Seriously? Those numbers make it 100% confirmed he bought subscribers and probably a few fake views which youtube has since taken off due to no retention on those views. I really detest people that lie through their teeth. The facts are out there. If you don't see them it's because you don't WANT to see them.
Okay, let me get this straight: you say I bought the subscribers and views. Well, if I did that why did I stop? I mean I have to get over 240,000 minutes of views as well. Why didn't I buy that as well. It isn't as if they're expensive. $5 will get you a lot on Fiverr and SEO Clerks. And on SEO Clerks alone, there are many who will get you that much watch time. So why didn't I? And why did I stop at just a 1,000/1,700? I mean why not 10,000 subs? Why didn't I do this for my old channel too? It currently only has 142 views. [It is the one that my link below links to.] Did I forget about it? Damn, I knew there was something I didn't do last month!
Here's another thing: I don't have a problem with those who do buy subs and views. 1,000 subs and 240,000 viewing minutes was and is an arbitrary number picked out of a hat by YouTube to determine who gets monetization and who doesn't. They said it was to combat fake channels but my bet is that they didn't want to waste accounting resources on small fry channels. "You have to be THIS tall to now ride this ride, folks." And because they didn't grandfather clause in those who had gained monetization under the old system (which was the case for my old channel), I think that's WAY more wrong than YouTubers going, "What?! I was monetized but now I'm not? Fine! I'll buy the requirements. Screw you YouTube!"
What I did do is what I outlined in my reply before this one. Now could some of those who I hired give me fake subs and views to prove their worth to get me to hire them again? Yeah, sure. All of them wanted me to buy their services again and many pointed to the sharp increase in subs and views to bolster their claim that they did help. Did any of them say they gave me fake subscribers and fakes views, nope. In my Fiverr ad, I specifically said "No fake subscribers or views!" in bold. But how would I know if they did or didn't? I couldn't. What did I say to them? I said that when I win the next tournament I will keep them in mind if I plan to super promote that video as well. Now everyday I get email notifications from SEO Clerks about sellers following my account there and when you click on their names, all of them are SEO/SMM experts of one type or another. I take that as they're waiting for the next time I put out a bid for promoting a future video so they can be sure to get their bid in right away and not miss out.
And here's still another thing. Why did I wait to buy these fake subscribers and views until I won a tournament? I mean I had already hired a social media manager from Fiverr and she had be working for me since video #43 and started getting public credit at video #48. Why did I then wait 38 videos before buying all these subs and views? Oh wait! I know what you're going to say. I waited until I won a tournament. Right? Damn, I'm one patient dude. Oooorrrrr that is why I hired additional help for my social media manager to get the word out about that video as something promotable. In fact, the most common sentence used in social media marketing by these helpers and my social media manager was "This is how you WIN a poker tournament!" Go ahead and google the words between those quote marks plus "Jack Decker". That is the work that my social media manager and the SEO/SMM helpers from SEO Clerks did for me. Not all of it and probably not even the majority of it. But definitely some of them as Google results show.
But, yes, I know. Regardless what I say, you know the truth and that's that.
