Well…that took about three days. As some of you know, last Friday we uploaded all of the cyber-bridges to YouTube. It’s now been six months since the books launched and we thought making them available would be a great marketing tool. Perhaps potential readers would stumble upon them, become intrigued and buy the book. One of the other reasons we did it was because we were interested in feedback from a community that wasn’t on Level26.com.

So, what did we learn?

Well, the first thing we learned was that YouTube users apparently find footage of a woman in lingerie inappropriate. I don’t get it. This book sells at major retailers. While I understand the book is a little dark and hardcore, I’d say it’s telling that Cyber-bridge 1 was flagged not for violence but for “nudity.” What nudity?

Personally, I think there are far worse things in movies and on television today but the YouTube community has spoken. I think when you have a website with fictional content, that is clearly NOT filled with graphic violence or nudity, that gets flagged and removed feels excessive. But we’re learning. We’re seeing people’s response to things that they feel is inappropriate and we, as content creators, will respond by either going harder or pulling back.

I would post Cyber-bridge 1 here but, obviously, YouTube took it down. So, check out Cyber-bridge 1 with the code word “snuff.” Even if you’ve seen it before, I want to know your thoughts on whether you think it’s inappropriate and why.

Zuiker