The subscriber problem seems like the perfect problem the internet can solve.

Jan 17, 2018
1:01:21am

Blue Cougar All-American

If 1000 people are upset about this, can't they all work together and subscribe to each other's content and beat YT at their game? Or does YT distinguish between subscribers and Active subscribers?

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Blue Cougar

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The new YouTube monetization rules are hardcore. They just killed all small

cheezedawg

1/16/18 9:25pm

I thought this was an effort to kill inappropriate content masquerading as

demon_llama

1/16/18 9:28pm

Anyone under those requirements weren't making much anyway...

TANK

1/16/18 9:29pm

But why discourage the $10/month earner... you never know when they'll break out

Division Bell

1/16/18 9:31pm

They earn the money when they earn the following. Seems fair to me. The

Cougarfan777

1/16/18 10:19pm

It's not the view hours that scares me, it's the subs.

Bert609

1/16/18 11:09pm

I feel your pain. That makes sense. You're right, people in that niche

Cougarfan777

1/17/18 12:00am

1000 subs is pretty low. Mid-tier channels are in the 100,000+ range.

coltonbyu

1/17/18 10:10am

I earned about $1/day after I got to 10k views and that’s what made it fun

cheezedawg

1/16/18 9:34pm

I'd do it for $30/month as well.

Bert609

1/16/18 10:09pm

I made $70 last four weeks

Acorn

1/17/18 11:00am

But why not keep going and build your channel into something that reaches

Cougarfan777

1/16/18 10:21pm

I know my limits. I will never reach 1000 subscribers

cheezedawg

1/16/18 10:22pm

honestly, the way I see it, is a dollar a day isn't worth your time or youtube's

Cougarfan777

1/16/18 10:26pm

It was fun to have lunch on YouTube every month based on a few extra minutes of

cheezedawg

1/16/18 10:44pm

Understood. I've been there. But now that my channel has grown, and the

Cougarfan777

1/16/18 10:53pm

But maybe fewer people will bother making helpful videos. That was his point.

Belboz

1/16/18 10:22pm

Surely this will give birth to a new service somewhere.

CrimWalCoug

1/16/18 9:34pm

There's talk of conservative investors working on this right now...

ocmyhome

1/16/18 9:37pm

So a lot of creators get their content demonitized to begin with, because of their political opinions. Is this

ocmyhome

1/16/18 9:36pm

This sets a very high bar before any channel can monetize anything

cheezedawg

1/16/18 9:40pm

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Extra Biscuits

1/16/18 10:00pm

Wow

TNT

1/16/18 10:01pm

Sorry, it gets kind of fun. Didn’t mean to be annoying

Extra Biscuits

1/16/18 10:02pm

No grandfathering. On Feb 20 they will terminate your partnership agreement if

cheezedawg

1/16/18 10:03pm

That really sucks

Extra Biscuits

1/16/18 10:04pm

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Buffalo

1/16/18 10:06pm

Tell me where to go. I just reached my 10k views and am under review, but if I need 1k subscribers, I won't even bother

Bert609

1/16/18 10:08pm

I hate Youtube. My revenue has dropped steadily since this adpocalypse crap.

shatter2

1/16/18 10:16pm

The subscriber problem seems like the perfect problem the internet can solve.

Blue Cougar

1/17/18 1:01am

Good idea

shatter2

1/17/18 7:04am

YouTube can spot fake subscribers in any of their many forms.

TaiJuan

1/17/18 7:20am

I see a dramatic decrease in useful content because of this move

Skeptical Optimist

1/17/18 1:26am

Maybe my kids will waste less time watching slime-makng & makeup videos now.

chilango

1/17/18 4:56am

No those are the channels with millions of subscribers.

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