I think I threw up a little in my mouth when I saw this. Godtube is a copy, almost line for line, of Youtube complete with a Askaninja.com clone (SoldierinGodsArmy), Mac vs PC clones (link) and Clay Aiken videos?!?
Yet another 'safe place' that is a copy of something succesful, with all the bad stuff removed so that the Christians won't have to struggle and deal with the real world out there.
I read about this on Wired, in this writeup - including the quote below regarding this video:
Admittedly, this one's pretty clever. Pan-offensive novelty rap is turned into a stunning anthem of Bible-literacy by changing a single word in the title. Unfortunately, it took almost twenty years for Christians to get around to parodying a song made famous in 1992, when Christians were still busy trying to come up with 11 minutes of Christian-themed lyrics to insert into Don McLean's "American Pie."
I don't think it was 20 years, but the point remains.
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Posted by iChris | March 20, 2007 9:43 AM
Posted on March 20, 2007 09:43
Yuck!
Posted by graham | March 20, 2007 10:56 AM
Posted on March 20, 2007 10:56
If it makes you feel any better, the SoldierInGodsArmy guy does satire, which is apparently too subtle for the GodTube people.
Posted by macht | March 21, 2007 12:52 AM
Posted on March 21, 2007 00:52
GodTube is using script similar to one available at www.buyscripts.in Most of these clone will not grow much as they can't handle high traffic with simple setup like this.
Posted by Anil | March 21, 2007 3:33 PM
Posted on March 21, 2007 15:33