I was 10 years old when I joined my first social networking site, it was called Piczo, this was a site that allowed you to create your own website it was possible to design it exactly how you wanted, you could also create pages about things you liked or people you was friends with. You could follow your friends pages but there was no real communication on there, back in the day most people used MSN instant messenger for that. I had MSN long before I joined any social networking sites, MSN was the go to source for communication.
Throughout the years social media grew from one platform to the next improving immensely but the previous site would slowly fizzling out for example MSN, Piczo, Bebo, MySpace no one uses these sites anymore because once everyone jumped ship there was no point in logging on when all your friends where chatting elsewhere. Which brings us to the sites we still have an use today Facebook, Youtube, Twitter and Instagram, these most recent sites are better known as apps which we use on our phones. It's actually really interesting looking back and seeing how far social networking has come since I was 10.
Youtube is a video sharing website that was founded in 2005 it's thought that the company is worth $40 billion. Though YouTube was founded 10 years ago I personally think 2014 was really the year of the youtuber, these are people who continuously upload videos whether they are vlogs, gaming, beauty or challenges. Having a successful youtube channel is like a modern day version of having your own reality show and if you're lucky enough to become a youtube star the benefits are epic. In 2014 I started a youtube channel and I upload videos every week, i enjoy doing this because i love film and film editing so doing it gives me a chance to be creative and practice using software also i became a youtube partner which means I'm getting money for the advertisements on my videos. But because youtubers appeal to such a wide audience it seems everyone wants to become a youtube star even kids. My 10 year old cousins watch youtubers religiously and because they think its fun and are see how successful these people are becoming they too want to start uploading videos to youtube. I think its great that they're taking an interest in video but i personally think 10 is too young to be uploading videos on the internet.
This is where my idea steamed from, i want to create a short film which warning young people that it can be dangerous to put too much of themselves online. For example a few youtube stars filmed something in front of their house and not long fans where showing up, which is pretty scary because your home is supposed to be somewhere you feel safe. Even though i was 10 when i joined my first social media site i think theres a big difference between having a social page talking to friends and uploading videos of yourself because you never know who's watching. The target Audience I am going for is 12-18 school / college age.
