oh yea, and people removing videos from the server.... all of the videos I wouldn't mind removing are on Nago, not Kero O.o
Also, what is the new server's name going to be?
kmv wrote:[Thought 2
How about a "credits" system in addition to donations?
$1 == 100 (or whatever) credits. 1 credit == 1 download. This would open things up to a kind of "pay-as-you-go" model. In this model once a download has been "credited" they probably shouldn't expire.
JaddziaDax wrote:I still don't believe that streaming should be viewable by donators only - as I said in my earlier post this will just make people whine that such and such site is better and that we are stupid for making people pay to view streamed videos when they can watch streaming videos free on other sites. However I think that donators should have control over weather or not they want their video to be streamed...
I saw that mentioned in other topics, but I figured that was a given. :XDI also agree that streaming shouldn't just pop up like the tube, that you have to actively go and click a link to see the streamed version.
Also when it comes to streaming, are we going to stream the actual uploaded file or a .flv version? and bluetrain makes a point: is the site itself going to convert the files for us like streaming sites do? or is the editor going to have to upload their own .flv file... if the second is true, I think an amendment to the current video guides/amvapp would be a good idea to tell people how to create their own .flv file.
SQ wrote:Right now the donation page has been more confusing and intimidating then anything. I know that before I donated for the first time, I spent days trying to figure it out. Of course I was like 16 or so, but still.
I never had any confusion about donating, but then again I already knew how to use paypal by the time I got around to donating... O.o However I agree that the donation information page is a mess, and should be simplified and cleaned up... perhaps a guide resembling Moonslayer's org guides could be made for the online donation processes...
As for profile customization, templates would be fine, or just something simple as the ability to upload or link to a background image of your choice, and the ability to choose a color template of the buttons/text would be really lovely.
I also think that there should be a list of all of the benefits of being a donator and what perks you get from it somewhere on the site (I'm sure we have something like that somewhere - but I have been a donator long enough for me to forget where it is).
Another donation perk I could see working, is an easier upload process than using the FTP...
kmv wrote:Thought 2
How about a "credits" system in addition to donations?
$1 == 100 (or whatever) credits. 1 credit == 1 download. This would open things up to a kind of "pay-as-you-go" model. In this model once a download has been "credited" they probably shouldn't expire.
I don't know. I'm kind of iffy on the issue. I think for now it should be donators only (to view streaming videos) until maybe the system has all the kinks worked out. A la carrot vs donut model.
Donating should be at most a four click process. It should not involve a contract, pledge, or some type of thing that is meant to reign me in and feel like I'm obligated to the site.
JaddziaDax wrote:Donating should be at most a four click process. It should not involve a contract, pledge, or some type of thing that is meant to reign me in and feel like I'm obligated to the site.
and the "pledge" thing kind of annoyed me too, but the process never really confused me... but that's just me... I've seen several times on the forums where it's confused others, and thats where I agree that the page/process could definitely use cleaning.
JaddziaDax wrote:making streaming viewable for donators only for the purposes of testing the system seems reasonable... but if we do implement it, I don't think that it should remain donator only...
Driftroot wrote:Also, if it was a donator-only perk, couldn't that be construed as paying for access to streaming video/music that none of us has any authority whatsoever to be charging for access to?
bluetrain wrote:Also with all the different formats that are/have been uploaded to the org; mpgs, divx, xvid, movs, h264, wmv etc etc would this pose issues with what would be able to be streamed - or would streaming videos have to be uploaded seperately by the editor?
rubyeye wrote:I have to disapprove of the "streaming" idea namely because virtually most of the videos hosted here can already be found on U-tube (especially older ones).
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There's no point in us doing it if another service is already being used for that purpose...
rubyeye wrote:Maybe you should have a mandatory member's fee - there's like over 700,000 members to this site, if everyone donated $1, you'd be set. (Come On People, that's a fucking buck!). This idea might also have been considered, but I'm not sure.
Orwell wrote:To raise new funds I propose we have a bidding war. If enough votes in the community go to kick them out, donations will be required to either $# or double of what the potential banee have donated, and if the member puts up more money than those willing kick the person out, another pledge and potential donation received.
SQ wrote:I'm not sure about the other concerns, but this one in particular boggles my mind. I'm sure whatever Phade and crew have cooked up is a better alternative to boochsack, because frankly I can't stand boochsack's conversion process. It makes everything look like utter shit. The other sites do a much better job of maintaining the quality, if only a little bit.
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