Change.org petition challenges new YouTube rules
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MyBigBrain
I've Got It
I am a channel that is 'hurt' by the new rules. I won't sign this petition because these rules aren't about me - they are about YT doing what is necessary to make TY a viable platform. I think that too many people feel entitled to being paid just because they make content. Nobody asked them to make content, and YT is not a charity.
George Hudson
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This is a bit silly, YouTube aren't going to change it back. Yes it causes some issues but it also fixes a lot of issues with spam accounts, illegitimate accounts getting paid when they just steal other peoples content. So they won't change this no matter how many people sign.
PromiseM
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I'm disappointed at how easily some people give up. Do you really think Google makes perfect decisions, never changes its policies and never considers the unintended consequences of a big decision?
Do you seriously think that Facebook and Amazon won't take advantage of the opportunity that Google just handed them?
Do you seriously think that Facebook and Amazon won't take advantage of the opportunity that Google just handed them?
George Hudson
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I don't think people are giving up, by saying "I'm going to continue to make content even if I don't get paid" is the opposite of giving up. They're still going for it, it doesn't matter if we're gonna get money from it or not. And if your small enough for this too make a difference to then your not making enough money for this too become a full time job in the first place so you can't use that as an excuse. Like the rest of the world YouTube is adapting and like it's been said, YouTube aren't a charity, they're a business and they are going to do whatever they can to make more money. If that means paying people less then that's what they're going to do.
Imagination Playtimes
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Ask yourself a serious question. If you have under 1,000 subs and under 4,000 hours of view time, and your channel is a year old, you are at BEST making about $1.00 a month from your channel. That may even be a high number.
YT is not hurting your channel by doing this. Youtube is weeding out thousands of junk channels and sub for sub channels that have nothing to do with you or your content. YT didn't yank your paycheck, stop feeding your family or hurt your lifestyle by doing this AT ALL.
The next question is this. If you can't get your channel over 1,000 subs and 4,000 hours of viewtime despite this new rule, do you seriously think you have the ambition and talent to take yourself to 100k subs?
Don't quit. And don't think this new rule is about you. It's about making YT a better platform FOR YOU once you hit those benchmarks.
YT is not hurting your channel by doing this. Youtube is weeding out thousands of junk channels and sub for sub channels that have nothing to do with you or your content. YT didn't yank your paycheck, stop feeding your family or hurt your lifestyle by doing this AT ALL.
The next question is this. If you can't get your channel over 1,000 subs and 4,000 hours of viewtime despite this new rule, do you seriously think you have the ambition and talent to take yourself to 100k subs?
Don't quit. And don't think this new rule is about you. It's about making YT a better platform FOR YOU once you hit those benchmarks.
PromiseM
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That is not true. I have well more than 4,000 hours of view time but only 128 subs. I'm on track to make 30X more than your estimate from only 8 videos with very high growth rates.
The money was more than paying for my effort. I was planning many more videos.
You overlook the fact that subscription rates depend as much on the topic as they do on other factors. Your personal experiences with YouTube have nothing to do with mine.
Using my own numbers, someone with 999 subs in my category can make $3,000 to $4,000 a year in the current environment. They won't get a dime in the new one unless they reach 1,000, reapply to the program and hope they are accepted.
It's totally unrealistic to think that people who were making hundreds or even thousands of dollars a year producing quality videos "aren't getting hurt".
I have to say these last two responses are very arrogant and don't reflect what smaller, high-quality publishers now face.
The money was more than paying for my effort. I was planning many more videos.
You overlook the fact that subscription rates depend as much on the topic as they do on other factors. Your personal experiences with YouTube have nothing to do with mine.
Using my own numbers, someone with 999 subs in my category can make $3,000 to $4,000 a year in the current environment. They won't get a dime in the new one unless they reach 1,000, reapply to the program and hope they are accepted.
It's totally unrealistic to think that people who were making hundreds or even thousands of dollars a year producing quality videos "aren't getting hurt".
I have to say these last two responses are very arrogant and don't reflect what smaller, high-quality publishers now face.
Yachts For Sale
Yachts For Sale
I can't agree with you at all.
It's far easier to sign your name on a petition in the hope that YouTube will lower their standards rather than work for months or years to reach those standards.
I don't think anybody believes that google makes perfect decisions, of course they don't, but as businesses go I would say they haven't done badly so far.
Advertisers pulling their support from YouTube was a very serious issue for them, and they had to take serious action. This may not be the perfect solution, but it's a step in the right direction in my opinion and it is far better for creators to get on board with it and strive to produce quality content rather than whine about it and sign senseless petitions.
PromiseM
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That's easy to say for someone with 13,000 subscribers who isn't hurt by the decision.
I object to your comment that anyone including myself is whining about it. Smaller publishers have a right to use whatever tactics they can find to protect their work and income. If signing a petition is one of those tactics, large publishers don't have to sneer at it.
Of course, large publishers are happy about the decision because they think it means more income for them.
I fully understand YouTube has a right to protect their advertisers. But YouTube is successful in part because of the millions of small publishers who contribute millions of videos every year. Setting arbitrary standards with only 30 days to respond is not a good answer.
I object to your comment that anyone including myself is whining about it. Smaller publishers have a right to use whatever tactics they can find to protect their work and income. If signing a petition is one of those tactics, large publishers don't have to sneer at it.
Of course, large publishers are happy about the decision because they think it means more income for them.
I fully understand YouTube has a right to protect their advertisers. But YouTube is successful in part because of the millions of small publishers who contribute millions of videos every year. Setting arbitrary standards with only 30 days to respond is not a good answer.
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