I’m starting to feel that the moderation thing is going to be a problem as well … it’s not a good feeling to not be in control of your comments…

I read on some blog (can’t remember which) that video commenting would be the perfect solution to comment spam -> I have to disagree … because how are spam filters going to catch the video spam ?? You have to be human in order to see if it’s spam or not …

So it seems that the cons are winning in my mind right now, despite of the branding and marketing advantages …

I really appreciate your breakdown on this new feature — especially drawing attention to what the “cons” may be.

The lack of control over comment content could be a real deal breaker for me.
I am also hesitant wondering what kind of mad technical plug-in scripting can of worms gets opened up with video comments.

I also don’t feel I’ve reached an audience size yet to justify podcasts and video created by me, let alone managing it for my readership as well. A huge majority of my readers are not technologically savvy at all, so I don’t see anyone beating down my virtual doors to post video content. It seems like a large commitment in possibilities, in relation to who would actually take advantage of it.

But I will definitely be excited to see how video comments play out on other blogs — and I will certainly be watching to see which markets are impacted by it.

Personally, I would never install such a plugin because I don’t have enough time to watch someone’s response to an article. I read these things on the go, syncronizing RSS feeds with post comments on my PDA for later consumption on the train or during lunch breaks. If people were to start leaving long winded discussions or otherwise non-portable points of view in some video file, then it would make blogging a much more “big-computer-centric” platform.

One of the things I really enjoy about blogs are the RSS feeds and ability to quickly skim through comments from various readers. If I had to listen to a bunch of n00bs shout “FIRST!”, try and pronounce “pWn3d”, issue some uncomical version of “All your base are belong to us” or whatever else catch-phrase of the week, I think I’d rip the headphones from my ears and go postal on the otherwise unsuspecting citizens of Nagoya, Japan.

I don’t listen to podcasts because 98% of all bloggers don’t have a voice for radio, let alone a poorly planned vocalization of a blog post with low quality microphones.

I don’t watch vlogs because 98% of all “posts” are poorly laid out and make the public shows on PBS seem like big Hollywood productions by comparison.

So, taking this one further, I will not waste my bandwidth by watching a bunch of senseless comments on a post in the hopes of finding one intelligent response to a topic that interests me

Yay for old school!