Comments on: Is Social Video Chatting The Future? http://www.socialtimes.com/2008/01/is-social-video-chatting-the-future/ The Social Times covers news, analysis and insight pertaining to the social web. Learn how to brand yourself and your company via the social web. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:06:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: joelogon http://www.socialtimes.com/2008/01/is-social-video-chatting-the-future/#comment-327 joelogon Mon, 21 Jan 2008 02:56:44 +0000 http://www.socialtimes.com/2008/01/is-social-video-chatting-the-future/#comment-327 It bears repeating -- the time required to consume video continues to be its limiting factor. Also, it gets problematic with more complex interactions -- multiple participants, or referring back to previous conversations (quoting/replying). Not to say that video can't still be useful (especially video used in conjunction with text) -- just needs to be in a way that scales. It bears repeating — the time required to consume video continues to be its limiting factor.

Also, it gets problematic with more complex interactions — multiple participants, or referring back to previous conversations (quoting/replying).

Not to say that video can’t still be useful (especially video used in conjunction with text) — just needs to be in a way that scales.

]]> By: joelogon http://www.socialtimes.com/2008/01/is-social-video-chatting-the-future/#comment-4965 joelogon Mon, 21 Jan 2008 01:56:44 +0000 http://www.socialtimes.com/2008/01/is-social-video-chatting-the-future/#comment-4965 It bears repeating -- the time required to consume video continues to be its limiting factor. <br><br>Also, it gets problematic with more complex interactions -- multiple participants, or referring back to previous conversations (quoting/replying).<br><br>Not to say that video can't still be useful (especially video used in conjunction with text) -- just needs to be in a way that scales. It bears repeating — the time required to consume video continues to be its limiting factor.

Also, it gets problematic with more complex interactions — multiple participants, or referring back to previous conversations (quoting/replying).

Not to say that video can't still be useful (especially video used in conjunction with text) — just needs to be in a way that scales.

]]> By: Victoria Pickering http://www.socialtimes.com/2008/01/is-social-video-chatting-the-future/#comment-322 Victoria Pickering Fri, 18 Jan 2008 22:37:24 +0000 http://www.socialtimes.com/2008/01/is-social-video-chatting-the-future/#comment-322 I don't think that video will make an effective Twitter-like communication tool because it takes far too long to watch video compared to the speed of scanning text. While video is much more interesting and complex than text, I'd guess that the number of conversations one could watch would be far less than 10% of the number of Twitter messages one could skim or read in the same amount of time. What to me would be the most interesting product would be something that combines the complete text of the message (not just tags) paired with optional video - so you can scan through the texts quickly and then choose to watch the videos for a small subset of them. I don’t think that video will make an effective Twitter-like communication tool because it takes far too long to watch video compared to the speed of scanning text. While video is much more interesting and complex than text, I’d guess that the number of conversations one could watch would be far less than 10% of the number of Twitter messages one could skim or read in the same amount of time. What to me would be the most interesting product would be something that combines the complete text of the message (not just tags) paired with optional video - so you can scan through the texts quickly and then choose to watch the videos for a small subset of them.

]]> By: Victoria Pickering http://www.socialtimes.com/2008/01/is-social-video-chatting-the-future/#comment-4964 Victoria Pickering Fri, 18 Jan 2008 21:37:24 +0000 http://www.socialtimes.com/2008/01/is-social-video-chatting-the-future/#comment-4964 I don't think that video will make an effective Twitter-like communication tool because it takes far too long to watch video compared to the speed of scanning text. While video is much more interesting and complex than text, I'd guess that the number of conversations one could watch would be far less than 10% of the number of Twitter messages one could skim or read in the same amount of time. What to me would be the most interesting product would be something that combines the complete text of the message (not just tags) paired with optional video - so you can scan through the texts quickly and then choose to watch the videos for a small subset of them. I don't think that video will make an effective Twitter-like communication tool because it takes far too long to watch video compared to the speed of scanning text. While video is much more interesting and complex than text, I'd guess that the number of conversations one could watch would be far less than 10% of the number of Twitter messages one could skim or read in the same amount of time. What to me would be the most interesting product would be something that combines the complete text of the message (not just tags) paired with optional video - so you can scan through the texts quickly and then choose to watch the videos for a small subset of them.

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