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The YouTube Effect

Well, I was getting prettydepressed like towards the endof last week

[boys cheering] [keys typing] Well, I was getting pretty
depressed like towards the end
of last week

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Well, I was getting pretty depressed like towards the end of last week.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
32
Timestamp in Movie
00:05:07
Uploaded
Apr 16, 2025
Genres
documentary, mystery, thriller
Production
XRM Media,Olive Hill Media,TIME Studios,Valhalla Entertainment,Trouper,Zipper Bros Films

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Movie Summary

In this eye-opening documentary, Alex Winter presents a thoughtful, troubling look at YouTube, a site with humble origins that has gone on to change how we experience the world.
And I was like, "Dude, we have, like maybe - The YouTube Effect 00:11
And I was like, "Dude, we have, like maybe
So during the course of that period was when I met - The YouTube Effect 00:08
So during the course of that period was when I met
[Steve] Of the search results, or of the set that the image came from? - The YouTube Effect 00:07
[Steve] Of the search results, or of the set that the image ...
On of the guys that we met early on was the co-founder of another service. - The YouTube Effect 00:08
On of the guys that we met early on was the co-founder of an...
You look at a photo and there were two options. - The YouTube Effect 00:06
You look at a photo and there were two options.
You voted "Hot" - The YouTube Effect 00:06
You voted "Hot"
We just thought, "You know, what a great opportunity it would be - The YouTube Effect 00:11
We just thought, "You know, what a great opportunity it...
[laughs] So that's the true story behind - The YouTube Effect 00:09
[laughs] So that's the true story behind
[whimsical music] - The YouTube Effect 00:08
[whimsical music]
And I would say that much of the work was on the engineering side. - The YouTube Effect 00:05
And I would say that much of the work was on the engineering...
What became of YouTube is not something - The YouTube Effect 00:16
What became of YouTube is not something
Because plenty of people at the time had videos that they wanted to share. - The YouTube Effect 00:06
Because plenty of people at the time had videos that they wa...
It was just sitting on their hard drives, - The YouTube Effect 00:06
It was just sitting on their hard drives,
[keys clicking] - The YouTube Effect 00:08
[keys clicking]
[Steve] A large part of it early on - The YouTube Effect 00:14
[Steve] A large part of it early on
Look, here's finally a service where if you wanna get - The YouTube Effect 00:09
Look, here's finally a service where if you wanna get
I remember it showing up as like a place with goofy videos... - The YouTube Effect 00:06
I remember it showing up as like a place with goofy videos.....
...that didn't strike me as something that would revolutionize the world... - The YouTube Effect 00:05
...that didn't strike me as something that would revolu...
[crowd yelling] - The YouTube Effect 00:08
[crowd yelling]
[yells] 100 million subscribers. Thank you, YouTube. - The YouTube Effect 00:06
[yells] 100 million subscribers. Thank you, YouTube.