Hobby #8: Youtube

I don’t know a soul that doesn’t know what youtube is. Many are obsessed with it, and since I’ve been doing hobbies about things that many people don’t know about, I decided to do a more common one. Also, apologies for the lack of updates.

Youtube is essentially the ultimate video sharing website, for those who live under a rock (how are you accessing my website?). The Youtube idea is this: you upload videos you’ve recorded, someone watches your video, some more people watch it, and since by this time it has 5-6 views, people might say “hey, I’ll fit in with the crowd” or “Oooh, the subject of this video interests me” and watch it some more. Thus your status on youtube is partially accumulated by how many views your videos have, which is essentially how popular they are, because people can share your video with their friends- bam, more views. Also, two other popular features include other people being able to rate and/or comment on and discuss the videos. You can also at special effects to the video, descriptions for an explaination of it, tags to help people find it with keywords and even notes and speech bubbles burnt into the video itself.

A more complex and fun part, however, comes if you register an account on youtube (don’t worry, it’s free). You don’t have to register to watch videos, but you do have to if you want to comment and rate on them, or upload your own. However, when you register, you get your own customizable profile page complete with subscribers, subscriptions, an avatar the varies with the videos you’ve uploaded, quicklists, favorites, playlists, and on and on. All these things really enhance your youtube experience.

Pros:
Very accessible
Great interface
Easiest file sharing the planet
Plenty of features

Cons:
The comment rating system is kinda dumb

Overall rating: 9/10