Vodpod hearts Reechard and vice versa (video curation)

For over a year I’ve been using Vodpod, a service which lets you collect video (via embed codes) across the web. It allows you to make separate collections, and gives you effective tools to import, filter, edit, and classify videos. The feature set is rich and I haven’t explored all the options yet.

I’ve been actively engaged with the fine people at vodpod since the beginning, catching spammers, reporting bugs, and thanking them for a wide range of improvements made during my stay.

At this site you will see several uses of Vodpod videos

• on the sidebar, a different collection for each section of the site
• in video galleries, to present a collection as in Facepalm videos (a popular post)
• in single video embeds

Just today I noticed a small jump in followers on the site, and I found myself on the recommended list under “Staff Picks”

(Funny) Reechard’s mix of interesting and funny videos from around the web

I’m blushing! 

This also reminds me of something that happened a week or so ago. I turned on the twitter notifications, for a while, and then turned them off. I haven’t settled into a pattern yet; I recognize power users when I see them, and I’m blown away. I will keep playing with the options though… One I haven’t even begun to play with is list creation. I have a stable community of 6 or 7 hundred people, and I understand the way people manage large numbers is by classification and by subscribing to lists. All of this is neither here nor there, but be warned: a tweet such as

@reechard I may have to stop following u if all yr gonna tweet is any adding videos!

will likely be met with:

@eonarts go right ahead!