Monday, July 29, 2002
An interesting observation I've noted about webcam viewers, or at least, the ones who frequent the webcam community my cam is displayed on. While they'll happily sit and stare at a streaming webcam for hours on end, even when the person isn't doing much, they don't appear to be interested in anything but watching.How do I come to this conclusion? Well, I've had my cam up now continuously for the past 3 days, accumulating a couple of thousand hits, and guess how many people have followed the link from the cam page to this weblog? None. I don't get that. I actually simplified the design of the cam page, as there was a lot of stuff on there, since observations I made while designing my website suggested that your typical cam watcher doesn't actually care to read much... so now there's just a small amount of text, and a small collection of links. Response? None. How odd.
Actually, no, I tell a lie, I did recieve on email from a guy who's noticed something I mention on my page... that people love watching someone sleeping on cam. He does that too, and gets massive hits. That's straying from the point though.
I guess I don't get it, 'cause it's not how I am when I go wandering through webcam communities. Sure, I like watching people, getting a little peak into thier lives, but if I see someone who grabs my attention, I like to read as much about them as possible. What do they do? What do they like? What do they think? If they have a chatroom, I like to go in and say hello. So what gives? Am I the strange one, or are these people treating webcams like tv? Instant gratification, with zero interaction. *Does Homer Simpson impersonation*... "Can't think now... watching." This would appear to be voyeurism taken to extremes.
*Shrugs* Maybe I'm just disappointed that people are happy to watch me, but don't find me interesting enough to actaually look any further. Yeash... I could get a complex.
Labels: webcams
Steve 5:13 PM [+]
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