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Originally Posted by Not Afraid
I'm sure there are good things on YouTube, but I'm not up for finding the needle in the very large haystack...I don't even watch TV because I can't seem to find anything that is worth watching in amongst all of the crap.
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And I abstain from TV for the same reason. But when many people whose tastes I feel akin to recommend a series, I'll eventually Netflix the DVDs. Most times, I've enjoyed those suggested shows.
Similarly, I wouldn't browse YouTube on my own, even if I had a clue as to how. But I watch most linked-to videos, and have rarely been too disappointed. Oftentimes, in fact, I've been very glad to have something pointed out to me that I wouldn't have otherwise seen.
I like our YouTubery thread here on the LoT ... and I'm glad when something is sort of "must see" that gets a separate thread outside of that (the recent George Takei thing comes to mine ... lordy I'm glad I saw that).
If I'm going to link to some YouTube thing, I try to give a hint as to what's on the other end. But I'll click on the generic "funny" if I trust the sense of humor of the link's creator. At worst, a bad YouTube video has wasted 3 minutes of my time. A television series on DVD has the capacity to waste far more than that.
Meanwhile, the inventors of YouTube were selected (indirectly) as Time Magazine's Men of the Year ... no small feat. Bad or good, YouTube has ratcheted-up the use of the internet in a revolutionary way. Personally, I don't feel like putting
Day of the Mold out there for all the world to see ... but huzzah and good luck to all those who want to share their stuff (or other people's stuff) with the rest of the planet.