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 ** YouTubers Help Us **  By Lizett Gutierrez YouTube exceeds over 2 billion views a day according to [|Website-Monitoring.com]. It is available anywhere there is access to the Internet. Over the past decade, YouTube has given people the ability to share an incredible amount of information across a huge audience. On average, a person spends around 15 minutes on YouTube daily. YouTube has made sharing information simple and easy.  YouTube's audience makes it a powerful force. What is put on YouTube can be seen by anyone around the world. This gives people a chance to post important information like current events, medical information, and self-help how-to’s. It also gives people a chance to post different forms of entertainment like TV shows, comedy sketches, and music videos.

People with a desire to become famous usually start out on social networking sites. Comedians post videos hoping that people will find them funny. Some comedians have over a million subscribers, such as [|Nigahiga, Fred, and ShaneDawsonTv].

 Both Nigahiga and Fred have created their own movies. Fred's movie was aired on Nickelodeon, while Nigahiga’s movie was only aired in select theaters.

 Singers post videos hoping that they might grab someone's attention. An example of a singer who has “made it big” by using YouTube as his media is Justin Beiber. Justin was discovered by Usher and was signed a record deal. Justin is now considered by many as Usher’s apprentice.

 Aside from the power to make people famous, YouTube is also a place to share news. Events can be recorded and uploaded to YouTube for future reference. Live concerts and speeches by the president have been streamed live on the site.

 People have become accustomed to the having a huge amount of information available at their fingertips at any second. YouTube has contributed to this notion by making videos available for everyone to view.

 One way that YouTube makes life simpler to live is by providing a collection of self-help videos. Everything from learning how to tie a tie or, more comically, how to kiss are available on YouTube. Even tutorials on how to play instruments are available of YouTube.

 I have also been sucked into the YouTube environment. When there is seemingly nothing to do, I go on YouTube. Whenever I want to listen to music, I go on YouTube. If by chance I don’t know how to do something, I look on YouTube for a tutorial.

According to an article, [|The 'YouTube effect' by Moises Naim], on the Los Angeles Times , YouTube can also be used to put political pressure on governments. People are constantly fact checking the statements made by politicians in past events. The availability of videos of pasts interviews and debates with politicians makes it easy to point out where politicians slip up. No longer can people, politicians not excluded, go back on their word.

 Events are recorded, information is shared, people rise to stardom, and all the throughout this process we come together through the connectivity of YouTube.