YouTube
People started to use YouTube because before it existed there was nowhere to upload videos for people to see, so trying to find clips of something you saw on TV or a song you heard on the radio again was nearly impossible. YouTube allowed people to upload these clips and videos for people to find content on subjects they enjoyed easily, it meant there was plenty of content on people favorite subjects or even just funny viral videos to watch to keep people entertained. People could find what they wanted to watch, when they wanted to watch it and they could replay it anytime.
YouTube provides a place for people to upload the content they have created to a worldwide audience, whether that be a funny clip they recorded, a short film they've made, a song they've recorded or if it is a big institution a movie trailer or even clips from the film. Content providers have the ability to earn money from adverts they place on their videos if their channels grow enough and gain enough subscribers and enough regular views. This can give people a platform to start their own brands and a number of YouTubers have become famous from a number of categories: SMOSH are a comedy duo who post funny and sometimes nerdy skits to their channel and now have 21.5 million subscribers and have their own movie; PewDiePie is a swedish gamer who posted videos of him reacting and playing video games for people to watch and is now the most viewed and most subscribed to person on YouTube with just under 40 million subscribers and these youtubers earn a lot of money and are able to buy huge houses and super cars just like normal celebrities.
YouTube has never had any dips in popularity or problems, YouTube has continued to grow rapidly over the 10 years that YouTube has been on the internet and still continues to grow and provide new services for the people who use the site such as the ability to live stream, use 360 degree cameras and create videos in Real 3D.
YouTube has had no major controversies other than the minor discrepancies with Hollywood and TV studios as YouTube and other video sharing sites such as Vine are becoming more popular than TV and film stars and are having more of an influence on what teens spend their money on and how they live their lives. This means that the flow of money that used to go towards stars and institutions that created this media has depleted and is now going towards these social media stars that are more 'honest' and 'true' because they create the content themselves and much of it is video blogs of their daily lives.
YouTube has had a massive impact on the media's landscape as many people download music and listen to music on YouTube rather than buying the CDs or buying it through iTunes. Also, people are uploading full TV show episodes and films onto YouTube and so this is having a profound effect on the film and TV companies and the services that usually provide this content as users can access it for free, most of this content is taken down as it breaks the copyright laws but most people slightly alter the content so that it cant be picked up by YouTube's monitoring systems. YouTube has allowed billions of users to upload thousands of videos everyday for billions of people to watch and has become one of the main sources of online entertainment in the 10 years it has been up and running.
YouTube regularly evolves and changes its interface to make it easier for users to find the content that they would enjoy, such as a recommended section on the home page which takes into account your viewing history and finds similar videos from with the same content creator or similar ones. Also their are hidden Easter eggs that you can find if you search for certain things in the YouTube search bar these usually include little animations you can make happen based on current or classic memes. This includes searching "do a barrel roll" and the search results page will spin around once, you can also watch some videos in VHS quality by adding "&vhs=1" to the URL. Mini games can be played on YouTube as well such as snake while a video is loading and missile defense can be played over the top of the video by simply typing "1980" on your keyboard without any kind of search bar or comments section selected. Sometimes though controversial videos can be uploaded and political messages from groups such as ISIS are uploaded and this is definitely something that wasn't intended when YouTube was created.
YouTube regularly evolves and changes its interface to make it easier for users to find the content that they would enjoy, such as a recommended section on the home page which takes into account your viewing history and finds similar videos from with the same content creator or similar ones. Also their are hidden Easter eggs that you can find if you search for certain things in the YouTube search bar these usually include little animations you can make happen based on current or classic memes. This includes searching "do a barrel roll" and the search results page will spin around once, you can also watch some videos in VHS quality by adding "&vhs=1" to the URL. Mini games can be played on YouTube as well such as snake while a video is loading and missile defense can be played over the top of the video by simply typing "1980" on your keyboard without any kind of search bar or comments section selected. Sometimes though controversial videos can be uploaded and political messages from groups such as ISIS are uploaded and this is definitely something that wasn't intended when YouTube was created.
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