Good Website

Good Website

For a good website, I have chosen YouTube. Specifically because YouTube is filled with a community worth exploring. There are millions and billions of videos uploaded to YouTube and thousands of people join everyday and make that community bigger... And better! You can basically upload any kind of video you want to YouTube, from games to fail videos etc. Many people actually make a living from the money they earn from YouTube, simply because they are so entertaining and focused on what they do, that they have actually become an internet sensation throughout the internet universe.

A good example of someone who is very famous throughout the internet from YouTube is someone named 'TheSyndicateProject'. Also known as Tom, he has gained many many amazing opportunities from his YouTube videos, such as being able to travel around the world for FREE. Getting sent the latest and most expensive laptops and equipment currently being made. Currently he has over 4 MILLION SUBSCRIBERS!! He gets about 100,000 subscribers a week, so clearly he is extremely famous throughout the internet universe. Of course there are many other YouTube sensations who have made it out there on the internet, but 'TheSyndicateProject' is the one who definitely stands out amongst all of them.













Anyway, I'm getting off topic. My point is, you can literally become famous and make a living from YouTube. Of course YouTube has it's flaws but none of them compare to it's good aspects. YouTube videos can also receive likes or dislikes, so therefore you receive feedback from the community letting you know whether they like your video or not. Also the community can leave comments sending you feedback on your videos or comment something funny about your video.

YouTube is simply a place for everyone. The question is... Are you good at it? If you are entertaining and people like what you do in or with your videos, then they will keep coming back, and most importantly... Share your videos. YouTube is full of possibilities and the layout is simple and organised.

Bad Website

The BAD website

For a bad website, I have chosen "Afterlife". This website clearly has no purpose to it's existence and it's pretty much completely filled with every single pointless thing in the history of website history. There is no real reason for this website to exist, and it has no purpose besides the fact that it makes you want to punch the person who created it. 

As you can see in the screenshot I have attached, this website is literally filled with pure nonsense. Sure it is called "The Afterlife" and I give the creator a medal for a creative imagination, however there is nothing good about this website except for the fact that you get to see a baby playing the guitar. The website uses far too many gifs and babies, clouds, moving objects, and random excuses to put into a website. Honestly its really disorientating seeing all this stuff moving all at the same time.

Take a look at the screenshots provided. Imagine all of them moving, flashing, and lighting up all at the same time (including the sky). It is really painful to watch all of this going on all at the same time. This website has no purpose and has no real target audience or specific reason for it's creation. I don't understand the reason for the existence of this website except for just being on the internet.

Legal and ethical constraints that apply to social media and website design

Copyright

Copyright prevents people from using other peoples pictures, writing, music, etc. without permission and payment. Also I or anyone else for that matter, are not allowed to even post anybody else's work on my blog without permission. 

Andy Warhol - Andy Warhol became famous by taking simple photographs of objects and taking them out of context to create art. Andy Warhol was sued in 1995 because he used someone else's photograph in his own art, which became famous. Andy Warhol was always using other peoples photographs and treading a fine line on copyright terms.

Lichtenstein - Lichtenstein created art that was very similar to some of the panels in comic books. He had taken influence from comic strips and sometimes he took a bit too much influence. People started questioning whether his art was actually art at all. The art he took influence from was drawn by famous comic book artists such as Jack Kirby, Jerry Grandenetti and others. When Lichtenstein created his art, he only slightly transformed them from the original art in the comic books.

Shepard Fairey - Shepard Fairey is a street artist who came to fame when he created the Obama photo 'HOPE'. The Obama 'HOPE' poster fell under fair use law. In 2009 he pleaded guilty to destroying documents and submitting false images in his legal battle over the use of the AP Obama photo used for inspiration of his 'HOPE' poster. Shepard Fairey was accused of copyright infringement and his art work fell under the fair-use law.

Intellectual Property Rights

Intellectual property rights expands over other copyright infringement and so on. Intellectual property rights can prevent people and companies from stealing ideas and or designs etc. Also it prevents copyright over trademarked signs and to protect consumers etc.

Intellectual property rights can also give protection for innovation, design and the creation of technology. The purpose of Intellectual property rights is to provide protection for the results investment in development of new technology etc. 

Permissions

Copyright prevents people from taking your ideas and making them your own, however sometimes if you get Permission, you are able to use someone else's work. Of course Permissions is only eligible when something is long enough, or requires Permission for someone else to use your content etc.

Libel and sensitivity to groups of society

When creating a piece of art, a piece of technology, a book etc. everyone has to be careful because they most definitely have to make sure they don't have any copyrighted infringement on their work, but they also have to make sure they aren't discriminating against anyone, or a particular group of people.

Decency

I think it's quite obvious that decency plays a large role when creating work etc. Decency has standards and for something to be "Decent" it has to meet these standards. Decency can be something from a persons appearance to their attitude, or how others like to look at it as morality and responsibility. This goes the same for a piece of work someone has created. The work has to have a nice layout, no bad language (expletives) and so on. If you are creating a piece of work without "Decency" then it's going to be frowned upon and there are obviously going to be a lot of complaints so when creating a piece of work you have to a bide by these regulations.

Safeguarding

More skateboarding pictures

I went back to Manchester on Thursday and took a few more pictures for skateboarding and website design etc. Since my website is based around the sport of skateboarding I managed to get a few pictures of me and my friends skateboarding. Also I have taken a lot more pictures of my skateboard and others.

 
These 3 photos of my skateboard are my favourite photos I had taken during that day, specifically because of how the sun light reflects back off the board. Also I took the first picture of my skateboard at an earlier time in the day, therefore the sun hadn't moved to the angle of the other photos. Here are some other photos I had taken during my time in Manchester skateboarding.

 Some of these photos are slightly dark due to the light being in the background, however I have included them in this post because I figured that I could take them into photoshop and see what kind of effects I can use of the pictures to see if I can get an interesting outcome.