Recipe Video Question

[Trinity]

I am wondering why the recipe videos are relegated to a separate thread away from all the other main recipe sections? This has never made sense to me.

I am asking because there are some people here (myself included) who produce really good quality videos, that I feel really deserve to be posted along side the other recipes in their particular category.

It really puts me off posting recipes here. Personally, if I was looking for a dessert or a main meal I wouldn't head to the video section (which is actually difficult to find anyway) and scroll through all the videos in the hope that I would find one - I'd head to the appropriate section and scan down the menu - in which case I'd miss any video recipes - because they aren't allowed to posted there.

I am wondering why this rule is in place? It feels unfair.

 

[Second Summer]

I sort of agree with you. Forcing all the video recipes into one thread probably isn't a good solution.

That said, even with the current rule, you can post video recipes in the relevant section, but only if you also include the recipe in writing.

Some reasons for this rule:

• Recipes that are written out are easier to follow when you're in the kitchen, cooking, with flour on your fingers etc.
  
• Written out recipes can be found more easily in searches, both in the VV search and in Google/Bing/Yahoo. (E.g. if you're searching on the ingredients rather than the name of the dish.)
• It doesn't feel like a video recipe adds as much value to VV. Videos are always hosted elsewhere (YouTube, Vimeo etc), so we're just linking to another site and they get all the credit.

I would like to have a better solution for video recipes, but I'm just not quite sure what that solution is yet.

 

[IamJen]

Maybe you should go to bed and think on it.

 

[Trinity]

Thanks for your reply

It doesn't feel like a video recipe adds as much value to VV. Videos are always hosted elsewhere (YouTube, Vimeo etc), so we're just linking to another site and they get all the credit.

I am not sure how useful it is to think in terms of who gets all the credit. I actually think that anything that is well received would be beneficial for VV. The more that people engage with things (even if externally linked), the more reason people have to come back, contribute, share, keep the energy flowing. What goes around comes around.

VV is such a great platform with so much potential, although I can't help but feel it needs to loosen up and let its hair down a bit

 

[Second Summer]

Would a separate Recipe Videos forum do the trick? I think that is probably the best solution.

 

[Trinity]

The recipe forum isn't exactly that busy though is it? The last thing was posted on there almost a month ago.
It's a lovely idea but feels a bit like diverting efforts to just have a separate video recipe forum, when the regular recipe forum is already quiet as it is.
It would make sense just to have a recipe forum where all recipes in all formats are welcomed and encouraged...
but having said that; if you don't feel that the recipe videos have a place there on their own, then it is probably best just to leave it don't you think?

Maybe just keep it as it is and if people write ingredients etc. then, like you say, it's fine. People will always find other places to share if they don't want to do that.

 

[Second Summer]

The recipe forum isn't very busy, no, but this is also not really a cooking board. We have meticulously collected the recipes we have in the Recipe section and made sure they include ingredients and instructions etc. I really don't think all sorts of formats in the same forum is a good idea.

Recipe videos have a place. I've now gone ahead and created a new sub-fum under Recipes called Recipe Videos, which is intended for videos where the ingredients and instructions are not written out. (I've also closed the thread previously dedicated to videos.)

 

[Trinity]

OK I understand. I don't agree, but I do understand your position.
Thanks for at least considering it. I appreciate that.