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The YouTube Effect

When YouTube first arrived,we didn't really have high-speed Internet connectionsthe way...

[skates rolling] When YouTube first arrived,
we didn't really have high-speed Internet connections
the way we do now

Full Transcript

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When YouTube first arrived, we didn't really have
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high-speed Internet connections the way we do now.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
34
Timestamp in Movie
00:10:00
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.
[Jillian] And so back then, it was really exciting to be able - The YouTube Effect 00:09
[Jillian] And so back then, it was really exciting to be abl...
I think the first video I ever uploaded to YouTube - The YouTube Effect 00:07
I think the first video I ever uploaded to YouTube
And I'd taken it with maybe my first digital camera, - The YouTube Effect 00:09
And I'd taken it with maybe my first digital camera,
But it was just this exciting moment to be able - The YouTube Effect 00:07
But it was just this exciting moment to be able
[cat licking] - The YouTube Effect 00:07
[cat licking]
Milkshakes on us!" [bell ringing] - The YouTube Effect 00:05
Milkshakes on us!" [bell ringing]
Yeah, thanks. Thanks to every one of you guys that, - The YouTube Effect 00:07
Yeah, thanks. Thanks to every one of you guys that,
We wouldn't be anywhere close to where we are - The YouTube Effect 00:07
We wouldn't be anywhere close to where we are
[soft tense music] - The YouTube Effect 00:10
[soft tense music]
[male host] Web giant Google will pay 1.6 billion to gobble up YouTube. - The YouTube Effect 00:08
[male host] Web giant Google will pay 1.6 billion to gobble ...
[soft music] - The YouTube Effect 00:14
[soft music]
[lip syncing to Backstreet Boys music] - The YouTube Effect 00:17
[lip syncing to Backstreet Boys music]
[lip syncing] - The YouTube Effect 00:07
[lip syncing]
People wanna see other people like them on YouTube. - The YouTube Effect 00:05
People wanna see other people like them on YouTube.
This is going to be important." - The YouTube Effect 00:19
This is going to be important."
There was no doubt in my mind that this was gonna be - The YouTube Effect 00:07
There was no doubt in my mind that this was gonna be
I mean, we saw it in the press, we saw other people who were - The YouTube Effect 00:22
I mean, we saw it in the press, we saw other people who were
So I think people across the board did not, like, - The YouTube Effect 00:10
So I think people across the board did not, like,
[indistinct chattering] - The YouTube Effect 00:08
[indistinct chattering]
I find it fascinating the way I think - The YouTube Effect 00:14
I find it fascinating the way I think