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Please don’t do this. It disrespects small creators. This isn’t like hurting big companies that can afford the hit. This is the digital equivalent of stealing m
by shortformblog 7y ago
Please don’t do this. It disrespects small creators. This isn’t like hurting big companies that can afford the hit. This is the digital equivalent of stealing money out of the till of the corner shop.
- ajayyy 7y agoI wouldn't say that. Only big creators get sponsors. I guess it depends on what you mean by small creator. And this isn't taking money, it would just be not putting any in.
- shortformblog 7y agoI’ve seen channels with as few as 10,000 subscribers have sponsors. This is literally screwing with some person’s job.
- TacticalTable 7y ago'Big creators' seems to be fairly ambiguous. I've seen plenty of sponsorship segments on <10,000 subscriber accounts, which (I'm guessing) is probably the threshold where the creator is starting to make noticeable money from Youtube, but not quite enough to go full time. It's the big creators who seem to not have the sponsorship segments in my experience, because they have enough income from other parts of their brand.
- ajayyy 7y agoPeople use adblock now, I don't see how this is much worse. In my opinion, this is more ethical than adblock since it allows easy whitelisting and has an easy to click unskip button.
- shortformblog 7y agoWeb ads generally come with tracking software baked in. Paid sponsorships do not.
- spookthesunset 7y agoMost of the "Big creators" I see rolling sponsorships on youtube are nowhere near even the size of even smallest of creators on cable tv. Many of them are literally one to three people with a camera.
- sushid 7y agoDo you watch all the sponsor content in 1x speed without skipping? This is the digital equivalent of not reading the ad “articles” in a magazine.
- shortformblog 7y agoIf you don’t like the sponsored content, skip it by hand. Don’t automate it.
- ajayyy 7y agoWhy not automate it, I've already spent countless hours over the past 2 months working on this software, I'm not wasting that time.
- shortformblog 7y agoThis punches down. Don’t punch down.
- Nullabillity 7y agoThe people who take these sponsorships are punching down by abusing their reputation to hawk this kind of crap, often also in ways that make it unclear that they're being paid to do it.[0][1] [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20781415 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20781415 [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20780305 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20780305
- shortformblog 7y agoThey’re trying to make a few bucks. You’re trying to get their content for free without supporting them, and doing double-backflips to try to convince yourself that you have the moral high ground. You don’t.
- krispbyte 7y ago
- sgentle 7y agoThat analogy is the digital equivalent of breaking into my house and relieving yourself on the carpet. Any time someone is paid to say something to me, I reserve the right to not listen. If I value what someone has to say, that value is non-transferrable. I'm not handing out permanent easements to my brain to anyone who can grab my attention. I pay for YouTube in money so I don't have to pay the cost of listening to people pretend they care about mattresses. The creators do not find the platform lucrative enough, so they put ads that aren't marked as ads in their videos in order to get paid twice. Sorry, three times if you count Patreon. I'm sure you'll agree that's the digital equivalent of running a nursing home that charges both the residents and their families for the same care while also keeping the proceeds of Monday night bingo.
- shortformblog 7y agoThis is a startup community, and there’s frequently a focus on having diverse revenue streams so as to offer financial stability. Suddenly a YouTuber who has 15,000 followers does it, and they’re a horrible person? That’s literally what you’re saying.