Comments on: Mesmo.tv Discovers Videos You Like

By: Social Video Company, Mesmo.TV, Raises $900,000 of Series A Funding

Social Video Company, Mesmo.TV, Raises $900,000 of Series A Funding — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 02:01:25 +0000

[...] wrote about the launch of Mesmo.TV’s social video bookmarking tool this past July. The tool, which [...]

By: David Mackey

David Mackey — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 03:14:39 +0000

Sounds very similar to StumbleUpon’s Video. I think I’ll stick with StumbleUpon.

By: W.Medina

W.Medina — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 12:40:33 +0000

Doesn’t google already have that – they request you give tag to videos you wacth? not that many people use google video, I personally like it cuase it doesn’t throw the viewer any other videos to distract them from my site.

By: Concrete Stain

Concrete Stain — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 21:20:26 +0000

looks pretty good-

– but if it gets popular it will have to be gamed by and prominent Marketing exec

By: Li

Li — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 20:48:03 +0000

I’m impressed by Mesmo’s ability to find quality content. By checking out what other users have “loved” I found a steady stream of entertaining videos. This could be scary addictive.

By: Regina

Regina — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:43:04 +0000

Mesmo looks really cool, it is a refreshing departure from the confusion of over supply at some other sites. I am lazy and like to use other users searches and expertise to point me in the direction of good content. Is this the beginning of a change in the way video is delivered on the web?

By: patricia

patricia — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:31:27 +0000

I’m usually skeptical of stuff like this, but I actually think this could be a useful for users. I saw something very similar to this at a show not long ago, but it created the same type of visual environment as the channel that scrolls programming on traditional cable tv – it was cool, and users always respond best to what’s familiar to them. I can’t recall the functionality but I remember you could drag and drop shows into your own personal timeline/schedule – it was cool, cool stuff.

By: Aidan Henry

Aidan Henry — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 10:28:11 +0000

I think Scouta (www.scouta.com) is doing something similar if I’m not mistaken. In any case, I think recommendations will play a huge role in the evolution of the new media web. Pandora and Last.fm have already proven the model in the music space. I look forward to seeing future applications in other niche areas.

Cheers,
Aidan
http://www.MappingTheWeb.com

By: JP Checa

JP Checa — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 08:47:47 +0000

After reading this, I thought that such a simple concept would’ve been done by the other major video players already. Since some or all of them don’t, I realize that it’s probably one of the reasons why i don’t watch as many videos as others. Relevancy is becoming more important these days with the influx of UGC [content] being released.

By: Damn you Simon!

Damn you Simon! — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 07:44:18 +0000

I wanted to be the first comment. That’s all.

By: Simon

Simon — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 07:43:40 +0000

Please delete this if considered off topic, but I think it would be interesting if there was a ‘fantasy football’ gambling market on TC: Register to get a budget to spend on startup financing and as the companies succeed or fail people would climb the published league table.

Of course it needs a panel of people to decide the success of startups, but it might be more interesting than reading people posting comments like ‘This is not a business – I give it 6 months’.