Why did you join YouTube ??!?!

[SaltyPeppers]

I decided to join YouTube to have a voice and spread positivity in this crazy world that we all live in. We only live once, so why not record it? Why did you all join YouTube?

 

[GrgakGames]

Cause I like video games.

Oh and editing.







and crying

 

[darkstarmedia]

Well, I've been "on YouTube" since about 2008, but that was just really god-awful webcam "vlogging" when I was 15 and I thought I was the dog's ******** when it came to dazzling wit. It was about as dazzling as mud.

This particular account, I started this summer because I was feeling a little stuck, creatively. I wanted to challenge myself and do something different to get my name out there because things had pretty much come to a standstill at that point. I'm really glad I took the plunge because now I'm feeling more motivated than ever!

I started because I wanted to help myself, and I stayed because I started helping others.

 

[CoolMoo5]

well my first channel was in 2008 and the reason I joined went something like this:

Me: i'm bored
Friend: You should join YouTube.
Me: Okay I will.
My thoughts: I'm like 99% sure I can't join YouTube unless I have a video and I don't have any videos. Maybe someday.

Four months later. . .
I put on a concert for my family, my dad video taped using this new digital video camera he got.

The next day. . .
I'm still bored. Hey! I just realized I have a video now! I need to create an account for that YouTube thing.

So I did and the rest is history.

The end.

 

[Juzey]

I watched my favourite Youtubers for a while and saw how much fun they were having, and decided I should start making videos so I could have fun doing it too.

 

[Munchito696]

I decided to join YouTube to have a voice and spread positivity in this crazy world that we all live in. We only live once, so why not record it? Why did you all join YouTube?

I joined to be able to show my family and friends 3 videos I took while I was in the Navy way back in April 2008. The next time I posted to YouTube was my first dog video after we got Lola in February 2012 for the same reason, to share videos with family and friends. I then started taking a lot of video of Lola and then we got Ollie, so I was always taking dog videos. The main reason was to share with family and friends without having to send them a full file via email.

After I found out about monetization, it didn't change the types of videos I did or the way I did them for the most part. The money factor only influenced the way I promote my videos. I do have to admit I take more time editing to make the videos look good now so I can make impressive footage, I think I'd be a bit more sloppy without other people to watch the videos. I have always loved shooting video way before YouTube ever existed, so who knows, maybe I would have found some other platform if YouTube never became a thing...

 

[Callan Wills]

It's a simple as I enjoy making videos when I am able to

 

[BoozeandBS]

I am a very opinionated person, but at the same time try my best to remain objective. I try my best to put everything into context and I feel I do that well. I'm able to see through people and their logic and try to attack the idea and not so much the person.

So with that type of outlook, I wanted to get my opinion out there and see how well I did. I've had some success, but the goal is to do it and be able to make a living off it.

I want to do a job that I feel proud of, and feel like I'm actually doing something good. When you work for a big company doing videos you're pushing their agenda, buy this product, do this do that blah blah blah... it was never anything I felt good associating with. For the longest time I acted as the microphone to other people's ideas, I want to use my voice and speak up.

 

[xingcat]

I joined YouTube in 2007 because I moved to Japan for work, and it was tough to send videos to friends and family any other way, and it was a new way of sharing things with people at the time. I remember my Mom asking my brother if these videos had sound to them, LOL.

I started again this year because I'd been growing my hair, watching videos of other guys growing their hair, and thought I'd upload my own. After that, I got a bit hooked on making videos and have been learning how to film and edit and market and such.

 

[Kremelem]

I always liked to entertain people and when I saw my videos of people recording their gameplays i would watch it hours on end. I wanted to do something similar with that. Being able to peak someones interest while having fun at the same time. I was never able to get good content because of the type of computer I had.Now that I have upgraded it makes it so much easier to dish them out.