What I think of Youtube.

Hey you. I bet Youtube is on your browser tab, right this very moment. Comment below if I was right, and also, leave a comment if I was wrong too.

I'm going to talk about YouTube. You could leave now if you have no slight interest of YouTube or you just hate YouTube so much for making you procrastinate doing your assignments.

You're still here, why are you still here?

Sidenote : The images below are copyrighted and they don't belong to me. I Yahoo-ed them.


YouTube is my Homepage.
Besides Twitter.com, YouTube is my favorite site at the moment. Never really paid attention on YT before my 3 months break, due to the work load and stress that both occupied me for the rest of the year. But the past three months, I had been actively watching vloggers on YouTube, just rambling about their daily lives. It's so addictive when you watched them for hours in a day and days in a week. It became a habit. It became part of you. Normally, I'm not the kind who would listen to complete strangers telling me how they spent their last weekends doing really uninteresting stuffs. But YT vloggers, they really have a voice. They pointed out opinions, which is really a good thing to hear what people had to say about one particular topic. E.g : Rebecca Black's invasion and so forth. HayleyGHoover is definitely a favorite on YouTube. Her 'lay off Rebecca Black's video really shaped up what I was thinking about the whole bashing teenage pop stars thing. Having said that, I'm sorry Bieber and Cyrus, I plead guilty. Sorry for having say not the nicest thing about you people. But hey, I think Hannah Montana and Never Say Never are good shows?

Nerimon

Charlieiscoollike

Pathway to Stardom

Michael Aranda

There are so many YouTube vloggers that has over 30 million views. Please note the 'vloggers' I'm trying to point out, because Britney Spears isn't a vlogger. For those who had been surfing YouTube most of your time, Charlie McDonnell (also known as charlieissocoollike) is a YouTube royalty. Over 10 million views, he is really something. Being English, I think it helped him in gaining those billion fan girls he has. Not to missed out, his witty, whimsical, slightly odd personality and good looks brought girls into subscribing him on his YouTube Channel. He is a YouTube phenomenon and is a big name in the UK and USA. His first YouTube video was only over a couple years ago and look where he is now. Making money via YouTube. Famous and getting paid by just posting videos are reasons why more and more people decide to vlog.
Charlie, if you're reading this, I am a fan of your videos.

Owlssayhoot

HayleyGHoover

Mike Lombardo

Gaining Friends And Lovers.
Ever heard of 5 Awesome Girls? and 5 Awesome Guys? And 5 Awesome Gays? Well, it first started with 5 Awesome Girls. They came up with an idea of bringing other YouTubers - that I'm sure, they were strangers at first - and making YouTube videos everyday (each person was assigned to a specific day) and at the end of the video, they would come up with a question that the person after (the next-day vlogger) would have to answer. Oh and they were Harry Potter fans, so that was the similar interest they had. And then, the 5 Awesome Guys were very intrigued by this idea, and they decided to do the same. Long after, there are so many 5 Awesome groups trying to attract viewers but we all know who came up with the idea first....the girls!
I wasn't trying to be biased or anything. Point is, people gained friends from YouTube. Common interest is a main factor. Heard of Nerimon? A friend of Charlie, and now they're living together. They met through YouTube and so did other 5 Awesome guys. They formed a band called Chameleon Circuit and Sons of Admirals! Crazy isn't it how YouTube is a great medium for forming bands and alliances and such. It's fascinating how YouTube is sort of acting as a match maker now. Luke Conard is dating Kristina Horner (who dated Nerimon) and Mike Lombardo is with HayleyGHoover now and who knows who might get married on YouTube in the future!

Luke Conard & Kristina

Sons of Admirals - Charlie, Eddplant, Tom Milsom and Alex.

Bands and music.
 YouTube is the free and fast track device for a band to promote their latest demo or songs or videos. Recently, I've discovered a really quirky duo called Scott & Tom (via vlogger, BooShoe37). Without YouTube, I might not even know they existed. YouTube really produced quite a number of good artists, singer-song writers and such. The well-known would be Bieber. Then there's our hometown international singer-song writer, Zee Avi who was discovered by a NY based record company who watched her video accidentally and poom! She's now signed and touring US and making her way past it. Also, most of you must've heard of Sam Tsui. He's just really this famous guy who cover mainstream songs and just so happened to own a really great voice.Mike Lombardo, I mentioned him earlier, he's an aspiring singer-song writer and I love his originals! Check him out, he's a great artist. If you're a fan of autotunes and a coincident fan of Harry Potter, try Ministry of Magic. They does super cool home-made music videos. YouTube is for everyone, and every genre literally.


Comments and the Liking System.
Viewers could be a little aggressive at times. Refer to Rebecca Black's video and you'll see. Some even threatening to kill her. That's repulsive and absolute filth. Opinions are good, but they're even better if they are constructive comments. Or you could just say, "I hate it" or better not say it and leave the video (why were you even watching her in the first place!) instead of posting comments like, "Go die", and "You're the dumbest person on Earth." Other cases like what I came across the other day, "You're a fat cow, I don't know why people are watching you". For goodness' sake, did God made you perfect? Other thing that bothers me the most is the liking system. It's okay on Facebook but the existence of the thumbs down button wasn't the best idea. I saw videos that had more thumbs down that thumbs up and I thought how would that make the creator feels? It's okay if he decided to not make YouTube and just ignore the comments he had, but what if that person was so affected by it and commit suicide? Comments on YouTube could be a new form of bullying.


I think I've said what I wanted to express of YouTube. I apologize if the facts are slightly off! I am after all, only human and didn't have the time in the world to Google every little details. I'm leaving you with a few links of part of my favorite vloggers (the list is growing, it's mad!)

What I'm Watching Now (in no order):
Kayley (Owlssayhoot)
Scott and Tom Music
Charlie McDonnell
Alex Day (Nerimon)
Michael Aranda
Hayley G Hoover
That Zak
Kristina Horner
Matt (BooShoe37)

Why should you even bother watching them, you ask? For good humors. They're really funny people. Funnier than what you have on the television. Who needs TV nowadays anyway? YouTube is not just a site, it's a lifestyle.

P.S : Comment me if you have suggestions on other vloggers that I should check out! Communication is vital!
P.S.S : I haven't come to a point where I'm a 'fangirl'.