks.

Eating slippery noodles is what's a pain in the ass.

>>408146
You don't actually grab all of it with chopsticks, you just angle the bowl and move the rice towards your mouth.

>>408152

…wat

>>408162
which part?

Hey guys, it's time to get ready for Halloween.
No really, it's plus two months away. Here are some tips and tricks.
.
Prop painting techniques
//youtube.com/watch?v=27UivhDrDgE

Scenic painting...5? maybe 6
//youtube.com/watch?v=uutCBPtYkgQ

Airbrush basics 5
//youtube.com/watch?v=0KiXg05gaYU

Clean your rooms and finish one project before you start another.

>>408349
I already cleaned my apartment, because my parents came over today. It was nice. They brought some cake and a few hours later we drove to pick up my brother from work, so we could eat dinner at a nice restaurant at the Olympic harbor together while looking at the sailing boats. I had pork tenderloin with whiskey sauce. Again, it was nice. Feel like I took a mini vacation on just an afternoon.

Someone needs to write an essay "The Rise and The Fall of Memes".

>>408383

Dawkins wrote a book about it.

I hate that word: "memes"

>>408388
At least you aren't still in high-school.

After about half a year, I finally realised:

YouTube Red

RedTube

Why are MCR considered emo? I always thought their music was pretty upbeat or at least energetic.

>>408422
Because Emos listened to it.

>>408423
...
Thats it?

>>408435
It's just that simple. Even after MCR came out and said they hate emos, emos still listened to it.

>>408427
Damn it, I knew something was wrong...

>>408441
Interesting... and I heard something about kickbuttorents or something.

Might be a rumor.

Distributed computing projects (cool stuff) is usually aimed at scientific research, but this one caught me by surprise:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_and_Ugly_Rendering_Project
Essentially, you help people render 3D graphics.

If it wasn't for the commercial sensitivity aspect, imagine if Disney, Pixar, VFX studios and stuff used this, and you could help render them. Like being an extra in a movie, you can point at the screen and say "I rendered the way that tissue box reflects light from that background character's arm in those five frames!"

Speaking of TPB, it was never broken for me. But now it is. The search is barely functioning.

I hate colds. I'm getting over one now, but fuck colds man.
When I get them I get hit hard and have to hit the meds and OJ even harder.
Stop giving me colds you people.
Stop it!

>Tumblr implements an "ads on blogs" thing so people can make money off their Tumblrs starting later this year
>makes it opt-out by default

Someone at Tumblr needs to be fired. Out of a cannon. Into the side of a mountain.

>>408549
Its a good idea, in theory. After that whole
>Being Youtube Famous: $$$
>Being Tumblr Famous: Teenagers telling you to go kill yourself.
post got big, it makes sense they'd want to find a way to give popularity a reward the way Youtube or Instagram does.

Its definitely an incentive for more webcomics to host themselves there. At least for me and some friends.

>>408549
>>408564
They should make tumblr into an art blog site, instead of a political ideology/harassment platform.

>>408571
You're saying they should dictate to people what sort of content they're allowed to post on their own blog.

>>408571
I'm sorry tumblrs isn't catering to your alt right fantasies of a world silenced enough

>>408571
>They should make tumblr into an art blog site
It already is for me. Its essentially an art (and porn) gallery on a twitter like timeline. If you get something you don't like, you're free to not even get it there.

Its a blogging platform. Its gonna be used to blog. And thankfully, its got the added function to follow said blogs on one aggregate dashboard. THAT is tumblr.
Everything else depends on you.

>>408575

Seriously, what shows up on your Tumblr dashboard (that isn’t advertising) is all on you. With blacklist tools and such, you can block basically anything that you don't want to see from people you otherwise want to follow.

>>408573
I'm saying I believe they should go back to their roots.

>>408574
1) Politics thread is over there
2) I'm left and rarely browse tumblr

>>408575
>>408576
Fair enough, you're right.

I think the collaborative nature of the internet is beautiful.

Even on a non-artist's level; I've had small posts, suggestions and jokes included in works by (relatively) well-known creators. Feels good.

Sidenote: have any of you emailed comic/cartoon creators? Gotten replies?

>>408578
Yes, occasionally.

>>408577
>I'm left and rarely browse tumblr
Then why do you care so much about what you think Tumblr is/isn't?
It's because you're an altrighter.

>>408578
>Sidenote: have any of you emailed comic/cartoon creators? Gotten replies?
I mostly move in the alt comics scene, really. So its not that hard to get their attention. Even less so with the big communicative nature of social media - I mostly contact them through twitter and we've gotten some nice conversations in.

Even gotten on a bit of a first name basis with a few of em.

Though I'm not sure its exactly the same situation you're thinking, considering I'm a creator myself.

>>408592
>Then why do you care so much about what you think Tumblr is/isn't?
I don't. Doesn't mean I can't have an opinion.

>>408596
>Though I'm not sure its exactly the same situation you're thinking, considering I'm a creator myself.
Not quite, but it's definitely something I can sympathise with (to a degree).

That reminds me of when I was 13 and participated in a couple of amatuer stick animation collabs (back on FluidAnims, now erased and adopted by StickPage. The admin was called Stone, so I was surprised when I first saw Freehaven on plus4chan)

>haven't watched that video in over five years, but I still the whole song
>i didn't even like it that much
if only I remembered my studies as well as I remember old YouTube videos

Man, fuck false memories.

Man, its so upsetting seeing so much hateful racist and homophobic shit on facebook.

>Get paired up with girl on tinder.
>she's cute, talented, funny, creative.
>turns out we went to middle school together.
>
>I was a total aspie fuck in middle school.

>>408655
who are you friends with, and why are you friends with them?

I've never had that problem, and I don't even care that much about it either.

>browsing porn blog
>guy fucks girl image
>somebody decided it was a great idea to erase the man's eyes (to not distract from the woman?)
>JESUS CHRIST HOW HORRIFYING SHE IS FUCKED BY A HORRIBLE ALIEN MONSTER

This damn
>Intel Corporation driver update for Intel(R) HD Graphics 4600
update keeps failing to download itself for some reason unknown to me, has been failing to do it for the past few days now.

Doesn't seem like a huge deal but it is getting annoying.

Laddies and lasses........ I present to you....... the Postmodernism Generator:
http://dev.null.org/postmodern/

Uuuuggggghhhh why am I even contemplating sending a facebook friend request to that one girl from work I have a crush on? I don't even know if she has a boyfriend! Damn it, I don't even know if she even still works there!

To give some context, I am friending other people from work (I'm being moved to another department, and I want to keep in touch) and I put her name just to see if she's on there. We have spoken a few times, but she sits a fair distance from me. I am aware that it'd probably look creepy if I just sent her a friend request, but maybe a casual message would be a little better?

Russian, USian, and finnish teams' outfits were such a disappointment. Is it really that hard to come up with something less mundane, less boring?

>>408759
USian isn't a word. You could just say US, as in "The US teams' outfits were such a disappointment."

>>408760

Or, you know, "American".

Or nothing, which is really the ideal one.

>>408761
Well, that is just weird. What about Canada? Are they not americans? Don't they live in North America?

>>408784
Then use "Amerifats" or "burgers".

>>408784
Canadian, Mexicans, and many others, all of whom use "American" to refer to people from the US.

>>408786
I just don't find it fair how citizens of US of A grabbed the name "americans" all for themselves, leaving none of it for the rest. It's like only people of London can call themselves "the english", with everyone else being "greatbritainers".

>>408788

>I just don't find it fair how citizens of US of A grabbed the name "americans" all for themselves, leaving none of it for the rest.

…why? Canada and Mexico don’t have America in their names, and they already have words for their citizenry (Canadian and Mexican).

>>408788
>It's like only people of London can call themselves "the english", with everyone else being "greatbritainers".
It's more like only the English call themselves English while everyone else calls themselves Scottish, Welsh, or Cornish.

Americans are called Americans because when The United States Of America was founded the other polities on the continent were either colonial holdings or natives polities, all with their own names that weren't tied to "America" as central to their identity.

>>408789
>…why? Canada and Mexico don’t have America in their names, and they already have words for their citizenry (Canadian and Mexican).

The entire contient is called America. Continent. From the southmost tip of Argentina to the Bering Strait.
You guys called yourself a union of states within america. That name stuck back before people even knew how to read or write in their majority.

Guess that makes me an american, and not USian. Such disappointment.

>>408789
How about:
>United Statians
pronounced 'stations'

>>408796
Russo-American

>>408798
Staties. Statesmen and stateswomen. Statians. Statesburgians.

>>408804

Or we can just go with “Americans” like the rest of the civilized world does.

>>408804
>Statesmen and stateswomen
These are already words that mean things.

Just say American, stop being an idiot.

>>408800
>It is a socially accepted term.

Of course, thats all that matters.

Just don't delude yourself into thinking the thirteen colonies who made a union have a monopoly on the name of the continental landmass.

>>408808
What point do you imagine that you are making?

lol

>>408809
>muh amerika!! d-dont treat on me guys!

>>408825
No, really, what do you imagine your point is?

>>408839
Anon, what the frick is the point of any post in this thread.

>>408839
>>408842
I should make that into a banner post.

Got destroyed by two exams in a row.

Naturally, almost everyone says they went badly so I hope I went less badly than everyone else. I don't want to go below average.

I wish I could've lived without knowing that vegan dog food is a thing that exists.

The Hastings store in my town going out of business. It really sucks to see something like this die out.

Sometimes I feel like the only man in the world who likes both cute anime girls and actual women.

http://crossfade.io/#!/z4bcluozp8
Still not sure if these would belong in the Youtube Poop thread or not sinc eit's using external websites.

>>408882
Me too.

>>408929
I know that feel, bro.

>>408953

No, but a not-zero number of vegans think a vegan diet is actually good for dogs. (It isn’t.)

>>408954
Sigh. The best approach is shown in Asterios Polyp. A character is super vegetarian, but feeds their cat normal cat food since "We're the ones that can choose. Not them."

>>408964
Not sure what you mean. Are you talking about a comic like ASSCASTLE?

>>408965
I'm talking about shit like cleaning your washing machine, which apparently can't be done without flooding the room with rancid water.

>>408966
Oh, that IS shitty. ever done it, but it sounds horrible.

>think about old person/art/etc. for no apparent reason
>check artist's page, which hadn't changed for over a year
>literally posted content two days ago
It's weird how the world works like that sometimes. You just happen to be reminded of something coincidentally just before-or-after it becomes relevant again.

Also, to avoid double post:
>friend searches google trends
>looks up "pokemon hentai"
>steady decline since 2000
>naturally spiked to new peak at the same time as pokemon go release

shit, is there a place I can go to ask people to edit cum out of drawings? So many nice pics ruined by cum.

If there are "put a cock on her" threads, there should be "take cum off her" threads.

>>408982
Aren't there general edit request threads?

>>408985
Probably. Where?

>>408990

There.

>>408990
/h/ has de-censor threads, they might be of some help.

>>408993
Well, I mean.

The tiny censor bars aren't there to actually censor - its more for legal reasons.

>>408995
But furthermore, the legal requirement to only censor that insignificant amount is pointless: if you can see 99% of the genitals, why both censoring at all? Either go all or go none.

It's as if there was some dire requirement for porn censorship, but no-one on the censorship board really wanted it.

>>408996
Hey man, you wanna propose reformative legislation to the conservative-ass JP parliament? Be my guest.

But the bar is literally as much a CYA as an Age Check on porn sites.

>>408990
>>408993
I would think any board that has edit threads would allow for one of a more general scope, and if there isn't one you could make it.

>>408997
>But the bar is literally as much a CYA as an Age Check on porn sites.
Good point.

>>408999
Come to think of it, I do recall a few boards (some on other *chans) that had a "general edit" thread. I'll check them out. Thanks.

I haven't read it, but [ http://badwebcomicswiki.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Jack ] is listed as being extremely bad and "ugly", with one specific writer on another page (Sonichu) specifically criticising the art style as an epitome of bad art.

I'm sure the actual comic is crap, but I actually like that art style. Definitely not comparable to Chris-Chan.

>>409001
That comic in particular can be offputting to those not interested in depictions of the workings of hell as a pretense for being as edgelord as possible as often as possible. I don't see how the art could be any better suited to that purpose than what it already is. Though really, I see no reason to expect any "collection of the worst" site to give actually useful advice.

Really fucking hate it when I have to unfollow an artist because a certain aspect of their work overtakes their art and becomes an aesthetic turn-off. I can think of one artist in particular that I used to like for their variety of body shapes and their toonish facial style, but has become a parody of themselves in recent months. They've taken their love of fat and muscle to absurd (and arguably disgusting) lengths, and the way they draw faces now looks so awful these days. Their art has literally devolved since I started following them, and I hate when that happens. So yeah, it sucks when I have to do that, especially if the artist is otherwise friendly and nice.

There is a dark poetry to a speed limit sign being ran over by someone driving off the side of the road.

>>409027
I know that feeling.

There's also another person I am following but I don't even know why; half their work doesn't appeal to me and the rest is just mediocre in terms of personal interest. (and its not as if I'd feel bad for taking away a follower. He's well known)

>>409031

It's not even that I dislike the artist I’m referring to, either; they’ve always been pleasant to talk to and such in the few limited interactions I’ve had with them, and their old art (in both style and content) was a joy to see in my notifications. But nowadays I can barely enjoy anything they do—if the content of their art doesn’t turn me off, their drastic devolution in style does the job.

I'm scared that I'll feel horrible when someone close to me finally dies.

But I'm more scared that I might not feel bad.

>>409047
Nobody does "not feel sad" after such an event. However, everyone feels (anything) to different degree. And it depends on each case also. Do not be ashamed of feeling anything.

However, there are people who will shame you for "not being sad enough" on sad occasions. Those are not good people, but someone who want to appear more virtuous than you. They simply want to appear good from a distance by being the saddest person in the group. Not saying everyone just pretends to be sad, but those people do exist in large numbers.

Yes, I am speaking from life experience.

>>409048
Those are some good words of wisdom. Thank you.

>>409047
PS: phrasing of that sounded like I might have meant "someone" as in a specific person. Luckily, not the case.

Hes getting BTFO
https://twitter.com/FotoCub/status/765584996614696960/photo/1

>>409069

That is not a duck. That is clearly a loaf of bread with a fake duck head attached to it.

I want one day where I can just sit down and watch every movie on my list. My personal to-watch list. Not just Netflix. I wanna see all the stuff I've been meaning to watch and not have to worry about work or lunch, or anything else.
I wanna see Michael Clayton, Crouching Tiger, Synechdoche NY, Seven Samurai, Silence of the Lambs, Godfather 2, No Country for Old Men for first time since it came out, guh.

Aahhh fuckin hell.
I wanna just have a me day and invite everyone over to have it with me.

You all are invited, too.

>>409191
>I don't know what "safe space" means.
Yes, quite based and smart.

>>409191
It was a special porn blog, one with a great moderator who chose content of highest quality.

>send email to university
>get a reply six days later
>it's totally a template reply that doesn't answer my question

>>409191
Good college.

I always chuckle in movies when one bullet anywhere to the torso = death. Like in Dark Knight, at the start, a guy (Dopey) gets shot in the back and doesn't make a noise.

a /co/mrade dissecting insignificant elements of an artistic entertainment work as if it was made to be realistic; who would have thought?

https://vimeo.com/84022735
Here's a little pick-me-up for all you creative types who feel like you're not getting anywhere.

Shit. lost my psp. Had all my music on it too.

Anyone hear about this gorilla called Harambe? Someone shot him and he didn't even do anything, it's all over twitter.

>>409241
Please take it to the politics thread.

>>409234
Wait, I found my PSP. All is right in the world again.

>>409251

Ah, so you’re the last PSP owner on Earth.

IPv6 is too long and ugly, and I dread the day it will become normal. But it's necessary.

YouTube has to be run by bigger idiots than Twitter, Tumblr, and Facebook combined. Did the Grand Poobahs of Video really think people wouldn’t find out about the “advertiser friendly” bit—or that the move wouldn’t be seen as an attempt to force content creators into making “advertiser friendly” videos so said creators can keep making money?

>>409440
I am an economy n00b, but in the few introductory classes I took it was hammered into me that whenever you have a monopoly on the market, you can set whatever rules you wish. YouTube is now the only game in town, and can do whatever they want. And you cannot really complain, since their services are free.

>>409441

>you cannot really complain

Tell that to the content creators who are complaining. Go ahead. Tell them they can't voice their complaints. That should be a fun conversation to watch.

>>409440
>>409443
I am a ""content creator"" but I'm out of the loop, what happened? Are they asking people to stop putting ads on offensive/critical videos or something?

>>409444

http://kotaku.com/why-youtubers-are-freaking-out-about-money-and-censorsh-1786032317

>>409443
What I meant is that YouTube is a free service. You can complain, you should complain, but that complaint will not really be heard by anyone important. YT has changed its policy, and now technically content creators are "legally" wrong.

>>409444
You can no longer monetize videos that features "wrong" views.

>>409445
South Park's creators made an interesting, relevant comment about how this kind of thing isn't censorship; it's an advertiser not wanting to pay to have them associated with bad images. They are paying you. You are accepting their money.

>>409445
>>409446
Well, I've been monetising copyright infringement (with only some being fair use) for years, with foul language, jihad jokes (both "events related to violent extremism" and "controversial subjects and events"), gun violence, drug references, inappropriate language and sexual humour, all integrated with children's cartoons.

At this point, my youtube monetisation is like the picture Stone brought up in >>409426 . I can only break 5 out of 5 infringements.

>>409448

It is more a form of “soft censorship” than anything. A bunch of people who make good money off their YouTube monetization see this “advertiser friendly” bit as an attempt to make those people change their content to suit the needs of advertisers. To those people, it comes off as a choice between making money or making authentic, uncensored content—especially since YouTube has no real competition in this arena.

>>409448
>South Park's creators made an interesting, relevant comment about how this kind of thing isn't censorship; it's an advertiser not wanting to pay to have them associated with bad images. They are paying you. You are accepting their money.
The problem is that it's not an advertiser pulling their ads, it's YT saying that you don't get ANY advertiser for that video anymore.

>>409441
>economy classes
Your analysis of the situation makes me doubt this.

>YouTube is now the only game in town
Not even remotely. Remember when Youtube had full length movies/series in 2008/2009? Google naively censored these vids, allowing Netflix to take the whole market. Same thing with gaming/review videos, Google censored their length on Youtube due to copyright concerns, and Twitch fucking exploded overnight. So Youtube has ALREADY lost a lot of growth opportunities to competitors.
Other competitors like Vine undermine base userbase by stealing hundreds of millions of teen clicks per day. DM was dying before the new Youtube push, but users coming over to that platform saved it in just a few months. Liveleak is only relevant because sites like youtube ban content that Liveleak regularly hosts.

History proves that user-based platforms that THINK they're "the only game in town" get raped the moment they start censoring the userbase for more ad money. Look at the history of friendster and geocities, look at myspace, look at what happened to instant messaging services. Most of the platforms we have today (YT/facebook/twitter/tumblr) started because past platforms died for the same reason.
When they engage in censorship, SMPs get more ad money in the short term, but the over-regulative pressure on their userbase eventually causes the users to leave the platform and seek others.

Facebook has already started to die, users under 16 sign in once per week, and are migrating en-masse to platforms like Tinder, Imgur and Instagram. This is why Facebook banned linking to Imgur awhile back.
Twitter is in the same type of trouble. Active user (the only kind that matter) numbers have been cut off at the knees by losing younger and younger users to competitors like whisper, yikyak, snapchat and kik. The Twitter platform is kept alive by bots and trolls.
The latest to join the sick platform list is Tumblr, on shaky ground due to their attempt to censor creators, profanity and porn, but they might recover because they're so responsive to the userbase.

The reason you might be tricked into thinking otherwise is the slowing down of the cycle, which was very fast just ten years ago. This slowdown is due to expansion of base market into the third world, but this is ONLY a slow down and the cycle will resume in time. Third world competitors are already moving in with better service in the native language.

>>409452
And this is the crux of the issue. Google wants to burn money for no practical reason, just because a panel of retards told them they have to.

>>409453

>Youtube has ALREADY lost a lot of growth opportunities to competitors.

No one thinks Vimeo or Liveleak or any other “YouTube wannabe” has a real chance of dethroning “the king”, at least not right now. Twitch has the livegaming market wrapped up, but there’s still a market for Let’s Plays, and YouTube dominates in that regard. Vine might have a big audience because of the “bite-size video” idea, but six-second videos won’t ever fully replace the lengthy videos you’ll find on YouTube. Right now, YouTube is still the most widely-known and widely-used video site in the world. Whether it stays that way, especially in the face of this “advertiser friendly” situation, lies entirely in the hands of YouTube’s higher-ups.

>>409454
>a real chance of dethroning “the king”
People said the same thing about geocities. And they were right... for about 4 years, when competitors (blogs/myspace) came out and crushed them.

Also there's a diversification of services at work here.
The original geocities allowed people to build whole websites, they could be dating websites, friend-connection websites, or websites on news or other topics such as blogs. As a result geocities was replaced by dozens of different platforms, from dating websites to social media to blogs.
So... Youtube won't be taken down by a single website, it will be taken down by a group of websites providing better niche services that Youtube can't compete with.
Then some large company will come along and conglomerate all of that.

>lies entirely in the hands of YouTube’s higher-ups.
Isn't the entire point of the discussion that these people are fucking up?

Mister Metokur strikes back, and the views are already over 9,000:
//youtube.com/watch?v=4auMNnDziHQ