Larry Page: “I think we should look into acquiring YouTube” (2005)

Re:Larry Page: “I think we should look into acquiring YouTub... by scrollaway on Sunday September 05, 2021 @02:17PM (#28426417)

I thought Mind Field was really cool. Obviously a very different feel to the normal vsauce videos but … I dunno, I don't see what's wrong about going that route.

Derek of Veritasium is trying to go that route by himself. He released some documentaries of his own (which actually were of lower quality than his regular material, I thought).

Wendover is also releasing some long-form documentaries. He's much better at it, actually.

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Re:Larry Page: “I think we should look into acquiring YouTub... by raihansaputra on Sunday September 05, 2021 @07:34PM (#28428776)

What's interesting is maybe the different incentive structures. I don't know how Derek is doing it, but Wendover seems like to get the funding mainly from Nebula/other sources. In the case of Vsauce, YouTube Red probably has agreements to let outside people manage it to be more "commercially-safe".

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Re:Larry Page: “I think we should look into acquiring YouTub... by cartoonworld on Sunday September 05, 2021 @10:17PM (#28429614)

I watched some Mind Field and thought it was ok, but thought it was not as engaging as vsauce regular content.

I figured that vsauce is good at making videos he makes. They gave him a cable format & crew and it didn't really translate his appeal.

Someone like Veritasium or Wendover might be able to get very proficient in a documentary format, it sounds like they might have good ideas.

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