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VVEBCAM, published on YouTube in 2007, is a video in which the artist stares intently into a webcam as cartoonish clip art figures float around her face. This early example of YouTube-as-medium departs from the usual tropes of the camgirl genre, lacking erotic innuendo or a direct address to the camera. Instead, it depicts Cortright as a computer user, deeply immersed in the consumer-grade visual effects available via her webcam. Unlike a typical camgirl, Cortright also engaged in all-out flame wars with commenters. She published the video with a list of accompanying keywords copied from spam accounts, thereby drawing in viewers who were trawling YouTube for titillating or offensive material, and cheating their expectations. These tags also led to YouTube's removal of the video in 2010.