Re: When will they have Pay for View Ready & What About Auctions?

So you effectively want to trick the public into spending more?

Dosnt seem a very nice solution too me.
(its used in themeparks and stuff often, and it sucks).

The "top 100" wont kill creativity *if its the top 100 in terms of
quality*

The danger is if the top hundred are *in terms of popularity*
THAT would kill creativity.
But if you had a system were people can vote for enjoyability after
watching something, then
an ordered list ("best of the week") in terms of those votes.
That system would encourage great enjoyable stuff to rise to the top,
regardless of production values.

Also, by having sections for "best of the week"(/month/alltime) it
ensures you dont get a static list.

The difference between money and points may alter the total amount
spent, by tricking the public, but it wont effect the type of stuff
people watch one way or the other. (they might spend it more on
rubbish..).
The key for google is to get a good weighted system, that is balanced
enough so that enjoyable stuff can rise to the top.

When paid TV shows go on there, they are bound to have vastely bigger
rateings to start with.
If google keeps just having a "most popular" list and nothing else, its
going to cause a feedback effect were nothing else gets a look in
:(
This is regardless of price.

"A point system would make it so low quality videos wouldnt need to be
verified for content"

Not at all.
Copywrited material could be put up for free, and thats just as bad.
Point system dosnt change anything as regards to legal problems.

A self-moderation system would help though.
(eg, having a button near each video "REPORT VIDEO" which lets members
of the public flag videos for checking. Again, like www.newgrounds.com
does for flash).