I've been a mostly silent, but active, member here for 9+ years...and yet i know (of) many of you. Almost daily, I upvote a number of vids and seethe over Siftbot's denials of my rare downvotes and privileged requests. Seeing Oritteropo's Galaxy status, I am reminded that I need to bump up my own profile here. Thus, I have decided to peep in the forums, so for my first trick, I'll feign ignorance and ask all of you what is the best way to get integral here.

I mean to say, that I love this community and have found it quite valuable for a number of reasons. The ebb and flow suits me and has become my go-to site for any number of moods I may be in. I just want to find a way to finally give back in a small way.

And a shout out to ant, as he was my introduction to this site via Blues News.

ps- I would like to earn my first star before I hit 10 years, you know.

It's been a while since we've had a Galaxy. 2,000 videos is not an easy goal - I'll probably never get there, and amazed at the dedication for those who do. I'm really happy to award this Galaxy badge to someone I've actually met in the flesh! Persephone and I met Oritteropo at a Melbourne SiftUp back in 2011. (Jeez, has it been that long?) It was a great time, and I found our @Orittoropo to be a charming, brainy guy.

As is our custom here, we've had a special badge designed for Oritteropo by our dedicated resident illustrator Chris Murphy. And of course, I've penned a, er, "special" song in Oritteropo's honour. Here's to my fellow antipodean Oritteropo, congrats on the Galaxy and thanks for your amazing dedication to the VideoSift community.

http://videosift.com/talk ...

Maybe VS needs better filters for new users to block spammers?

Just curious what video personalities or video styles annoy you.

This is just for fun. All bitching and moaning is appreciated

Unlike YouTube video submissions on VS, submitted Vimeo.com videos does not get time stamps added. Please kindly add this @dag and @lucky760.

@lucky760 and @dag I'm pretty sure this has been brought up before. I don't understand why we are not able to dead a video that is unsifted? If there is a reason i'd be interested to know it. IMO seeing a dead video on the front page and no way of removing it is just annoying, poor form and bad for the site.

and while i'm at it another thing that has been brought up before...

In the new layout once you are in a channel (ex: http://videosift.com/cinema/) there is no easy way to get back to the full site. In the previous version* you clicked on the sift logo in the upper left corner to return to the full site. Not so in the new version. Another sifter brought this to my attention and asked if there was a way that he wasn't aware of. All i could see doing is changing the url or going to a non new page version like comments then clicking on the logo. IMO that's seems broken and not something purposely done. Although if it was a purposeful change id be interested to know why.

*If you would rather use the old VideoSift version you can go to the bottom of any new videosift version page and at the bottom click 'beta opt out'.

End of harassing @lucky760 (for now). You know i love you

Hey there, could someone fix this video:

http://videosift.com/video/An-Evening-With-Kevin-Smith-Prince?fromdupe=Kevin-Smith-on-Prince

with this embed from the dupe:

http://videosift.com/video/Kevin-Smith-on-Prince?noredirect
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LhcParuzpc

I'm not sure of the invocation command. Cheers.

As the title says.

I only just switched over to the latest VS version (yeah I know) and I can't seem to find how to edit my submission's description and channels. I can only edit tags for some reason.

Is this feature gone, or am I just not seeing it?

I just noticed http://bluesnews.com have full HTTPS connections. Same with other web sites like http://reddit.com. When will VS do the same?

Thank you in advance.

Not talkative in forums, eh?

Happy Easter though.

Hello.

Am I blind? Anyways, I was checking to see how long do promoted videos and begged videos stay in queue? Is it another two/2 days?

Thank you in advance.

Is anyone else getting that today on some VS pages like http://videosift.com/video/Takes-A-Well-Armed-Citizen-To-Protect-Themselves-Loved-Ones and http://videosift.com/video/Bill-Maher-Is-Donald-Trump-a-Con-Man ? VS never did that before today.

I was using the same old SeaMonkey v2.39 web browser. If it is reproducable by others, then this is annoying since I usually vote before finishing the videos! Also, http://videosift.com/video/Flaming-Candle-SeeSaw did not have this problem. Weird?

Thank you in advance.

We did it. We made another one. Click on the image above to download the MP3. You may or may not be able to find it in your favourite podcast app.
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You can see how it looks on my profile. ;-)

They said we wouldn't make it ... OK, no one really said we wouldn't make it (except maybe me a few times) ... but we made it!

This is our 10th Siftiversary. I'm still having trouble digesting what that means. VideoSift has been such a major part of my life for the past 10 years that it's hard for me to imagine that there was a Pre-VS time. Not only has VideoSift given me an outlet for my own ideas, it's taught me how a community works and what it means to work in a team - a big team spread around the Earth.
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I was curious if anyone knows the differences between HD Vimeo and HD 720 YouTube? Is there a difference or is it exactly the same? Are there other things that go into the video other than just resolution? I always seem to think vimeo looks better, but it may be a preconceived bias my brain makes true.

I was just watching a few YouTube originated videos and noticed that all the control options, including the YouTube linkback has been removed. Other than the volume control, I can't access Start, Stop, Pause, Settings, Full screen mode or the youtube link.

Was this done on purpose?
Am I the only one seeing this?

Very disappointed is this is a new "Feature"
I'm a firm believer in linking back to the source so we can read YT comments, and provide source details if we reuse the link.

Cut to the chase and no spoilers: it's good.
I'd be lying if I said it was perfect, but goddamn it, I loved huge parts of it. I really want to talk more but can't without spoiling.
Chewie, we're home.

What it gets right:
- The look: I'm on record as hating JJ, but damn, dude can shoot. By a country mile, the best looking SW film in every way (apart from one dodgy CGI creation)
- The score: JW nails it. Not as overblown as the prequels but building just enough on the originals. If he doesn't get an oscar for this, there's no justice.
- The characters: Fin, Ray and Kylo are solid additions and Han, Chewie and Leia feel like natural extensions of themselves.
- The action: I had genuine moments of "that was f#$king awesome".
- The dialogue: thank every god you've ever prayed to, the nightmare of the prequels is over. There's genuine wit and pathos here.

What it gets wrong:
- The pacing: A New Hope had a near perfect interest curve, but TFA feels like it takes too long to get going.
- Originality: hard to say without spoiling, but there are some pretty familiar story beats here.

I want to talk more about this, but really don't want to spoil. The highest compliment I can pay it is that, for a few hours, I was a kid again.

JJ, I forgive you for Star Trek.