Everyone with an internet connection has been on YouTube (at least I think that's the case). The great thing about YouTube is, drum roll please....it's entirely comprised of user-created content! This means that if someone thought of it, it's probably been recorded and uploaded to YouTube. Now this is a double-edged sword, since nearly anyone can gain insight into any topic. Example: my mother (a dental hygienist) will sometimes have patients who try to tell her how to do things, since they watched a video on YouTube. Humorous, yes; annoying, also yes. The proliferation of tangible knowledge (aka YouTube), the online encyclopedia on everything, is all there for your perusal and amusement.
I think everyone can and should appreciate YouTube for what it is, and take all content presented with that ol' proverbial grain of salt (just like Wikipedia). YouTube offers so much useful knowledge, but for every good (or hopefully, professionally valuable) video resource out there, there's about a hundred not-so-valuable ones. Something to keep in mind. As for the video I chose to link to this post, I found a commentary on bad blogging habits, which seemed both useful and appropriate to this discussion. Cheers!
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