Joining For A User Account On YouTube Is Extremely Easy

Aaron Smith — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 15:56:32 +0000

Have you been thinking of joining YouTube, but haven’t yet made the plunge because you don’t have any videos to share? This is actually not an issue – you can become a member without having a single uploaded video.

Actually, most YouTube members don’t share any videos at all. They join the site just to watch the videos of others and participate in the community by commenting on videos and rating them. You do need an account to perform community functions like these, so here’s how to create your own YouTube account.

Creating a YouTube account is really very easy, even more so than creating an email address in some cases.

Click the “Create Account” link at the top of the YouTube homepage. You’ll be directed to a page where you choose a username. There are many existing users and you’ll have to choose a unique username, so try something different or just add some numbers to the end of your desired username.

Next, YouTube will ask for your location, date of birth, and gender. The location you specify will determine the videos that the site shows you as well as the features that are available to you. If you’re dissatisfied with these options, you can go back and change your location at any time.

Your date of birth will determine whether YouTube will allow you to view videos marked as containing adult content. Gender is probably only used for demographic information by YouTube so that they can see analyze the viewing habits of men and women.

If you want your friends to be able to find your YouTube account by your email address, check the appropriate box. This will allow your friends to see that you’ve joined YouTube and add your profile as a friend.

The last box asks if you want to receive additional updates from YouTube. They send you quite a bit of unnecessary email even if you don’t choose to receive the updates, so I’d recommend leaving the box unchecked. Lastly, click the “I Accept” button at the bottom of the page, which states to YouTube that you’ve read their Terms of Service.

That’s it! You can now use your account to start interacting with the YouTube community.

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Joining For A User Account On YouTube Is Extremely Easy

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