Every week we release new tools, or enhancements to current ones, to
help you make better videos, connect with one another, and understand
your audience. Now we want to ask you to adopt a feature.

Raise your hand if you've watched a YouTube video. Cool, the "play"
button definitely works but that's just the start of where the YouTube
experience can begin. Every week we release new tools, or enhancements
to current ones, to help you make better videos, connect with one
another, and understand your audience. We tell you about them in this
blog, but now we want to take it up a notch and ask you to (puppy-dog
eyes) adopt a feature.

It's not to say that the features on the list below are unloved or
unlovable; it's just that we believe that many of you could help
spread the word more broadly about their usefulness -- and, more
important, in a way that's fun to watch.

So here's how it would work:

1. Select one or more features from the list below.

2. Make a video about that feature (of course, it must adhere to our
Terms of Service: http://www.youtube.com/t/terms) and be sure to use
the precise tags we've indicated for each feature.

3. We'll start tracking how your videos are impacting that feature's
performance and offer a play-by-play in this blog, notating which
users are making the greatest impact with their videos. Our first
update will be two weeks from today, March 17, so get cracking!

4. The most successful video(s) will be featured on our home page and
live for all eternity in our Help Center, and you will get the
satisfaction of knowing that you helped the feature live a long and
productive life.

And with that, here are some features that could use your loving
touch:

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* AudioSwap (use tags: audioswap, adoptafeature)
---> http://www.youtube.com/audioswap_main

* Country and Language Options (use tags: countrypulldown,
adoptafeature)
---> http://www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=87604

* Insight (use tags: insight, adoptafeature)
---> http://www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=94079

* Playlists (use tags: playlists, adoptafeature)
---> http://www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=57792

* Quick Capture (use tags: quickcapture, adoptafeature)
---> http://www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=57409

* Subscriptions (use tags: subscriptions, adoptafeature)
---> http://www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/topic.py?topic=16578

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If you're looking for inspiration, watch this video that LisaNova
created about subscriptions and why she can't live without them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1aN7H1EmHM

Think you can do better? Let's see! And if you have a favorite YouTube
feature that we haven't included on this list, let us know in the
comments on the blog:
http://www.youtube.com/blog?entry=_xf8lTaX37k

The YouTube Team

P.S. Don't forget to tag your video w/ the exact terms that match the
feature your video is about (they are all listed above)!