How big of a problem is exposure in magic today? Especially, with You Tube exposure? Is it significant enough?
For me there is a difference between exposure and tutorial. Exposure is the revelation of a method. Tutorial is intended for you to perform.
For example, you can watch a documentary on how brain surgery is performed.
But that is completely different from learning how to perform surgery
Wow! I've never seen something like that. Almost half is trying to reveal Shin Lim.If YouTube required someone to actively search for the tutorial, that would be one thing. That would actually make it like a library. But it doesn't - it gives suggestions. So imagine I heard about this guy on Fool Us who did a good job, all I have is a name. I do a search, and look what comes up:
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In this hypothetical situation, I'm not looking for methods. I want to watch a performance. But 30% of the results are trying to show me how it's done. That's exposure.
And to be totally clear - I don't worry about exposure and I don't worry about YouTube. As said on other threads, I think we're at a point where most people are getting their start on YouTube. That being said, as far as I have seen, the whole of the available knowledge on YouTube is less than what's in any single good magic book, because they all miss the point.
No magician has gone out of business (as far as I know)... I think that we as magicians should not care about exposure that much at all! I do NOT personally add magic methods to wikipedia... But, if there is a RELIABLE freely available source, why shouldn't people be able to have that knowledge for free?
Exposure does not affect me. It NEVER has... And probably never will... i just can't imagine how?
To get back to what I was saying... Why would you disagree with what I said above?
This IS a bit tiresome.
If it doesn't affect you then why do you care? And why should anyone else care about you not caring?
And BTW...thread bumping much?
Well it's not like you guys are exactly hospitable... Your rules are DRACONIAN to say the least... MY THREADS get blocked for merely having the same tone
Well it's not like you guys are exactly hospitable... Your rules are DRACONIAN to say the least... MY THREADS get blocked for merely having the same tone
Wikipedia is NOT focused on exposing magic tricks. But if there is a RELIABLE source it will publish the method.
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However, the people there explained, that there have been numerous discussions about this, and it is ok to publish methods to tricks that are available and documented (NO GUESSING)!
What is wrong with this? Some people want to know how tricks are done. Who are we to tell them how should they find out about magic?
So in short, I kind of have had a change of heart.
Do I believe in the magician's code? My question is what code? Sure, I do not tell EVERYONE how the tricks I perform are done. But this is not because I have a blood oath with my magic fraternity. No! I just do not want to ruin it for THEM!
However, if they want to know, shouldn't this knowledge be available to them... To be honest, as a magician, it is a liberating feeling to not care about exposure... Go ahead, know how it is done. I mean what is wrong with this? There are movie spoilers. If people want to know how it is done, it is their right to know! ESPECIALLY, if the information is out there. We cannot be telling people... You know what, the info is out there, but I think this is the way for you to learn that information.
No magician has gone out of business (as far as I know)... I think that we as magicians should not care about exposure that much at all! I do NOT personally add magic methods to wikipedia... But, if there is a RELIABLE freely available source, why shouldn't people be able to have that knowledge for free?
Exposure does not affect me. It NEVER has... And probably never will... i just can't imagine how?