Renetto Attacks Livevideo?

[milowent]

If you've poked around youtube (or livevideo) in the last day, you have probably seen that Renetto posted a video yesterday (Jan 21) that brands top youtubers who have decided to start channels on livevideo.com as "traitors" to youtube:

Traitors or Not.. Smosh, Geriatric1927, Boh3m3, DIGITILsOuL?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMVw6i1qFEw

Well, not surprisingly, renetto has really pissed some people off. His video already has 155 approved video responses. 155!!!!!

Among them is this brutal smackdown from geriatric1927:
Geriatric1927: Response to Renetto's insult

I'm sure there are some vids in this vortex supporting youtube and Renetto. One i noted is from DanielGardner (aka Tunafish, who used to frequent this board and the old phorum), who suggests that the original of something is always better than the replica (ummm... maybe that's true of store brand raisin bran, but does anybody still use altavista over google these days?). Daniel holds out hope that youtube will improve:
DanielGarner: I believe in YouTube

PeteMatrix did a video showing Is YouTube under threat from LiveVideo or Revver? showing that YouTube's alexa ratings far outstrip livevideo or revver. Not a surprise.

So, what's your opinion? Is Geriatric1972 a traitor? Or has Renetto become a youtube lackey?

[stantheman]

As at least one of the responses pointed out, if you're already established on YouTube you pretty much have to establish yourself on LiveVideo just to "claim your name" lest somebody beats you to it.

Nothing's in place to prevent anyone on LiveVideo or elsewhere from counterfeiting a YouTube celebrity's identity unless that YouTuber proactively claims that name on these sites.

We see many YT people making a beachhead on these sites out of sheer necessity.

[Smashing]

I posted about his follow-up video in this other thread.

[Smashing]

interesting that geriatric took down his video response. I guess after it served its purpose, he didn't want it ruining his kindly grandpa image.