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YouTube Reviews Summary

YouTube's reputation is increasingly marred by customer dissatisfaction, primarily due to excessive advertisements and perceived censorship. Users express frustration over the platform's reliance on ads, which disrupt viewing experiences and lead many to consider alternatives. Complaints about account suspensions and a lack of transparency regarding community guidelines further exacerbate concerns about customer service. While some users appreciate the vast array of content available, the overall sentiment indicates a growing discontent with YouTube's management practices, prompting calls for more user-friendly policies and a potential shift to competing platforms.

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320
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returns
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Philippines
6 reviews
7 helpful votes
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Of course they rock had great customer care experience lately.

Date of experience: January 2, 2012
Colorado
64 reviews
185 helpful votes
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Again, I can't give it a full five stars because of perpetual and annoying advertisements. Users of the original YouTube (before it was purchased by Google) will remember it as being an ad-free community without obstructions before every video and things that you have to close to get out of your way.

On the other hand, of the video sites that are out there this is among the best for content. There is a massive user-base and a lot of unique and original content to look at. You really could spend all day on YouTube if you had no life at all.

Several artists, actors, musicians and comedians have made their start on YouTube so it is a good place to see/find/provide talent.

REASONS TO USE:
[1] Massive user-base
[2] Diverse and extensive content library
[3] Aesthetically pleasing

REASONS TO LOSE:
[1] Annoying ads (though not as bad as some other sites)

Date of experience: December 25, 2011
Illinois
13 reviews
13 helpful votes
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You can always find a hilarious video or something that you are interested in. Awesome site except for the addition of ads.

Date of experience: December 7, 2011
Colorado
3 reviews
4 helpful votes
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If all you want is to upload and share only what you've filmed, YouTube is a great place to do it.

Unfortunately, they now censor a number of things for copyright violation when they really have no legal need to do so. So if you're into music video remixing, voice acting for animation, or anything similar, you're better off posting your material elsewhere.

Date of experience: November 28, 2011
Massachusetts
29 reviews
81 helpful votes
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Despite a growing number of scam and attention-seeking videos, this is one of the best sites to find information on just about anything and see the latest music videos. Really love that they are offering movies now.

Date of experience: November 17, 2011
GB
2 reviews
5 helpful votes
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I think its fantastic!
November 3, 2011

I think its fantastic! I could spend hours on here, music vides, funny clips, shows etc its just great!

Date of experience: November 3, 2011
California
4 reviews
5 helpful votes
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Sha
September 28, 2011

Sha - what's there NOT to love about YouTube?! Sure I wish they could magically make all of the videos appear in blu-ray quality but since the world isn't run by apes... yet... we'll just hafta make do. YouTube, YouTube, gotta get down with YouTube!

Date of experience: September 28, 2011
Washington
9 reviews
30 helpful votes
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Seriously who doesn't love this site?! Besides being the second biggest search engine, it has entertainment, information, ads that click on everyday, and very creative videos that I would always dream of watching. There's not one person that does not like it or even heard of this site. Keep it going youtube!

Date of experience: September 27, 2011
New York
10 reviews
82 helpful votes
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Youtube has devolved into a sandbox for nasty children. Censorship is rampant by abusing the flag spam feature while paying members seem immune the the flag abuse. I had a video just recently get yanked and there is no one to complain to for a resolution. What was in my video? I was boiling lobsters, no political diatribe and no insulting anyone. Somebody didn't like lobsters getting boiled and flagged it and just like that, poof. Gone. The vitriol spewed by morons is out of hand as people who seem to think anonymity is a free pass to animosity. I have since started migrating to Blip. The children can keep their sandbox. I am going to a more mature and responsible video site.

Date of experience: September 10, 2011
RU
7 reviews
14 helpful votes
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I'm a huge fan of Youtube
September 7, 2011

I'm a huge fan of Youtube. At first it began as a site full of fail clips, and kids uploading clips, but now its a more about movies, tv shows and music. It's like having every TV channel in the world on dial up)

Date of experience: September 7, 2011
District of Columbia
19 reviews
83 helpful votes
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The content available is huge, Youtube now used more bandwith than the entire Internet did when it was first around.

It's such a shame that it is slowly being ruined by the endless ads and pop ups, but I suppose they have to make money our of it somehow, so it looks like we're stuck with it.

Date of experience: September 1, 2011
RU
3 reviews
15 helpful votes
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This site is the internet. If there is only 1 site that you ever need to visit, this is the one.

Date of experience: August 29, 2011
Georgia
13 reviews
47 helpful votes
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I have only purchased shoes from here and I have mixed feelings. The boots and closed toe heels I have gotten are awesome and I got them at a great price. Unfortunately I have also bought 4 pairs of sandals and I was very disappointed. They didn't fit my feet right and I know I ordered the right size. Some of the straps were longer on one shoe than the other and there was way too much space between the top of my foot and the straps. I would still get shoes there just not the sandals.

Date of experience: August 29, 2011
GB
22 reviews
130 helpful votes
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Best video hosting website to date. Although poor email service between receives replies from Youtube staff. You can waste hours and hours of your day watching great videos, even containing movies which haven't been flagged and removed yet! Uploading videos to your channel is great and enjoyable if you have a lot of subscribers watching you. I have 2200+ at the moment and it can be very fun to interact with them. Been a member since Jan 2009 and some of the layouts on youtube have changed a lot sadly, I prefer the old style youtube, Old channel layout, 5 star rating system.

Date of experience: August 26, 2011
TT
165 reviews
1796 helpful votes
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Youtube is the best especially if you need free training videos, remember old television shows, there are even full episodes of television shows on youtube. I like youtube because the search feature is okay but sometimes when one may want to upload videos one may not get the right music from their approved downloadable tunes to fit with one's uploaded video as I have tried. Plus some of the videos uploaded are just weird and strange e.g. the feeding videos! Good site still!

Date of experience: August 25, 2011
Florida
12 reviews
39 helpful votes
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I love this site
August 25, 2011

I love this site. I visit it once or twice a day. I still haven't tried posting some of my videos though. Still thinking about it.

Date of experience: August 24, 2011
California
13 reviews
61 helpful votes
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This is the best free video site. I can eat away hours and hours just by staying on this site watching different videos (sports videos specially :)) You can also watch different music videos, archived news, instructional videos, and lots more.

Problem is, you might not be able to get some work done if you keep on visiting the site. :)

Date of experience: August 23, 2011
Australia
55 reviews
172 helpful votes
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Youtube is great for everything number 1 thing is WATCHING reviews, a good place to go if you are looking for reviews on a site bsides sitejabber is youtube. That way u get to see what they got and they will show and tell any faults:)
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Date of experience: August 20, 2011
Connecticut
54 reviews
313 helpful votes
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Alloy is a wonderful clothing site because they cater to all sizes. As a plus size person myself, it's hard to find nice clothes that are actually worthy of wearing. Alloy has regular as well as plus size clothing including jeans, shirts, dresses, etc. Their clothes are SO cute. I absolutely LOVE the clothes sold on Alloy. Also, I like how you can choose the inseam of jeans/pants you want - short, regular, tall. Their descriptions of their items are very... descriptive, lol. Really though, LOVE their graphic tees, LOVE their super wide flared jeans, LOVE the loungewear. I also love how everything is categorized so nicely. Everything is broken down so if you choose, you can search for something by brand, inseam, fit, wash, etc. They also always have a clearance section with AWESOME steals. I always get lost in this section lol. They also have cute bags, jewelry, and accessories, and any order over $75 qualifies for free shipping! Can't beat that! Only gripe: Some of the graphic tees they have only go up to XL. I have had to pass up so many awesome tees because of that! :( But the site still rocks! :)

Date of experience: August 10, 2011
District of Columbia
9 reviews
63 helpful votes
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I spend the majority of my day on youtube... there are so many funny videos on here!

Date of experience: August 2, 2011