A few days ago, I received an unfortunate email from YouTube. Based on their new protocol and guidelines, YouTube content creators who have fewer than 1,000 subscribers and less than 4,000 hours of watchtime over the past year are no longer eligible for monetization.
Why is YouTube making this ridiculous change? The recent incident involving a douchebag content creator filming and mocking suicide victims’ bodies in Japan roiled YouTube, and its parent company Google. I get that. But extending punishments to hard-working, genuine content creators in the name of making it easier to police inappropriate material doesn’t make much sense.
Unfortunately, that leaves me in a tight situation. Last time I check, I have 940 subscribers, so I’ll need 60 more subscribers to meet their sub threshold. I’m going to create a YouTube video shortly, perhaps this weekend, asking for help in pushing me over that line. I’m hesitant, though – I’m sure sickos will unsub me just to get the satisfaction of taking me out of the threshold.
As they say, misery loves company.
I have until mid-February to get my YouTube up to “partner” level compliance. If not, I can kiss my monetization goodbye. I’d really like to not suffer that for only one reason. I use YouTube revenues as a genuine business activity. YouTube does not support me meaningfully in any way (I made $7 last month). Rather, for legal purposes, I want to provide a paper trail that I’m engaging in a profit-seeking activity.
So Here’s My Big Ask!
If any of you like my Steemit account, and find value in my posts, and if you have a YouTube account, please hook a brother up and help me get to that 1,000 benchmark.
Here's my YouTube URL -- https://www.youtube.com/user/BullishMoney (Thanks to @mikeparker for pointing out that I completely forgot to include this in my original post!)
In return, shoot me a PM or reach out to me on Steemit and let me know your YouTube account so that I can sub to you as well (if that’s what you want).
Thank you all so much! :)
You need to list your yourtube URL!
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Doh! Thanks for pointing that out!
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Subscribed...Although I’m no longer a huge fan of YouTube. most of the channels I follow have gotten the same message at some point for the same reason. Time to move to DTube
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Thank you, I appreciate your subbing nonetheless! And yeah, I'll look into this DTube; I keep hearing about it within Steemit circles, so I have to at least try.
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Subbed. The little creators are what make YouTube great. Imagine if it was only the big names. It would look like a tv station ran out of an insane asylum.
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Hahaha! Great post! :)
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It's bullshit mate, I've got a channel that's been monetized since 2012 no strikes against it of any kind yet it's going to be demonetized. It's not about the money because it doesn't make any money but it's about essentially being treated as I've done something wrong when I haven't.
Added 4 subs, 947 now ;)
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Exactly! You hit it spot on...there's no reason why modest YT content creators should be punished. Like you, I haven't had any issues, but they're treating me as if I committed some serious violation. I hope they recant but they won't...
And thank you very much for the subs! :)
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You're welcome Josh, and thanks for content you provide. I'll send tweet out in while asking my followers to sub to you, I've got over 5k followers so it might help. https://twitter.com/BitCoinBoy
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As we like to say, "you are a true friend of the crown!" I greatly appreciate your support! :)
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I'll sub. I'm well over the threshold, so I only learned of this from others. However, I'm not a huge channel, and I do cover some controversial topics. I know they'll eventually come for channels like mine too. I've been pushing Steemit for a while, but I'm going to make a video just about DTube over the weekend.
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Yeah, it's just insane...I very much appreciate your sub, thank you! :)
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