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		MatthewPhillips on Dec 10, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What Facebook, Google+ and YouTube would have look... I like 1997 YouTube better.

Leynos on Dec 10, 2011 [–]

The choice of codecs and container formats gave me a giggle. It's easy to criticize Flash, but web video was an out and out pain prior to Flash video players.

zandorg on Dec 10, 2011 | [–]

It should say "RealVideo", too, actually, as that was the format of the day.

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