On video vortex:

In Geert Lovink’s opening essay argues that the structure of YouTube has transformed our entertainment viewing from contrived and structured to something that attempts to have structure by emphasizing things that are “the same” and thus reducing the value of our entertainment.
Thomas Elsaesser’s essay emphasizes “constructive instability”, a phrase which essentially describes the internet’s contradicting association, allowing the series of code to feel to chaotic.
Lovink and Elsaesser both agree that YouTube is altering our society, though to what extent is a little different. For Lovink, the issue with YouTube is that it creates and promotes conformity or being the same. He sees it as a system of social pressures to not be left out of the crowd. But for Elsaesser, YouTube is great for its ability to be so random. It sees the possibility of discovery as it’s major asset.
Though both argue the opposite point, I do believe that both are correct. There is a hybrid answer: YouTube utilizes “sameness” to create search results. But from this “sameness” we can find some awesome things.