You-tube, not known to be a social network however the only people who say it is not a social network are the people who dont use it as one. It is a basic video uploading and sharing website with a profile and friend functionality.

Youtube is my favorite website of all time. I think i have spent thousands of hours watching videos from several people. In fact because of their subscription function i get about 20-30 new videos daily and sometimes even more.

The reason why YouTube is not known as a social network is because most of the users just want to see stupid random viral videos and that is not what the YouTube community is about. The YouTube community is about creating videos and sharing them with your subscriber base and also interacting with them.

However, YouTube and other online video storage websites are going to be the future of the entertainment industry. I mean the top subscribed YouTuber is a young Asian kid thats name is NigaHiga. Over 2million people are subscribed to him and every video he uploads gets 2-4 million views. Normal TV shows dream to reach that amount of viewers. Not just him but the top 10 subscribed users of all time get millions of views and people are starting to understand the power of the community.

Why wouldn't they? I mean your video loads super fast and no commercials or waiting times. You can watch it when ever you want and as many times you you want. The service knows what its users want and its one of the reasons why its so successful. Other websites like Crunchyroll make you sit through commercials in the middle of their videos are the reasons why their communities suck. The only disadvantage is the pop up add that you can minimize, but everyone needs to make money.