Summary Video and Post about The Community Q&A
We had a very intense and interesting Q&A with the Seesmic community yesterday, an exercise I would like to repeat regularly. There are 160 videos in the thread which would take you something like 3 hours to watch the entire conversation. I have not answered all the hundreds of questions as it would have taken a full day but most of them. Many were similar questions too and I tried to address the most popular questions.
For those of you who want to quickly browse through the Q&A we have put together a summary video in a few minutes (below) as well as a transcript of the questions I answered with a link to my answers. I hope you find it useful thank you very much everybody for your attention and suggestions. I really appreciate your time and interest. Special thanks to Thomas for the hours spent listening and writing the transcript and the editing team for the summary.
#kspidel
http://seesmic.com/video/
* thank you for making yourself available
* I received a tweet from you about this video, but I can't find it in
the timeline.
* You have a lot of resources. You've created a few videos on here and
on youtube that discuss the amount of work you're doing on the backend
to address scalability and redundancy. Obviously, we don't need to
know the details of your technology. But, there are other video
platform sites which have no where near the resources you do, and do
not have any of the bugs.
* Wondering if these changes in staffing reflect a decision to invest
back into the technology... because most of the community will be
excited about that.
* We're tired of "next week"
* We are excited for the changes, becuase we're telling new users that
things are going to get better is hurting our credibility as users
* Resonsiveness by the platform to address the bug reports and
features is much less than other sites with fewer resources
# loic
http://seesmic.com/video/
# bcadlou
http://seesmic.com/video/
* will the new seesmic imiplement an annimation
* it is difficult for everyone to follow every thread
* could someone take all the threads of the day, and basically be a
web DJ, remixing all the threads of the day, and giving a summary? So
eveyone knows what happened that day?
# loic
http://seesmic.com/video/
# tiil
http://seesmic.com/video/
* I was nervous, with the queen talking down on loic.
* I wish she could ask loic to wear a hat
* I've heard loic talk about user generated content. I want to know
what everything thinks the answer to "Seesmic is...." is?
* Currious about how seesmic should be organized as a tool to support
this possibility
* I don't feel I'm creating content on seesmic, I'm having
conversations, and wondering if people will reply
* I could, however, take content out of seesmic, and do something with
it somewhere else.
* The message itself is not content.
* The seesmic tool could help us express ourselves, to create
conversations, and to create content.
* The opportunity I saw from the beginning is this idea of not being
able to 'talk back to the television'... but on seesmic I have a voice
with a big group of people.
* We are one human being spreading to a group of people. Most people
don't have this possibility, but in here we do.
* I was never in relationship with the people who collect or view my
artistic works, but now I have an interaction with them.
* We feel good about the opportunity to interact with others in a public way
* Are we simply going to copy big media? No, we want to do something more...
* We don't need the seesmic team to start conversations
* I have become friends with Rachael and Sukhjit, so we feel VERY bad
about seeing them leave.
* I feel Seesmic is recentering on how they want to feature users
rather than generating the content
* Loic must have thought about all this, and had to make the tough
decision to move back to focusing on users.
* Glad to see everyone missing the peopole who were let go, and
helping them move on to their next thing.
* No one has done this type of transparent conversation before, good
to see it happen.
# loic
http://seesmic.com/video/
# tuffraud
http://seesmic.com/video/
* Do you have any project to create a bundle of seesmic that we can
put on our own intranet?
* Not a widget, but a full version of seesmic that we can put on our
own intranet or extranet?
* For example, a company that does customer support could use this
tool to create an intimacy between the company and the customer.
* We would want to put our own interface, logo, etc on the site.j
* Is this possible in the future of the seesmic platform?
# Loic
http://seesmic.com/video/
# craigmanganello
http://seesmic.com/video/
* heading in to the hospital for heart surgery tomorrow
* I am the founder of fluttrn.com
* I have received little to no support from the seesmic team about
integrating the technology on this thrid party app that is very
interested in using seesmic platform
* Will your relationship with smaller third party sites improve?
# loic
http://seesmic.com/video/
# zbowling
http://seesmic.com/video/
* What is the business model?
* I know you have some partnerships.
* What about on the community space?
# Loic
http://seesmic.com/video/
# cphadley
http://seesmic.com/video/
* What is the overall direction of seesmic? Where is seesmic going?
* What is the business model, now that you're focusing again on users content?
* Where is the company going?
* I've invested a huge amount of time on this platform, and invited a
lot of people.
# Loic
http://seesmic.com/video/
# freida
http://seesmic.com/video/
* Are we going to have a public timeline?
* Will your staff be in the public timeline?
* Will we still have conversations in the public timeline?
* Or will we be going off into other timelines?
* Will there be a Seesmic community right here?
# Loic
http://seesmic.com/video/
# skyvan
http://seesmic.com/video/
* Where is seesmic going to be in terms of content generated by you?
* Are you going to move away from that?
* What is the remaining content team going to be doing?
* I think there are still 4 memebers there?
* Are they going to become community moderators... or what are they going to do?
# Loic
http://seesmic.com/video/
# freidawolden
http://seesmic.com/video/
* We are concerned about whether we are going to lose our community?
* Should we start gathering each others email and phone numbers so we
can stay in touch?
* Are seesmic going to be like youtube? Where the staff doesn't get
involved in the community? Is seesmic going to be part of the glue of
the community? Or is your stuff just going to watch us and moderate
us?
# waynesutton
http://seesmic.com/video/
* good job doing Q&A
* I'm looking for a native iPhone video app, to upload seesmic videos.
* Is seesmic going to do this?
* I know about shozu... I just downloaded twhirl, but it doesn't have
upload. will it?
# Loiclemeur
http://seesmic.com/video/
# cphadley
http://seesmic.com/video/
* Thank you for the thorough response
* This is a good level of transparency
* I'm watching closely, thank you
# Loic
http://seesmic.com/video/
# electromute
http://seesmic.com/video/
* I get what you're saying about not wanting to be responsible for the
conversations
* twitter has a bunch of experts tweeting (unlike seesmic)
* rachael and sukhjit brought a level of expertise
* it might be difficult for seesmic users to lead their own conversations
* In some cases maybe you need to provide that prompting
# Loic
http://seesmic.com/video/
# zbowling
http://seesmic.com/video/
* your reply to chris was awesome
* I feel better now
* it's reassuring
* I agree with you about the direction for the platform
* I would sitll like the option to see a "super timeline" of ALL the
seesmic posts
* And I would like to be able to track who is refering to me and my videos
# zbowling
http://seesmic.com/video/
* rachael invited me to seesmic offices
* If you're still doing happy hour?
* I would still like to stop by the office?
* I would love to talk to y'all about integration and the API
* Anyone coming to napa valley meetup?
* No body does this kind of conversation!! amazing
# loiclemeur
http://seesmic.com/video/
# skyvan
http://seesmic.com/video/
* thank you for the info
* is seesmix gonna stay around? or is it gonna go too.
* It seems like you have a very clear vision for the company
* thanks for your response, and your transparency
# Loiclemeur
http://seesmic.com/video/
# freida
http://seesmic.com/video/
* hey fred2baro, I imagine seesmic will become more like NING
* I'm sure there will be advertising poping up
* I would even PAY to be in a group
# loic
http://seesmic.com/video/
# friedawolden
http://seesmic.com/video/
* Are you gonna make me pay a lot? For everything I've said?
* I would pay it! Just to be in your presnece! And to be on seesmic!
# loic
http://seesmic.com/video/
# fred2baro
http://seesmic.com/video/
* I know it is hard work to build this platform
* But we have had some bugs/issues for a very long time
* they really really disrupt the conversaion
* refreshing the browser constantly to see anything
* Auto refresh constantly breaks
* Cant these things be solved? once and for all?
* you solved some video problems immediately, so why not these?
# loic
http://seesmic.com/video/
# pioupiounette
http://seesmic.com/video/
* seesmic in french coming in september?
* What does it mean to have seesmic in french?
* will all the content in french as well?
* could you go into more details about french seesmic?
* I'm going to stay awake for your reply
# loic
http://seesmic.com/video/
# brantc
http://seesmic.com/video/
* pay for *what* premium content?
* if you aren't going to create content, how would we pay for premium content?
# Loic
http://seesmic.com/video/
# brantc
http://seesmic.com/video/
* I understand that they need to worry more about monetization than
content/conversations
* i feel like they are building this up just to sell it
# loic
http://seesmic.com/video/
# jaymartinez
http://seesmic.com/video/
* you're not a content company
* are you going to allow it?
# loic
http://seesmic.com/video/
# tuffraud
http://seesmic.com/video/
* any chance of creating an enterprise version of seesmic?
# loic
http://seesmic.com/video/
# cphadley
http://seesmic.com/video/
* this could be the most crazy seesmeetup ever
* someone should write a book on this: it should be textbook in
business school on transparency and personal brand
* this is real shit going down, and an exciting thing to be a part of
* this might be the most legendary seesmic meetup ever
# bryanbuchan
http://seesmic.com/video/
* I have not seen the whole thread
* how might advertising be integrated into the interface?
* is it going to intrude on the interface? and the user experience?
* are there options for a non-advertising experience?
# loic
http://seesmic.com/video/
# loic wrapup
