Blogical Righting

We've all been there. It's 1am, there's chemistry homework due the next morning, our parents are fast asleep in the adjacent room, and we're watching YouTube videos. We know we're procrastinating, but we can't help it. Something about the accessible, relatable, and bingeable content sucks us in and won't let go. The website has a reputation for time warping, as you can wake up, watch "a couple" videos, and then it's magically dark outside. Parents (at least mine) are known for saying that the computer screen sucks us in, but in youtube videos I feel like this is actually true. Good content creators have a knack for creating thought provoking, comedic, cool, or any other type of video that catch our attention. After a while of watching addicting videos and spending an unhealthy amount of time on the platform, I began to get interested in how YouTubers became successful. I wanted to make my own channel, develop a viewer base, and benefit off of