Talk:History of YouTube

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Removing two sections

I removed two sections on "White House drug control" and "NY Times anti-US videos" as there is no assertion made as to what these two particular occurrances are notable in the history of YouTube. --ZimZalaBim ^talk 16:06, 22 March 2008 (UTC) todo friskf vfrrsl fe —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.91.251.162 (talk) 17:50, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Recent Commercialization?

Is it just me or has Youtube stepped off the deep end lately? It seems you can no longer avoid shifting through thousands of huge corperation advertisements. Whether it be the massive video advertisements in the front, the ads along the side that push down the video descriptions, or the new Pre & Post Video ads... Oh, and dont forget the in-video ads.... (***UNSIGNED***)

It's actually gotten even WORSE - now you not only have side ads, but there's an average of 1 ad on the video itself for every 90 seconds of length! THEN there's google's deletion of part of the policy, so now commercial ads are no longer forbidden - Search for videos from your city and specify upload date, and you'll see it's flooded with videos from realtors and car dealerships (many using multiple accounts to upload the same exact videos) hawking houses and cars!

97.107.39.205 (talk) 11:31, 30 July 2020 (UTC)

rumors going around of YouTube shutting down

I don't know, I noticed it was just some rumor, but if anyone knows more about this, and would like to make a reference about this in the article, feel free to do so.--70.240.179.244 (talk) 22:36, 25 July 2009 (UTC)chris

Chad Hurley claims to not have had any connection to the PayPal company after 2003, yet he founded the company with Steve Chen, who claims to have been working at the company until 2005

http://www.nopersoncommittee.org —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.236.220.100 (talk) 20:14, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

Separate article?

Why is there a seperate article on the history of youtube? Shouldn't this information be put on the article for youtube?206.248.167.220 (talk) 21:36, 9 December 2010 (UTC) In 2000 we sent a proposal for "Viewster" to Garage.com. They asked for a detailed business plan and technical plan. We renamed to YouTube and submitted. We calculated the business should be started in 2005 due to lack of high bandwidth connections. Much, if not most of what YouTube did, was in our original proposal. We also sent it to a few other Venture Capitalists. Caveat Emptor, VC's are what they are!

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Edited

Edited for grammar. Not sure what to do with the section under a prose banner (Continued growth). This section may need to be formatted like a list.

Best. -EPDev (talk to me) --EPDev (talk) 04:53, 19 March 2016 (UTC)

Untitled section

Hi i hope someone can help ,

i am an expert on the history of youtube.  I was there since the early days under another username at the time.  
I would like to correct some inaccuracies [ but dont know how]  in the dates regarding when youtube first opened and allowed its first uploads to the public ( april 23rd 2005) although the the first few uploads were done by staff members i can assure you, many within the first 20 were not staff.. and were not related to youtube at all, some were friends of youtube workers and word spread quickly BUT anyone could of coame across the site after April 23 2005 and signed up for an account to uload as the acreen shots from the internet archive clearly show. . They were all uploaded before the supposed public preview in "june 2005" the evidence can be seen here as i archived all 20 videos and i stil  maintain this archive for historical purposes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uImk2RgCq_U
Many arguments are started over specific dates in the comments of this video with over 3.2 millions views 

These are the video in order of date. Unfortubaly i didnt have the forsight to write down upload dates and many the links are non working or had to be replaced with re-uploads of the originals .

We CANNOT loose this portal to the past as youtube changed how we watch videos on ther internet. and it only been 11 years and these historical facts are already under assualt.

\------------------------------------------ 1)Me at the zoo by jawed http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNQXAC...

2)My Snowboarding Skillz by mw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeAltg...

3) Flambe Disaster by tunafat (steve chen_ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdxtX...

4) Bootie Christ Dance by BootieChrist http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Y18rv...

5)German Dominating by BootieChrist http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUJHjJ...

6) Boat Ride Tahoe @ 60mph by BootieChrist http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebKlgR...

7) Badass Snowboarding by ilias http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqsRo9...

8) tribute by gp http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBfUFr...

9) Premature Baldness by paul http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCfgHo...

10) Wait, you forgot to close the taxi door by hitofushi http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXG7e1...

11) carrie rides a truck by jones4carrie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGaUKf...

12) carrie chokes the chicken by jones4carrie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-Fk7v...

13) Tiger Remixed hurlex http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP6y1T...

14) cybergoon squad by greg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZ8rk5...

15) Vernal Lullaby by bullemhead http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMRNma...

16) mercado del albert kuyp by pepa http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npYvuM...

17) Pandas at the San Diego Zoo by tunafat http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UwuYq...

18) Le clandestin by hchicha http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qfzQh...

19) Sleep Like Lumber? by zubazpants http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U45UqI...

20) tow chinese boys:i want it that way by cow http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1LZVm...

HTML5 and Flash

Maybe there should be a mentioning in the article that YouTube used flash as standard player for years but since 2016 adapted HTML5 as standard for most browsers(I think only newer Firefox versions are exceptions but cant provide if its true). For IE11 this is true, even using compability mode will not change back to Flash. However there is a way you can switch between HTML5 and Flash still and older browsers or Operating systems with browsers not supporting HTML5 will use Flash , which I tested recently. --2A02:8388:4181:5600:5D03:299:2F4B:B5E6 (talk) 03:44, 6 October 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 26 November 2016

There are 3 changes I want to be done:

1) Could somebody add at:2005 text:"June - comments" so that it says, "June - Comments" to the template to the right underneath History_of_YouTube#Growth_.282006.29, since YouTube implemented commenting on June 14, 2005 (hence the first comment, "LOL!!!!!!!"), even though YouTube was launched to the general public on April 23, 2005 (1 ½ months prior)?

Edit/update:
2) Could somebody also add at:2013 text:"November - Merger with Google+" into the template, so that it says, "November - Merger with Google+" in the template to show when Google+ merged with YouTube?

3) And could you capitalize the "t" in YouTube in both at:2015 shift:($dx,-15) text:"November - Youtube Red launches" and at:2016 text:"February - Youtube subscription service" as well? 173.73.227.128 (talk) 03:37, 26 November 2016 (UTC)

Example:

Example of how I want it to look like (feel free to copy and paste for ease)

Source(s):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_wU0qhEPR8&lc=z23rvpxgulijuj0yl04t1aokg0lbjl2jgpzuplh4qlyybk0h00410
http://imgur.com/lzDaC0k

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. 🔯 Sir Joseph ^🍸(talk) 17:09, 29 November 2016 (UTC)

If you look at my first two sources (below), you can notice that if you go between both versions, one version of YouTube once didn't allow commenting and another did in June of 2005, proving the commenting system of YouTube was implemented in the said month and year. 173.73.227.128 (talk) 18:39, 30 November 2016 (UTC)

Source(s):
YouTube without comments - http://web.archive.org/web/20050616004243/http://www.youtube.com/
YouTube with comments - http://web.archive.org/web/20050617015149/http://www.youtube.com/
Oldest YouTube comment - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rx-9NQPmghc
Oldest YouTube comment - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_wU0qhEPR8&lc=z23rvpxgulijuj0yl04t1aokg0lbjl2jgpzuplh4qlyybk0h00410
Oldest YouTube comment - https://www.reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/35nqeo/cobaltgruvs_comment_on_me_at_the_zoo_is_not_the/?st=iw596kwa&sh=20f8ad91
Google+ - http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/technology-science/technology/youtube-switches-google-clean-up-2686400

Not done-Avoid WP:OR.Provide reliable sources.Aru@baska^{❯❯❯ Vanguard} 11:54, 7 December 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 8 December 2016

Alright then, then I want only 2 changes to be done:

1) Could somebody add at:2013 text:"November - Merger with Google+" into the template, so that it says, "November - Merger with Google+" in the template to show when Google+ merged with YouTube? (Source below)

2) And could someone capitalize the "t" in YouTube in both at:2015 shift:($dx,-15) text:"November - Youtube Red launches" and at:2016 text:"February - Youtube subscription service" as well?

Example:

Example of how I want it to look like (feel free to copy and paste for ease)

Source(s):
Google+ - http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/technology-science/technology/youtube-switches-google-clean-up-2686400

}} 173.73.227.128 (talk) 18:37, 8 December 2016 (UTC)

 Partly done-The capitalisation was done.There was no merger of Youtube with Google+,only some kind of integration.Many websites/forums allow users having a Facebook/Google account to post materials, reply in threads etc--that hardly means all the websites merged with Google and Facebook!Aru@baska^{❯❯❯ Vanguard} 16:20, 9 December 2016 (UTC)

Added citation

The section that beings "google aims to" and goes on to talk about competing with Daily Motion can be cited with this article: but the statement could be made more clear if it said "YouTube aims to," as Google owns YouTube and that's where the competition lies. Hanhim7 (talk) 23:41, 3 February 2018 (UTC)

References

Semi-protected edit request on 4 April 2018

There is text reading "On 03 April 2018, a shooting took place at Youtube headquarters." This is YouTube, an American website, so can anyone change the date fornat to April 3, 2018 and capitalize "Youtube" in that sentence? 2600:1011:B161:5F1C:E1FC:1B80:90FC:7B7A (talk) 23:07, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

 Done JTP ^{(talk • contribs)} 23:32, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

YouTube outage, 17 October 2018 (UTC)

There was just an outage on YouTube at about 01:10, 17 October (UTC) that affected millions of users across the world. Should we add this incident? —Wei4Green | 唯绿远大 (talk) 02:33, 17 October 2018 (UTC)

@Home Lander: Since you answered a similar question on the talk page to Youtube. Maybe you can answer this request. JC7V-constructive zone 02:42, 17 October 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 6 December 2018

Not to be rude or anything but there is a small grammatical error in the first paragraph. When the date is mentioned, it would be better to put it as so; Monday, February 14, 2005, at 9:13 p.m, instead of Monday, February 14, 2005 at 9:13 p.m.

So sorry if this offends you...

this will show you. Mauimauraluv (talk) 03:46, 6 December 2018 (UTC)

References

 Done per MOS:COMMA. Thanks, ‑‑ElHef (Meep?) 15:28, 6 December 2018 (UTC)

Cosmic Panda layout proposal in 2011

Please "undo" Special:Diff/921720813 by User:Handroid7 per {{Missing information}}, the issue wasn't discussed here and isn't obvious. –84.46.52.197 (talk) 14:06, 17 December 2019 (UTC)

 Done This edit was made by a sockpuppet of a blocked user and according to policy, the edits should be reverted. Interstellarity (talk) 16:44, 17 December 2019 (UTC)

Thanks. –84.46.52.197 (talk) 17:22, 17 December 2019 (UTC)

Facebook info link to YouTube videos pulls the head from 'History of YouTube' article why not the 'YouTube' article

The page head of [of YouTube] has a very pronounced product placement for PayPal while the page head on YouTube has a more dry and commercial selection of information.

I wonder if the History of YouTube page has been created to push the product placement into the minds of everyone who clicks the info link on a Youtube video on a FaceBook wall?

Could we move the PayPal name on the History of YouTube page just a bit further down so it does not look like Wikipedia has been subverted for covert marketing.

Idyllic press (talk) 20:43, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Suggestion: Mention abbreviated subscriber counts

References:

• https://vidiq.com/blog/post/youtube-kill-exact-public-subscriber-counts/
• https://vidiq.com/blog/post/youtube-limit-access-subscriber-counts/

Writing here because the article is protected. --79.241.192.128 (talk) 00:57, 20 July 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 13 February 2021

TLDR: Change citation 12 from "https://phrasee.co/the-history-of-youtube/" to "https://web.archive.org/web/20200925140821/https://phrasee.co/the-history-of-youtube/".

[12] points to a Phrasee article that has been removed, and now redirects to an unrelated "History of Email" article. There is an archive.org capture of the article from 25 Sep 2020 that could be used instead.

Original link: https://phrasee.co/the-history-of-youtube/ archive.org link: https://web.archive.org/web/20200925140821/https://phrasee.co/the-history-of-youtube/ Jayspur11 (talk) 19:38, 13 February 2021 (UTC)

 Done - see Special:Diff/1006685179. Thanks! Best, DanCherek (talk) 06:04, 14 February 2021 (UTC)

"Me at the zoo" is technically not the first YouTube video

There were several test videos of equipment and such that were released in February and March but deleted just before "Me at the zoo."

Should it be changed? xdude (talk) 00:52, 24 March 2021 (UTC)

Yes, but can you provide some source for it? 134.215.190.243 (talk) 18:32, 1 July 2021 (UTC)

I think you watched TheTekkitRealm's video, come on man he was lying the whole freakin time, and there many expose videos of him. Uvarajie (talk) 00:19, 3 March 2022 (UTC)

Section move proposal

I propose that section Creators be moved to YouTuber. These sections are more related to the topic of YouTuber than this page. I would also support some material remaining here if it is relevant to the history of YouTube and can be incorporated into the rest of the article. However, I think this section should mostly be moved to YouTuber. Alduin2000 (talk) 13:35, 17 July 2021 (UTC)

support This makes sense. The "creators" section is about YouTube content creators, which is what a YouTuber is. I think that the "history of YouTube" article should still link to the YouTuber article because there is no separation of the community and the platform, but as the community has its own article, content about the community goes there. Blue Rasberry (talk) 14:03, 17 July 2021 (UTC)

Support Most of this article is related to YouTube's history as a company. With that in mind, some of the earlier material related to advertising and the Partner Program could be integrated elsewhere in the article, but I think that YouTuber is definitely a more relevant place for the rest of the section. Puhala,ny (talk) 03:32, 20 July 2021 (UTC)

Support I think that the section should be trimmed to being about YouTubers historical possibility of making money and not about individual YouTuber. Spannerjam (talk) 09:52, 23 July 2021 (UTC)

Given that there is unanimous support for this so far and no new contributions have been made to the discussion for a couple of weeks, I'm going to move the content from this section to YouTuber, retaining and incorporating relevant information on this article as well. Alduin2000 (talk) 17:15, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 27 September 2021

On the table in the Internationalization section of this article, there are three missing countries (Venezuela, Papua New Guinea, and Bangladesh), even though I don't know the exact date of when they were added to YouTube. Bengali also needs to be removed from the list of languages that don't have their own country version on YouTube. ConnerMiner (talk) 19:12, 27 September 2021 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 11:33, 29 September 2021 (UTC)

True… I'll be more specific about what needs to be changed. In the Internationalization section, the Countries with YouTube Localization table should be changed to add these at the end:

Venezuela	Spanish	?
Papua New Guinea	English	?
Bangladesh	Bengali	?	Last location

Right below this, the sentence "…including Amharic, Albanian, Armenian, Bengali, Burmese, Khmer, Kyrgyz, Laotian, Mongolian, Persian and Uzbek…" should be changed to remove Bengali. ConnerMiner (talk) 17:44, 29 September 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 14 March 2022

This edit request proposes a spelling & grammar change. Also this is a section on introducing/removing features, we don't need to begin with "YouTube introduced new features".

Please change page source:
Beginning January 2020, YouTube introduced new features. Video creators has to mark whether a video is made for kids or not. YouTube is comlying with the [[Children's Online Privacy Protection Act]].

to:
Beginning January 2020, video creators have to mark whether a video is made for kids or not, YouTube citing compliance with the [[Children's Online Privacy Protection Act]]. GoldSuit (talk) 13:56, 14 March 2022 (UTC)

 Done casualdejekyll 15:18, 14 March 2022 (UTC)

Question

How do people get the dates for the Internationalization section of the article, especially when there are no news articles explaining when YouTube launches a localized version of their site for another country? Because I noticed that many of the later countries, such as Costa Rica and Liechtenstein, have dates mentioned despite there being no announcements of them getting local versions of YouTube (at least as far as I'm aware). Also, Cambodia and Laos recently got local versions of YouTube, which I noticed yesterday, but again, no announcements marking the exact date. ConnerMiner (talk) 12:31, 25 August 2022 (UTC)

Handles

YouTube recently released something new: Handles!

A handle is like this: @username397

Soooooooooooo can we have information of that in this page (and the YouTube page too)? I can't do it by myself because I need to reach 10 edits in order to edit those pages as they are semi-protected.

Thanks! Sincerely, TheOfficialJJPM7984 (talk) 23:32, 22 November 2022 (UTC)

oh you know what screw it since everyone is ignoring me I would add information about it by myself since I got 10 edits now TheOfficialJJPM7984 (talk) 23:17, 26 November 2022 (UTC)

Reverted. This will need a reliable source, which I'm sure exist. InfiniteNexus (talk) 23:57, 26 November 2022 (UTC)

"YouTube allows users to upload videos, view them, rate them with likes and dislikes"

YouTube removed the dislike function so are you gonna remove that? 105.103.246.165 (talk) 23:10, 5 December 2022 (UTC)

YouTube did not remove the dislike function. They removed the ability to see how many dislikes a video got, the button to "dislike" a video still exists and functions. InfiniteNexus (talk) 01:40, 6 December 2022 (UTC)

How did the get that idea

How did they get the idea 103.255.6.109 (talk) 09:08, 19 February 2023 (UTC)