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Five years after Karim ___ two fellow PayPal employees ___ their video-sharing website ___, it hosts more than ___ million videos. The site ___ a phenomenon that’s generated ___ whole culture of YouTube ___. Never before had anyone ___ a video camera been ___ to reach a potential ___ of millions and for ___ they did so by ___. But when the site ___ including advertisements related to ___ user’s search, some people ___ able to make money ___ of their hobbies.
The ___ behind what makes a ___ a hit remains vague. ___’s easier to bathe cats ___ to predict whether the ___ will like or dislike ___. It’s an illuminating choice ___ elements: cats are, of ___, a pretty good bet. ___ babies, though it’s still ___ that a merely moderately ___ family moment is the ___ watched YouTube video of ___ time: “Charlie bit my ___”, a clip in which Charlie, aged one, bites the finger of his big brother Harry.
With its ability to grant an audience of millions to any clip the site has extraordinary democratic potential. Last year a clip of Neda Agha-Soltan being shot in the chest in Iran was put on YouTube instantly and became a powerful tool in the protest movement against the Iranian government.
The site’s democratic character had already taken on new, practical uses with the so-called “YouTube election” of 2008, when what many had dismissed as simply a site for teenagers became a battleground for one of the most interesting presidential fights in history.
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Have fun....and take care! 256 JUN-A-2010
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Have fun....and take care! 256 JUN-A-2010
