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      20 days ago

      I don’t really think that’s a great word either. If you break down “podcast”, pod = iPod, obvi, because that’s how they were originally played back. “Cast” (as in “broadcast”) suggests the method of distribution across the web (RSS).

      You don’t need to reinvent a new word for every type of video. They’re just called videos. If you wanted to be more specific you could call it a “video interview”, as I alluded to above.

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          19 days ago

          And I would argue that language “evolution” is fucking stupid if all meaning is stripped from the words, as it has been here. The whole purpose of a language is to create a common understanding of communication. If that definition is eroded to the extent that there is no longer a common understanding, that is not evolution, that is devolution.

          It also abused by many to intentionally conflate meanings to fit an agenda.