{"id":434,"date":"2008-04-11T20:22:45","date_gmt":"2008-04-12T00:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sarahdopp.com\/blog\/?p=434"},"modified":"2008-04-11T20:22:46","modified_gmt":"2008-04-12T00:22:46","slug":"flickr-video-feels-misunderstood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sarahdopp.com\/blog\/2008\/flickr-video-feels-misunderstood\/","title":{"rendered":"Flickr Video feels misunderstood."},"content":{"rendered":"
Heads up, this content is 18 years old. Please keep its age in mind while reading.<\/div>

First, the news.<\/strong> Flickr announced a new service<\/a> that allows you to post videos up to 90 seconds long.<\/p>\n

Next, the response. <\/strong>Flickr Video is getting a lot of criticism, mostly because the 90 second limitation is unusually short for an online video service in 2008.<\/p>\n

Now, the joke.<\/strong> In the spirit of Internet humor, the Twitter-based peanut gallery has decided to turn its griping about Flickr Video into a parody of the Barack Obama is your New Bicycle<\/a> website (which is a parody in itself).<\/p>\n

Now, the real<\/em> joke.<\/strong> Who’s<\/em> griping about Flickr Video? Oh, right. Twitter users!<\/em> As Barb Dybwad<\/a> points out<\/a>, these are people who love<\/em> the creative restriction of 140 characters in text, but just can’t yet fathom an equivalent in video. Hey Twitterati! You thought Twitter was stupid when you first heard about it, too. Either give creative restriction a chance, or use Vimeo<\/a>. Flickr isn’t trying to be the next YouTube. It’s trying to do something new. <\/em><\/p>\n

Okay, but back to the joke.<\/strong> Even though I don’t support the goal<\/em> of this protest, I think its execution is brilliant and hilarious. Here’s a sampling of some of the gems I’ve picked up via the Tweet Scan<\/a>:
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mulegirl<\/a> : Flickr video overfished the California salmon.<\/p>\n

skampy<\/a> : every time you masturbate, flickr video kills a kitten.<\/p>\n

christophr<\/a> : We have reason to believe that Flickr video is hiding weapons of mass destruction.<\/p>\n

miz_ginevra<\/a> : flickr video hates your new bicycle.<\/p>\n

swgs<\/a> : Flickr Video confused those repairs and crossed the paperwork. And slept with your mom.<\/p>\n

christophr<\/a> : BREAKING NEWS: O.J. Simpson found the real killer! Yep, you guessed it…Flickr video.<\/p>\n

mulegirl<\/a> : Flickr video is selling coke to Kate Moss.<\/p>\n

richardwinchell<\/a> : Flickr video gave me bird flu.<\/p>\n

skampy<\/a> : grrr!! flickr video borrowed my favorite sweater and returned it snagged and totally reeking of trashy vegas bingo parlours.<\/p>\n

christophr<\/a> : Flickr video hasn’t paid me child support in AGES.<\/p>\n

critic<\/a> : Flickr Video is………. NOT the father!<\/p>\n

CosaMostro<\/a> : Flickr video designed the Florida butterfly ballot.<\/p>\n

cazbag<\/a> : Flickr video cancelled all those American Airlines flights.<\/p>\n

allaboutgeorge<\/a> : Flickr Video is your new gripecycle. <\/small><\/p>\n

palinode<\/a> : Flickr Video wears Patagonia neon pink outerwear.<\/p>\n

peterme<\/a> : Flickr video removed the marshmallows from your Lucky Charms<\/p>\n

bucky4eyes<\/a> : Flickr video told Coppola to make Godfather III.<\/p>\n

cazbag<\/a> : Flickr video coined the term MILF.<\/p>\n

lucysspleen<\/a> : Flickr video leaves pee on the seat<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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