leonwestbrook.com - because web 2.0 can be a crock: lulz

versus.

"Two websites enter...one website leaves."

When youtube was created a few years ago people needed a place to go to stream their faces live in order to stroke their growing egos. Aside from being the number one destination for sex offenders to get their jollies from jailbait teens, Stickam was the de facto place for youtubers to hang out.

Over the years there have been many nights wasted there. I treat stickam as a virtual watering hole (with my own beer of course) when I am unable to get to a REAL bar. I've made friends, enemies and acquaintances there.

Unfortunately due to the many problems such dudes jerking it on cam, 4channers being annoying by blasting a loud organismic negro, and just being plain unstable. Many youtube stars or people with a high level of unwarranted self importance have chose to go to blogtv.com

Now according to the some insider sources, BlogTV has actually PAID some of them to ditch stickam and head over there. Compared to stickam, blogtv doesn't have video chat with a window of the host and up to 6 cam slots. The focus on blogtv is on the host and sometimes a "co-host". Instead of a stickam room, blogtv has "shows".

For example you can see UberPopularYouTuber at 8pm on Wednesday. Stickam has the ability to do shows, but its not really used by youtubers. Only the scenester fucks who infested stickam use it.

Here is a comparison.

Stickam's pros

Has 6-7 slots for cams. The best reason to use stickam.
Has a easier interface to add friends. Almost like the internet landfill myspace.
Robust tools to ban fools

Stickam's cons

Crashes. A LOT. I couldn't log in the site for a month due to their servers fucking up.
Currently overpopulated with Scenster kids. How much fucking mascara do you have to wear? All of them look like raccoons.
Pervs and Trolls still run the place. Though at times they can be funny.

Blog Tv's Pros

More Stable
Streaming is higher quality

Blog Tv's Cons

Overpopulated by youtube mega stars and their idiotic fans. I love whatthebuck to death, but a great deal of his fans are fucking idiots who can't spell and ask the same fucking questions OVER and OVER again in a chat.
The focus on only one person and a co-host. It increases the ego of a youtube celeb.
Not worth it for youtube nobodies like myself if I ever wanted to host a room...err do a "show". If I say "hey I am hosting a show on blogtv" I don't think anyone will come. At least on stickam I will get at least a dozen people on a GOOD night.
Layout is CONFUSING as hell! Its hard to add friends and find out who is actually live.

When you weigh the pros and cons, clearly for me Stickam still is on top for now. Unfortunately, it looks like everyone and their mother is choosing blogtv over stickam and that sucks. Unless blogtv has a stickam-like feature that will have more than one or two people on cam, I really can't see myself using the site on a regular basis.

I'll tell you one thing though, BOTH sites are time wasters to the extreme.

http://www.blogtv.com/people/leonwestbrook
http://www.stickam.com/leonwestbrook

I'm on both.