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Domingo Miranda (Domingo0022IWAY)

Domingo0022IWAY is the Youtube user name of Domingo Miranda, a Machinima Network Partner and creator of the series on Youtube titled IWAY: Interview with a Youtuber. Domingo started off on Youtube in March of early 2005-2006 when Youtube was not that well known to the public.

Discovery of Youtube -- He found Youtube through one of his brothers looking at music videos of famous artists and decided to create an account after 2 weeks of viewing that video. He started off with the channel Domingo0022, because he originally wanted to be named Domingo22, but the moniker was already taken.

Videos and Editing experience ---

His videos that were posted on his account were mainly home videos with his brothers when he titled the series "Miran TV". They were basically poorly filmed sketches with sound effects, jokes, and various cheesy oneliners. He mainly posted those kinds of videos until 4 months later when he learned new and creative editing skills with more powerful editing software. His first software that he used was Cyberlink Powerdirector pro 7 and made his series there for the start. He then started to learn Sony Vegas Pro, which is a step up from powerdirector where he utilized special effects and more advanced concepts.

Introduction to IWAY

Domingo learned about Interviews through youtuber user named Andrewmania (who's account has been suspended due to Youtube guidelines) as he suggested to Domingo to conduct interviews over the internet. The idea intrigued him so much that he decided to interview Andrew as the starting phase of what is now a Youtube show some know now. The interview with Andrew grew quite popular as he shared the video with his friends and got to know more about the youtube community and the people and networks began to florish

IWAY: How it is --

The starting phase of IWAY was that Domingo sent a user 10 questions generated out of random and required the user to record the answers of the questions via video to be sent through email so Domingo would edit the footage. Due to overwhelming responses from the community, the questions have now been condensed to 5 for length of time and quality of filming. The video format is a back and forth discussion simulated to be like a person to person interview, except the person is from another part of the world, hence the community coming together.

Networking --

Domingo was introduced to various Youtubers from around the world and brought in tons of exposure starting out. He mixed up his content with interviews and original short films with special effects. The first ever community he got in touch with was named: "Noytube" meaning the pinoy youtube, founded by another Youtube user named Chinaeyes22 (name undisclosed for personal reasons) The two met and started to bring in a whole new culture to IWAY and the concept expanded internationally to such places as, Australia, Sweden, Ireland, England, South Africa, Canada, and the United States. People got to know more about IWAY and loved the idea of connecting other Youtubers together to meet up and network.

Controversy --- In 2007, There were certain events that had to change up the format to the show, due to increasing popularity. There were also users on YT that were underage and were interested in the show. Not knowing the age of one interviewee sparked a complaint from a concerned parent of a user (information undisclosed). A report was filed and he had to change the format of the content to avoid suspension for privacy and community guidelines. Then, the show was retooled and if there was any user underage, the user would require a proof of parental consent to be on the show. The format has stuck since then. Also in 2009, the Domingo0022 channel has been hit with a copyright strike after not knowing of the copyright laws involving third party music being used and caused the Domingo0022 channel to have a permanent strike against him so as to not get partnership in the Youtube Partner program.

So, after discovering this, the channel was closed for a time, and months after, the channel reopened starting up the IWAY series again, but as the show progressed, there were several personal issues with Domingo that allowed him to close the channel yet again, due to personal reasons and drama with certain changes involved.

The Change to Domingo0022IWAY -- On Mar 15, 2010, he started up with a new moniker including his old username Domingo0022, but added the words IWAY at the end where combined became Domingo0022IWAY on youtube. The channel grew immediate popularity due to the support of the community and all the networks he was a part of to allow him to get back on his feet after such harsh times with his life. The videos became professionally edited, the age restriction enforced, and more of the

community became more involved with IWAY by community members sharing the videos and

spreading the word of IWAY's new location on Youtube.

Partnership with Machinima

Domingo was accepted in to the network partner program with Machinima on Nov 18, 2011 where his content is now with the Machinima network. He currently makes content for his site as of now.

Future developments ---

IWAY has been around since 2006 and now Domingo is refocusing his efforts on more personal content and thus announcing on Feb 13, 2011 that IWAY will be ending with the final season for the year of 2012. His future content will be more catered to certain audiences because Domingo feels that IWAY has been around for as long as Youtube started up and wishes to expand his skills as an editor into creating original short films again, but leaving the aspect of collaborating with the online community of Youtube. More will be updated as the years go along.