12seconds.tv – Video Twitter?

A couple of days ago I saw a few twitters about people saying they had posted their first 12seconds video. I wondered what 12seconds was so I decided to check it out. It is a video sharing site, but the thing is you can only make videos that are 12 seconds long. Just like how twitter is limited to 140 characters 12seconds is limited to 12 seconds. It is a really cool idea and something that you are like, “Why didn’t I think of that!”. It is currently in public alpha, but John Chow was nice enough to give me an invite.

Getting setup is pretty easy, you create a username and fill out a few other details. You record your video directly on the site itself, no uploading. Although you are able to upload videos from your cell phone. I assume if they are over 12 seconds they are just cut to the first 12 seconds. When you create a video you put in the title, tags, and location. It is pretty easy to figure out. Also you can add your twitter information so it sends a tweet every time you post a video. Just like twitter you can follow people and have followers. Here is my first video…

As you can see there is not much you can say in 12 seconds, that’s what makes it unique. Now is it better than twitter? I do not think so, yes it is video but say I want to tell people about something I have posted on ThinkComputers I can only say, “check it out on ThinkComputers”, while on Twitter I can give them the direct link. I do like that it is video though, it is much more personal than typing something out on Twitter. I would really like to see a 12seconds app like how you can add videos to Pownce and they show up right in the application, which would be really cool. Like I said 12seconds is only in alpha so we will have to see how things go. Right now I have 8 invites so if you would like one comment on this post, make sure you include a valid e-mail address because that’s where I will be sending the invite. If you are already a 12seconds member be sure to follow me.