Ustream

Don’t get me wrong, I love Ustream. Hell, I think I was one of the first people to use it of the people in my little youtube group, and I still plan on streaming on weekends, but it seems Ustream overshadowing Youtube. I know a lot of Youtubers that used to commonly post vids. But I have noticed since the popularity increase of Ustream that a lot of my favorite YouTubers are not posting videos but rather spending all there time streaming. I know people whos videos I really enjoy but the havent posted in over 2 weeks, but if you visit there Ustream channel you’ll see than streaming most all the time. Now I love ustream and i do plan  to do a live stream once in awhile but this everyday stuff is killing peoples interest in youtube. I am not Chris Pirillo. And I dont think people should try to be. I have a Blog, 2 Youtube channels, a web site, 2 kids, and I work. This doesnt leave very much time for live streaming. So this BLOG entry isnt really complaining about someone streaming. Its about people not posting on youtube because they are to worried about there Ustream. A lot of teh people I subscribe to on youtube are ustreamers. I found my youtube audience, by far, to be the best and most likely to stick with me in the future. I do not want to sacrifice 1600 subscribers so 40 people can watch me on Ustream. Granted, you can record your show and post it on YouTube but I never se this happening. So what makes Ustream so popular at the moment. I believe its because it’s something different. People love youtube but it seems they are crying for a live social interaction with other people, and for some YouTube doesnt do that. Now rumors are floating around about YouTube setting up a service similar to Ustream, which may help or hurt YouTubers. The YouTube website is already slow enough sometimes. Some days it flies others it crawls so will this new streaming feature make our YouTuber experience even that much worse or will it help take some of the wind out of Ustreams sails? I for one would like to see people get back to youtube and forget this ustream stuff. Ustream is good but should not replace your YouTube videos. I enjoy searching YouTube for my friends vids or something really great I havent sen yet, with ustream all Im doing is seting and watching some dude live that really dont have that much to say anyway. So am I against Ustream? Absolutly not. Do I think Its overrated? Yes. Are These people gonna come back to YouTube? i think so. I think its just a phase for a lot of people. Most will get on Ustream, streaming for about a month and then slowly leave it behind and come back to YouTube. I realize this is not always the case but if my predictions are right, i see the Youtubers who are spending all there time on Ustream giving it up and coming back to post videos after all this wears off. It wore off for me and i expect it to wear off other people too. I get my videos out to a lot more people when posted to YouTube as opposed to just Ustreaming. If these people want to Ustream, fine. But dont forsake  us YouTubers who have been here since the start.