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TWITTER HAS MAJOR plans for video and as it prepares to launch it later this year, an FAQ of the service has already been put up.
The FAQ, which was discovered by Daniel Raffel, provides details about native Twitter videos such as format, size and uploading policies.
For one, Twitter video supports ‘mp4′ and ‘mov’, the most common video formats, and has an aspect ratio of 16:9.
Interestingly, there is no file size limit – Twitter keeps Vine videos and GIFs (which are converted to mp4 for space reasons) low in size to ensure they load quickly when selected – but there is a length limit of ten minutes in place.
In a direct reference to YouTube, the FAQ encourages people to upload videos directly instead of using links, and only support Twitter cards. Only Amplify partners – like the NBA who are allowed to upload match highlights and other videos – are allowed include ads before their videos.
If you’re familiar with YouTube on mobile, then you will know how video will work on Twitter. Videos can be minimised when playing them, taking the appearance of a thumbnail while you’re in the app.
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The site already experimented with a video from the Michael Jackson album Xscape, which contained unreleased material from the artist. When they start watching the video, iOS users are able to minimise it and leave it playing while they explore their news feed.
http://twitter.com/michaeljackson/status/499737439754133504
Twitter’s video ambitions were revealed back in November, where it gave some details of its plans. At the time, its VP of Product, Kevin Weil, said “you should be able to record, edit and share your own videos natively on Twitter too. Alongside short looping Vine videos, we think you’ll have fun sharing what’s happening in your world through native video.”
When Twitter moves into this space, YouTube will have both it and Facebook to contend with as both try to muscle in on the lucrative video space. Both are hoping that video will become popular on the site, paving the way for ads and ultimately more revenue for themselves.
While the Ice Bucket Challenge helped Facebook’s video service gain traction – more than 17 million videos relating to it were shared on the site between June and September – and is looking to expand on that success, Twitter’s service is expected to launch in the first half of this year.
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And they had to have a big consultation to figure that out. ..Give me a break whatever happened to good old common sense.
Regrettably in this day and age, common sense isn’t very common.
yes censorship works
It also favours government propaganda and oppression.
exactly, suicide is unpopular so journalists should not report, this is the censorship line
I think the figures should be reported daily.
The truth is well masked and denies the serious straits many people are in and take desperate measures. It then is easier for them to say that improvements and help are not needed.
It may well be sensible not to report the method but where and how many would be most telling. I’m think most of us know the reasons.
THIS SHOULD BE REPORTED.
It should,not be hidden and it is to be recognised that the problems are much bigger and more widespread than the government report with their big smiles and all the carry on at the EEC.
Media agencies should provide journalists with the ethics of reporting on suicides.
There are already ethics about reporting suicide. There’s a great group called Headline that monitor media for such things who came in to give us a talk when I studied media.
These ethics aren’t exactly legally implemented, though. Most of the changes in the reporting of suicide are pretty subtle and you’d nearly need them to be pointed out to notice them.
For instance, you shouldn’t ever read an article these days claiming somebody had “committed suicide”, since it was decriminalised, there’s no crime to be committed.
Areas where suicide is a problem shouldn’t be refereed to as “hot spots” and the methods used shouldn’t be reported.
When two people kill themselves together, they ofter get referred to as “Romeo and Juliet”, which romaticises suicide.
As I said, though, these aren’t legal issues. Just common sense, really.
I don’t think that the reporting on suicide is the issue.A poorly resources mental health service is having a far bigger impact on the numbers than anything else.Now how about a big media discussion on this point.
Sadly, there is nothing in a media report that is not easily found by a Google search.
Just completed the ASIST refresher training (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training). I did the initial training 4 years ago.
For those that are interested you can find out when it may be in your area ~
There’d be little risk of any copycats if reporters used terms that made the legacy of suicide seem unappealing. e.g. instead of saying “a person has taken their own life” they should say “another idiot has taken the cowards way out”. Copycats are weak-minded & unoriginal so attaching a negative stigma is a much better deterrent that the “poor you” mentality.
And before people start thinking I’m trying to insult suicidal people, maybe read it again a few times. I’m specifically talking about copycats (as the article is about) NOT people with real mental health issues!
Anyone that thinks suicide is “the cowards way out” doesn’t understand. Not sure what you mean by “real mental health issues”. It is something that can happen to anyone, given certain circumstances. Drugs or alcohol can also influence a person’s state of mind. Including prescribed drugs eg anti-depressants. While some people can tolerate these drugs, for others they can increase the risk of suicide, especially in the younger age groups. Hence the FDA have a black box warning on these psychoactive drugs ~
http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/InformationbyDrugClass/UCM096273
Going on or coming off these drugs can also be a vulnerable time.
{ Do not stop or change without discussing with a good doctor, due to the dangers of withdrawal incorrectly }
Well why not to ban movies and their making too then?? Example: Wild tales…a pilot that takes his own life and others too. Movies, news, books are fonts of great ideas and surely do not apply only for suiciding’s thoughts, but to wanna be rapists, racists, killers, thieves…maybe should just banned people from all forms of information and entertainment
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