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It's obvious youtube is for mainstream media now, with content creators being a leftover wart, minuscule on youtube's radar. Content creators deal with an opaq
by munmaek 7y ago
It's obvious youtube is for mainstream media now, with content creators being a leftover wart, minuscule on youtube's radar.
Content creators deal with an opaque algorithm that demonetizes videos based on how the wind is blowing, or it would appear. Weeks or months of work can be wiped out by an arbitrary demonetization preventing content creators from getting paid for their video's views.
JonTron discusses this [1]. It's very easy to violate the "advertiser-friendly" guidelines. They're vague: "violence", "harmful content", "controversial or sensitive issues". Under profanity: "strong profanity used in video even if bleeped for comedy, documentary, news, or educational purposes". ??!
It has been obvious for a long time that daily content uploads are better for the algorithm than longer, quality videos uploaded less frequently. If you look at the LinusTechTips network of channels, they produce at least 5-7 videos per week.
[0]: An analysis of 7 months worth of trending tab videos, or roughly ~40k videos that reached the trending tab. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDqBeXJ8Zx8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDqBeXJ8Zx8
[1]: https://youtu.be/TZ31u3vI934?t=364 https://youtu.be/TZ31u3vI934?t=364
- RankingMember 7y agoThere really needs to be a solid competitor, but the thing is that as far as I know YouTube still isn't profitable on its own, so it's not exactly a space investors are falling over themselves to dump money into.
- swebs 7y ago>So yeah, now R. Kelly somehow owns the rights to JonTron's Buying Things Online Wow, the whole Youtube system is a mess. I had no idea it was that bad
- prvc 7y agoWhat would their business motive be for pivoting to mainstream content? Doesn't that eliminate the one thing that differentiates them?