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Now Playing: "Bram Stoker's Dracula"

30 Ekim 2009 Cuma

Update (11/1)

Bram Stoker's DraculaCracklewatchsigning into your existing YouTube accountcreating a new oneNate Weinstein, YouTube Entertainment, just watched "Vampires: Is it Real?"

The Doha Tribeca Film Festival Hits the YouTube Screening Room

29 Ekim 2009 Perşembe

YouTube Screening RoomClear Cut, SimpleEclipseItmanna: Make A WishThe North Road"Ramchand Pakistani,"Sara Pollack, Entertainment Marketing Manager, recently watched "Easy to Assemble #1: What's In Store."

We Interrupt This Broadcast to Thank the PowerPosters

26 Ekim 2009 Pazartesi

The YouTube Help Forum is nearly entirely community-powered. In it, users answer each other's questions, share tips, and discuss the best ways to use the site and make videos. The system works pretty well: 78% of questions receive a response within three hours.

While there are a lot of helpful folks in the forum, we'd like to take a second to commend a group of exceptionally engaged and active users whom we've dubbed "the PowerPosters." They are: anmoose, battlefielddoktor, ebbixx, epontius, happycabbie, kohpelord, and rewboss. These folks are usually the first to offer advice, to set the record straight, or even just to provide a friendly word to other users looking for support. They've devoted tons of their personal time and boundless amounts of energy toward assisting users all over the world; they've helped to escalate about 250 site issues and contributed 5 tutorial videos to our Help Center. Sincere thanks to the PowerPosters for all they've done for our community and the betterment of the site.

So, if you're having trouble uploading, need video formatting advice, or wonder how to participate in AutoShare, we invite you to stop by the YouTube Help Forum and post your question. While you're there, see how you can make a difference by participating as well. Who knows, you could be the next PowerPoster.

The YouTube Support Team

Today, Animals Take Center Stage on the Homepage

26 Ekim 2009 Pazartesi

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actor Ben Stein.Video Volunteers channelRamya Raghavan, Nonprofits & Activism, recently watched "In Regards to Defenders of Wildlife."

U2 Plays Live on YouTube

24 Ekim 2009 Cumartesi

U2's YouTube channelU2hereU2's channelU2Adam Clayton's thumping bass lines.

Michele Flannery, YouTube Music, recently watched "They Come From Everywhere"

Hollywood Honors Top "Come Clean 4 Congo" Video

24 Ekim 2009 Cumartesi

"Come Clean 4 Congo,"we asked you to make videos

Enough Project's websitehereSteve Grove, Head of News, Politics & Nonprofits, recently watched "Ask a Nobel Laureate, John Mather."

Celebrating free expression 20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall

23 Ekim 2009 Cuma

In 1989, the fall of the Berlin Wall became a striking symbol for free expression far beyond the borders of Germany. Just 20 years later, Iranian citizens used online tools like YouTube and Twitter to share firsthand accounts of the brutal government crackdown waged against protesters disputing the country's election results. Many Iranians risked their lives to document the violence, despite the government's attempts to expel journalists and stifle any voices of dissent.

The democratizing power of the Internet has enabled individuals to share their stories with a global audience in ways never before possible, and given a voice to those who wouldn't otherwise be heard.

To commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, we're launching a YouTube channel — youtube.com/GoogleFreeExpression — to highlight and celebrate free expression around the world, and we want to hear from you.

This channel is designed to feature your stories and reflections on free expression. Tell us about how you or someone you know has taken a stand for free expression. Perhaps you've protested against something you didn't agree with, taken action when someone else's free speech was being suppressed or been inspired by someone who has stood up for the right to speak out. Make a short video sharing your experience, upload it to YouTube, and add it as a reply to this one:

We'll be featuring the best submissions on the Google Free Expression channel, so be sure to check back in the weeks to come. We look forward to hearing from you.

Annette Kroeber-Riel, European Policy Counsel, recently watched "Getting past the 'Barbed Wireless'"

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