Why shouldn't people be able to post videos they have on Youtube? We see things like this everywhere. Look at a friend's myspace page and changes are you'll find a cheesy montage of pictures over some sappy song or a picture of their favorite movie or singer/band. Why is it ok to post pictures on a website for others to see but not videos? Or why is it ok to post videos on myspace but not Youtube? This question has yet to be answered. People who put up a music video or a clip from a television show on their websites or myspaces are doing the same thing as people who post music videos or television clips on Youtube.
There are many reasons why Youtube is considered a bad thing. First there's the fact that none of the videos are really filtered. Obviously you can not go on there and find a porn clip but there are videos of bullying and break-ups and scams and riots. Don't believe me? Go to Youtube.com and type in Umass Riots. There are quite a few videos of the riots that occurred just last semester after our football team lost to Appalachian State plus more of riots of the past. Put in school fights and you'll find a few videos by classmates video taping fights happening at school or after school. Type in bullying and you'll find videos of actual bullying and even videos mocking bullying. For this reason, I find it's appropriate that people have a problem with Youtube because it is so open and there is no real filtering.
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