[Yhslug] video chosen as youtube editor's pick

[Thomas Doggette]

This means you're our man on the inside, right? When I start doing
short films, can I trust you to get them featured? I've got cash, if
that's what it takes.

On 4/23/07, Matt Good <matt at matt-good.net> wrote:
> On Sun, 2007-04-22 at 16:02 -0400, Phil Shapiro wrote:
> >     last night i happened to spot a spoof video i created for youtube was chosen
> > as an editor's pick in the News and Politics category. i grabbed a quick
> > screenshot, knowing that the editor pick videos rotate.
>
> Congratulations!
>
> >          i gotta say that while it's fun having one's video chosen as an
> > editor's pick, that youtube provides almost no information to video uploaders
> > regarding when their video is going to be featured on the site. youtube is
> > pretty good at treating its users as mushrooms -- keeping you in the dark.
> >
> >          matt good, maybe you can nudge youtube in the direction of more
> > courteous treatment of its users. the company's current operating style is so
> > 20th century. that's a disconnect with all the other good things about youtube.
>
> Well, it took a little poking around to find it, but this Google Groups
> discussion list seems to be the place where people make suggestions
> regarding improvements to the site:
> http://groups.google.com/group/youtube-api-basics/topics
>
> I'll check if there are other ways for users to submit suggestions, and
> I'll try to remember to mention this one to the responsible team.
>
> -- Matt Good
>
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