I’m very upset with YouTube and am considering jumping ship.
I’ve used their video hosting services for well over three years and I currently have 86 videos uploaded to their site. I understood (somewhat) when they removed the sound from one of my videos that used a Barenaked Ladies tune as part of its soundtrack. But they have recently started deleting some of my videos “due to terms of use violation.” They have been flagged as “inappropriate” and have been completely removed from their servers along with all of the comments attached to them. These were videos of my daughter – one on the beach and one in the tub. In both videos, she was just one year and a few months old.
I disagree completely with the label of “inappropriate” that was slapped on these videos, the same way I am appalled at how Flickr has been deleting photos of mothers breastfeeding from people’s accounts without prior warning. I don’t mean to tempt fate, but the inconsistency of their rulings also has me baffled as YouTube has decided to leave a similar video of Emily in the bath online. I want to be able to share my videos, my photos, and my joy with my friends and family all over the world and, if YouTube won’t let me do it, I’ll find someone who will.
Enter Vimeo. I was very happy to see that the very first bullet point under the Content Policy of their Uploading Guidelines states, “No sexually illicit material or porn. Non-sexual nudity is okay.” And why shouldn’t it be?! Prohibiting bathing babies and breastfeeding mothers is tantamount to deleting all photos of people wearing flip-flops just because 1.1% of the population has a foot fetish. I don’t need YouTube to protect my family. That’s my job.
So I’m considering making the switch. But I need to make sure that the quality of my hosted videos will be as good as (or better than) with YouTube. So here are two videos from the exact same source, one hosted on YouTube, one on Vimeo. Please have a look and let me know if you notice any difference between the two – either in image/sound quality or ease of use in the user interface. Your feedback will help me make my decision:
I actually thought the vimeo was clearer!
Hey Josh I think you can make the switch! Both videos are clear and the sound quality is the same. Good luck!
I’ve heard that the picture quality of vimeo is better than youtube. And now comparing the two images I see it really is.
Thank you for continuing to share your videos! Emily and Sebastian really brighten our days.
both great, and love the joy of the content.
(whos asleep in the background?)
We’re not sure, James. Either we have here one of those spooky videos where a ghost mysteriously appears in the background, or Jan’s parents came to visit last week. We’re really not sure.
vimeo is definitely clearer but both sound about the same
Both are good, but if UTube is changing content and editing, that alone is reason to jump ship. I vote for freedom of video. The quality may even be a bit more clear. Isn’t there any way to just directly post a video on the website????
Please continue someway somehow, we need our Emily and Sebastian fixes. . .
Love Mom
Go with Vimeo–it’s clearer and I say to heck with Youtube if they are going to mess with your content like that. Good luck!
I’ve always preferred vimeo as it allows larger video clips. Youtube was just more popular. 🙂
As long as the man in the background was alive, I’d vote for vimeo. Love the tigger little guy, too!
Both videos worked well. Dowloading vimeo took a bit longer but image and sound quality were excellent in both. Keep the kids laughing!!! And thanks for sharing.
Cute kids!
How dare you traffic in child pornography, you friggin’ foreigner? Perhaps they let that sort of thing fly in the EU, but here in America, we don’t take kindly to perverts. Derk a Derb!
Yeah, once I realized that I had missed that first 12-month window of opportunity where you can actually earn a pretty penny by selling them off, I decided that kiddie pr0n was the only way to make an honest buck. Besides, it practically a sport here on the Old Continent. You’re just jealous.
You know I am.
I hear you. Google are excellent programmers but have a tendency toward really poor decision making (inconsistent too) that err toward attempting to please the more ignorant who don’t appreciate what the internet is supposed to be – e.g. the Chinese government – rather than those of the mindset who develop the platform in the first place. That “don’t be evil” motto ought be revised and followed by “and don’t be stupid”
Amen, Clacy! I’ve always been a very tentative Google fan. You hit the nail on the head with that assessment. I still want an Android phone, though 😉
Love the video. Played the two simultaneously and any differences seemed minimal. Maybe the YouTube was slightly better…As for the decision making by YT, it’s just straight stupidity.