Slashdot Mirror
On Slashdot Video, We Hear You Loud and Clear
You complained; we heard you. We're making some adjustments to our
ongoing experiment with video on Slashdot, and are trying to get it
right. Some of the videos just haven't gelled, to put it lightly, and
we know it. We're feeling out just what kinds of videos make sense
here: it's a steep learning curve. So far, though, besides a few
videos that nearly
everyone hated, we've also seen some wacky,
impressive,
fun
technology,
and we're going to keep bringing more of it, but in what we intend to
be smarter doses, here on the Slashdot home page. (A larger selection
will be available on tv.slashdot.org.) We're also
planning to start finding and documenting some creative means of
destruction for naughty hardware; suggestions welcome. We have also
heard you when it comes to improving the core Slashdot site experience
and fixing bugs on site. We're working on these items, too. As
always, suggestions are welcome, too, for other things worth getting
on camera or publishing on Slashdot.
Believe it or not (and many won't), none of the videos were paid for. The thought process behind most of them has been somebody saying, "Hey, I know so-and-so at [X tech company], let's make a video about it," or "Let's send timothy to such-and-such convention."
But we understand it's hard to tell that when it's just a video about some company you may or may not have heard of. Now, is the solution to never reference any particular company in a video? People have been accusing us of slashvertising for years -- it generally just makes us chuckle, since it's so far removed from reality. If some random company -- or some person who happens to work for a company -- is doing something legitimately cool, would you want to hear about it? What about reviews? (Serious question -- a lot of people get angry when we review something, assuming it's an endorsement. Really, we're just tech nerds who like playing with new gadgets/reading new books/playing new games.)
In the meantime, we're going to try to get some science/maker videos into the mix and see how those go.
They asked for feedback, and the GP gave it. Why do you have such a problem with that?
I've suggested to The Honchos that all videos on Slashdot should have a "video" topic marker, so that those who don't want to watch any videos, period, will be able to completely ignore them.
Several companies... that's an interesting idea, and not something we really thought about. Though then perhaps people will just think we're getting paid by each of those companies. Thanks for the suggestion.
Then provide transcripts...