The First 30 Minutes of My New Video!
Added 2024-07-07 15:42:08 +0000 UTCHello, wonderful folk!
After a mammoth script writing and editing process, I’m now ready to share a little taste of what’s to come!
These first 30 minutes represent something like a 5th of the overall video’s length. There are one or two scrappy moments, including a title or two that require replacing with ‘proper’ artwork but apart from those, this is pretty much a fully polished segment.
I’m very curious to hear your thoughts on the video thus far - and I apologise in advance for the severely unresolved climactic ending!
Also, since the scale of this video is so much bigger than anything else I’ve done in the past, there may be a few mistakes, including typos or glitches, so if you spot anything, please let me know.
Enjoy!
Martin
Comments
Excellent video! As a chronic Facebook-avoider, I found it quite educational. One issue, though - at 24:03, you state Microsoft purchased a $250M stake in Facebook but show an article that states $240M in the headline, which seems contradictory.
Mark Johnson
2024-08-04 12:41:42 +0000 UTCMixing the personal and the history works really well, IMHO, and looking forward to the rest. I didn't love the flower duet over the "FIN" card as it doesn't suggest "finality" to me. What comes to mind, not saying you should use this specifically, is the tag at the end of the Naked Gun credits (2:59 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEpeuzZkigk). Just a thought of course, and thanks for all your work!
Cecil Scheib
2024-07-18 02:58:49 +0000 UTCThis is looking to be a really really really good one, I'm quite excited!
Sandwich247
2024-07-10 06:23:31 +0000 UTCWhat a tease at the end! Can‘t wait for the rest. Also a lovely flashback to the innocent days of the internet. Left me wondering what it would look like today had they never transitioned to the ad business model and subsequent attention engineering.
Sebastian
2024-07-09 17:50:01 +0000 UTCThanks Brian!
Nick Dow
2024-07-09 04:50:09 +0000 UTCThat twist “ending” tells me you’re going to let it be known that tailored algorithmic sorting is predatory and ruined Facebook.
Natalie Page
2024-07-08 17:12:20 +0000 UTCHi Nick, Adobe created Flash, and Flash used Action Script. Flash ran as a plug-in to the browser. The Netscape browser brought JavaScript, which ran inside the browser itself. All browsers adopted JavaScript, with some variations. Finally, due to all the security issues with Flash, all of the browsers made Flash something that had to be enabled by the user. Flash finally died. JavaScript still lives.
Brian Miller
2024-07-08 16:13:50 +0000 UTCAs a programmer, and someone who started with "social media" when it meant dialing up computers in other people's basements and bedrooms (bulletin board systems), Facebook was something I ignored. When it started, I had been "online" for over 14 years. I started using computers about 10 years before that, when Apple competed with Commodore and Radio Shack. Facebook was ho-hum, for Neanderthals dragging their personal computers behind them. (old cartoon: How system admins see users [caricature of cave man dragging computer] How users see system admins [caricature of crazed samurai wielding sword]) So, yeah, great video. For 30 minutes, I was wondering, where is this video going? OK, finally, at the end, the actual critique will come. Welcome to Dystopia, the hands-on Utopia.
Brian Miller
2024-07-08 16:03:33 +0000 UTCYeah, I may rerecord that line. It 'read' well during the writing phase but now I realise it's actually just going to be an awkward point to make anyway because by 'platform dominance', I mean basically social media. Social media essentially did away with the need for personal websites. However, if I say that, I'll be tripping over myself. Best perhaps to just cut the 'platform dominance' sentence altogether. Thanks!
Tantacrul
2024-07-08 14:56:59 +0000 UTCHi Martin, great work as ever. Around the one-minute mark, you talk about CDs and how Napster was about to make them obsolete. You also talk about Flash and ActionScript, and mention platform dominance, but I don't think it's completely clear which platform is dominating. Napster is dominating CDs, but who is dominating Flash? Is there a word missing here? Cheers, Nick
Nick Dow
2024-07-08 10:07:24 +0000 UTCSweep the Leg Johnny?!?! I was listening to *Sto Cazzo!* just this afternoon. Really enjoying the video so far. ED: great ending...
GC
2024-07-08 08:17:27 +0000 UTCGreat job and can’t wait for this video - always love your content. A small feedback: your opening about belonging to either the 60 or 40%, and then framing the story as being about optimism - it’s a lot of concepts up front that may be hard for the viewer to digest. I already know and trust your work, but I still had a knee jerk reaction from that opening that I either craved slightly more information or slightly less upfront.
Karen Lowe
2024-07-08 00:43:50 +0000 UTCThoroughly enjoyed this! Can't wait for the next.
David Das
2024-07-07 23:38:01 +0000 UTCSuper excited to see the rest! Loved the cliffhanger ending.
Eric Haynes
2024-07-07 22:32:04 +0000 UTCLove it!
tmunzr
2024-07-07 18:06:47 +0000 UTCJust finished watching. Very nice and polished segment! I must say I’m very curious about where this video is headed!
snikskryt
2024-07-07 18:03:50 +0000 UTCThis cliffhanger is one of the more brutal for sure, I'm excited even though I was born in 2004 and can't really say I have a connection to facebook itself.
Till Schwab
2024-07-07 17:53:33 +0000 UTCThose FB shots have plenty of Easter eggs for the bored ;)
Tantacrul
2024-07-07 17:48:09 +0000 UTCCan't wait the follow-up (nice teasing at the end :D) I also have to admit that I spend some time to focus on the notation software in the background:D. And finally did I correctly see junkman at one point in the newsfeed? :D
Sébastien Le Maguer
2024-07-07 17:37:27 +0000 UTCJust finished it. Awesome video so far. I was in middle school around 2009 when Facebook started becoming relevant around me. Even though the games looked cool at the time, I refused to make an account due to the various privacy concerns. To this day, I've never made an account, and especially now will not touch anything owned by them. So essentially, from an outsider perspective, it's interesting seeing what it actually was like using the platform at the time. My only other feedback would be that your high-frequency sound was a bit hot at times, causing me to turn the video down to below normal listening volume within a few minutes. Other than that, great work and I look forward to seeing the rest.
Macyler
2024-07-07 16:33:34 +0000 UTCJust a few minutes in and I have to say, I continue to appreciate your mind the more I get to experience what you create. Thank you.
JR Taylor
2024-07-07 15:49:39 +0000 UTC
