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In the wake of these media sharing sites, the influential 'Time' magazine ran an issue where they attached a piece of square reflective paper on the cover (on which the reader could see the reflection of their face their when they looked at the magazine), with an heading to the effect that the person whose reflection you were seeing on the cover would be the person to create web content in web 2.0 world, and not some faceless geek working somewhere in a windowless room, as was the case with web 1.0.

One of the topmost features of these media sharing sites is the fact that users can watch video in real time from the media sharing sites (thanks mainly growing Internet bandwidth in the world), with some of the more daring types even allowing the users to actually download the videos, though many have tended not to go this far, probably out of fear for copyright related reprisals.

Just as they allow video sharing, most of these media sharing sites also allow for music sharing in very much the same way, where users can stream music stored on the sites' server, with some - typically the more audacious 'underground' types even allowing users to download the music, though the better exposed one's have tended to be wary of going this far in fear of copyright related lawsuits.

Another great feature of the media sharing sites is the picture sharing capabilities they offer their users - and unlike the case with music and video, there tends to be fewer copyright considerations here, so that users can download virtually all types of pictures they come across and use them without looking over their shoulders, as long as they don't use them for commercial purposes, which might raise the ire of the makers.

Beyond picture sharing another great feature of the media sharing sites - and which endears them to many users is the interactive capabilities they offer the users, where the users can not only stream music and video (as well as watch pictures) but also comment on music, videos and pictures posted by others; with the comments made about of various items often growing to be major heated discussions on their own.

Taking the interactivity further, many media sharing sites nowadays come with blogging capabilities, where users can create posts about virtually anything that catches their fancy, and post it to the web - potentially with the opportunity for exposure that is as good as if the posts were occurring in major information outlets.