YouTube...

I will be writing an update blog later on today hopefully, however I quickly wanted to write about something that I've not really mentioned much in these blogs before and that is YouTube. I immediately know that people will be thinking, YouTube, isn't that for just watching random videos about cats, or people falling over and wasting time on the net. To a degree that's partly what people use YouTube for yes, however that's not the area of YouTube that I want to talk about. If you didn't happen to know, YouTube as well as having the people who post all the random, funny, silly videos, also has a huge number of dedicated YouTubers who post videos regularly, showing content ranging from game plays, to music videos, from skits to news videos. Due to being really talented in there specific areas these YouTubers often gain thousands of subscribers, and over the years these followers often become communities of sorts, interacting with the YouTuber they follow and with other followers. It seems quite strange trying to put what this area of YouTube is into words, it's more of a thing that you need to experience to understand.

For over a year and a half now I have been following a number of Youtubers, a few being the Vlogbrothers, Phillip Defranco, CaptainSparklez, Corey Videl and ApprenticeEH, and MissXRojas. There are loads of reasons why I do this and why I like following these people and watching their videos. The reason I wanted to bring this subject up now though is because I've increasingly been finding more and more of these awesome people and have been interacting more then I have in the past and I just feel, 'privileged' and really lucky to have discovered this side of YouTube and these people. When you continually read in the news now a days about all the rubbish that's going on, and all the idiotic people causing problems, it's nice to know that there are these normal everyday people out there who do things because that's what they love to do, people who go out of their way to help others, and who care about the people they affect.
I'd easily say that YouTube has become part of my life now, it might be weird to hear that but it's true. I now get the majority of my news through watching people such as Sourcefed and PhilyD who post videos on the latest news, through watching the Vlogbrothers I've come to feel as though I've joined the ranks of the nerdfighters, an international community, involving millions of people around the world, and I'm offered the opportunity to see into the daily lives of fantastic people through watching the daily vlogs of ApprenticeEh and CTfxC.

I'm guessing I definitely now sound a bit odd, trust me though, its something everyone should see and understand, the internet if not thousands, even millions of peoples lives are all better off for having YouTube around and letting these people have the opportunity to do what they do.

Before I end this blog off, I just thought I'd leave a quick example of the good I've seen through these videos, just within the last few days alone: A guy named Adam Montoya, or as he's known on YouTube SeaNanner, is currently in the final round of a dance competition run through another YouTube channel. If Adam wins he will receive $25,000 prize money. Although he acknowledges that this is a lot of money and it could significantly help him out financially, he said in a recent video that as he'd had so much help from followers, YouTube, other people in his life....to get him to where he is today, he would want to give that money to charity, to provide help for others and give other people the opportunity to have better lives.
You don't hear about people like that too often these days.