It is amazing the stuff people will post online. Blogs about nonsense, naked pictures of themselves, “one-night stand wanted” ads on Craigslist, and everything else you could possibly think of. Whenever I find these kinds of posts and webpages online, I think to myself, there are way too many people in this world with way too much time on their hands.
People feel the need to post anything and everything that pops into their mind. Whether they decide to voice their opinion about politics and religion, or about the latest celebrity gossip and what they did on Saturday night. People: we don’t care! It is one thing when someone goes online to rant about how horrible Barack Obama is, if the person is competent and makes a legitimate point, even if it is a point I disagree with. However, it is a different situation entirely when people with too much time on their hands and nothing intelligent to say go online to rant about issues they shouldn’t be talking about.
And now, with the new craze that is YouTube, people not only have the ability to voice their opinion online, but are also able to film themselves and put it online for the world to see. It seems the new “cool” thing to do is have a vblog (video blog) where instead of writing about nonsense, they film themselves talking nonsense and then post it online.
YouTube.com is a site with millions of videos posted by users. There is no way to filter videos that are inappropriate for public viewing, unless someone sees the video and reports it. People can go onto YouTube and search for videos by categories such as “most recent” and “most viewed”, and can search by subjects such as “cats” or “hot girls”. Users that are members of YouTube can also rate the video and post comments about it—much like the comment option on blogs.
With all the freedom that is given, the use of YouTube is out of control. People post all kinds of videos, things they did that are stupid (think “funniest home video” stupid) and things they believe are serious. Excerpts from television shows and movies are posted, as well as music videos and governmental debates. All of these videos are okay to post, they allow an easier way for internet users to find clips of video that interest them. Not only is it convenient to be able to go back and see part of a show you missed, or a politician’s answer to a question that you did not get to see; but some of the “comical” videos that are posted are hilarious and extremely entertaining.
What I find hard to understand is why people with nothing intelligent to say create videos of themselves and post them on YouTube. Are they that starving for attention? Do they really need everyone in the world to know how sad they feel for Britney Spears because she was going through a custody battle for her kids?
I understand that we have the choice to watch the videos and aren’t being forced to pay attention to such ridiculous videos as the one above, but why would someone want to show off to the world how incompetent they are? While this new age of vblogs can be very helpful and quite entertaining at times, I just wish there was a way to filter out the ridiculous videos of people complaining about their date or giving reasons why they think you should break up with your significant other.
Seriously people, do society a favor, and get a life.
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