# Do you youtube ? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 19, 2012, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-youtube/635219 "2012-09-19T23:30:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-youtube/635219/21 "2012-09-21T01:20:36Z")
I watch entire movies (using upto 5 pages.) Favorites are: Life Force (with the nude walk omitted), Fastest Gun Alive, Stalag 17, The Fountainhead, Front Page, and Birth of a Nation. I also watched all the episodes of The Professionals, The Thin Blue Line, The Night Stalker, and U.F.O. ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-youtube/635219/22 "2012-09-21T01:28:15Z")
> [@Lazlo Hapsburg](#): > > You may think that I’m joking. But I’m not. I assure you that I am serious. > > I have tried to use Youtube and to understand it. But, unfortunately, I just don’t seem to “get it” - especially the concept of “channels”. > > . here is the Hx of Youtube > **[YouTube](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube)** > > YouTube is an American social media and online video sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim, three former employees of PayPal. Headquartered in San Bruno, California, it is the second-most-visited website in the world, after Google Search. In January 2024, YouTube had more than 2.7 billion monthly active users, who collectively watched more than one billion hours of videos every day. As of May 2019\[update\], vide... here is a great article about channels and what they are and why they look the way they currently do > **[YouTube's website redesign puts the focus on channels](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16006524)** > > YouTube has revamped its website, putting the focus on curated video channels, but members complain about the new look. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-youtube/635219/23 "2012-09-21T04:36:09Z")
> [@April\_R](#): > > here is the Hx of Youtube > [YouTube - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube) > here is a great article about channels and what they are and why they look the way they currently do > [YouTube's website redesign puts the focus on channels - BBC News](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16006524) Many thanks, April. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-youtube/635219/24 "2012-09-21T06:00:13Z")
I think YouTube is one of the greatest inventions of the internet era. I spend a lot of time searching for and watching YouTube videos. I can’t imagine life without it now. I hope Google never abandons it, because they’re practically the only ones with enough money to keep it up and running. I have about 8 YouTube channels myself, each with a different purpose. Mine are all music-related. Lazlo, if you sign up for an account on YouTube, you have a channel of your own. In YouTube Land, “channel” means the same thing as “account.” If you don’t upload anything, your channel will be empty. If you upload videos, then your channel will have content. Some people’s channels are empty, some have content. If you have a lot of content, you can separate that content into “Playlists” (your cute cat videos into one playlist, your vacation videos into another, family home movies into a third, etc.) You can also create Playlists from other people’s content. If you see something you like on someone else’s page, create a Playlist, name it (say for instance, Cool Honey Badger videos), and add that video. That way, if months later you think, ‘that was a great video I saw a few months ago, where did I see that again?’ you don’t have to dig deep into YouTube looking for it again. Just look in your own Playlist list, find and click on “Cool Honey Badger videos” and there’s the one you were thinking of. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-youtube/635219/25 "2012-09-21T07:27:24Z")
Equipoise, Wonderful explanation. You have saved me a tremendous amount of time and energy. I thank you very, very much. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-youtube/635219/26 "2012-09-21T09:14:30Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > You can also create Playlists from other people’s content. If you see something you like on someone else’s page, create a Playlist, name it (say for instance, Cool Honey Badger videos), and add that video. That way, if months later you think, ‘that was a great video I saw a few months ago, where did I see that again?’ you don’t have to dig deep into YouTube looking for it again. Just look in your own Playlist list, find and click on “Cool Honey Badger videos” and there’s the one you were thinking of. And you can publish those playlists for others to use, saving them the trouble of finding those videos for themselves. ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-youtube/635219/27 "2012-09-21T20:42:50Z")
thanks for the links, April R, I am especially liking the BBC one. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2012, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-youtube/635219/28 "2012-09-22T14:36:29Z")
I have a few playlists and uploads of my daughter’s all-consuming cuteness. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2012, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-youtube/635219/29 "2012-09-22T14:48:35Z")
I don’t load stuff to YouTube often. I probably will after I get Final Cut, but I want to edit stuff before showing it. Still… [‘Trailer’ from a film I was DP on half a decade ago](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AM_LmqNOMMI&feature=plcp). [Firing the cannon on _Lady Wasington_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DU67jZw6zgQ&feature=plcp). My first time using the video feature on a pocket camera. [Test firing a Beretta modified to fire blanks](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=El181SEylhY&feature=plcp). And I added someone else’s music video: [_The Totally Unwarranted Attack Of The Zombie Gravediggers_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWDQ6XFoSfU&feature=plcp). ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-youtube/635219/30 "2012-09-23T00:17:21Z")
> [@JackieLikesVariety](#): > > no problem, I think it’s just a question of trial and error. welcome:D ---
**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-youtube/635219/31 "2012-09-26T18:58:37Z")
I have a channel where I upload my machinima creations. I’ve done enough to allow me uploads over 15 plus minutes. Unfortunately to Get noticed requires so much work I’d be spending more time shilling rather than creating so I leave it out there hoping one day someone Will notice. Won’t use this forum to promote though. Rules is rules 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-youtube/635219/32 "2012-09-26T19:42:39Z")
I use Youtube at work for music purposes mostly. I’ve never been one to video surf and find funny things and whatever, that just seemed boring to me. However my company has a channel and they are home improvement videos starring me. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-youtube/635219/33 "2012-09-26T19:54:23Z")
My channel is everything I have ever posted on YouTube. If I started another, it might be to keep some subjects grouped appropriately, but it’s up to each posting user to decide that; YouTube doesn’t interfere. ---
**Author:** ![GreenElf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-youtube/635219/34 "2012-09-26T21:21:45Z")
I have watched YouTube channels in the past, but less often now because it slows down my computer. So, for example, I won’t click on a YouTube music video link from a website forum. Also, YouTube is now part of Google and you have to sign-in to watch some videos, so I don’t watch those either since I no longer use Google. I’ve never had my own YouTube channel or my own blog or Facebook page for that matter. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-youtube/635219.md?page=1)