What are the advantages & disadvantages of having MMDB in Youtube?
Advantage #1: Makes Youtube a very interactive social media platform
With the integration of text, videos, audios, images and other graphical displays made possible and simple to be uploaded and shared on Youtube, it has definitely increased the number of visitors on this video-sharing website, making it the third most visited and viewed website around the world. The interactivity and colorful High Definition (HD) displays on Youtube makes for a grand attraction towards users from all walks of life.
The Disadvantage: Great graphical displays comes with a higher bandwidth usage.
When high definition (HD) or high quality (HQ) videos are being played online, these type multimedia objects comes in bigger sizes and thus, typically it will need greater bandwidths to send them across the internet network. [5] What makes thing worse is that majority of us earnest Youtube users have not the affordability to pay for higher speed connections at home or offices alike. This is a major disadvantage that may not be able to change or improvised even in the next ten years to come.
Advantage #2: Helps Youtube to become one of the most informing and educating website.
There are a varied amount of video genres that can be easily accessed by users on Youtube. And the word varied can mean a lot. Everything ranging from entertainment to science and technology to business to motivational talks and so much more can be found on Youtube without hassle. This can be a great tool for detailed sources and useful information for learners and even workers alike. Everything really is just at the tip of your fingers. [4]
The Disadvantage: Easy access to porn videos and other 18+ materials as well.
When everything is very easily attainable on Youtube, there comes a time where the need or desire to find for things unnecessary yet interesting for the youthful society today increases as well. And although Youtube has just recently changed their rules and regulations whereby all 18+ videos can only be viewed by registered users that have been officially verified to be the age of 18 and above, there are actually a wider variety of videos out there that still comes unnoticed and unfiltered by Youtube. This happens mostly because the inability for Youtube, possibly, to detect porn videos that are titled in text words other than the universal English.
Advantage #3: Youtube becomes a portable and mobile social media platform.
With the help of multiple platforms in which now Youtube users can use to access Youtube, it makes this application very mobile and global. Now people can access Youtube and watch, upload, edit and videos via Youtube almost anywhere and at anytime they desire to - But with the availability of the internet connection, of course. Plus the ability of multimedia objects in Youtube to adapt to the many different types of media platforms is a star bonus to this video-viewing site.
The Disadvantage: Can be the cause for class disruption in schools or even in work offices.
When Youtube becomes accessible almost anywhere we go and at any time at all, it brings a problem of concentration of users to the real world and the events that happen surrounding them. It is almost the same as having wireless internet around schools. Students become too focused on these social media devices and apps that they are more prone to become disconnected to the real world. Even worse, they may have less ability to stay concentrated in current lessons in class.
References:
[Image 1]: The Youtube Logo.
[Image 2]: The three co-founders of Youtube.
[1] Bullard, Jeff. (2012, May 23). 35 Mind Numbing YouTube Facts, Figures, and Statistics - Infographic. Retrieved from http://www.jeffbullas.com/2012/05/23/35-mind-numbing-youtube-facts-figures-and-statistics-infographic/
[2] Hopkins, Jim. (2006, October 11). Surprise! There's a third YouTube co-founder. Retrieved from http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/news/2006-10-11-youtube-karim_x.htm
[3] Kincaid, Jason. (2010, July 7). YouTube Mobile Goes HTML5, Video Quality Beats Native Apps Hands Down. Retrieved from http://techcrunch.com/2010/07/07/youtube-iphone-mobile-html5/
[4] Noer, Michael. (2012, November 2). One Man, One Computer, 10 Million Students: How Khan Academy Is Reinventing Education. Retrieved from http://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelnoer/2012/11/02/one-man-one-computer-10-million-students-how-khan-academy-is-reinventing-education/
[5] Smith, Chris. (2014, August 9). YouTube for Android goes beyond HD with 1440p option for LG G3 users. Retrieved from http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/youtube-for-android-goes-beyond-hd-with-1440p-option-for-lg-g3-users-1260909
With the integration of text, videos, audios, images and other graphical displays made possible and simple to be uploaded and shared on Youtube, it has definitely increased the number of visitors on this video-sharing website, making it the third most visited and viewed website around the world. The interactivity and colorful High Definition (HD) displays on Youtube makes for a grand attraction towards users from all walks of life.
The Disadvantage: Great graphical displays comes with a higher bandwidth usage.
When high definition (HD) or high quality (HQ) videos are being played online, these type multimedia objects comes in bigger sizes and thus, typically it will need greater bandwidths to send them across the internet network. [5] What makes thing worse is that majority of us earnest Youtube users have not the affordability to pay for higher speed connections at home or offices alike. This is a major disadvantage that may not be able to change or improvised even in the next ten years to come.
Advantage #2: Helps Youtube to become one of the most informing and educating website.
There are a varied amount of video genres that can be easily accessed by users on Youtube. And the word varied can mean a lot. Everything ranging from entertainment to science and technology to business to motivational talks and so much more can be found on Youtube without hassle. This can be a great tool for detailed sources and useful information for learners and even workers alike. Everything really is just at the tip of your fingers. [4]
The Disadvantage: Easy access to porn videos and other 18+ materials as well.
When everything is very easily attainable on Youtube, there comes a time where the need or desire to find for things unnecessary yet interesting for the youthful society today increases as well. And although Youtube has just recently changed their rules and regulations whereby all 18+ videos can only be viewed by registered users that have been officially verified to be the age of 18 and above, there are actually a wider variety of videos out there that still comes unnoticed and unfiltered by Youtube. This happens mostly because the inability for Youtube, possibly, to detect porn videos that are titled in text words other than the universal English.
Advantage #3: Youtube becomes a portable and mobile social media platform.
With the help of multiple platforms in which now Youtube users can use to access Youtube, it makes this application very mobile and global. Now people can access Youtube and watch, upload, edit and videos via Youtube almost anywhere and at anytime they desire to - But with the availability of the internet connection, of course. Plus the ability of multimedia objects in Youtube to adapt to the many different types of media platforms is a star bonus to this video-viewing site.
The Disadvantage: Can be the cause for class disruption in schools or even in work offices.
When Youtube becomes accessible almost anywhere we go and at any time at all, it brings a problem of concentration of users to the real world and the events that happen surrounding them. It is almost the same as having wireless internet around schools. Students become too focused on these social media devices and apps that they are more prone to become disconnected to the real world. Even worse, they may have less ability to stay concentrated in current lessons in class.
References:
[Image 1]: The Youtube Logo.
[Image 2]: The three co-founders of Youtube.
[1] Bullard, Jeff. (2012, May 23). 35 Mind Numbing YouTube Facts, Figures, and Statistics - Infographic. Retrieved from http://www.jeffbullas.com/2012/05/23/35-mind-numbing-youtube-facts-figures-and-statistics-infographic/
[2] Hopkins, Jim. (2006, October 11). Surprise! There's a third YouTube co-founder. Retrieved from http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/news/2006-10-11-youtube-karim_x.htm
[3] Kincaid, Jason. (2010, July 7). YouTube Mobile Goes HTML5, Video Quality Beats Native Apps Hands Down. Retrieved from http://techcrunch.com/2010/07/07/youtube-iphone-mobile-html5/
[4] Noer, Michael. (2012, November 2). One Man, One Computer, 10 Million Students: How Khan Academy Is Reinventing Education. Retrieved from http://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelnoer/2012/11/02/one-man-one-computer-10-million-students-how-khan-academy-is-reinventing-education/
[5] Smith, Chris. (2014, August 9). YouTube for Android goes beyond HD with 1440p option for LG G3 users. Retrieved from http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/youtube-for-android-goes-beyond-hd-with-1440p-option-for-lg-g3-users-1260909