Hot Topic New monetization changes: 4k hours & 1k subs (**discussion here only**)

UKHypnotist said:
@The BBQ Chef

I think I will do a brief survey these next three weeks on how many channels are likely to remain in the YPP after Feb. I'll try for a sample of 5000 channels, which I know is tiny. I'll try for a range of join dates also. I'll avoid the top 10000 channels.

This will be interesting...
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I'd be interested in the results
 
So will I be! Main channel is definitely safe; was on another forum which had made it seem the 4K hours had to be in last month, not last year. Main has seen 29,233 hrs in last year.
 
Punishing the little guys, perfect! (sarcasm)

I have a video on one of my channels that has over 358,000 views that surges about once a year and now I can't get paid for it because that channel doesn't have 1000 subscribers. Lovely. My kids channel doesn't either but I was content with slow and steady. Ugh
 
Will this stop me from making new videos? No. I'll keep doing what I love doing. I wasn't anywhere near the 10k view mark anyway.

But it's still frustrating as hell. I can understand why people are frustrated and that feeling that smaller creators are being punished for what the big guys are doing. I also get that this will force more people who just want to make videos onto the platform, it's also kind of frustrating to see the bar where you'd be able to actually get something out of YouTube get higher and higher every year.

All in all, I have mixed feelings about this. I understand why some people see this as good, but it's still frustrating as hell.
 
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