February 14, 2025, marks the 20th anniversary of YouTube, founded by former PayPal employees. Initially conceived as a dating website, the platform aimed to connect users before pivoting to video sharing due to lack of interest. The founders, having struggled to gain traction, even attempted to solicit videos for cash on Craigslist. This history reveals how the leading video-sharing site evolved distanced from its original intention, further highlighted by its Valentine's Day registration anniversary.
"The YouTube dot com domain being registered on Valentine's Day is starting to make sense now, right?"
"While the founders have previously shared other reasons behind starting YouTube, the reality is that the first iteration of YouTube was a dating website."
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