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From the article it sounds like it's more cracking down on people who rip off other people's content and then use the link cards to get referral traffic to thei

From the article it sounds like it's more cracking down on people who rip off other people's content and then use the link cards to get referral traffic to their own properties. I don't think legitimate creators need to be concerned. From the article, the minimum requirement to be a partner is 10K public views. That's a relatively low bar, and you shouldn't be trying to be monetize when you have that low of a view count anyway.

falcolas 9y ago
> you shouldn't be trying to be monetize when you have that low of a view count anyway. Urm, why? Not everyone is in it for the advertisement money. Want to direct someone to a charity instead of supporting you? Not unless you're 10k+ Patreon? 10k+ Blueprints for the table you just built on screen? 10k+ Not to mention one of the requirements to be a partner is that your content is advertiser friendly. If you make videos about videogames, like Destiny 2, that rules you out.
- manigandham 9y ago
  What’s wrong with links in the description box in that case?
  - Mithaldu 9y ago
    Many people ignore them and on mobile viewers need to do extra steps to even be able to see the description.
    - philfrasty 9y ago
      Even on mobile CTR for Description-Links is by far higher than for dynamic annotations. Source: myself (approx. 80%+ mobile viewers on my channel)
      - Mithaldu 9y ago
        What exactly do you mean by dynamic annotations?
- foepys 9y ago
  I think outside of a YouTube network, 10k views equals about $0.10 in advertising money. So it's not even worth to donate this to charity.
  - gizmo686 9y ago
    The idea isn't to direct the add money to charity, but direct your viewers to charity. Depending on your audience, 10k views could be a fair bit of money that viewers are willing to pay if you ask them to.
    - andyjsong 9y ago
      Right, so fraudulent channels can steal your video and monetize immediately with external links vs. ad money. But if you're a legitimate channel that regularly promote a charity, great! You're a trusted partner because this is probably not your first time creating a video about this cause. I'd be extremely wary if a new account popped up with only one video asking for you to click on a link and donate vs. a established YT channel that is promoting a charity regardless of view count.
- andyjsong 9y ago
  Because 10K total public views is a vanity metric and people can just pump out total crap to get there. This to prevent a spam account from stealing content and monetizing immediately with external links vs. the grind of maximizing your view count. Last I heard 1 million views is about $2,000 in ad dollars from Google. Google has made it unfavorable to compensate based off of view count because there is so much inventory. So the only real way for creators to sustain are platforms like Patreon, selling merch, sponsored posts, or referral links base off of CPA. From what the article states, this prevents illegitimate accounts from siphoning from OPs. If YT really wanted to keep the bar high in terms of quality creators they would base it off of number of subscribers and the level of engagement that those subscribers watch another video vs. a one hit wonder that goes viral.
  - CodeWriter23 9y ago
    Ironic how your answer to nullifying the “evil” spam is to force everyone else to create “good” spam. I mean “total crap”.
PhasmaFelis 9y ago
> From the article it sounds like it's more cracking down on people who rip off other people's content and then use the link cards to get referral traffic to their own properties. That may be the intent, but they're doing it in a way that hurts others. > I don't think legitimate creators need to be concerned. It seems that legitimate creators disagree with you.
Shivetya 9y ago
the sad part is how much some smaller posters have to fight to keep hold of their own videos. challenges are rife at times and during the challenge period there is no monetization and worse it can start all over immediately after proving it truly is your video

falcolas 9y ago

> you shouldn't be trying to be monetize when you have that low of a view count anyway. Urm, why? Not everyone is in it for the advertisement money. Want to direct someone to a charity instead of supporting you? Not unless you're 10k+ Patreon? 10k+ Blueprints for the table you just built on screen? 10k+ Not to mention one of the requirements to be a partner is that your content is advertiser friendly. If you make videos about videogames, like Destiny 2, that rules you out.

manigandham 9y ago
What’s wrong with links in the description box in that case?
- Mithaldu 9y ago
  Many people ignore them and on mobile viewers need to do extra steps to even be able to see the description.
  - philfrasty 9y ago
    Even on mobile CTR for Description-Links is by far higher than for dynamic annotations. Source: myself (approx. 80%+ mobile viewers on my channel)
    - Mithaldu 9y ago
      What exactly do you mean by dynamic annotations?
foepys 9y ago
I think outside of a YouTube network, 10k views equals about $0.10 in advertising money. So it's not even worth to donate this to charity.
- gizmo686 9y ago
  The idea isn't to direct the add money to charity, but direct your viewers to charity. Depending on your audience, 10k views could be a fair bit of money that viewers are willing to pay if you ask them to.
  - andyjsong 9y ago
    Right, so fraudulent channels can steal your video and monetize immediately with external links vs. ad money. But if you're a legitimate channel that regularly promote a charity, great! You're a trusted partner because this is probably not your first time creating a video about this cause. I'd be extremely wary if a new account popped up with only one video asking for you to click on a link and donate vs. a established YT channel that is promoting a charity regardless of view count.
andyjsong 9y ago
Because 10K total public views is a vanity metric and people can just pump out total crap to get there. This to prevent a spam account from stealing content and monetizing immediately with external links vs. the grind of maximizing your view count. Last I heard 1 million views is about $2,000 in ad dollars from Google. Google has made it unfavorable to compensate based off of view count because there is so much inventory. So the only real way for creators to sustain are platforms like Patreon, selling merch, sponsored posts, or referral links base off of CPA. From what the article states, this prevents illegitimate accounts from siphoning from OPs. If YT really wanted to keep the bar high in terms of quality creators they would base it off of number of subscribers and the level of engagement that those subscribers watch another video vs. a one hit wonder that goes viral.
- CodeWriter23 9y ago
  Ironic how your answer to nullifying the “evil” spam is to force everyone else to create “good” spam. I mean “total crap”.

PhasmaFelis 9y ago

> From the article it sounds like it's more cracking down on people who rip off other people's content and then use the link cards to get referral traffic to their own properties. That may be the intent, but they're doing it in a way that hurts others. > I don't think legitimate creators need to be concerned. It seems that legitimate creators disagree with you.

Shivetya 9y ago

the sad part is how much some smaller posters have to fight to keep hold of their own videos. challenges are rife at times and during the challenge period there is no monetization and worse it can start all over immediately after proving it truly is your video