I just had the most insane idea yet.

[jake]

No need to set up a site. Not enough time, anyway.

Speaking of which, how are we going to upload these videos? There's going to be 12 of them, so we'd need 12 people to upload 12 videos.

Any volunteers? I call dibs on the "A". <_<

can people just replace the snapshot image for the existing ron paul videos?

 

[SonicInfinity]

It's easy to keep them in order. All you have to do is tell everyone to view the first one 10 times, the second one 9 times, the third one 8 times, and so on. Or I don't know if its views or ratings or whatever--just tell everybody to hit the videos the proper amounts of times in descending order.

We're going to go for Favorites first. If that goes well, we may try for Ratings (those will be harder to beat, though). I have no idea how to do the view count, so I'm not sure if we can go for that.

 

[NewEnd]

The only way to do this would be with an anonymizer.
Its a waste of effort, IMHO, and would only allow people to show proof of manipulation.

 

[adwads]

The only way to do this would be with an anonymizer.
Its a waste of effort, IMHO, and would only allow people to show proof of manipulation.

When did we get so serious that we can't do publicity stunts? Publicity stunts are what has gained Dr. Paul the most news coverage yet...Nov 5, the blimp, Dec 16, and so on. The stunts gain him the coverage necessary for supporters, and the message gains him the supporters.

 

[SonicInfinity]

The only way to do this would be with an anonymizer.
Its a waste of effort, IMHO, and would only allow people to show proof of manipulation.

Do what with an anonymizer (proxy?)?

 

[justinc.1089]

If we just do favorites this should be fine, and legit too right? I don't see why all the RP supporters favoriting some videos would need anything technical to help.

But I don't understand how youtube works in detail either so maybe this is not as simple as it looks idk lol.

 

[mopar.bo]

I'm on board if y'all can figure it all out.

 

[ronpaulblogsdotcom]

So you want 100 people to help you with this project instead of going outside and doing something real? I have like 5 big projects and anyone can PM for an idea.

 

[mopar.bo]

There's a big "fuck-up" factor though. Sorry if that sounds negative.

 

[justinc.1089]

So you want 100 people to help you with this project instead of going outside and doing something real? I have like 5 big projects and anyone can PM for an idea.

Favoriting a video only takes a second. I watch youtube videos fairly often, so it wouldn't take anytime away from me.

 

[Pride]

There's a big "fuck-up" factor though. Sorry if that sounds negative.

I agree, I don't think this is possible.

 

[SonicInfinity]

So you want 100 people to help you with this project instead of going outside and doing something real? I have like 5 big projects and anyone can PM for an idea.

No, I already have 100 people that can help. That's what I'm saying. I can get a little "catalyst" boost to start it off so people don't feel discouraged.

 

[SonicInfinity]

I agree, I don't think this is possible.

That's the thinking that will make us lose the nomination if we're not careful. Anything and EVERYTHING is possible with a strong enough will and unwaivering determination.

 

[patriotcalendar]

Sounds like fun to me!

I've got two youtube accts, so just let me know which letters (font, etc) you want posted...

If you run short on uploaders, I can get my daughter and some of her teen friends in on this.

 

[NewEnd]

Withotu an anonymizer, it would take alot of coordination.

If you think you can pull it off, go for it. But it will take alot of planning and effort, and I doubt it will get much publicity.

 

[burningfur]

I bump this even though it seems impossible.

Didn't a blimp seem impossible also?

 

[mrd]

Hate to pooh pooh, but I think it will diminish the appearance of authenticity of his YouTube popularity.

 

[SonicInfinity]

Hate to pooh pooh, but I think it will diminish the appearance of authenticity of his YouTube popularity.

That's a good point, and it's making me rethink the whole thing. Will YouTube viewers see this as a coordinated effort on the part of his grassroots supporters, or will they just see it as a group of spammers?

I still think we need to do SOMETHING YouTube related on the 15th. That much I am sure of.

 

[austin356]

the only reason I think you can pull it off is that once the framework gets put in place and people see what is going on then they will work as a free market and fix everything as if it was open source.

 

[gandhi08]

This is an awesome publicity stunt. Lets go for it. It doesnt cost a penny, just a few more clicks than usual from the ron paul army.

I certainly think that we can pull it off. We normally have 5 ron paul videos on the front page on youtube news and politics.

And yes, Let it not be said that we did nothing.

Great idea.