white guy with beard wearing hipster t-shirt standing in front of a bunch of gadgets/memorabilia, wacky background muzak, quick cuts, etc. I was hoping the channel wouldn't go that route, but I can't say I'm surprised it did.
That's the thing, maybe it shouldn't even matter who the guy is as long as our community is properly represented along with information that we like watching. Having a relatable, even if of the popular kind, host might achieve that IMO.
If the channel is representing our community, I would think the identity of the presenter
should matter quite a bit, no? AFAIK, bitcointalk's Youtube channel isn't selling a product and who do you think the target audience is going to be? Bitcointalk members! That might be one of the reasons why there are only 29 subscribers at the moment--a number that leaves me dumbfounded, because I know damn well there are way more people than that who've been awaiting the release of the channel.
I know I'm nitpicking and criticizing something that I've been looking forward to for quite a while, but I can't help myself. There are so many videos out there across an array of different areas of interest that seem to present their content in similar ways--and one of them is the presenter/speaker looking like I described, as well as the background and so forth. That might seem to be what draws in views and why so many content creators are feverishly copying each other's strategies, but why start off the bitcointalk channel doing that? Surely there's been enough time to think of creative new ways of presenting whatever content is forthcoming.
And regarding the general approach so far, I thought it would be cool to see BitcoinTalk oriented video content close in quality to some of the big boys and girls out there.
Not sure what your precise definition of
quality is in this context. To me that word when used to describe a Youtube video would mean screen resolution, getting the message across without wasting the viewer's time with extraneous crap, and perhaps a subjective factor that would be different for everybody.
If I were to judge the trailer on those criteria, I'd say it was great. The visuals, however, just look too much like everything else that's on Youtube. However I will keep an open mind, and I am looking forward to the next video.