How much bandwidth do you think YouTube wastes on reading comments? - GoFuckYourself.com

rowan · 10-07-2007, 04:20 PM

I receive an email every time someone comments on a video, but to actually read it I have to load the original video URL. Seems kinda pointless.

Thumbler · 10-07-2007, 04:44 PM

Presumably you only get them on specific videos, not every time each video on Youtube gets a comment?

rowan · 10-07-2007, 04:46 PM

I receive an email for every new comment posted to a video that I've uploaded.

How you going, stranger?

Thumbler · 10-07-2007, 04:50 PM

I thought that's what you really meant, sounded like an awful lot of email otherwise.

I am doing OK, I'll have to hit you up on ICQ sometime for a chat (assuming I can get the useless piece of crap to work LOL)

sortie · 10-07-2007, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by rowan

I receive an email every time someone comments on a video, but to actually read it I have to load the original video URL. Seems kinda pointless.

1. It's one more chance to get you back on their site.
2. Maybe you see some other vids and start clicking.
3. One more page view for alexa
4. cheaper than handing out flyers on a street corner.

rowan · 10-07-2007, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by sortie

1. It's one more chance to get you back on their site.
2. Maybe you see some other vids and start clicking.
3. One more page view for alexa
4. cheaper than handing out flyers on a street corner.

Agreed, but with the amount of comment spamming these days their requirement to load the page is wasting my time. Mostly I don't bother reading the comments immediately as they're posted, instead I just go through my small collection of uploaded videos about once a week to weed out the spam, or approve the 5% of comments that are legitimate

sortie · 10-07-2007, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by rowan

Agreed, but with the amount of comment spamming these days...

Yeah, that's why I didn't spend any time coding comments in tubecgi.
I don't want to check comments for a dozen sites to delete crap all day long.
That's also why I left out video upload. That's nothing but a liability for a cp charge waiting to happen.

mikeyddddd · 10-07-2007, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by rowan

How much bandwidth do you think YouTube wastes on reading comments?

Probably not much. It is likely cached on your machine. No?

10-07-2007, 04:20 PM	#1
rowan Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 17,393	How much bandwidth do you think YouTube wastes on reading comments? I receive an email every time someone comments on a video, but to actually read it I have to load the original video URL. Seems kinda pointless.

10-07-2007, 04:44 PM	#2
Thumbler Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 4,076	Presumably you only get them on specific videos, not every time each video on Youtube gets a comment? __________________

10-07-2007, 04:50 PM	#4
Thumbler Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 4,076	I thought that's what you really meant, sounded like an awful lot of email otherwise. I am doing OK, I'll have to hit you up on ICQ sometime for a chat (assuming I can get the useless piece of crap to work LOL) __________________

10-07-2007, 04:46 PM	#3
rowan Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 17,393	I receive an email for every new comment posted to a video that I've uploaded. How you going, stranger?