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 In his new movie “The YouTube Effect,” Alex Winter (“Zappa”) probably won't surprise many with his claim that, with the invention of YouTube, society has indeed changed. By anyone's measure, it's been a tumultuous couple of decades: lots of social upheaval, shifting media paradigms, accumulation of misinformation. Fortunately, Winter doesn't stop there. “The YouTube Effect” may be a catalog of very recent history, but it does the valuable job of connecting the many seemingly random dots into a clear narrative picture. What started, oddly enough, as an idea for a knockoff video version of the sleazy "Hot or Not" website, where people could share clips and the audience could provide binary feedback shot up a lot. quickly into a billion dollar company bought by Google. Director: Alex Winter Writer: Alex Winter Stars: Caleb Cain, Steve Chen, Hany Farid It's almost quaint to see headlines from 15 years ago declaring that Google's purchase of YouTube was a ...