Social Video Web : The Future

Filed in archive Web 2.0 on December 9, 2006

argues that if Youtube will continue to become more and more commercial, user generated video material will need a new home. She's right of course, although the user generated video housing market is currently very, very open.
Natali thinks ot could be VodPod. Why ?

VodPod is heavily designed around social networking. Have a thing for birds? Join the bird "pod" and you'll have an instantaneous collection of birding videos. Like unicycling? Some kids from Australia have started a pod around that pastime too. Users can join multiple groups that cluster videos around various subjects that allows them to post and collect new videos that pertain to that topic. Although you don't have to join a pod or even sign up with VodPod to search pod videos. Users can "lurk" within the pods anonymously without being socially networked.(Techcrunch)

I don't know which one will be the one.
Every techie with an investor out there is opening a video site. So what's the real question ? Well, you can store your video material anywhere, but what house will be the white house ? Will it be the one with the most features ? The best looking one ? Or the one with the white pickled fence ? Only time can tell. But I think it will not be one that has all the features. It will be a site that is stable and not too complicated. What do you think ?