Social Star Awards Trailer Puts Harley Morenstein in the Obi Wan Role For An Epic YouTube Event [VIDEO]
Before I answer the question of “Why another social media awards show?” I first want to say, watch this trailer for the Social Star Awards and answer this: “Are you not excited?!” The why of the Social Star Awards, presented by Starcount and sponsored by YouTube, is simple: social media is a global medium and [...]
‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ Accused Of Creating Fake Users For ‘Celebrities Read Mean Tweets’
Remember the fourth round of celebrities reading mean tweets on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” that we wrote about earlier today? Well, it turns out, according to Gawker with help from journalist Rebecca Dana, that at least 39 percent of the tweets are either fake or unverified. After searching for the actual users mentioned in the Jimmy [...]
Vlogger Lamarr Wilson Talks YouTube Trends On ‘This Week in YouTube’ [INTERVIEW]
When Lamarr Wilson isn’t vlogging about the latest gadgets or singing and dancing with Tay Zonday, he likes to talk about what’s happening in the YouTube universe. He, along with tech broadcaster Leo Laporte and Chad Johnson host the netcast “This Week in YouTube” on the TWiT Network every Sunday at 2 p.m. PT/5 p.m. [...]
YouTube’s 5 Worst Hilariously Catastrophic Auto Caption Fails
If for any reason you require English closed captioning while watching YouTube, then I offer my deepest, deepest condolences. Back in 2009, Google announced the addition of automatic captions to most YouTube videos. The results, as we’ve all come to know over the past four years, are painfully bad. But hey, it’s a computer trying [...]
You’re Doing It Wrong: How To Avoid Being A Spammer In YouTube Comments
This is going to sound very Big Brother-esque, but YouTube sort of blew it when they gave people power. By which I mean the ability to flag comments left by users under any given video. Spam on YouTube has a very loose definition, yet it undeniably plays a huge part in shaping how a comments [...]
‘Ryan Gosling Won’t Eat His Cereal’ Meme Is Vine At Its Finest [VIDEO]
If I were to vaguely imagine Ryan Gosling’s morning routine, it would probably consist of waking up, working out and eating some nice breakfast. However, as this series of Vine videos proves, Gosling won’t be having any cereal for his first meal of the day. In a series of cleverly edited Vine posts by Ryan [...]
MrRepzion Responds To YouTuber Onision’s Accusation That He Was Stalking Him
As I preface, I truly would like to stop writing about Greg Jackson (Onision). But, if you’ve been following the YouTuber lately, then surely you’ve seen that his life seems to be imploding before the starving eyes of fans and “haters” alike. Thus as an upstanding muckraker, Jackson has, of late, continually been in the [...]
‘Corman’s Drive-In’ YouTube Pay Channel To Feature More Than 400 Classic Roger Corman Films
Now that YouTube’s just announced its first 30 partners for subscription-based programming, a Hollywood B-movie legend is opening up his own paid subscription YouTube channel that will feature 400-plus of his classic films including “Little Shop of Horrors” and “Death Race 2000.” Along with his producer wife Julie, filmmaker Roger Corman, who is well known [...]
YouTube’s Pay-Channel Initiative Is Innovative, But Ultimately Flawed
Now this may be an unpopular opinion, but after closer inspection I’ve come to the personal conclusion that of the 30 paid YouTube channels rolled out, around 29 of them are horrendous (exception: The Young Turks, those guys are great). I’m not a rich man by any stretch of the imagination, but if I needed [...]
Author Of ‘The Me Generation’ Article Attempts To Live Like A Millennial For A Day In Vlog Style Video
You have to give the millennial generation credit: it takes a lot of concentration and effort to text, sext, Instagram, update Facebook, tweet, instant message and hold a job at the same time. Some say it’s a sickness, but I choose to think of it more as a gift. It’s hard to overlook how ridiculous [...]
