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Video forums for free softwareVideo forums for free softwarePosted Apr 10, 2008 17:46 UTC (Thu) by graydon (subscriber, #5009)In reply to: Video forums for free software by vmole Parent article: Video forums for free software
I quite agree. What amazes me further is the habit of posting *forum-like conversations* via exchanges of video streams on youtube. Not only is it absurdly wasteful -- what in the modern world isn't? -- but it's much less convenient for both sender and recipient than text. Why anyone bothers is beyond me.
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Video forums for free software Posted Apr 11, 2008 19:19 UTC (Fri) by bronson (subscriber, #4806) [Link] How is it absurdly wasteful? Are you against phone conversations because they're vastly more bandwidth-intensive than just mailing a letter? Personally, I'm really happy to see new modes of communication cropping up organically. It gives me hope for the future.
Video forums for free software Posted Apr 11, 2008 19:39 UTC (Fri) by graydon (subscriber, #5009) [Link] "Against"? Well, hardly. As I said, the modern industrial condition is nothing if not a massive party of waste. Almost everything we do recreationally, by volume, is voluntary waste. What sense would it make to worry about wasted bits when we're drowning in wasted physical goods? Comparison between phones and letters is not apt as phone calls are just transient energy signals, not physical objects. Phone calls vs. the same message expressed as dense text codes? Sure, absolutely wasteful. Why do you think phone networks are so much more happy to carry SMS over voice streams? They charge you similar "get the message through" rates (say, a dime) while saving almost all of the cost of transmission. When videophones are the default, heaven forbid, "voice only" calls will be cheaper too, and text will carry even fatter margins. Anyways, if it gives you hope for the future, don't let me interfere. I'll stick with text as long as I can, but I'm a cave-person.
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