Reaction Post

In this post, I will be discussing my reaction to the EOTOs that were seen in class. Unfortunately, sickness kept me away from seeing all the presentations, but I would like to share my thoughts on Sarah's presentation on the history of YouTube.YouTube is a well-known name when discussing streaming in the modern age. In the presentation, she discussed the founders and their reasoning behind starting the popular YouTube site. 

Before we can discuss YouTube's impact, we have to discuss the history and the beginning of the idea. Three men, Steven Chen, Jawad Karim, and Chad Hurely, had the idea to create a platform for one to pick specific content you wanted to see. Television does not offer the same choices that we have now when it comes to choosing what we want to watch. They were not the first website to try to accomplish this. The original sites were incompatible with the software or were not the right file size, so by the time you actually picked what you wanted to watch, the process had already consumed a significant amount of time.

YouTube became popular in the 2010s and 20s through the video tutorials that they offered. Youtube always had a wide variety of options that would help guide you in any activity that you decided to try and conquer. This became popular through the ease of sharing videos. 

Many influencers, or creators, were inspired by this platform and gained great followings through creative freedom. People began to have access to a community that they felt they belonged to through the users that followed them. If you are not aware of influencers, it's okay! You can access other channels on YouTube, too. There are no limits to what you can find. If you are not interested in the platform influencers, you have access to all news channels. Every News channel has a YouTube platform that you can access later broadcasts if you miss something 

It was most interesting to learn about the roots of the website, which has brought me much comfort over the years. It was intriguing to understand the history of how this small idea became one of the most utilized websites. If you go on YouTube today, you still find thousands of videos that offer anything you could want. You can even see historic videos from the beginning days of the website. Although YouTube was not the first attempt, it was the most well-received attempt and has stood the test of time still.

Youtube will probably continue to have a huge impact on the future of society. We have already seen how invested people are in the platform, and I believe that will only continue to grow despite that in recent years we have seen an influx of users leaving the platform due to revenue issues. That is a blog post for another day, though. I hope through this post you have learned about the impact of YouTube on society