[closed] YouTube's New "Advertiser-Friendly" Policy (all discussion goes here) **

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I can understand from both sides. I understand that there is a possibility of advertisers not wanting their branding on foul videos but at the same time why are they kicking up such a fuss if BIG youtubers do this surely its just getting more views and traffic to their promotions?
 
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I agree.


Let's not forget that the current CEO of YouTube, Susan Wojcicki is an advertising expert. She was head of adwords for 15 years before becoming CEO of Youtube in 2014. It's no surprise that her strategy for Youtube is very much focused on the advertisers' needs and wants.
Fully agree, Youtube would not be able to survive if the advertisers move away, hosting videos is expensive business. The focus has to be on monetizing the platform and if the advertisers threaten to move away something needs to be done. It's a business after all with investers wanting to see return on investment.
 
This feel very wrong to me, Youtube has been open and free. If you love it or hate it, are a total norm or wacko it's the place you can show of pretty much anything. These kind of actions make people stray away instead of stay and I hope that it isn't the beginning of the end!
 
This feel very wrong to me, Youtube has been open and free. If you love it or hate it, are a total norm or wacko it's the place you can show of pretty much anything. These kind of actions make people stray away instead of stay and I hope that it isn't the beginning of the end!
Youtube is still open and free, you can upload your videos for free and anyone can watch it. The only change is that advertizers will not want to advertize on your videos anymore. If you like to swear a lot you can maybe make two versions. One with beeps in it and monitize it, the other unsensored but not monitized.
 
This is a hard call. I know it's not complete censorship since they aren't taking videos down but instead un-monetizing it. The thing is, there is such a thin line between good controversial content and bad controversial content. Some are just simply acting similar to those gossip shows on television. However, there are definitely many channels that only have the goal of upsetting people instead of trying to deliver any point (e.g. DramaAert, horrid prank videos).

I think the best approach is to let advertisers decide if they want to advertise on the offensive channels or not. Some companies might actually benefit from doing so. Take the decision out of the hands of YouTube and more so the advertisers. That seems much more logical, IMO. That way neither the advertisers nor the creators are affected.
 
Just throwing in my 2 cents here.

A lot of people might be overthinking this or blowing it out of proportion. No videos are being taken down, and we're all still able to say what we want and what's on our minds. Just look at DeFranco's video, it's, ironically, also being monetized. The only thing that's being regulated now is whether or not ad providers will want to allow their ads to be played on certain flagged videos. It just means that "drama channels" and shock videos that portray or talk about controversial topics will be closer examined and deemed worthy or not with specific companies to allow their ads to be played, another company might still allow it.

This started because more and more vloggers and youtubers have been making more lower quality clickbait videos that only start arguments over the internet, and people trying to become viral on the internet by saying things that are aimed to upset everyone or doing something that can potentially harm and/ or disturb viewers, and that's a bad image for the companies that have ads playing in such videos. There are channels that basically specialize in spreading harsh rumors of other popular youtubers, instigating their dirty laundry that they try to label as "news" but is the youtube equivalent of reality TV and TMZ reporting, which, speaking personally, is not what youtube is for.

IF your video gets flagged for something OUT OF CONTEXT, like simply say "f**k" a few times as an expletive, then you can appeal to be able to able to monetize your video again, just like a false copyright claim on a video, as long as the context of what you say is acceptable. A lot of these systems are set up by the engineers and programmers, but are run by bots, so there will be false claims.

i.e., the last sentence of the very first paragraph alone is what's key:
"Advertiser-friendly content is content that's appropriate for all audiences. It has little to no inappropriate or mature content in the video stream, thumbnail, or metadata (such as in the video title). If the video does contain inappropriate content, the context is usually newsworthy or comedic and the creator’s intent is to inform or entertain (not offend or shock)."
 
Tough break. I guess it's time to cover up the strong language for now.
I already see people starting petitions hoping it'll pass off as a temporary thing.
 
Youtube is still open and free, you can upload your videos for free and anyone can watch it. The only change is that advertizers will not want to advertize on your videos anymore. If you like to swear a lot you can maybe make two versions. One with beeps in it and monitize it, the other unsensored but not monitized.

First it's unwanted language, next up 'negative reviews'!
 
These "new" guidelines are from last year or older:

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This is a hard call. I know it's not complete censorship [...]

Youtube is privately owned. There's no censorship.
 
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