Tribulations
Regular Member
- Oct 2, 2019
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I have noticed a trend in the past months where people get demonetized for what seems to be arbitrary reasons. I know people with good channels in various niches, some are rather big, and they still got demonetized. They are unable to monetize again, as YouTube refuse to disclose any details.
Monetizing a channel is still achievable. But the moment your channel gains enough traction, they may demonetize it. They are firing staff and relying on AI for this. Many false positives. They rarely revert these decisions. They boast their numbers in terms of videos deleted, comments deleted, and demonetizations. "We are doing something".
This website is stuck without earnings for a couple of years, it's incapable of growing properly, even after pushing shorts so much trying to compete with TikTok, and it's coming with excuses to not pay creators.
They promote a channel, eventually demonetize it, the creator leaves the channel running because they refuse to delete their videos and just move to a new one or into another platform. They continue to run ads on the videos and they get 100% of ad revenue. They wait for more new creators with fresh content to position videos, demonetize them, collect 100% ad revenue. Rinse and repeat.
Eventually only a few will be able to make money from videos anymore. I say get as much money as possible from YouTube before it becomes like a TV station where everyone needs a license to do anything due excessive regulations.
Monetizing a channel is still achievable. But the moment your channel gains enough traction, they may demonetize it. They are firing staff and relying on AI for this. Many false positives. They rarely revert these decisions. They boast their numbers in terms of videos deleted, comments deleted, and demonetizations. "We are doing something".
This website is stuck without earnings for a couple of years, it's incapable of growing properly, even after pushing shorts so much trying to compete with TikTok, and it's coming with excuses to not pay creators.
They promote a channel, eventually demonetize it, the creator leaves the channel running because they refuse to delete their videos and just move to a new one or into another platform. They continue to run ads on the videos and they get 100% of ad revenue. They wait for more new creators with fresh content to position videos, demonetize them, collect 100% ad revenue. Rinse and repeat.
Eventually only a few will be able to make money from videos anymore. I say get as much money as possible from YouTube before it becomes like a TV station where everyone needs a license to do anything due excessive regulations.
