directly to sites, LiveVideo people, etc etc etc... it looks more and more
to me like there isn't much intersection between these spheres. They are for
the most part different audiences. People decide where they like to
experience web media, and go there.
For me, MySpace is pretty much unusable. The interface is so horrible that I
dread the times I need to go there. Facebook is nicer, but feels strictly
like social media, so its perfect for social media related video but no so
much for more focused projects / art / series / etc. You Tube has viewers
viewers viewers watching their abysmal poorly encoded destruction of what in
some cases were once nice looking videos, but its the only place you'll
reach that audience.
I like controlling the experience. My stuff is not aimed at a mass audience.
So its wordpress and my own sites for most of my stuff.
In other words, decide what you want to do and who you want to reach, and
find the sites, platforms, and approaches that work best for that. It will
be different for each person, sometimes for each vlog or project by one
person or group. If you want to reach the largest possible audience, you
have to use them all.
As for the cultures and behaviors in the various places - posting a video on
your own site is like setting up a showing in a theater. Posting a video on
You Tube is like setting up a projector and an amplifier on a random street
corner. Naturally, in the latter case, responses will vary wildly, and you
will overhear the sometimes hormonally influenced commentary of those using
the commons for other purposes.