Video Conversations at Seesmic

November 27th, 2007 · Comments

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I typically hear about the next big hit or miss from Sam Harrelson. The latest thing, which I just joined up on Sam’s recommendation, is Seesmic.

Here’s how MarketingProfs describes it…

“What do you get when you combine video, social networking, micromedia, and a very savvy French entrepreneur? You get Seesmic.

The site is a social network where the primary content is video. Users record video, post it to the site, and other users reply in video.”

The short description I’ve heard from others is that it’s sort of like a fusion of Twitter and video.

Seesmic

Sam talks about Seesmic on Seesmic, and then I made my first Seesmic in response to Sam.

This site is currently in alpha and there are a limited number of testers playing around with it. So you can’t see the community in action unless you have a login.

But it looks pretty compelling, and I think if it gets a critical mass of users, it could be as useful or more so than Twitter (assuming you find Twitter to be useful in business - I do).

More details at Seesmic.com.

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Gyutae Park 12 months ago 1 point
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Interesting concept. Although I don't think it would have a high adoption rate because it requires users to do so much: use a camera, set it up on their computer, clean up their messy room, look somewhat presentable (not like a disheveled caveman).

I feel like what spurs people to use social media and networking a lot of times is the anonymity involved. They feel secure in saying whatever they want or however they want. Some of that is lost in video.

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Shawn Collins 12 months ago 1 point
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I don't know about the minimized adoption rate - look at the volumes of people firing up Web cams to make videos for YouTube, MySpace, etc.

While some people might like the anonymity of various forms of social media, I prefer transparency myself.

I see it as a way to network and do business, and I don't want to waste time on relationships with people who insist on being phantoms.

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