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by Kionon » Wed Nov 26, 2008 7:43 am
I vote no on streaming. I don't even like LOCAL, even though I contribute to its upkeep.
I think the fact that we don't stream is one of the reasons we don't really attract the attention of copyright holders to any great degree. If we started streaming...
The fact is, even with super search, finding what you want on the org is not as easy as on the tube or such places. You have to work at it, and you have to know what you're looking for. These days I don't even really use the search function; I really only download videos as they get announced on the forums. The interface of the org is intelligently functional and not made to look like it was written by programmers who interned at PlaySkool.
Streaming will either lead us to a Bad End (TM) or help hasten our journey to it.