Youtube

Youtube was founded by Jawed Karim, Steve Chen, and Chad Hurley. Youtube first launched in 2005, and the first video was uploaded in April by Karim named 'Me at the Zoo.’ The inspiration for Youtube came from Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction at the Super Bowl, and the devastating tsunami in the Indian Ocean.
 Youtube didn’t really become famous until Nike published their commercial on the social media platform and received over one million views. Less than a year later, due to the extremely fast growth, Google bought the company for around $1.65 billion.

 I believe that 2009 was a significant milestone for Youtube because it launched HD  (now up to 1080p rather than just 720p), received one billion video views per day, and gained a partnership with Channel 4.

Over the next three years, Youtube added many features to its platform. It introduced new types of ads, and the site soon hit three billion daily views. Many gamers and vloggers realized they now had an opportunity to earn a living by posting videos onto YouTube and receiving revenue from ads and support. Soon after, in 2012, Youtube became a multi-billion dollar company.

Now Youtube has added live streaming, and about 5 billion videos are watched each day. In addition, over 1.3 billion people use the site, and 300 hours of video are uploaded each and every minute. YouTube has become the largest and most popular video distribution platform on the Internet.

Youtube has had a big impact on many people's lives because now they can make a decent living off of creating, editing, and uploading videos onto YouTube. People spend all day on Youtube, finding videos. You can watch Youtube for entertainment, but many videos have advice for people who are seeking help. An example would be if you wanted beauty tips and needed to watch beauty how-to’s and tutorials or if you needed to watch a video on how to change a tire when you are stranded somewhere.

Youtube can also take a more serious approach and broadcast presidential elections, politics, commercials, and recent news. You can be persuaded off of people’s opinionated videos on Youtube. Some videos on topics such as political campaigns and debates can be misleading to viewers when people end up making a biased video.
 Biased videos show the negative impact on Youtube in our society by showing only what society wants to see and leaving out the full story. It can cause people to feel a positive or negative way about a subject without even getting all the context of the story.
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