Why do I like Vimeo more than YouTube

I'm a YouTube member since March 2006 and still use it daily, mostly because on almost every site I visit somewhere a YouTube video is embedded. But still I don't heart YouTube like I heart Flickr or Last.fm (great new layout!). For me it's more like a mass media machine than a video community. I never had the community feeling on YouTube, although I'm sure there is a YouTube community I only never really experienced it first hand.

If I compare it with Vimeo it's totally different, it's the Flickr for video. A lot of passionate users expressing themselves via their videos. It feels real, more personal. On Vimeo you have that bonding feeling, you want to get to know the people behind the videos. You want to know what their story is. On YouTube almost every user is just another user.

Is this due to the popularity of YouTube? Is it because YouTube has so many users that you feel like wandering around a big city all by yourself? I don't know. The only thing I know is that I feel a lot more comfortable posting my personal videos to Vimeo.

What about you?

Sunglasses from Capucha on Vimeo.