YOUTUBE TO SHUT DOWN AT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT

It looks like one of the biggest websites on the planet is about to close its doors for the next decade! That's right! YouTube, as it turns out, was, apparently, this big video contest, where they looked for the best video in the world. According to the video blog site, which was launched in 2005, the site was just a way for them to find the best video in the world and today, eight years later, it is finally closing the competition. YouTube will stop taking submissions on Tuesday, April 2, at midnight and close down. All videos uploaded to the site WILL be deleted. So, if you uploaded anything to YouTube at all, be smart and get the videos off before midnight tonight if you'd like to save them for your own safe keep. This is crazy! So, this whole time, we've been duped into thinking that YouTube was this site where we can share our videos, when in actuality; these sickos are using our videos for a contest? Who does that? I guess on a brighter note, all of our videos will be entered into a contest. 

The only problem about being entered into the contest is, our personal videos will be competing with videos like "Harlem Shakes" or "Gangnam Style". How are we supposed to compete with that? Apparently, YouTube will start announcing the best video nominees at around 9 a.m. Pacific time, which is 12 p.m. Eastern time, today via a live streamed broadcast. Officials at YouTube say that 30,000 technicians will go through the YouTube submissions, including a panel of judges consisting of famous YouTubers like Antoine Dodson and iJustine, who will vote on the "Best Video". Also, allowed to vote are some of YouTube's all-star commenters. They will all be put into this gigantic war room to narrow down the Best Video.

Here's the kicker; after much deliberating, the Best Video won't be revealed until YouTube re-launches in 2023. So, not only will the winner be chosen within the next few days, they will be virtually time capsuled for the next decade, while YouTube redesigns and re-launches. Oh, I almost forgot the amazing prizes! According to another official at YouTube, as promised back into 2005 when YouTube first went live, the winner will receive a brand new MP3 player that clips to your sleeve and a $500 stipend for your next creative endeavor. Woah! He urges YouTube fans not to forget to get their last minute submissions in before midnight tonight.

Here is the video that was released by YouTube announcing the end of YouTube: 

 By the way, I just wanted to let you all know that I'm not really that foolish, but if you believed this, you are! On behalf of myself and Google, APRIL FOOL'S! You know I had you for a minute!