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Gvid is an experiment for a low cost, content neutral replacement for Youtube. A great deal of effort has been made to make the backend of Gvid highly efficient. Why is this cost important? Because having a high operating cost leaves a video website overly dependent on advertizers. This dependence allows advertizers to shape content policy on other platforms. Gvid treats all speech as equal within our algorithms.
Our video suggestion algorithm is another key difference. Personally I think it performs better than any other site I have seen. Its algorithm differs from Youtube which has two main flaws. First, YouTube often repeats the same suggestions until you give in, or limits recommendations from a creator until you watch a particular video. The next flaw is that late Youtube rarely recommend many videos related to the current video but will instead rely almost exclusively on the user’s general history. This makes it hard to explore new things. Gvid uses a mixed approach. This gives users more choice to dive deeper into topics, revisit past topics, and discover something completely new. We believe our algorithm provides a wider range of choices and avoid isolating users into silos. I have a very strong belief in this algorithm.
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We do not have advertising running at the moment but we do have goals.
The most primary difference is that we intend to give uploaders the opportunity to control their own ad space. This is to combat Youtube’s recent policy of de-monetizing political content. We want to give content creators the absolute guarantee that if they have eyes that want to see them and advertisers that want to work with them, the opportunity of earning money after having created so much value for others should exist without active interference from the platform they share content on.
We are not there yet. The development of this system will have stages which we see as an opportunity to give back to the communities that helped build Gvid. The first step will be to make advertising on the site free. This applies to general ads (also known as site wide ads). Once there is demand we’ll begin setting prices. After that we will implement uploader ads (bring your own advertiser). First, members of social sites that have supported Gvid will be able to advertise any project they are interested in for free. Next the site wide ad purchase system will come in but creators will still be able to replace the ads with their own on any video they’ve uploaded.
Our DMCA system can be accessed at /dmca. We expect all requests to be made in good faith.
Unlike YouTube, we prioritize free expression. You can say what you want. Speech is something that we will never restrict, permitted within the bounds of the law. Our primary restriction is graphic violent content. All other content is permitted within the requirements of the law.
If you have feedback or need assistance with anything you can reach us at [email protected]