YouTube has announced a plethora of awesome, upcoming features

YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki announced a series of new features for both fans and creators at Vidcon on Thursday, including a massive crowd-sourced translation effort, a virtual tip-jar that supports contributions up to $500, direct connections between videos and crowdfunding sites and a mobile app from which YouTubers can manage and monitor their videos. Other new goodies for YouTube creators: An option for up to 60 frames per second (which will make video-game vloggers very happy), a free music and sound-effects library and a system for tagging contributors. Speaking before hundreds of YouTube creators at the afternoon keynote — her first Vidcon since becoming CEO of YouTube more than five months ago — Wojcicki first announced “Fan Subtitles,” a crowd-sourced translation effort that encourages bi-lingual users to type in subtitles for their favorite videos.”Our goal is to make it that every video uploaded to YouTube will be available in every language,” she said of the opt-in feature. YouTube will also roll out interactive cards that directly link creators’ campaigns to Indiegogo and Kickstarter fundraising efforts. And in a conference whose first day was all about diversifying YouTubers’ business models, the company also announced that it will soon add its virtual tip-jar “Fan Funding,” with which fans can contribute cash to creators (who have to sign up for it) at any time. “To put it really simply,” Wojcicki said, “any viewer can show any creator their viewer their love by tipping them any amount between $1 and $500.”