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Ben Going (born June 15, 1985), username boh3m3 (pronounced bo-heem) on YouTube, is a video blog personality based in Torrance, California. He was a fairly popular on YouTube in 2006 and into 2007, and an early YouTube partner. Most of Going's videos are shot in black-and-white. He has claimed to be "the only person on the ''(YouTube) Most Subscribed List'' that swears excessively".〔''(The Hill )'' on Ben Going's MySpace blog as of August 12, 2007〕 Often in his videos, he wears a signature black hat. Subjects of Going's vlogs have included pop culture, the news media, and the state of the YouTube community, in addition to personal anecdotes. ==YouTube== Going intended that his first submission to YouTube, posted in May 2006, serve as an audition tape for MTV's "Jackass".〔"Ben Going, creator of Boh3m3, another of YouTube’s most popular channels, started his YouTube series in part because he aspired to work with the Jackass team. Mr. Going, a waiter in Huntsville, Alabama, who shoots videos from his bedroom, now says he hopes 'video blogging might become some kind of career.'"〕〔Hoffman, Scott ("ExcChatting With Ben Going (Boh3m3 On YouTube)" ) ("The Critic" at moviepicturefilm.com ), March 17, 2007〕 That failing, he went on to adopt a vlogger personality that has worked to give him over 44,000 subscribers and a top spot on YouTube's ''Most Subscribed'' list.〔(Official YouTube Most Subscribed List ), YouTube as of June 15, 2007〕 Two of his videos, ''(No Swearing! )'' (posted June 6, 2006) and ''(Why Do YouTube? )'' (posted November 29, 2006 but has since been removed), were featured on YouTube's homepage and each has a view count over 900,000. Various news outlets have approached Going for his opinion on the state of the YouTube community or YouTube in general. Stemming from his video channel's exposure, YouTube paid Going to produce two videos for use in holiday themed, corporate sponsored promotions in December 2006. The first to be released was part of the YouTube and Coca-Cola Holiday WishCast, sponsored by Coca-Cola.〔(''YouTube and Coca-Cola Introduce Video Greeting Cards for the Holidays'' ) Joint YouTube and Coca-Cola press release December 12, 2006 For the first time people will be able to send their own personal videos as a holiday greeting card online. Visitors can share their holiday spirit by uploading their own videos, customizing video greetings created by popular YouTube personalities, Geriatric1927, Boh3m3, Terra Naomi, Renetto, TheWineKone and LisaNova, or sharing holiday-themed videos from Coca-Cola including clips from vintage Coke advertisements.〕 According to Adweek, this promotion marked the first time YouTube made an ad deal with its top users.〔Morrissey, Brian ("Coke Uses YouTube Stars for Holiday Campaign" ) Adweek, December 13, 2006〕 The second was featured on YouTube's homepage for the YouTube New Year's Eve Countdown, which was put on in partnership with Warner Music Group and sponsored by Chevrolet.〔Reardon, Marguerite (''YouTube hosts New Year's Eve Bash'' ) CNET (News Blog ) December 29, 2006 Special video messages from YouTube celebrities, such as Boh3m3, Smosh, Terra Naomi, Renetto, Chad Vadar, and TheWineKone, along with artists from WMG labels Atlantic Records, Warner Bros. Records and Warner Music International will be featured on the home page.〕 Stickam has credited Going for bringing 1,000 new users to its video networking website hours after he advertised his presence there on YouTube.〔Stickam press release (YouTube stars prove real identity live on Stickam ) Stickam, October 5, 2006 "...genuine high-profile video bloggers like boh3m3, who creates YouTube's 9th most subscribed channel, are using Stickam’s unique broadcasting and social networking site as a valuable tool for confirming their true identities live...."I think it's quite an awesome site," boh3m3 said about Stickam. "I wouldn’t be surprised if more YouTube people started using it as a tool to talk to the fans." boh3m3 achieved instant popularity on Stickam after announcing his plans to "Go Live" on the site. Just hours after his post appeared on YouTube, nearly 1,000 new Stickam accounts were created, and hundreds of members signed onto boh3m3's friend list. His profile received almost 10,000 views in just two days."〕 In January 2007, he hosted a live, 24-hour Stickam broadcast to raise awareness for the Darfur conflict.〔(''Boh3m3, YouTube & Darfur'' ) (the YouTube channel of neddotcom ) of (darfurby.com ), January 6, 2007〕 In addition to several other popular YouTube users, Going contributed with Barenaked Ladies to produce a music video for their single "Sound of Your Voice" in February 2007.〔Moses, Asher (YouTubers star in Barenaked music video ) The Age, February 21, 2007〕 The video has been featured on the Barenaked Ladies' homepage. In May 2007, YouTube entered Going as one of the first users to take part in its partnership program. As a YouTube partner, Going can capitalize on "promotional opportunities" and advertiser based revenue sharing.〔(YouTube Elevates Most Popular Users to Partners ), (The YouTube Blog ) May 3, 2007〕 He was one of the first twenty to thirty YouTube users to have this status. Although The New York Times once quoted Going's saying that he hopes "video blogging might become some kind of career," since becoming a YouTube partner he has retracted that statement.〔(''Boh3m3 and Thehill88 are official & the Journey of Vblogging'' ) (Businessboomer's channel on YouTube ), June 11, 2007〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ben Going」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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