Comments on: YouTube Crackpot: Domain or STFU

By: I, YouTube’s inventor, dubbed “The Fourth YouTuber” « No Person Committee

Sun, 16 May 2010 06:13:14 +0000

[...] the article, an ignored bit of press one word shy of "crackpot", which appears both on WashingtonPost.com and TechCrunch.com Filed under: Fresh Ink Leave a [...]

By: H. Elwood Gilliland III

H. Elwood Gilliland III — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 02:34:32 +0000

Nick; my response to you is that you shouldn’t want to live in a society that fails to provide a fair place to do business. You shouldn’t want to take part in the world of celebrity, where one person benefits while millions of others suffer. Whatever excuses you might have, our society is primitive and obviously our methods of doing business are not designed properly.

By: Nick

Nick — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:16:24 +0000

If you really did come up with with the idea of youtube, then I’m sure you can make another idea just as sucessful. You should’nt live thinking about what did or didn’t happen, think what great thing you can do next.

By: Herb Gilliland

Herb Gilliland — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:46:05 +0000

Oh, I see.

Sorry, most comments are from haters. I get basically three responses most of the time: “You’re an idiot” “I hope you get your money” “You’re a liar”

By: andrew

andrew — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:43:25 +0000

herb — my comment was directed at the author of this post, not your comment.

By: Herb Gilliland

Herb Gilliland — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:41:39 +0000

What? Andrew I gave them a business plan — that’s more than just ” a domain name ” ..

Today is my 31st birthday.

By: andrew

andrew — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:48:13 +0000

having the idea for a video-sharing site and coming up with a domain name are two different things. i can’t believe that you would use the actual registration of a domain name as proof of concept. i’m sure the guys that eventually did make youtube.com considered several domain names; but this doesn’t mean their idea wasn’t consistent no matter what name they have chosen.

By: Herb Gilliland

Herb Gilliland — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 23:56:08 +0000

Well, I do walk the line between genius and insanity, but that doesn’t mean I’m a crackpot. Of course, you’re free to say whatever you want — but I’m happy to help people further despite the name-calling and “you’re crazy” comments. The world needs more heroes: and I’m here to be one. Thanks for covering my video post: it is kind of a weird video, but I don’t know how else to “come out” about this.