Are you linked out? Is Current TV still about viewer created content?
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Shouldn't this website be more than endless junk news stories? Does anybody else realize that there are over 6,000 links on Current.com. Links to other websites? WTF? Where is the original concept that I'm reading about in this article? Also in the article it talks about Current TV being "viewer created content" Yet at the end it states that only 30% of its content is viewer created. Like, let's be honest, there is no way it's even at 30%.
If the mission was and is about viewer created content, why are we simply linking over 6,000 different stories from the same lame major websites, many of which go unread. It's recycled News. Purely unoriginal. Is endless quantity a good thing?
Viewer created content would mean that we the viewer come up with our own original content, whether in video or print format. We should be writing our own editorials, thoughts and stories, without having to link the same shitty stories that are running on the big news sites.
How do we put an end to over saturated big media, when we ourselves are linking each other to that very thing. In fact unless you link a news story from somewhere else on the web, Current flags your post as non-news and it disappears. WTF? So my own editorial is non-news, but Bill Oreilly is great.
Anyway, just something to think about. Current may flag this as non-news as well, who knows, for some reason they don't like us to talk about them. They would prefer we link each other to other websites and make redundant comments about nothing original. What are your thoughts?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jan/23/current-tv-james-baker-sky1
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AnnieMole
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You've raised some interesting points and I'd obviously be inerested in hearing other views on this too.
The Guardian article you link to is predominantly referring to our TV network and in which case, we are broadcasting viewer created content. You can see how much viewer created content there is in viewer created uploads
http://current.com/uploads.htm
The process of how much of that gets onto TV is based on a number of factors, which I'm sure you're aware of and voting of the content is major one, but you can find out more about how viewer created films get onto TV from the link below
We're also looking at more ways that we can get the community's comments, thoughts and opinions onto TV, as we're aware that people who aren't film makers still have content that will be of interest to the rest of the community.
Going onto the website, which I think is where your main issue lies, there is nothing to stop anyone from submitting an item that is not from another news site or "lame major website". It may seem to you that it's the same news going round & round, but you can link to blog posts, videos and many people link to little known stories.
As you say it's up to the community to change these things, so if more people post up links that aren't from major news and comment on why they're interesting and engage with other users, you'll help to create the change you're looking for.
Look forward to hearing other thoughts on this, and as ever, if you'd like to email us personally about anything we're here to help at comment@current.com
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AnnieMole
