On the Road to Mastering Youtube

1. What to Watch

The "What to Watch" page is a page with only the most popular videos on Youtube at that very moment. This is a very collaborative effort on many different fronts. For example, a news site could go over all of the clips on the top row in numerous news segments. However, on Youtube, you can know what is going on in pop culture by just watching the videos. Instead of going on the radio and going through numerous stations to listen to pop music, you can look at all of the middle row to listen to the latest hits. As a viewer, Youtube makes a lot of things easier.

2. The Subscribe Button

The Subscribe button is much like the Follow button from Twitter and the Like button from Facebook. The Subscribe button is used so viewers can see the newest videos from their favorite content creators as soon as they are uploaded. This brings in an audience of fans who want to keep as up to date as possible with their favorites.

3. Channels

A Channel is like a Page on Facebook. Constant updates and the closest thing for viewers to see the newest content. A channel is where people can upload videos and send out messages to their subscribers. This is a collaborative effort between subscribers and the channel owner. They both work together so they can both have a great experience both making content for the viewers and as viewers of the content.

4. Search Bar

The search bar allows for searching of any kind of video at any time. While it may seem like a very standard feature, there really is a collaboration behind it. Let us say that you missed a part of a television show the other night, or you just remembered a funny scene from a show back in your childhood. Youtube's users have more than likely found and uploaded it to youtube years ago. So with this, wishes of people wanting to catch something and people fulfilling that wish work together, in a sense, collaborate together to make each other happy.

5. Upload

Uploading is the main source of getting your videos on Youtube. Videos can gather views and popularity swiftly and even be featured on news segments and talk shows. Some videos shoot nobodies into the most famous people ever, for example, like Justin Bieber. This is the effort between Youtube and the uploader, to gain views and possibly popularity.