Hollywood Movies on YouTube. Yawn.

I have a really, really hard time getting excited about full-length Hollywood movies coming to YouTube. I like what’s already there. I love the focused conversation generated by shortform video. I don’t need tl;dw stuff when I’m juggling ten browser tabs, stringing together my own entertainment instead of having some overpaid director string it together for me.

Nevertheless, we must welcome Hollywood to the YouTube nation. YouTube is a level playing field welcoming all video content creators. That includes big studios. Click here to continue reading “Hollywood Movies on YouTube. Yawn.”…

Digg Loves Jesus

What would Jesus Digg? Not much, according to the LA Times.

A 2-year-old survey of Digg users showed a significant concentration of atheists and agnostics. Because Digg’s content is submitted and voted on by the users, the stories promoted to the website’s homepage reflect the audience.

Although [Digg user Andrew] Barker reads Digg regularly, he doesn’t submit links very often. But he had a big hit with a picture he posted of a child’s coloring book showing Jesus riding a dinosaur. “I found it, and thought, ‘God, that’s such a hilarious image,'” Barker said. “Digg takes everything religious so lightheartedly.”

Now all we need is some religious nutjob to declare Kevin Rose the Antichrist. Click here to continue reading “Digg Loves Jesus”…