Democratic Underground now has a Video Forum!

[Skinner]

The Democratic Underground Administrators are pleased to announce our new Video Forum. Now you can watch all the latest political video in ONE PLACE, collected and posted by your fellow DU members.

Features of the Video Forum

1. Content is selected and posted by all the members of Democratic Underground. The combined efforts of the DU members will help insure that the content of the forum is always fresh, relevant, and up-to-date.

2. Videos are embedded right in the thread, so you don't have to leave Democratic Underground to watch.

3. Automatic duplicate checking, so videos with the same URL won't be posted over and over and over again.

4. Videos can be embedded into your DU Journals.

5. Recommend videos for the Greatest Page and the DU homepage.

6. Reply to video threads just like regular threads - discuss the videos with your friends.

Where to find the DU Video Forum

You can access the DU video forum from the Latest Page or the Lobby. Look for it below the Editorials & Other Articles forum.

Or, you can click this link to go straight there: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

Enjoy!

Skinner, EarlG, and Elad
DU Administrators

[texasleo]

1. first

[Change has come]

2. Thank you!

This is so cool.

[SeattleGirl]

3. Thanks Skinner. This is great! n/t

[blondeatlast]

4. Excellent! nt

[951-Riverside]

5. Are you adding google video any time soon?

[Skinner]

12. Not sure.

We have been considering it. Not sure if we're going to do it.

[951-Riverside]

26. *bows*

Thanks anyway!!!!!!!

[lpbk2713]

6. Excellent.

[SaveOurDemocracy]

10. LOL, lpbk...

Looks like the idiot's in a blender.

[SaveOurDemocracy]

7. Thanks ... awesome add-on!

[madokie]

8. Too cool

what'll you guys think of next

[CatWoman]

9. damn Skinner

I'm getting spoiled!!



thanks!!

[trof]

11. Popcorn?

Great!

[flyarm]

Thank You Skinner and Earl!!..great job!! but you always do a

great job!!

I appreciate you all!!

fly

[Swamp Rat]

13. Woohoo!

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

14. Whoa, What A Surprise! This Is Awesome Guys, And Should

be convenient as hell too! Was this a DU'er recommendation? Who deserves the accolades?


Regardless, thanks for the upgrade and as always you guys rock!

Here's to one more week before we awake to the realization we have won back Congress!

[Skinner]

15. A few people have asked for this.

Offhand, I don't remember who.

We've wanted to do it for a while, but Elad was too busy with other things.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

19. Well Again, Thanks To You/Them All. I'm Enjoying It Already!

[lostnfound]

16. Awesome! I was just looking for IPOD material recently.

for watching when I have spare time. Very cool.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

17. Are You Guys Open To A Quick Question/Suggestion?

I just went to the forum and it's already filled with some awesome stuff. This was truly a great idea. What I'm curious of; though I know it could take too much altering of the forum to make it worthwhile, is if there could be a column with the estimated run-time. Of course, this input wouldn't be required and could be null if not entered, but it would be a great quick way to know just what we're gettin ourselves into prior to clicking on the link. Should we block out some time, grab a cup of coffee and kick our feet up? Or are there a quick 5 or 6 ads/funny clips that are less than a minute each that we can quickly jump through? Etc.

Would be a cool way of knowing what we're dealing with prior to having to go inside the thread and scanning to see if it is detailed there somewhere.

Just wondering.

[TOhioLiberal]

20. Maybe the person posting...

...could post the running time as part of the message?

[Skinner]

21. We might do that.

We discussed it beforehand and decided to take a wait-and-see approach. We wanted it to be as simple as possible for people to use.

But, as I said, we still might do it. After using the video forum for an hour, I am already wishing for that feature.

[berni_mccoy]

18. Can we please make this thread "sticky" until more people become familiar

With the news and the new forum?

Thanks,

berni_mccoy

[Skinner]

22. We might sticky it later.

But we find that people tend to ignore stickies.

[ContraBass Black]

25. "people tend to ignore stickies."

Considering that a sticky is supposed to be more visible and reach everyone, that strikes me as really, really funny.

[Skinner]

28. Yes, it is something of a conundrum.

It's kind of difficult to get everyone's attention.

[Generic Other]

23. Super duper cool...thanks for yet another great way to get out the word!

I just love getting to see all the best clips in one place. Thanks.

[Swamp Rat]

24. Question: May we post links to videos at Crooks and Liars, et al?

Crooks and Liars and other websites often have great videos: Are we permitted to post threads in the Video Forum that have just a link to another website with an explanation/description, just as we normally do in GD, the Lounge, and elsewhere?

[Skinner]

29. Currently the Video Forum only supports embedded YouTube video.

So direct-linking to crooks and liars is not really an option.

[Swamp Rat]

47. Yes, I realize that, but I would like to post links to videos from other

websites like Crooks and Liars. Here's an example:

Crooks and Liars Video: "Bob Schieffer calls Mehlman out on the Harold Ford ad"



"On Face The Nation, Bob Schieffer wouldn't buy Ken Mehlman's "lame" excuses for running a racist ad against Harold Ford when he paid for it. He called into question the notion that Republicans hold all the cards when we're talking about "values" because actions speak LOUDER than slogans. Heading down the stretch to November 7th, this administration has shown America that "winning" is their core value. If Bob calls you lame, well—you're just lame."
______

SCHIEFFER: But, but Mr. Mehlman, the logic… if I think something is wrong but I take advantage of a law that allows me to take advantage of that, that's pretty lame, if I may say so.

MEHLMAN: My response to that ad is the same response Mr. Ford had from a race perspective. I would not have put the ad up. I did not think that it was necessarily a racist ad, at the same time…

SCHIEFFER: But you approved of it.

MEHLMAN: I did not approve of it.

SCHIEFFER: You said you thought it was "fair." You're on the record saying that.

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2006/10/30/bob-schieffer-...

[Skinner]

50. I understand what you are talking about.

Unfortunately, at this point you are unable to do so.

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

27. Have I told you guys lately how much I love your approach...

...to web design? This is really a cool feature. Let me know if you ever get bored of screwing around with politics in your spare time.

[mod mom]

30. Thanks Skinner:

[cry baby]

31. excellent idea - thanks Skinner!!!

and thanks for all you, Earl G, and Elad do for us and our country! You are patriots of the highest order!

[MagickMuffin]

32. Thank You Admins ;-D

This is an excellent way to explore new boundaries.

Perhaps this will spark new interests in video production by fellow DUers. I know this will spark a well deserved interest in my video editing and production. Can't wait to post something I've been working on.

Thanks again for making DU sooooo damn Hip/Kewl.....

[libnnc]

33. Damn, Skinner!!

You rock forty seven ways from Sunday!!!!!

THIS IS AWESOME!!

[SalmonChantedEvening]

34. An excellent addition Skiiner, thank you for this n/t

[Tess49]

35. Wonderful feature!

[proud2BlibKansan]

36. Wow thank you

What a terrific feature!

[byronius]

37. Ooooooooooo. So excellently, deliciously cool.

Always surfin' on the edge of things, as usual.

[EFerrari]

38. Wow. Thanks, you guys. That's great!

[babylonsister]

39. Wow! HAs this become popular is a few hours! You outdid yourselves,

admins! Again!

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

40. Just like DU forced this computer semi-literate(me) to learn to use PhotoBucket

and HTML text as well as Google bombing, I will now need to know how to upload my videos to YouTube.

Don't laugh too hard, things that come easy to one generation are not quite as easily assimilated by the older ones.

However, I love this medium and I will be studious where others are facile.

MKJ

edited to add, and, a central source of embedded video here at DU...all I can say is... MKJ

[KoKo]

41. Cool...is it like "You Tube" or something?

It sounds great...but don't know what it is or how it works...but it's very good from what you say and there are many folks who probably know what it means. Thanks.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

42. .

[LeahD]

43. This is s-o-o-o slick. Thanks. n/t

[LeahD]

44. PS.....k & r! n/t

[annabanana]

45. Hooray Hooray! Thanks Skinner!!

THIS is exactly what I wanted, how did you KNOW?!? I lo-o-o-ve having all the best clips right here where I can get at them, and pass them around so easily.

[Bonobo]

46. Jeez Skinner and we didn't get you anything...

Thanks...thanks...just thanks...sniff sniff.

[Cetacea]

48. Thank you! Video the vote!

Great idea!

[ClintonTyree]

49. You guys KICK ASS!

THIS is what separates a forward looking progressive web-site from a Reich-Wing hate-site that hasn't changed it's format or added one new feature since it's inception. I'm not going to name names, but FREEREPUBLICSUCKSBILGEWATER!

It amazes me that you guys still have the foresight to keep adding the newest technology so we at DU have all the tools we need to KICK REPUBLICAN ASS!

Thanks, guys, and long may you run!

[helderheid]

51. Skinner, this is AWESOME. Will it ever support google video?

THANK YOU!!!

!!!

[Skinner]

53. Not sure.

Maybe.

[wryter2000]

52. Awesome

Just when I think DU can't get any better, it does.

[pscot]

54. WooWoo

High fives all around. Nice job, skinner.

[kilaana]

55. Yippee!

Awesome idea! Thanks!

[Jeffersons Ghost]

56. other "new" stuff at DU too! NOW I CAN SEE HOW MANY OP VIEWS! THANKS SKINNER

you guys are great! I want you to know how much I appreciate ALL that you're doing.

[gorbal]

57. I bet the folks at google are happy about this

Seeing as they own youtube now and all, they will be raking it in.

[BlooInBloo]

58. Wow. You guys rule! A question tho if any of you mods/owners has a sec...

I just noticed the number-of-views field on the gd topics list. Is that used in any way in calculating "kicked"-value? Just curious.

[Skinner]

59. I don't know what you mean by "kicked value".

What the "views" function is showing is the number of times a particular discussion thread has been viewed.

[chat_noir]

60. We need a DU rapid response You Tube team

We need people who can make WMP and QT videos for rapid responses...like this Kerry issue...and post the links online - like Crooks and Liars does.

Those DUers with You Tube accounts could then download the files, and upload to our respective YT accounts to get OUR message out.



(If my vision is limited, it's because that's the only way that I know how to do it.)

[im10ashus]

61. And it totally effing rocks.

[LSK]

62. the video forum kicks ass!!!!

[casus belli]

63. Excellent idea! Saves alot of time having these all archived in one spot. n/t

[chat_noir]

64. Please also post the direct You Tube link as the first reply

With the direct You Tube link we have the opportunity to rate up the video as well as increasing the number of views, which can affect the "honors".

Thanks!!

[Skinner]

65. We might do that.

Until then, you can go to YouTube by clicking the video.

[deacon]

66. Very cool! DU rules! n/t