Im making animations and I spend like an entire month trying to create a video that will be cool, fun, and entertain people of all ages. Since it's Minecraft's aesthetic, obviously it attracts tons of kids, so im worried they will cripple my channel. Im fact im really depressed. What motivation do I have to keep going when they will remove ALL comments and notifications? im not even talking about the money, but the thought of having a channel with 0 interaction with the people that watch what you do. It really warms my heart when I listen all those positive comments of people enjoying my creations. Without that, there's no point. Of course, getting peanuts for a month worth of work is also very disappointing. And since as an animator you don't have a cult following like famous let's players do, there's no hopes of making revenue outside of straight YT ads. This is going to kill so many talented people's channels.
And I wouldn't even be able to properly rate my stuff. If it's the Minecraft aesthetic, but there's firearms being shoot, fighting scenes, explosions, flashing lights, sword fights... does it really belong within the same category as nursery rhymmes and Cocomelon? They are asking us to become multimedia rating expert, and face the consequences of an FTC fine that will ruin your life. This is Insanity. And to top it off, big channels are already getting green lights. DanTDM was already told by YT on twitter that he will be alright, when he is clearly watched 99% by kids, meanwhile here I am busting my a** a month per video making animations, only to possible get my channel fatally crippled. I really hate how things are.
