Video Comments

This week I really began to dive into the most basic part of the community.  This is the community that comments on the videos that are posted.  These comments are done very similar to those on YouTube.  There are strings of comments below each video.  Not only can you comment on the video but you can also comment on other member’s comments.  I also want to share that to comment on videos you have sign up and create a membership for the account.

Most of the comments on the videos either complement the maker of the video or giving them critical advice.  There are also many comments dedicated to furthering the discussion on the topic in the video.  For example one video I watched was about the new Aliens video game.  The reviewer did not give the game a good review.  The comments below discussed other strong and weak points to the game.  There are a few comments that will be rude or mean about something in the video, the reviewer, or another commenter. These people are attacked for being a “troll” and are ignored by the other members.  There is also a high trend of people to want to be the first one to comment on the video.  The first comment after most videos simply says “first”.  It seems that many members strive to be the first one to comment on the video.  I assume that they want this for two reasons.  One is to show their commitment to the site, the second is because the comments are put in order of posts so the first person will always be the first post, thus their name will be seen by everyone and may help is popularity in the community.  I also noted that there is a lot of cursing and sometimes crude language in the comments.  This may mean there are not monitored or that the site does not care.

I decided to make a simple comment after one of the videos hoping that I will get some replies to it.  The video was about video game movies and focused on the World of Warcraft movie that is in the works.  I commented “I think a World of Warcraft movie won’t be very good.  What would make the movie good?”  I am hoping that I will be able to get a few comments on this.  I will check back next week and I may even post a more controversial comment or may even try being a “troll” to see what kind of response I get.