Life is Good and Hope is a Choice | Annie Rose Cole | TEDxYouth@Southlake Video

Annie Rose Cole describes how becoming a Youtuber required relentless focus and hard work, and how keeping herself hopeful and appreciative even at the face of adversity gives her the strength to keep going. Annie Rose Cole has more than 1.1 million followers, combining her followers in Instagram and YouTube. She has grown to understand the responsibility of creating an online community and spread positive and hopeful values. Annie Rose, 13, is a productive, busy 7th grade homeschooler who has been posting on YouTube and Instagram now for about four years. She has 780K and 330K followers respectively. She has filmed and edited over 900 videos for three different channels which have over 180 million views combined. She co-owns a media company with her mom, Shona Cole and recently her sister Lily Kate joined the business filming for YouTube and developing a line of products to sell online. In her spare time she is learning to play the ukulele, loves singing, playing piano, doing musical theater and hanging out with her friends and family. Annie Rose wants to spread a happy, positive, optimistic outlook on life with her vlogs, fashion, room decor and lifestyle videos. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

About the Site 🌐

This site provides links to random videos hosted at YouTube, with the emphasis on random. 🎥

Origins of the Idea 🌱

The original idea for this site stemmed from the need to benchmark the popularity of a video against the general population of YouTube videos. 🧠

Challenges Faced 🤔

Obtaining a large sample of videos was crucial for accurate ranking, but YouTube lacks a direct method to gather random video IDs.

Even searching for random strings on YouTube doesn't yield truly random results, complicating the process further. 🔍

Creating Truly Random Links 🛠️

The YouTube API offers additional functions enabling the discovery of more random videos. Through inventive techniques and a touch of space-time manipulation, we've achieved a process yielding nearly 100% random links to YouTube videos.

About YouTube 📺

YouTube, an American video-sharing website based in San Bruno, California, offers a diverse range of user-generated and corporate media content. 🌟

Content and Users 🎵

Users can upload, view, rate, share, and comment on videos, with content spanning video clips, music videos, live streams, and more.

While most content is uploaded by individuals, media corporations like CBS and the BBC also contribute. Unregistered users can watch videos, while registered users enjoy additional privileges such as uploading unlimited videos and adding comments.

Monetization and Impact 🤑

YouTube and creators earn revenue through Google AdSense, with most videos free to view. Premium channels and subscription services like YouTube Music and YouTube Premium offer ad-free streaming.

As of February 2017, over 400 hours of content were uploaded to YouTube every minute, with the site ranking as the second-most popular globally. By May 2019, this figure exceeded 500 hours per minute. 📈

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