Talk:Fred Seibert/@comment-80.240.198.11-20120806024503

I'd like to make a point about the aggregation of centont you describe, and to take issue with efficacy of the model you describe.This works for Amazon, it works for eBay. Although it hasn't worked commercially yet for YouTube, it has as a brand.The popular (but not profitable) success of YouTube has lead dozens of others to think they can do the same thing.Frederator is not exactly that -but it shares YouTube's core programming problem and exacerbates its. It's loaded with junk.The mass of junk on a site dedicated to animation goes counter to the eBay/Amazon argument. I avoid the site. It's the animation equivalent of Amazon that only sells basement mildewed Danielle Steele novels.Their business model is not built on having lots of stuff and becoming a Nickelodeon/Cartoon Network style destination. Their model is to throw lots of stuff at the wall and see what sticks.This has become the standard model for centont sites -Funny or Die, SuperDeluxe, My Damn Channel, et c. The site itself is never a destination and the business model is to build a "viral" hit to secure more financing with no real plan to turn profit.