Wiki Review - The History and Impact of Youtube
Review of YouTube Group Wiki The written wiki on YouTube is comprehensive in its breath and depth. From informing the reader of the history and origins of online video streaming, the wiki provided detailed account of notable specific events affecting the trajectory of the now gargantuan platform. The wiki includes a deep dive of the technical aspects of running a large video streaming service including the business model of advertisement to pay for the infrastructure. What was most interesting is the social impact of YouTube. The positives democratizing and bringing education to the masses but the negative problems of radicalization and astroturfing. What is impressive about this wiki, is that diving deep into the content moderation guidelines allows readers to understand the nuance and complexity of regulating YouTube. For many of us, YouTube is more than just a media consumption medium. The content hosted on YouTube is a place of Cultural discussion, sense of belonging and where pe