Note the m-word I bolded here. I didn't say all editors, or even most editors. I didn't say they had or they would. I said they might. If you're convinced no editors might ever stop for the reason I gave, that's fine. You're more optimistic than me.JaddziaDax wrote:You presume to speak for all of them?
You said:
"Editors might not continue to make amvs if viewers stopped visiting the places where amvs are shared. Editors might not continue to make amvs if org and tube style amv-sharing places no longer existed."
And I'm not presuming anything. I'm speaking about them and about my predictions as to what other people like them might do in certain situations. That's why in my reply (which you quoted!) I said "I was talking about the people..." About, not for.
Yeah, some people still do. Statistics say it's a lot fewer people than it used to be though. As for internet access, I live in the US. Our president's big idea for stimulating the economy and promoting education is to spread interent access to the entire country. Those who don't have it will. It becomes cheaper every day. Purchasing a computer is still expensive, but considering how many people on welfare can still afford a kindle, wii, and blackberry, I figure home computers can't be as hard to get as they used to be. [And that's me being optimistic.]Some people still like the feel of the paper in their hand. They like the smell of the ink and glue. The second question also assumes that a person has access to a computer connected to the internet and then knows where and how to download movies.
Agreed. If the org stopped worrying about attracting leeches and focused on the members who stick around and donate, there would be no need for any redesigns. We've got a good 30+ years before the oldest donators croak of old age. It's a little early to be panicking.Actually we don't need a lot of visitors to be supported either, although a lot of us act like it's the end of the hobby if we don't get more.
That's what imdb has. But that's a database, not a library. You could compare it to a card catelogue in a library, but you can order those books from other libraries and they don't list books that never existed.Not every video has a direct link, an indirect link or even a local link. The links are extra. It's the listing that is the essential information about the video.
Why do you keep putting words in my mouth? Seriously, it's a little annoying. I said tons. Meaning a lot. Not all. Not even most. We've got zillions of vids listed here. If even 100 of those listings are fake, that's a ton of fakes. But it's also a small fraction of the total.how do you know every single video listed without a link wasn't made?
I quit. Thanks. I can't even pretend you're misreading what I write when you quote me and then respond to something completely different from what I said in the quote right above your response.
and just being nitpicky about semantics in general