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"Last night the Youtube Support team contacted Francesco Siddi by phone. As we understand it now it’s a mix of coincidences, bad UIs, wrong error messages, igno

"Last night the Youtube Support team contacted Francesco Siddi by phone. As we understand it now it’s a mix of coincidences, bad UIs, wrong error messages, ignorant support desk staff and our non-standard decision to not monetize a popular Youtube channel."

aeorgnoieang 8y ago
> As we understand it now it’s ... and our non-standard decision to not monetize a popular Youtube channel. You still seem to be wrong. Or am I missing something else?
- ariwilson 8y ago
  "non-standard" != "need to enable ads"
  - glenstein 8y ago
    Only after months of Kafkaesque confusion and repeated inquiries were they able to obtain a deviation from what youtube is calling their standard. Whether you want to call that an iron-clad rule or not, the face-value version of the article, and the general gist of the reactions from the comment section seem to be much closer to the truth than your portrayal of it as an "unrelated and false pet peeve."
    - adrianmonk 8y ago
      > what youtube is calling their standard Those seem to be the Blender team's words, not YouTube's.
      - current_call 8y ago
        >I’ve received an update from our experts stating that you need to enable ads for your video. Once you enable, your video will be available in the USA. This is an actual quotation from Youtube support, unless you're suggesting that the Blender Foundation is lying. If what an employee of Youtube says about Youtube while representing Youtube can't be taken as evidence of Youtube policy, what can?
- admax88q 8y ago
  The Blender videos are back up without monetization, therefore the statement "ads are required for big channels" is demonstrably false.
  - sounds 8y ago
    The statement "ads are required for big channels - well, not this one, but..." is false. This is a more true statement: "ads are required for big channels. We've unfortunately trained our support staff to lie to blender - where we supposedly have an exemption. But you don't qualify, so ads are required for your channel, if big enough."
- eyeinthepyramid 8y ago
  I read that to mean that support didn't know how to deal with the situation because it's rare, not that Youtube doesn't allow that situation.
vorpalhex 8y ago
"Woopsie, we totally just accidentally blocked all your videos and then demanded payment via monetization. Total goof after you posted our demand to the internet. Yup, just the fault of that support person whose name you don't remember."

aeorgnoieang 8y ago

> As we understand it now it’s ... and our non-standard decision to not monetize a popular Youtube channel. You still seem to be wrong. Or am I missing something else?

ariwilson 8y ago
"non-standard" != "need to enable ads"
- glenstein 8y ago
  Only after months of Kafkaesque confusion and repeated inquiries were they able to obtain a deviation from what youtube is calling their standard. Whether you want to call that an iron-clad rule or not, the face-value version of the article, and the general gist of the reactions from the comment section seem to be much closer to the truth than your portrayal of it as an "unrelated and false pet peeve."
  - adrianmonk 8y ago
    > what youtube is calling their standard Those seem to be the Blender team's words, not YouTube's.
    - current_call 8y ago
      >I’ve received an update from our experts stating that you need to enable ads for your video. Once you enable, your video will be available in the USA. This is an actual quotation from Youtube support, unless you're suggesting that the Blender Foundation is lying. If what an employee of Youtube says about Youtube while representing Youtube can't be taken as evidence of Youtube policy, what can?
admax88q 8y ago
The Blender videos are back up without monetization, therefore the statement "ads are required for big channels" is demonstrably false.
- sounds 8y ago
  The statement "ads are required for big channels - well, not this one, but..." is false. This is a more true statement: "ads are required for big channels. We've unfortunately trained our support staff to lie to blender - where we supposedly have an exemption. But you don't qualify, so ads are required for your channel, if big enough."
eyeinthepyramid 8y ago
I read that to mean that support didn't know how to deal with the situation because it's rare, not that Youtube doesn't allow that situation.

vorpalhex 8y ago

"Woopsie, we totally just accidentally blocked all your videos and then demanded payment via monetization. Total goof after you posted our demand to the internet. Yup, just the fault of that support person whose name you don't remember."