I will probably leave YouTube for another platform

[Anon7906]

I wouldn't abandon YouTube but I would upload my stuff to other sites. The only thing stopping me is my poor upload speeds. Too many videos, not enough time.

 

[My Mind of Madness]

I am not completely giving up on YouTube, but I feel sick of all the drama surrounding YouTube and their stupid and inefficient strike system.

Vid.me posted a response video on Reddit, which is currently trending in /r/video and I checked the platform and it is honestly quite nice. Their monetization system is in a beta test, you can apply for it like on YouTube in the old days and their community guidelines are not restricting at all.

I will probably upload on both platforms to see how it will work out, but honestly, as much as I love YouTube, the platform turns into a nightmare.

I would recommend checking out Dailymotion as well

 

[Kousuke-shii]

I'm doing the same as you. Since I'd rather play on the safe side and with the unpredictability of Youtube, I think it's much better to have a place to back up from. For me it's Vidme, which I found on reddit as well.
It still needs a lot of improvement, such as hashtags, a better homepage etc. But I've already uploaded my Videos there, just save my spot. Joined the VIP creators program as well!

 

[BitsOfBen]

It's all hysteria right now. Give it a few weeks and everyone would have forgotten about it. It's not as big as it's made out to be and some people are over reacting. If you've been on youtube for a while you'll have an idea that there's always going to be something that will make everyone panic and want to abandon the platform. In all honesty things aren't as bad as people have made them out to be and you could abandon youtube for somewhere else but let's face it, although there are other video sharing sites out there, there ain't nothing as big and successful as youtube! Even people who leave say "screw youtube!" They'll be back in a couple of weeks. Just wait until the next controversial move from youtube and everyone is going to be talking like "remember that time youtube changed it's policy and everyone went ape!" It's same old, same old!

 

[XXLRay]

Videos uploaded to the shelter's FB page get about 30,000+ views. We can't even come close to that in YouTube.

Note that views on Facebook are counted completely different. As a rule of thumb divide them by ten to compare them to YouTube numbers.

 

[Jawad Soomro]

If there is any platform taking over YOUTUBE, I would go for it. YOUTUBE is already overpopulated. I need to develop a space for people to reach my content.

 

[and_the-teddy_bach]

It's all hysteria right now. Give it a few weeks and everyone would have forgotten about it. It's not as big as it's made out to be and some people are over reacting. If you've been on youtube for a while you'll have an idea that there's always going to be something that will make everyone panic and want to abandon the platform. In all honesty things aren't as bad as people have made them out to be and you could abandon youtube for somewhere else but let's face it, although there are other video sharing sites out there, there ain't nothing as big and successful as youtube! Even people who leave say "screw youtube!" They'll be back in a couple of weeks. Just wait until the next controversial move from youtube and everyone is going to be talking like "remember that time youtube changed it's policy and everyone went ape!" It's same old, same old!

Before it was no big deal. The ToS were updated a while ago and nobody really took them serious, because YT didn't enforce anything. Now out of the blue, your source of income is cut away if you talk about controversial topics or use profanity. This is not just some small change that many will forget. I agree, it is hyped up, but this time, it is not some small change that will have almost no effect or you will get used to it like G+ integration or other stupid things YouTube has done. This time, it affects creators revenue. It is not a copyright strike you can dispute and argue that this is fair use. If you break the guidelines, the video will make no money at all and the next time you make a video, you will have things like this in the back of your mind.

 

[Gaijillionaire]

I was excited to look up Vidme and put videos up in a new place. Then I learned it was made and run by Reddit. Ugh no thanks.

 

[xingcat]

Now out of the blue, your source of income is cut away if you talk about controversial topics or use profanity.

This policy has been in place for a while now, and videos have been de-monetized for this exact reason for longer than the past week. It's only because a couple of larger YouTubers have gotten hit and were making a big fuss that any of us noticed.

And to be honest, YouTube is very much turning into something that's beyond "freedom of content" being at odds with "making money." Profanity and controversy aren't most likely going to be dinged too much in the future, but the never-ending proliferation of reaction channels and slam channels and channels that exist for no other reason than to find ways of making money off of larger channels they do nothing but "report" on is over the top. And advertisers are catching on that it's probably a really condensed group of people who watch such things, and those people probably (because they're really young and their parents aren't setting them up in front of the tablet like kids' channels) aren't going to be making spending decisions worth advertising to.

There's a real non-understanding of how advertising works going on in many of the forums devoted to YouTube I subscribe to, and it's interesting how many people feel that the very act of uploading anything you make deserves payment.

 

[Painter]

There's a real non-understanding of how advertising works going on in many of the forums devoted to YouTube I subscribe to, and it's interesting how many people feel that the very act of uploading anything you make deserves payment.

Exactly!