Am I Pretty or Ugly
Type those words into the YouTube search engine and see what pops up.
There is a trend happening on YouTube right now that is quite disturbing. Young girls are posting videos of themselves asking the viewers this simple question:
"Am I Pretty?"
The viewers can then post their answers in the comments section under the video.
Now let me give you some insight into what goes on on YouTube. As one of the hundreds of thousands of YouTube Makeup Gurus (YouTube's name, not mine), I can only speak from my own experience SO this is how it goes:
You work very hard to create a video that you think people are going to want to watch. Sometimes you have to film the video multiple times and then there is the couple of hours of edit time until finally you load your finished product that you put your blood, sweat and precious time into up to YouTube just to have some jacka$$ tell you
how much you suck.
Now for the most part, I have received mostly positive, friendly, kind feedback and I do believe that people are generally good but every now and then you come across the occasional troll that really feels the need to be negative and hurtful.
(For the record, I will never give some negative troll a platform for hate in my house.)
As an adult it can be hurtful and a little off putting. It can also be puzzling why anybody would want to intentionally be hurtful to another person but there are people who go on YouTube to do just that-to be mean and hateful. So it is really bothersome to think that young, insecure girls are exposing themselves willingly to such scrutiny and criticism. Some of these girls are just 10 years old!
Ummm, Hello YouTube-13 year old age limit? What happened to it? and Where are the parents? Why does your 10 year old have a web cam in their bedroom?!
I would love to tell each and every one of them how beautiful they are and how
OTHER PEOPLE'S OPINIONS JUST DON'T MATTER!
I was happy to see that people are submitting videos responding to this trend and urging these young girls to please not post these videos and not worry about some insecure stranger's opinion.
I am sooooo happy there was no Internet when I was growing up because Lord knows what stupid things I would have done with it!!!
So what do you think?
Should YouTube step in and maybe set their age limits higher or should the parents be responsible for the videos their kids are posting?
BE KIND TO ONE ANOTHER
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