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> YouTube is basically what "SecondLife" was supposed to be. People are exchanging all kinds of valuable information and entertainment on YouTube. A keen obser

• chubot 7y ago
  Yeah it's probably because I've been watching a lot of YouTube lately, but it feels like there's just a lot more real interaction going on there than on other platforms. It sounds like Twitch is the same way. One example: I learned how to clean my toilet from this video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wd6pV5lyvG8&t=1s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wd6pV5lyvG8&t=1s The comments are hilarious... Tons of people having the same "AHA" moment. (Basically you paper mache your toilet with vinegar and wait a couple hours. Old mineral stains come off like butter!) Compare a google search for "clean toilet" and it feels like a bunch of SEO-infested crap. YouTube is more like the "old web" where you can get a real opinion on something. ----- I have friends who cook and that's a whole other subculture of YouTube. I've been watching a good MMA show. And there are programming streams, and pretty much every programming conference has an archive, which is a rich archive of free information (e.g. PyCon, CppCon, etc.) I don't know what's going on in Second Life now but to me it feels like it's probably not "real life". I guess people want "life" and not "second life", and video is becoming an increasingly large aspect of the former.