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If you want to livestream on Youtube, you aren't allowed to mention or link to other livestreaming solutions, such as Twitch.

by 19870213 7y ago

csdreamer7 7y ago
Someone needs to tell Linus Tech Tips that. They mention the Twitch or Floatplane streams or streaming all the time. Either last week or the week before that they had an issue with the Youtube and Floatplane streams, but Twitch was doing fine. Would you link to those rules? Curious what the exact text is.
- scruple 7y ago
  I don't know the rules, I'm not a YouTuber. I don't think anyone has ever accused Google or YouTube of applying their rules equally, though.
- belorn 7y ago
  They did get a strike about that, or possible several times. For example, https://twitter.com/linustech/status/1008752236027973632?lang=en https://twitter.com/linustech/status/1008752236027973632?lan... talks about it and I strongly remember a wan show being almost dedicated to the same topic. If I recall right, they have said that there were not that many users who came from youtube so it doesn't matter much, and that wan show itself isn't really a money maker in the first place but rather a place where they can vent and just talk a bit about random stuff. They later changed their setup so the same stream goes to youtube, twitch and floatplane at the same time but they don't know if that is within the youtube rules.
  - Thorrez 7y ago
    Here's where they talk about it: https://youtu.be/SKtJY6soCds?t=698 https://youtu.be/SKtJY6soCds?t=698
  - philliphaydon 7y ago
    Doesn’t floatplane stream to multiple services? You have 1 system to stream to many.
mankeysee 7y ago
Doesn't Twitch have similar rules regarding not advertising other streaming sites? I mean, its reasonable trying not to give free advertisement for your competitors.
- thendrill 7y ago
  Is it reasonable?
  - dvtrn 7y ago
    Maybe. Maybe not. I see it as another good reason to find viable and economical ways of hosting our own content independent of these platforms.
CobrastanJorji 7y ago
YouTube's policy appears to ban videos that "promise users they will see something but instead directs them off site in order to view." As far as I can tell, mentioning that you have a Twitch channel should be fine, but creating a video called "my sick game livestreaming" whose content is a guy telling you to go somewhere else to watch your sick livestreaming might be seen as this type of spam. Honestly, that sounds pretty reasonable to me. Maybe I'm missing a story somewhere about them doing something worse? I think this is the policy here: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2801973 https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2801973
- chii 7y ago
  > creating a video called "my sick game livestreaming" whose content is a guy telling you to go somewhere else to watch your sick livestreaming might be seen as this type of spam. this happens a lot with many twitch streamers who also do youtube. I don't think it's banned under youtube.
wozniacki 7y ago
Twitch gives you an outright ban if banned Twitch streamers are spotted anywhere on your stream -- whether or not it was intentional. Lighter cases get 90 day suspensions of Twitch accounts.
anigbrowl 7y ago
The original analogy was that you're not allowed to build a house elsewhere. You seem to be analogously talking about selling said house within the perimeter of the original city.

If you want to livestream on Youtube, you aren't allowed to mention or link to other livestreaming solutions, such as Twitch.

csdreamer7 7y ago

Someone needs to tell Linus Tech Tips that. They mention the Twitch or Floatplane streams or streaming all the time. Either last week or the week before that they had an issue with the Youtube and Floatplane streams, but Twitch was doing fine. Would you link to those rules? Curious what the exact text is.

scruple 7y ago
I don't know the rules, I'm not a YouTuber. I don't think anyone has ever accused Google or YouTube of applying their rules equally, though.
belorn 7y ago
They did get a strike about that, or possible several times. For example, https://twitter.com/linustech/status/1008752236027973632?lang=en https://twitter.com/linustech/status/1008752236027973632?lan... talks about it and I strongly remember a wan show being almost dedicated to the same topic. If I recall right, they have said that there were not that many users who came from youtube so it doesn't matter much, and that wan show itself isn't really a money maker in the first place but rather a place where they can vent and just talk a bit about random stuff. They later changed their setup so the same stream goes to youtube, twitch and floatplane at the same time but they don't know if that is within the youtube rules.
- Thorrez 7y ago
  Here's where they talk about it: https://youtu.be/SKtJY6soCds?t=698 https://youtu.be/SKtJY6soCds?t=698
- philliphaydon 7y ago
  Doesn’t floatplane stream to multiple services? You have 1 system to stream to many.

mankeysee 7y ago

Doesn't Twitch have similar rules regarding not advertising other streaming sites? I mean, its reasonable trying not to give free advertisement for your competitors.

thendrill 7y ago
Is it reasonable?
- dvtrn 7y ago
  Maybe. Maybe not. I see it as another good reason to find viable and economical ways of hosting our own content independent of these platforms.

CobrastanJorji 7y ago

YouTube's policy appears to ban videos that "promise users they will see something but instead directs them off site in order to view." As far as I can tell, mentioning that you have a Twitch channel should be fine, but creating a video called "my sick game livestreaming" whose content is a guy telling you to go somewhere else to watch your sick livestreaming might be seen as this type of spam. Honestly, that sounds pretty reasonable to me. Maybe I'm missing a story somewhere about them doing something worse? I think this is the policy here: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2801973 https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2801973

chii 7y ago
> creating a video called "my sick game livestreaming" whose content is a guy telling you to go somewhere else to watch your sick livestreaming might be seen as this type of spam. this happens a lot with many twitch streamers who also do youtube. I don't think it's banned under youtube.

wozniacki 7y ago

Twitch gives you an outright ban if banned Twitch streamers are spotted anywhere on your stream -- whether or not it was intentional. Lighter cases get 90 day suspensions of Twitch accounts.

anigbrowl 7y ago

The original analogy was that you're not allowed to build a house elsewhere. You seem to be analogously talking about selling said house within the perimeter of the original city.