BBC: Going viral: When YouTube stunts turn deadly
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-40459493
Since YouTube launched in 2005, it has attracted
people willing to do things on camera for a slice of minor
online fame. But in 2012, the company made it easier for
contributors to obtain a chunk of the advertising revenue they
generate from videos. Studios were created and grants given
out to groom a stable of stars who need to make fresh,
compelling content to keep the clicks - and advertising
dollars - rolling in. They are often media personalities in
their own right, with agents and slickly produced videos.
Hundreds of thousands of others, like the Minnesota couple,
sit below them and are trying to gather followings. Many have
little success. But the rewards of becoming one of the few
who make it big can be a huge motivation to keep trying.
(According to Forbes, the top 12 highest-earning YouTube stars
made a combined $70.5m from June 2015 - June 2016.) And while
stunts are merely one genre of an extremely diverse landscape
of videos made by YouTubers - from cooking to comedy and music
to beauty - they do get millions of views.
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REFERENCE: YouTube's Dangerous and Sickening Cesspool of "Prank" and
"Dare" Videos -
https://lauren.vortex.com/2017/05/04/youtubes-dangerous-and-sickening-cesspool-of-prank-and-dare-videos
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