It is virtually impossible to be
productive with youtube.com open. I
swear, that site is a magnet for procrastinators like me. One minute you are
catching up on the latest clips for the Ellen DeGeneres Show, then 90 minutes
later, you are looking up enormous, live mistakes made by news reporters.
You have to admit, the amount of
content on YouTube is quite impressive. I looked it up, and the official
YouTube statistics (as of today) is that about 48 hours of content is uploaded
to YouTube every minute. (I’ve got proof
right here. http://www.youtube.com/t/press_statistics The internet is insane.)
However, I have yet to discover a
way to spend a day without going on to this beloved website. Simply put, it’s
hard to find an equivalent to the entertainment that YouTube provides.
YouTube is amazing. Some people make livings off of their YouTube
videos. Artists such as Justin Bieber owe their careers to YouTube. (Don’t hate on Justin, don’t fall in love
with him. We don’t even know him.)
However, YouTube is the place where
I have witnessed the most cyberbullying on the internet.
Hiding cowardly behind the mask of
anonymity, they are poised to attack. They are “fearless” (although using the
internet to lash out their cruelty is not something that I consider fearless.)
Then usually the offending comment
incites a long stream of arguments throughout the comment section, while the
maker of the video watches in awe.
It’s quite disgusting really, but
that is one of the internet’s more cruel factors.
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