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

Stike96 said:
Yeah my goals have been kind of similar, I've always been good at replying to comments on my channel but I am trying to leave comments on other people's content a lot more. I'm also trying to get more active on reddit too.

I personally wasn't discouraged by the changes, I'm hoping to look into Patreon and other forms of monetisation in the future anyway with this channel in the future.
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Sounds like you are on a good track! I think I'll take some time and check out your channel a little later.
 
I am starting on kind of the same approach. First I´m watching more videos and subscribing more channels in my niche (channels I´m interested in of course). Also the thing you say about comments "taking more time to leave genuine comments" is actually a good thing IMO:up2: I haven´t read it though where can I find it?
 
Personally i agree with the new rules, the only part is iffy is the 1k subscriber requirement, but i've seen a handful of smaller youtubers hopping around trying to be more social so maybe this is a good thing.
 
I keep reading about losing other features such as cards. Is this true? This would be the absolute WORST part for me if this is true. I have used almost all of the features since starting the channel 2 years ago and they are features that are essential for growth!
 
I think the timing of the announcement and the reasoning they're giving is very suspect and very tone-deaf, but I work in an advertising company, and the idea that every video/channel, regardless of views, should have advertisements on it and that's valuable to advertisers somehow has been misguided for a long time. I think that YouTube made a mistake, not recently (though the messaging is a mistake), but in 2012 when they opened the floodgates to every single channel getting ad share.

I think it'll be interesting to see how this all comes together. Many small creators are making plans to bond together and subscribe to each other, but we've seen those promises before (which is why sub4sub is a well-known phrase) and I don't think that's sustainable. Other creators aren't your main viewership, because you can't just have a closed loop for this kind of thing to work (in my opinion). Others are vowing to quit the platform, which is, I suspect, part of YouTube's strategy. It may be too bloated to be sustainable, TBH.

I'm guessing YouTube will make some adjustments based on the outcry and creators will eventually either leave or get used to not having monetization (or find ways of passing the threshold) and it'll become the new normal in some way. We'll see.
 
I only made enough bucks to buy a six-pack of beer this far, but it was fun to see how it summed up. Maybe a lot of clickbait / crappy content will disappear now, which is a good thing, on the other side I'm sad that I won't find out if could buy another six-pack by the end of 2018 haha. Or maybe to reach the threshold like once a year at some point.
But this won't stop me making videos, I just bought a GoPro 6 and a new computer for editing this week.
 
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clerick said:
I honestly think its a great change, 10k was too low. This will absolutely devastate the reuploader for money channels as they need to dedicate time/resources and approval to make one scam channel monetizable. Furthermore 100k-300k views is peanuts in terms of dollars, and small channels shouldnt be running ads to begin with as it drives people away when you have no fanbase to speak off. Get to 10k subs or so and then get monetization.
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Fair enough, but it was still exciting. I monetized at <100, but I do understand why this is happening, and that it is generally a good thing. It is a little sad that they are cutting us off when we already got monetized tho. Atleast all my content is original and stuff. Ah well. Onwards and upwards.[DOUBLEPOST=1516195964,1516195644][/DOUBLEPOST]
genp said:
99% of those affected by new policy are making less than $100 per year according to YouTube Creator Blog. (check it out)
So $8.33 per month is a big dent?[DOUBLEPOST=1516191538,1516191225][/DOUBLEPOST]BTW I started monetizing my first channel when the subscriber number hit 100K. Plan long-term. You will reap much more fruits.
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It's 100% of a dent :)

It's not a lot in real life terms, I know, and in the scheme of things I was never going to make a living off of this youtube - and may never unless there are some really changes and a lot of luck. But, I was aiming for a milestone like making the threshold every few months or something, would have been a good reward and, frankly, $60 can be quite a lot of money depending on whats going on in my life, or it would have been good to reinvest in the channel.

I'm still gonna make videos tho, and I do understand that changes like these need to happen for the greater good. Just wish I made the cut this time.
 
Its probably happened and I dont mean any disrespect by this; but I wonder if there was someone out there who was surviving purely on monetisation money who now by a hairs bredth hasnt made the cut and has now gone from making a wage and just about managing to earning absolute bupkis...If so I feel just awful about this whole thing...
 
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