Thing 16: Youtube

Youtube has to be one of the best sites on the net. It is an awesome resource for videos on any subject. I've found cooking videos, movie shorts, how-to videos... any number of things. I remember the first time I had to tear down the differential in my Bandit. I was terrified until I found a video showing how to do this. It was almost like having someone right there to steer you in the right direction.

The down side to Youtube is also it's best feature... tagging. Many folks will put common every day tags on "not so nice" videos in the effort to lure people into watching them. You see this with a lot of semi adult oriented materials. Youtube does a decent job at catching this stuff, but still a lot passes though, so every so often when looking for videos on painting lexxan shells or cooking thai crab cakes your search results may yield bikini girls gone wild. Just like any other Web 2.0 tool, it is open to abuse. Youtube does an above average job of moderating itself though.