Why YouTube Pwns

Lately I have been hearing a lot of criticisms about YouTube's influence on modern culture. I have been influenced in only good ways by YouTube, and this is why!

I am, as always, inspired by Vlogbrothers & AlanDistro, two of my favorite channels and three of my favorite nerdfighters!

Feel free to continue this discussion in the comments or in a video response.

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[nogoldfish]

or a poem (or both, like some of yours), of course you have to internalise the information to understand it. It's called interpretation! Bah, frustrating. Up with youtube!

[shessomickey]

@nogoldfish A great analysis!

[kokorosenshi]

Youtube is soon enough going to successfully replace the idiot box in a few years.

it sure as hell has done for me, anything i want, i can get online, i can get the news online, and i can watch RNGG on youtube, and lots of other great videos you cant on television

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When the NEWS starts having it's own channel on youtube, then you know the end of television is near, all that is needed is the news, and several other shows and stations will follow

[shessomickey]

@kokorosenshi I do see online video as the next step for tv. Accessible, user-supported and often user-generated, free...

[HeBreaksLate]

I agree 100% on most of what you have to say in this video. There is one point on which I disagree. I think that we as consumers of traditional media (TV, film, etc.) have a great deal of say in what kind of content gets created. I chose not to pay $10 to see Clash of the Titans, effectively thumbs downing it. Millions of others did pay to see it, thumbs upping it.

[shessomickey]

@HeBreaksLate Certainly consumer (dis)approval matters quite a bit with traditional media -- but I so love that anybody with a camera can put out content on YT, and you don't need loads of money to find an audience. But I do understand your point!

Thank you for taking the time to comment (=

[charlieissocoollike]

I loved this video, brilliant points! You hit the nail on the head.

I could talk about how YouTube has changed me and effected my life for hours, so I'm not even going to try and put all that into a comment, haha

[LorrainePorcello]

You are a perfect example of how "good content rises." Well done!

[KATN1SSEV3RD33N]

I actually got more book/movie/TV suggestions off of YouTube than I did from anywhere else.

[DreamerRealist]

*grateful

[DreamerRealist]

YouTube has given me an outlet for my writing/music, and for that I am greatful.

[adamcsilk21]

YouTube introduced me to charlieissocoollike, who in turn introduced me to the vlogbrothers, who in turn introduced me to your good self, who literally five minutes ago introduced some amazing videos about the score for the movie Inception, which is one of the best films I've seen in a looooong time. Thus, I am thankful to YouTube for this :) YouTube just wins life because it is more than just an internet site. It's a billion ideas converging in one place to create something beautiful :D

[nogoldfish]

Oh hell yes. I was at an event recently, and someone was cited as saying that the internet is external, whereas when reading poetry, you have to take the words into yourself (paraphrased, and I don't know who said it). Now am I the only one who cannot make sense of this? The external/internal argument for the internet kind of works when you're talking about memory or attention span, but in terms of valuing art it's just ridiculous. In order to interpret any information, be it a youtube video

[Mibis89]

So true! <3 I feel sorry for my friends who only watch stupid tv. Youtube is so much more than that!