R.I.P. YouTube: A Video Eulogy - Idolator Comments

R.I.P. YouTube: A Video Eulogy

metroville — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:50:45 EDT

Boy, that one cat sure knocked the shit out of the other. The multiple Diddy and Durst clips can't hold a candle to that single moment. Good times.

metroville

R.I.P. YouTube: A Video Eulogy

weakly — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 19:51:45 EDT

So YouTube's entire history consists of half a dozen videos, three of which were completely forgettable. What an exhaustive retrospective. Yawn.

weakly

R.I.P. YouTube: A Video Eulogy

King of Pants — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 14:02:52 EDT

Well, Google has more cash than...er...someone with a lot of cash...but!

The only thing I could think of is that they're buying the technology behind the site. But what's so complex about a server spewing Flash Video?

Or maybe they were just bored.

King of Pants

R.I.P. YouTube: A Video Eulogy

Bob Loblaw — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 13:43:20 EDT

They've got to have an ace up their sleeve, no? There was all that talk pre-buy about impending lawsuits, and then the enormous sale was announced a few days later. It seems unlikely that such a saavy company would buy such an enormous turd, so what piece of the puzzle are we missing?

Bob Loblaw

R.I.P. YouTube: A Video Eulogy

GeddyLee — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 13:21:08 EDT

Sergey Brin: Shit. We spent how much on this shitty website?

Larry Page: 1.65 billion.

Sergey: We're fucked.

Larry: Yup.

GeddyLee