Sunday CuteTuber™ FAQ
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Q: What is Sunday CuteTuber™?
A: Sunday CuteTuber™ is a lighthearted weekly post highlighting a non-commercial YouTube video.
Q: Why do you run this feature?
A: Why not? (My inspiration, however, was The Daily Slap.)
Q: Have you really trademarked "CuteTuber™"?
A: What part of "™" is unclear to you?
Q: What are the criteria for CuteTuber™ designation?
A: There are two separate factors — the YouTuber and the video.
Q: What are the criteria for the YouTuber?
A: There are three — (1) male, (2) 18 or older, (3) cute.
Q: What constitutes "cute"?
A: That is determined by my own subjective tastes and preferences.
Q: How do you find CuteTubers™?
A: Basically I use a viral approach, based on YouTubers I've already located. A YouTuber's home page has at least four social networking threads: Subscribers, Subscriptions, Favorites and Friends. "Comments" can be a fifth. All typically have thumbnail pics attached to the other YouTubers.
Q: Is there a maximum age?
A: As a policy, no. As a practice, no comment.
Q: Are the CuteTubers™ always gay?
A: No, and no inferences to that effect should ever be drawn.
Q: Are the CuteTubers™ always white?
A: Ouch! While I am never the type to insist that I am politically correct, I am indeed aware that I have yet to post a non-white CuteTuber™. That is not a matter of policy but of pragmatics. Stated differently, it is more a reflection on the YouTube community than on me.
Q: What are the criteria for the video?
A: There are four — (1) Preferably humorous; if not, then entertaining in some other way. (2) Relatively short — preferably under four minutes. (3) Reasonably good video quality. (4) Non-commercial (usually).
Q: Any other considerations?
A: Generally no group, "collab" or "meme" videos.
Q: Do you ask permission to use a video?
A: No. My position is that by enabling the "embed" feature on YouTube, one is pre-authorizing such use by others. If a YouTuber were to ask that I remove a video, I would.
Q: Do you notify a CuteTuber™ when his video is featured?
A: Generally not, but YouTube includes a "Links" feature (similar to trackbacks) that indicate the traffic from this blog.
Q: Do you welcome suggestions for videos?
A: Sure. You can email them to me.
A: Sunday CuteTuber™ is a lighthearted weekly post highlighting a non-commercial YouTube video.
Q: Why do you run this feature?
A: Why not? (My inspiration, however, was The Daily Slap.)
Q: Have you really trademarked "CuteTuber™"?
A: What part of "™" is unclear to you?
Q: What are the criteria for CuteTuber™ designation?
A: There are two separate factors — the YouTuber and the video.
Q: What are the criteria for the YouTuber?
A: There are three — (1) male, (2) 18 or older, (3) cute.
Q: What constitutes "cute"?
A: That is determined by my own subjective tastes and preferences.
Q: How do you find CuteTubers™?
A: Basically I use a viral approach, based on YouTubers I've already located. A YouTuber's home page has at least four social networking threads: Subscribers, Subscriptions, Favorites and Friends. "Comments" can be a fifth. All typically have thumbnail pics attached to the other YouTubers.
Q: Is there a maximum age?
A: As a policy, no. As a practice, no comment.
Q: Are the CuteTubers™ always gay?
A: No, and no inferences to that effect should ever be drawn.
Q: Are the CuteTubers™ always white?
A: Ouch! While I am never the type to insist that I am politically correct, I am indeed aware that I have yet to post a non-white CuteTuber™. That is not a matter of policy but of pragmatics. Stated differently, it is more a reflection on the YouTube community than on me.
Q: What are the criteria for the video?
A: There are four — (1) Preferably humorous; if not, then entertaining in some other way. (2) Relatively short — preferably under four minutes. (3) Reasonably good video quality. (4) Non-commercial (usually).
Q: Any other considerations?
A: Generally no group, "collab" or "meme" videos.
Q: Do you ask permission to use a video?
A: No. My position is that by enabling the "embed" feature on YouTube, one is pre-authorizing such use by others. If a YouTuber were to ask that I remove a video, I would.
Q: Do you notify a CuteTuber™ when his video is featured?
A: Generally not, but YouTube includes a "Links" feature (similar to trackbacks) that indicate the traffic from this blog.
Q: Do you welcome suggestions for videos?
A: Sure. You can email them to me.
Posted by Kip on
31 December 2006
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