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Revver

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[[image:revlogo.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Revver's Logo.]]

'''Revver''' is a video sharing website that hosts user-generated content. [http://www.revver.com Revver] attaches advertising to user-submitted video clips and shares all ad revenue 50/50 with the Creators. Videos can be displayed, downloaded and shared across the web in either Apple QuickTime or FLV format.

==History==
Revver was founded by Steven Starr, Ian Clarke, and Oliver Luckett in 2004, and is currently based in Los Angeles. [http://www.revver.com The website itself], however, did not launch until November 2005. The company has received investment from [http://www.bvp.com/ Bessemer Venture Partners], Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Draper Richards, William R. Hearst, III, Comcast Interactive Capital and Turner Broadcasting.

The current version of the site, '''Revver 1.0''' was released in September 2006. This included a new design, user dashboard, a web based uploader and Flash as a video delivery method. Around the same time as the release, prominent [[YouTube]] user lonelygirl15 signed a promotional deal with Revver.

The site has grown slowly in popularity. Shortly prior to its relaunch, only around 20,000 videos were available on the site. By mid-October this number had almost quintupled to 100,000. The site's most popular user, a creator of videos mixing Mentos into Coke, had generated around $30,000.

Revver released its {{wikipedia|Application_programming_interface|API}} in September, 2006. Developers using the API can build a website with all the features on [http://www.revver.com Revver.com] and have complete access to the full Revver library of videos.

==Revenue Model==
Revver is one of the first video-sharing websites to monetize user-generated content through advertising. Revver's system is often compared to Google's Adwords, but for video rather than websites.

The key technology behind Revver is the '''RevTag''', a tracking tag that is attached to videos that users upload. The RevTag automatically displays a static, clickable advert at the end of each video. When viewers click on it, the advertiser is charged and the advertising fee is split between the video creator and Revver.

RevTags are trackable across the web so users are encouraged to share Revver videos as widely as possible. Since the RevTag is part of the video file itself (thanks to the interactivity made possible by Flash-based video players and by the QuickTime format), the technology works no matter where the video file is hosted or displayed, be it at Revver.com, at another website, or in a user's hard drive or portable video player. Therefore Revver's monetization of the video is not hampered by the downloading or sharing of the video file by users.

The only circumstance where the RevTag can fail to load an ad, or to register an ad click, is if the device playing the video is not connected to the internet, in which case a default "Brought to you by Revver" message is shown at the end. Of course, if the video file is transcoded into a different format (such as by uploading it to YouTube or Google Video, or by running it through a program that changes the format of the video file, e.g. into MPEG or RealPlayer), then the RevTag would almost certainly be lost.

The Revver website provides tools for sharing including RSS, podcasting, and embeddable FLV or QuickTime players. This minimizes any added benefits of transcoding. Revver thus makes it easy for creators and fans to embed the video anywhere while still in its original RevTagged version.

Users are further encouraged to share by Revver's affiliate program. An Affiliate is a user who helps to promote their favorite videos (or any videos they believe will become popular), be it through email, sneakernet, peer-to-peer sharing, or posting on their own website or on social-networking webpages. Revver affiliates earn 20% of ad revenue for sharing videos. The remaining revenue for each video is split 50/50 between the video creator and Revver. This is possible because the RevTag in a video file that is promoted by an affiliate contains information not only about the video being played but also about the affiliate.

Creators are able to restrict what kinds of advertisements may be placed at the end of their videos. Similarly, advertisers may choose to request that their ads be shown in videos of certain categories (such as videos that are most popular on certain websites), thus allowing them to better target their desired demographics.

To enable lawful sharing of Revver vidoes, the Revver upload license allows for redistribution under the Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Creative Commons License.

==Criticism==
One of the complaints about Revver is viewer privacy − in order to download the ad, the video file must contact the Revver servers with information about the video (at least the category, possibly the video ID). In the words of CEO Steven Starr, 'everywhere it's going, it's saying "hey, I'm being watched"' (Oct 17th, 2006 at USC). This conflicts with viewers' privacy expectations when they're playing the video from a source that's not normally tracked (such as their own hard disks).

==Official Lonelygirl15 Accounts==
===Currently Active Accounts===
* [[List of Lonelygirl15 videos|LG15]]

Forum

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''This is an article for the current version of the forums at lonelygirl15. For the version of the message boards that existed prior to Sept. 6, see [[phorum]].

The '''Lonelygirl15 Forums''' located at lonelygirl15.com/forum are generally considered the main hub of activity for lonelygirl15 fans.

The forums are divided into 8 main sections:
* '''Admin Announcements'''

Quitting The Sauce

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{{Blog
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| number = 0179
| image = Jonas_daniel_hypnosis_quittingthesauce.JPG
| caption = Feel the tension...
| blogger = Daniel
| date = April 24th, 2007
| url = [http://lonelygirl15.com/?p=235 lonelygirl15.com]
| forumid = 9295
| length = 4:41
| description = After my "stunning" performance on camera last Thursday, and logging into the chat room... well, I decided to clean up my act. It's not easy, and Jonas is also making me do an exercise routine.
| faction = The Resistance
| status = Public Video
| tags = {{tags|lonelygirl15|lg15|danielbeast|bree|alcohol|daniel|jonas|jonastko|sleep}}


| execprod = Miles Beckett, Mesh Flinders, and Greg Goodfried
| producers = Amanda Goodfried
| directors = Mesh Flinders
| camera = Kevin Schlanser
| vidplay = Mesh Flinders and Miles Beckett
| story = Miles Beckett, Mesh Flinders, Greg Goodfried, and Amanda Goodfried
| editor = Kevin Schlanser
| song =

| cast =
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{{VidChar|Jonas|Jackson Davis}}

| Previous = Blog Girl
| Next = What Happened to Us???

| PreviousB = Apology Accepted?
| NextB =
| PreviousC =
| NextC =
}}
'''Quitting The Sauce''' is the one hundred seventy-ninth video in the lonelygirl15 [[List of Lonelygirl15 videos|video series]].

==Transcript==
(''Daniel sits on his bed in [[the bunker]], addressing the camera.'')

'''Daniel:''' All right... So... this is going to come as a shock to a lot of you guys, but, well, three days sober. I, uh, I really hit rock bottom with the whole drinking thing last week. Jonas showed me that video, and I was, I was pretty disgusted, but he's a good friend for doing it, I mean, I appreciate that. Uh, so, this weekend I, uh well, I put my life in his hands. Check it out.

(''Cut to Jonas and Daniel, outside doing push-ups. Jonas breezes right through them, while Daniel struggles through them slowly, with his knees almost touching the ground.'')

'''Jonas:''' (''counting the push-ups he does'') Two... three... four... come on! He's got his knees down! You know what they call those? Girl push-ups.

(''Cut to a shot of Daniel's legs wearing long black socks. As he does push-ups, either he or Jonas makes a growling noise. Then Daniel proceeds to do various stretching exercises.'')

'''Daniel:''' Just like the Karate Kid, baby!

'''Jonas:''' All right, let's go for the, let's go for the run, you don't need to see this.

(''Cut to a shot of Daniel "running" through grass. He stops and leans over, panting, then pulls up his socks.'')

'''Jonas:''' What is that a ti- are you taking a time out?

'''Daniel:''' Yeah, time out, that's a good idea! (''He grunts.'') Scoot out of the way!

(''Cut back to Daniel in the bunker.'')

'''Daniel:''' I know, I know, you watched that video and all you noticed were my black socks. Whatever, it was laundry day. And the fact that he kicked my ass, but the truth is, I'm coming up in the world. He thinks he's [[Pop culture references#References_to_Books|Bruce Wayne]], but... you know I'm Batman. I think... one of the reasons I was abusing alcohol so much is because I was just angry all the time. And, uh, I was trying to figure out who I was angry at. First person I came up with was [[Alex]]. You know, she sucks. But you know who sucks more than her? [[The Order]]. So I decided to take all my energy and I was just shoving down those bottles and refocusing. I'm figuring a way to, well, if you're listening, take you down. My first task? That guy that [[Subjects Apprehended|kidnapped us]] in Vegas. Who was he? I mean, was he, was he part of the Order, or was he some rogue element as Alex, so determined he was? You know what, I'm even going to go as far as to let Jonas do some crazy (''he points to his head'') head experiments on me, let him get into my brain.

'''Jonas:''' Okay, so after a lot of extensive, thorough research, Beast has decided that the best technique for remembering what happened in Vegas is... hypnosis. Brings kind of a whole new meaning to what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. (''He and Daniel laugh.'')

'''Daniel:''' Dude, you gotta take this seriously. If I laugh, it's not going to work.

'''Jonas:''' I'll do my best, I'll do my best. All right, here we go, lights out. (''He reaches up and turns off the light.'') Step one: find a comfortable chair or couch to lay on where you won't be disturbed. Check. Step two: close your eyes. All right, close your eyes and empty your mind. And I want you to, I want you to feel the tension... in your neck...

'''Daniel:''' I don't know about that.

'''Jonas:''' Listen to my voice. Feel... now hold it.

'''Daniel

Breeniverse Timeline

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==Before YouTube==

:'''May 25th, 1799 ''' - Napoleon's troops, along with artist Vivant Denon reach [[Denderah]]. Denon makes sketches of the Zodiac.

:'''October 12th, 1875''' - [[Aleister Crowley]] is born.

:'''1943''' - According to Daniel in his video [[Aleister Crowley (Video)|Aleister Crowley]] a girl is [[1943 abduction|kidnapped]] in Arizona, and Crowley may have been involved.

:'''1980s''' - Bree's mother meets Gemma's mother in Edinburgh at university. Bree's parents meet at a showing of [[Rosencrantz

Crime Report

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It has been noted that the characters in the Breeniverse, particularly [[Daniel]], have a somewhat callous disregard for the law. Committing crimes is not necessarily wise, but posting them on the internet smacks of sheer stupidity. Not only do we have canon crime within the Breeniverse but we also have fan crime.

For the purposes of this table, it is assumed that the entire series takes place in California, although this is never explicitly stated.

[[Image:Fakeid4.jpg|thumb|right|Daniel's fake id.]]

* '''Burglary'''