[pontus]

I like this idea. There are going to be a million reasons why it won't work that people will bring up, but ultimately I suspect they're all addressable.

One concern that would have to be addressed upfront would be to avoid having this turn into another Youtube. For example, once you have a great video aggregation site, there will be a desire to start hosting videos yourself. At that point you can start monetizing them and will inevitably want to promote that content, turning yourself into another Youtube. Basically once you control the demand, the supply side is easy to displace. I guess making it open source could address some of this.

Also, should definitely call it opentube.com (already taken of course, but surprisingly not in use).

[mIOAMDA]

What about monetizing the recommendations themselves like some other commenters suggest. Would you pay for high quality recommendations?