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VidMe or Why Platforms Aren't Your Friends
Folding Ideas · Jun 15, 2017 · 15m 47s
What this video covers
Folding Ideas uses the rise and fall of the YouTube competitor VidMe to examine why platforms are not friends to creators. It argues that alternatives to big platforms tend to attract the users banned from the original and lack a core vision.
Why it surfaced in Hacker News
HN commenters cite it whenever a thread asks why clones of or alternatives to YouTube, Reddit or Twitter fail or turn toxic.
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Recommendation context
Short excerpts from positive mentions. Open the source to read the full Hacker News discussion.
“For a very good explanation of why, see Folding Ideas video essay "VidMe or Why Platforms Aren't Your Friends"[1].”
“made a very insightful video about the problem of setting up "alternatives" to popular social media platforms”
“There's a great video by Folding Ideas which talks about the issues with secondary services”