Bookmark Vlog Blog
Oct
17
Although Facebook, talk of Facebook, and stories about Facebook have been everywhere lately, something very interesting has also been happening rather quietly at the social networking site. It seems they are becoming quite a large platform for video bloggers who want to share their vlogs.
One of the elements of Facebook that has helped explode their growth since opening their doors to the general public has been third party applications. These applications add functionality and fun.
As it turns out, one of the most popular applications is the Video app. As of this writing, it stands in 5th place on the “most active users” list. Just recently it also passed the 1 million mark for daily active users.
While stories of Facebook as a “Google killer” (like stories of anything these days as a “Google killer”) are overdone and tiresome, the fact that video bloggers are taking to such sites in such large numbers is, indeed, interesting.
It would also seem that the nature of the Facebook Video application is more conducive to “personal” video blogging than a place such as YouTube. (”personal” as in not intended for public consumption so much as a message for friends, family, or a selected group)
The more personal and complete nature of a Facebook profile vs. a YouTube account naturally lends itself to this more personal type of vlogging.
It wouldn’t be hard to imagine a future where vloggers went to a site such as Facebook in order to post personal videos that they only wanted their friends and family to see. They would then go to a place like YouTube to post more “public” vlogs.
LINKS:
Facebook Applications Directory