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  • Girl you got it right. The same shit is now happening on Youtube Italia where good, creative contenents and people who make them are being literally swallowed up by mainstream tv and big companies that are using them, which I think it's even worse, to promote their own products or to steal their audience. I completely understand what you felt when this first happened on America-UK Youtube. This really sucks. Love from Italy

  • I think the same way you do. And I watched your videos for a long time even without much time.

    When I see one of your videos means that I see a lot of them and like it so much that I become addicted to watching.

    Really love you!

    best regards from Brazil

  • and I forgot to tell you as they say in Dune...Chris Crocker and I'm straight put youtube on the mainstream map...that type of Boldness and hilarity and individuality won't come out of a Corp., way too controversial, and great, and then you take a harder look and Mememolly and Paperlillies and Miss Deena Marie pop up and all of a sudden you're hooked.

  • it took many Corp.s and individuals to give Youtube the capacity for everyone to put up content in the first place. Corp.s and organizations and govt.s all have politics, this is to keep persons in check and make money....always constrictive to individuality. yt is an ultimate source of finding and making content that satisfies the individual.

  • Youtube is aging.. the new design is its wrinkles.

  • do you know you were quoted in a book on YouTube? and now you've been quoted in my media essay... lol. props to you :)

  • Oprah sucks

  • YOu Are Right

    If people want to watch clips they should go to the shows website . if they want to watch classic home made videos then they should go to youtube ...

    WELL SAID BRYONY!!!!!!

  • THE CORPORATIONS ARE TAKIN OFF THE THINGS WHICH ARE COPYRIGHTED , i dont know how they have a big stake in you tube

  • she said let them eat cake

  • boooooo

  • It's Freedom of speech! it is your choice to see whatever you want to see.

  • Truer now than back in Nov. '07. The changes that will occur on YouTube Apr. 16th will even further alienate the non-corporate video maker.

  • Fuck Oprah. (and I'm black)

    WTF is she a billionaire for? Encouraging stupid and naive housewives to go out and buy crappy books because of her stupid book club? Having boring interviews? The fact that she has the power to shut down entire industries simply by condemning it on her show shows what a crazy country the US has become.

  • I understand. You only can fight find and a way to connect/link with what are original and worthy. I hardly look who are the most subscribed or most list.

  • Youtube??.....dead???...when??­:P

  • get over it honey its the intrnet

    like tv ,porn dvd ,movies and games and the news papers and magazines there is always competiton and u got to get over it and see that ur dull and boring and some ppl like certain thing doh like ur its simple like that and what the ppl like the pll would like u in the words of the last mornach of france queen antoinett let them eat cate

  • cake

  • totally agree

  • it's not all that bad.

    user generated content is still here, just don't watch the lame stuff

  • The way to freedom is to keep creating vlog websites and putting a link to them on everyone's channel. Then when they get trashed you can just move on to the next one. I know I didn't think that out too well... Anyhow, I'm subbing to ya if thats any consollation. :P

  • "were the people man!" LOL xD

    love the vid

  • im from the UK and the only way i heard of Oprah was from drake and josh lol!!!

  • same er LMAO

  • I remember this "golden age" she speaks of. I also recall at the same time that Chad & Steve were in major debt and were, not hoping, but counting on a big corporation to buy them just like News corp did to myspace.

    And some reason whenever I hear folks refer to the "community" I always think they mean them and those like them in status on here. They probably don't, but I still get that impression.

  • I disagree. It's a case of 'You're playing with my ball, and I want it back'.

    It's called evolving and progress. When YOU become the victim of this YOU suddenly realize what your parents have been complaining about for the last 20 years about how things have changed- for the worst.

  • i agree, youtube was a place i could escape from all the tv crap. but now i have to thumb through all this nonsense just to find a good video from someone who isn't getting paid by some other company.

  • i ran away from tv as well. ok maybe food channel is ok

  • This is STRAIGHT

    straight and right

  • This video was SO spot on.

    Xx

  • I agree also.. I spend so much time trying to find actual funny creative videos...

    I would LOVE to have youtube go back to how it use to be a while ago..

  • God, this is what happens to people who take the Internet just a bit too seriously.

    It stops becoming a website and people like Paperlilies turn it into a way of life.

  • keep posting what you think is what you want to see your self... while I try and catch up...ehhheh

  • sunday morning @ 2:07 am

    and you are ya know, and no I don't want the damn sandwich I want my damn glass of water at room temp.

    has it been that long? what the hell where you doing there ?

    and yes you vids are indeed captivating.

    I have'nt watched many yet but someone that in my mind looked like you walked by a table

    and I definetly wanted to talk with them.

    mercy is an attribute, heath is a trait.

    I just found you tube not long ago.

  • i just started looking at videos, and well the real people on here are more interesting to watch then tv.

  • I agree. The videos that are promoted are usually terrible. It is hard to find good videos. It helps when people I am subscribed to promote a particular videos.

  • Oprah's the devil himself.

  • wait, you get paid to make videos?!

    Who else gets paid????

  • Want Sex??? Hehehe =)

  • (i) she loves youtube. (ii) i am youtube. (iii) she loves me!

  • dosen't an age have to go by before it becomes "an age" the so-called 'golden age' of you tube is about...what eighteen months ago?

  • speak about youtube on youtube is not the greatest idea.I know you want to fit inside but the world don't fall down if you don't became famous.I'll fall down if you don't call me.

  • I don't watch television in the first place, so when there is something that I would like to watch on television, I like the fact that I can find it on youtube.

    You can also find original contect from amateurs. There's tons of it. I think both communities can coexist here.

  • i agree! good job! when i saw nogoodtv on here i was so irritated!

    keep making videos!

    i wish i could make them as good as you!

  • you get paid to make movies? thats incredible

  • You Tube is very much a community for most users. That is because they have not blocked the majority of You Tube users like you have done. You only have a select group of friends who are not blocked; since hundreds and hundreds of people use You Tube, blocking most users doesn't work. If you want You Tube to feel like a community, than you can turn it into a community if you want. You don't need the You Tube staff to fix a problem that you can fix yourself.

  • I'd like a corporate/actual user generated content sections. You should submit that to them.

  • drew barrymore

  • u look like that 1 girl in charlies angels o.O

  • I like the look of your face.

  • I'm new to YouTube, so your perspective is really helpful for me. I'm trying to find witty, insightful, hilarious, creative videos on here. Maybe YouTube could make a 'network' of users that share your craft?

  • Amen my brother, I need to make some money so I can get my plane ticket to London in June.

  • eh, shes a girl, she cant be your brother. i think.

  • Yeah, no shit.

  • I defiantly agree with you Bryony.

  • I agree with you. I would rather see more vlogs and communication on youtube. It seems more like entertainment as far as some videos go. To be fair, not all videos are pure entertainment, some are vlogs where people actually talk about their life which is interesting, but there doesn't seem to be enough vlogging nowadays.

  • Hello Bryony,

    This is what happens in a corporate takeover (Google buys YouTube).

    Care to fight back? (leveraging off of the mighty Google, no less!)

    Three little letters- SEO (search engine optimization).

    PM me if you'd like the juicy details on how to fight back against YouTube corporate fascism- With Honor.

    Thank you for your excellent videos!

    Warmest regards,

    Mark

  • haha thats so weird how you said have a good thursday and todays a thursday [since you didnt post this today] x]..wow random babbling. when i love your videos...havent watched them all yet but the ones ive seen are great. =D

  • I agree with you. But also, I think "the people who made this website what it is" (ie, you, etc..) have also started to shift their videos to things more mainstream (ie. your britney spears video)... so lowest common denomination is a two way street.

  • fck mainstream for realz! its killing our internet!!

  • yeah i sat through it, and i think you are right.

    well said. x

  • Power to the people ;)

    And yes, I have sat trough the whole video, but please, don't apologize, it was my own choice...

  • Ain't got a frigging idea what you're saying sweetheart but I love your accent!!

  • The higher the scriber rate. The less I watch them. Something happens to them. Instead of being themselves. They feel the need to "entertain."

  • Thank you!

  • ^thier name is paperlilys

    Her name (the vlogger's) name is paperlilies

    Don't get them confused.

  • commune(hiccup)ty

  • i rarely visit youtube so today was my first time to see any of your vidios.... i have watched about30 so far.... i am gonna be hear all night.... your pretty cool!! i honestly am boycotting oprah from now... lol i already saw one of her videos but it was just cus i was interested in esmee... anyway im rambling. your cool....

  • Paperlilys- how friggin low can you get?

    Dayum.

  • Who is Oprah?

  • billion dollar Famous American TV show Celebrity

    google it

  • Yeah I believe the term is "Flooding the Market". Something extremely common in music. You have some orginal bands that start something then the corperations come in and try to take over and commercialize it until it's no longer cool or relevant then they leave to go ruin something else treating it all like a cheap whore. I think this is the first time it's happened with a site like this. Myspace is an even worse example too.

  • HAHA!!

    ''shit piece of shit video..''

    bryony you are a legend =]

    tell them cunts!

  • so true.

  • really good points

    i totally agree with everything you're saying

    it's rather annoying to click on most viewed/rated and you get a bunch of tv shows and sex related videos. its ridiculous

  • Yes! Someone finally dicusses this! You are 100% correct!

  • This is quite contradictory, you love getting paid for doing vids, but you're bitching about why people watch shit now....if youtube wasn't paying people to do stupid shit, then good videos would still be the highest viewed. Sad, but true.

  • sorry wasnt listening, but you look hot britt girl! make more!

  • She got a point and this ist totaly Right but what to do with the kind of vid's??

    just don't watch the vid's??

  • The Citizens of YouTube need to rise up!

  • Cue generic erection joke.

  • Convergence is the big word for 2008: mobile phones becoming media players, media players becoming PCs, PCs taking over everything.

    Happy New Year Bryony.

  • I completely agree with you, all of us that make vids get trampled by that sort of crap. :]

    Be a freedom fighter Bryony!

  • great video

    but this is odd

    you said have a nice thursday

    and i happened to watch it on a thursday xD

    i think i may have good timeing.

  • Thats capitalism for you.

  • Make A Move!

  • I came to YT because of the corporate content that people were uploading - because I wanted to hear songs / watch TV without paying for it which is I think how a lot of people got into YT, then I found vloggers like paperlilies and community channel ect. who I enjoy. So I think people will still find it, and more people will make videos, and watch them... it will just be bigger numbers and you wont be able to get such a big audiance share for a video.

  • you get paid for this? I thought you tube was like a v blog, and video veiwing. Not something that people get paid to do....

  • It kinda sounds like it's all about you losing your popularity card here. Sour grapes so to speak. Youtube used the little folks to get big, and now they are moving on - that's the real world I'm afraid.

    I'm a bit disgusted that they were paying kids to make videos - and the minute you guys started taking a paycheck from them...you bought into the corporation and lost any right to complain.

  • i think youtube has gone corperate now. first youtube was for the little people now the big companies are destroying the little people's dreams

  • *Comment Part#2*

    Because theres no lie, person is not actin but being him/her self in real life, and its interesting how people are diferent and uniq.

    But anyway, im totaly sick man couse i dont know why am i even posting this comment.

    I just wanted to say, to that girl who eva in this vid. (If You read this)

    1.You are beautiful/gorgeous

    2.I love your accent

    3.Smile couse that way you look cute

    4.You words make sense, speak more.

    5.You are the best so far <3

  • *Comment Part#1*

    Um Im probably sick, its 4 am right now and i sat and watched this whole video.

    The sickest part, is that i neva watch this kinda videos, no offence but i found this boring.

    So i got this Ad Popup with YouTube, and I pressed "play" only couse of the cute girl, i found her beautiful and so i sat and started watchin.

    Dude when she was talking i found she is right, first of all i know that mainstream is bullshit so i dont watch TV

    Secondly i found Home Made Videos more interesting

  • You get paid for this? I'm unsubscribing if you do.

  • I undertand and I agree.

  • You get paid for this?

  • thanks for this video. when i first started actaully watching youtube, i was watching for the corporate shows, but i saw i liked youtube way more when i started watching the people who make videos on youtube.

  • true words, thanks for that

  • The words you're struggling to think of is "amature vs professional". As you me ... I will always migrate to videos / Vblogs posted by the "little" people because I've had my fill of "main stream" broadcasting.

  • you know heh i didnt really realize that what youtube was made for...but now that you mention it... its becoming homogenized by the corporations...but i got now room to talk i come on here look up music videos and eh stuff i missed in the news blah blah blah....they should make a sister site...youtv...or something...why dont you pitch that idea at them...i know im a johny come lately but now i kinda want a webcam to make a video...i just dont know of what

  • you speek ALOT OF SENCE

    i wish i had a webcam now :(

    well done girl

    well done

    x

  • i hate operah she is a fat hobo

  • yeah hobo with billions of dollers

  • On on she talks each word more

    useless than the next. lol

    just kidding I kind of understand

    because T.V sucks

  • Yeah, but nn matter how much money corperations put into youtube vids, no matter how sponsored they get, their view count will always be beaten by vids of girls dancing in their underwear. Or just girls dancing period.

    Even really crappy picture quality ones.

    I dont know whether that is good or bad though : P

  • who cares if opera is on youtube

  • its opRAH. idiot.

  • i agree lol

  • BLAH BLAH BLAH...just shut the hell up

  • Sooooo true, thats so true

  • That is the dog's bollocks.

  • i've always wondered when they are going to smarten up and separate blogs from corp. channels

  • i completly agree!

  • Totally agree with what you say. It's fair enough to have corporate material for promotional purposes, but why keep it in the same place? They could separate the corporate content buy making a corporate section of youtube just like switching from the Global site to the UK site. I don't want to see X Factor on TV let alone on youtube!

  • Google doesn't care about us, nor does YouTube. We've been spat on in return for making this site big. I've watched this site crumble. Its core used to be gleaming gold, but now it's rotted and black.

  • So did nobody like my idea then? MeTube?

  • really good points, and I didnt feel you were rambling because I happened to agree with you.

  • I guess this also says something about the mob - the unwashed masses. We all should care more about where we invest ourselves and the consequences.

  • LOL Ive just noticed the logo

    YT-'Broadcast Yourself'

    has gone! Youtube has become a Corperation, its unfair I have to compete with NBC, I guess the only way to avoid it is go to another website that doesnt have deals with corperations (because YT has them) and start again :(

  • I hate these new(ish) videoplayers from Google! In fact, I hate it that Google has bought-out YT...

  • We still watch

  • POWERED BY GOOGLE!!! ;)

  • I totally agree bryony, it all come down to this- FOLLOW THE MONEY! YT died the day Google took over.

  • Quit whinning. Money and visablity is good for all. Inclusion not exclusion.

  • "whinning"? u r a n00b @ sspellingg

  • Inclusion in what? This site sucks and I'm only here because I'm an addict.

  • I totally agree! good vid :) I've only been a member since nov 06 but i been using youtube since late 2005, it's really changed this year!

  • What we SHOULD do, is start a new YouTube (MeTube?) and make it just like the old YouTube that we all grew to love. I'm suffocating here...

  • I first joined youtube (under a different username) in January 2006. Back then a lot of people didn't even know what it was, and the site was a lot more fun, because it was independent. Less censored (more freedom), less mainstream (videos that were complete trash didn't get featured), site had more character (something it completely lacks now) and it was just a lot more fun. It's become like normal TV and it's not what I joined it for.

  • Youtube was a good site until Google took over.

  • Great video!! The problem you're discussing could be easily solved, but YouTube has every financial incentive to ignore the problem, so they won't solving this problem. A pity.

  • WELL SAID PAPER LILIES!

    Send this clip directly to the people at youtube!

    clap, clap!!

    Standing Ovation!

    keep it coming, yeah!

    This makes me want to move to the uk!

    later,

    cater!

  • i agree opera comming to youtube sucks

  • Bryony's hair is dark brown ! are you color blind?!?!?

  • Very well put! This does feel like where things may be headed but we can do something about that. Keep it real------------

  • im not sure how long ago when this was made, but your hair looks really good black

  • its the big boys taking over again..they own everything..they aint going to let us be free ....ever...you rock...lets take it back

  • Good show. But I don't believe all the doom and gloom. Certain things even Oprah can't horn in on. Neither can corporate America. They wish they had this type of creativity. And yes, you're right. YouTube should organize content better. But do they care? After all, YouTube is corporate, too.

  • I agree!

  • Don't worry about it, you'll always have plenty of fans regardless of who's sharing the cyber-medium. I agree too, that Oprah on utoob goes against all "Youtube logic" perse, it's supposed to be about unknowns feeling like they can "be on t.v.", a forem for regular people.

  • I agree with you. You tube should be for the community. It's not fair for normal people to go up against opera... she is fucking scary.

    GL

  • um wtf you joined a year ago and you thought youtube was going to die?

    lolz

  • What!! Sorry I refreshed the page to see if my comment was posted, since have been having issues with my connection *cough Virgin Media sucks!* I heard you say 2nd time round, you get payed by youtube to make videos... Gratz! :)

    + Lol (to last comment), see, people can't say no to money :P

  • Yes it sucks! I hate to say it, but this is the World we live in! Its all about money! Most wannabe popstars don't even know you have to pay for your own CD's and advertisements with your "advanced pay" which is like a loan and you pay interest back on slyly through your agents/managers commision w/e! Sorry to say, but this will never change, everyone wants to make money! Its a sad fact of life!

    Good vid btw! :)

  • i totally agree with you..

  • I completely agree...

    I watch you tube videos especially video blogs because I was sick of the shit on t.v. magazine crap and other main stream media as you said.

  • Oprah sucks...This coming from an American

  • I wholeheartedly agree!!! We want our individualism and creativity back!

  • when I went to england I watched the oprah show! I got to know oprah in england, though i lived in the smallest county. so I'm kinda surprised you should say she's not very popular in the UK.

  • it's the videos that use shock factor *cough* *cough* chris crocker

  • Amen!

  • Nice Factual and i like the look,you look great :D

  • totally agree with you all the way girl. use ypoutube to get this message out further. Contact all the other youtube celebs, i.e boh3eme, etc, and all get your voice out at the same time. you can make a difference.

  • I agree.

    Youtube admins should catergorize videos made for big businesses separately from genuine youtubers videos.

    They sholdn't mix them up.

    The community should have their own section and the corps in another section.

  • That's Web 2.0 for you.

  • i disagree that there are two camps; there is a lot inbetween -people who fall someone inbetween simply talking to a webcam and being a major corporation. You seem to think that your videos are the esscence of youtube.. but i listen to you without watching your videos, because seeing you talking doesn't add anything... do you see my point?

    You assume that the 'core'- the majority - wants to watch the less 'main stream' videos, but surely the viewing figures are showing that not to be the case

  • Right on! I completely agree all the way.

  • this is so true...i miss old youtube, and i hate that ppl are actually getting paid to make vids...thats so stupid. your vids are really cool...and u speak the truth so jst wanted to say that.

  • Very well said.

  • It stinks how youtube has sold out I remember when I first joined and subscribed to people including yourself now so many of them don't post anything anymore.I hope that they figure out how to balence things soon cause youtube has lost sooo much of the charisma and spectre it once use to hold

  • Wrong or not - you are gorgeous and the reason I watch YouTube. OPrah is not as popular in The America, as you are to me. HAHAHA!

  • i miss the documentry channel that used to be on utube. where is it and the videos that where on gone.....

    so now down load the free pod cast on itunes where there is lots of good quality stuff for free ie national geographic etc ...

  • National Geographic still has a channel here on Youtube. I, for one, am subscribed to them

  • if you're one of the people getting paid to make videos I don't quite think you're part of the typical community anymore

  • Thumbs Up.. I agree.

  • No. Don't apologize for rambling. Hell, make an hour-long video and put it on... somewhere other than YouTube because it doesn't let you. I like watching you ramble.

    You made really good points 6:00-end. But don't edit out the rest. :)