Top 10 Reasons why it needs to evolve and get to next-gen. Lets admit it; YouTube has invaded every aspect of our gadget-filled life. You have YouTube ready cameras, camcorders, phones, MP3 players and even Digital photo frames. If you need to advertise or blog about something just put it on YouTube and the word will spread. So it becomes imperative on our part to find faults with this really cool site, after all criticizing is our human-right!

10) High-definition is a word that is still missing in the YouTube dictionary.
A large portion of YouTube videos is pretty poor quality at 320x240 pixels. Apparently YouTube uses the Flash Video (FLV) format. It traditionally does not allow for uploading of video in FLV, and this is compounded by the 100-MByte-upload limit. Even if you have a fast Internet connection, it doesn't matter, since the vast bulk of video found on YouTube is not high-definition. Google, YouTube's owner, responded to the criticism in March by launching "High Quality" versions of its videos. Now, uploaded videos are capable of being processed with higher resolution (480x360). YouTube decides which videos are capable of "improved quality" based on the standard of the original upload.

9) Flattering copies that don't quite get it.
Imitation is the best form of flattery, but we could have really done with one or two off-shoots not an entire army of wannabe YouTube sites that bombard the IT highways. Mojoflix, SelfCastTV, MySpaceTV, GodTube, RedTube and Dailymotion to name a few. Now there are even video search engines, like AOL's Truveo and Blinkx.

8) Obsolete Videos rehashed and fed
Nothing is too old to be uploaded here. Rehashed, remixed and jazzed up, you can upload almost all those blast from the past sitcoms, serials and videos that you had long forgotten in the basement.

7) YouTube Celebrities
Do a thing, any thing, the stupider the better, and rest assured YouTube will make a celebrity out of you in no time. People have started making online spectacles of themselves. Their goof-up videos can be downloaded and be added as playlist favorites, not to mention the prevalence of cams; exhibitionists of all stripes can now let it rip ad nauseam.

6) Legal Hassles, Copyright or wrong.
Because users are allowed to upload content themselves, it's quite natural copyright laws will be infringed. Take the case of Viacom slapping Google/YouTube with a $1 billion lawsuit for damages incurred.

5) Jack of all trades, Master of none.
Every wannabe Spielberg, Einstein, Edison or Mortzart is out there loading his or her videos. The cake goes to this dude who belongs to the most frequent contributors category. He has nearly 200 videos and some 20,000 subscribers to his work. Making him a Jack but not the master.

4) Animal Circus on the net
Peta supporters where are you when you are required the most? Imagine 2.5 million viewers around the world viewing Nora, the piano-playing cat. Or consider the YouTube animal videos showing the sneezing pandas (star of the "Top 20 Sneezing Animals on the Internet" list) being highlighted in "stupid pet tricks."

3) Barbaric Sadists post horrendous crimes
The story of a group of Florida teenagers who filmed the beating they gave a 16-year old girl, with the intention of posting it online says it all. Many more heinous crimes make their way to the tube, all shameful and should be condemned.

2) Platform for hate-filled videos and online bigotry makes it unappealing.
One blogger recently put the question to his online audience, "Why do people on youtube leave racist comments?" He posted the best answer at the top of the comment list: "YouTube is basically a playground for slander."

The above example is quite self-explanatory. I understand that in this world racist and abusers live and they thrive in such open arenas. There is no way we can put a check on them. Unfortunately this is the truth!

1) YouTube unknowingly supports terrorism
Apparently, it's quite easy to recruit wannabe terrorists via YouTube. Just a few weeks ago Sen. Joe Lieberman (IND-Conn.) sent YouTube a letter asking the site to pull down several videos, which he says were produced by terrorist organizations that are enticing Arabs and Islamic extremists to kill Americans. In response, YouTube said it pulled down some videos but encourages free speech: "We believe that YouTube is a richer and more relevant platform for users precisely because it hosts a diverse range of views." YouTube also said it "defends everyone's right to express unpopular points of view."

It's your call…but for the record I don't agree with YouTube's point of view.

Someone needs to educate YouTube-folks and tell them that Terrorism knows race, creed or freedom expression, it knows only oppression and blood!

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