I've never been a huge fan of YouTube although I'm not really sure why. Part of it is that I'm sometimes simply too lazy to dredge through all of the information that is contained there. It seems like each time I want to find something on YouTube, it takes forever (realistically maybe 5 minutes, but it's the Internet and the time expectation is different) to find something even remotely similar. Maybe I'm looking for less popular content, but I never find what I want in the first few results. However, I'm well aware of the popularity of both viewing and creating YouTube videos. It seems that more and more people are using this type of digital media to share experiences and content that they enjoy.
I recently became a fan of the show "N.C.I.S." and as I was watching reruns the other day, there was a time in the case where they discovered important information from a YouTube video. It made me think of applications for YouTube that I had never thought of before. When I think of YouTube, I think of silly stunts, funny videos, music videos, etc. I often forget that there are YouTube videos used for educational purposes, for connecting with others far away, or that some videos might even be used to catch criminals.
None of my favorite YouTube videos are all that educational and valuable, but they are amusing:
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