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YouTube De-Monetization Explained

11 points by lwhsiao 10y ago

lwhsiao 10y ago
TLDR: Youtube has been de-monetization videos algorithmically over some nebulous conditions. Many big-name YouTubers are concerned about the platform and seek better communication from YouTube. Youtube is now providing quick (24-48hr) turn-around on re-monetization, but content creators are still upset over the way that policy was enforced in stealth. Philip DeFranco: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbph5or0NuM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbph5or0NuM Casey Neistat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPjOQTOkK4Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPjOQTOkK4Q Other articles on the topic: http://www.vox.com/2016/9/2/12746450/youtube-monetization-phil-defranco-leaving-site http://www.vox.com/2016/9/2/12746450/youtube-monetization-ph... http://www.theverge.com/2016/9/1/12753108/youtube-is-over-party-advertising-monetization-censorship http://www.theverge.com/2016/9/1/12753108/youtube-is-over-pa...
diegoperini 10y ago
What does it mean to de-monetize something?
- wodenokoto 10y ago
  remove the ads and the sharing of revenue from ads.
- Sylos 10y ago
  When you have a YouTube-account and upload videos on there, you can "monetize" your video, which means that ads are run when someone plays your video and you then get some of the money that these ads make. De-monetizing a video means that Google doesn't give you that money anymore. This can either be as described in the article caused by your video containing inappropriate content for which Google assumes that advertisers don't want to advertise on it (in this case Google also stops playing ads on that video) or because of copyright infringements.
poopsintub 10y ago
This is the problem with Google's automation and their lack of support. Years of flagging everything where no one knew why their videos weren't making money. Now they have a few people try to clean up the mess of Youtubers sending in for manual review because they were wrongly flagged. It sure doesn't seem like it works for the Play Store.

11 points by lwhsiao 10y ago

TLDR: Youtube has been de-monetization videos algorithmically over some nebulous conditions. Many big-name YouTubers are concerned about the platform and seek better communication from YouTube. Youtube is now providing quick (24-48hr) turn-around on re-monetization, but content creators are still upset over the way that policy was enforced in stealth. Philip DeFranco: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbph5or0NuM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbph5or0NuM Casey Neistat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPjOQTOkK4Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPjOQTOkK4Q Other articles on the topic: http://www.vox.com/2016/9/2/12746450/youtube-monetization-phil-defranco-leaving-site http://www.vox.com/2016/9/2/12746450/youtube-monetization-ph... http://www.theverge.com/2016/9/1/12753108/youtube-is-over-party-advertising-monetization-censorship http://www.theverge.com/2016/9/1/12753108/youtube-is-over-pa...

diegoperini 10y ago

What does it mean to de-monetize something?

wodenokoto 10y ago
remove the ads and the sharing of revenue from ads.
Sylos 10y ago
When you have a YouTube-account and upload videos on there, you can "monetize" your video, which means that ads are run when someone plays your video and you then get some of the money that these ads make. De-monetizing a video means that Google doesn't give you that money anymore. This can either be as described in the article caused by your video containing inappropriate content for which Google assumes that advertisers don't want to advertise on it (in this case Google also stops playing ads on that video) or because of copyright infringements.

poopsintub 10y ago

This is the problem with Google's automation and their lack of support. Years of flagging everything where no one knew why their videos weren't making money. Now they have a few people try to clean up the mess of Youtubers sending in for manual review because they were wrongly flagged. It sure doesn't seem like it works for the Play Store.