YouTube has changed

Yes now most of the channels are monetized and make money. YouTube may look like a social website (and most probably it is such for the majority of small or just starting YouTubers) but in fact it is a business website as any other. Not to mentioned how the mindset of a YouTuber changes once the first 3,4 or 5-digits money transection arrives from Adsense. :)
 
I didn't start to look at YouTube as something someone could make a Job/Career out of until like early 2012 when people abusing the YouTube Algorithm with bots, giveaways, misleading titles/thumbnails, reply girl garbage and bumping got really bad. I realized that money became the number one motivator and people were scrambling to get a piece of the action going on. Now a lot of people (especially the younger crowd) in the comments I've seen within the last year look at YouTube as a job and not a hobby. It is really quite sad because I'm seeing channels going into doing YouTube with the intention of trying to make money but not realizing that YouTube wasn't created to be beneficial to those seeking to make money.

YouTube is a creative video sharing website. It's never catered to those that make money or want too. YouTube/Google does not hire anyone like PewDiePie, NigaHiga and so on to make videos for their website. YouTube just shares the ad revenue. I personally don't see making YouTube money as a Job, more like a small business of your own however you are not actually hired or entitled to make any money. Does YouTube have to share any ad revenue with any of the content creators and Networks? Can't they determine who makes money and how much? It all seems very flimsy and not what I personally would use as my primary source of income. If I was a content creator who was making a few thousand dollars a month from YouTube I'd be putting that money to more schooling or a business of my own. (EDIT: Because I've already seen what a rise and fall on YouTube looks like. People making a lot of money and than making minimum wage and not having any plans to fall back on.)

Anyway, I really like the comments on here. Seems that people have not forgotten that Community is important when it comes to YouTube.
 
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Yes I agree that there is less collaboration, there's so many talented people around who can help make an ok video great! The problem is people who want the money! I have no issue helping someone who is passionate about what they do but if their focus is, I'm here for the money, then forget it. And with more and more making channels every day, it's harder to find genuine content creators.
 
Arliem said:
I've noticed that the community has gotten selfish, and less talkative to other channels.
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Ya that kinda sucks because I use to talk to people a lot on youtube but now no one talks to me on youtube and stuff like the only way I can make videos with someone is going to my MCN's forums to see if someone wants to make a video with me and I hate how YouTube removed "ADD AS FRIEND" back in late 2011 I use to love adding people on YouTube but since they removed it is hard to get a hold of people now on YouTube
 
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