Eastern Chatter Issue 6 Autumn / Winter 2016 | Page 15

1 2 3     By Melissa Jenkins YouTube is an app where you can watch videos. YouTubers are the people who make the videos. You can make videos about absolutely anything from DIY’s to comedy, to baking or any random thing. You can subscribe to channels to get notifications of when the YouTuber posts a new video. You can also like or unlike a video to show your appreciation. You can also comment on videos to get involved in discussions. The latest thing is Vlogs and daily vlogs. Vlogs are video blogs and many YouTubers do this daily and are called ‘Daily Vloggers’. I think these types of videos are popular because a lot of people like to be nosey and enjoy looking into other people lives. I did a survey at chatter and here are our favourite YouTubers. Vlogs about paranormal activity and beauty Marcus Butler ThatcherJoe British entertainment vlogger Vlogs about DIYs, life hacks, comedy, beauty tips & hobbies Zoella Grav3yardGirl Vlogs reaction videos & product testing RCLBeauty101 45th most viewed YouTuber with 11,115,072 subscribers. Everyone has a hero with mine belonging online. Most heroes were a cape, mine wear headphones. Hello my name is Lois and I am 14 I play video games and love going on the internet. The main reason I go online is to watch YouTube and I watch You-tubers. The people I watch are Markiplier, Jackspeticeye, Lordminion777 and Muyskerm. They are a gang of funny players. I know most of you are thinking – “why watch people play a game if you can play it yourself?” Well the answer is simple. I don’t want to spend £20 of a game if I am not going to enjoy it. Not only that but when I   Bob, Mark, Jack (Sean), Wade watch it I don’t feel like I am watching someone anonymous play the game I feel like I am watching a friend play a game. Yes I do call them friends even if they don’t know me and I don’t know them personally they talk to you like you are and individual not like talking to everyone as one big pack of people that are worthless. Before I watched them I was badly bullied I still am and I would hide away and not be “myself” I would be quiet and shy be who others wanted me to be there punch bag. After falling really depressed I started to get sadder and sadder I felt alone and weird in a bad way. I even at one point felt like taking my own life. But after watching the people I watch I became happy again. I became myself and became hyper, happy, bubbly and friendly sure I can be violent but only when I get annoyed. My mind has become a better place I feel like I can take on the world some days with the strength they give me. Sure some people find me weird and unnormal but I am normal to me. I am unique in my own special way I am who I am and no one else is like me without watching YouTube and YouTubers I would have never felt like I was normal and not become myself because I realised people are normal I my eyes and weird in my eyes and people see me the same way YOU are unique and I am talking you as an INDIVIDUAL. There is no one is this earth who is 100% like you so whatever people may say you are normal in your own unique way. No one can stop that.