YouTube is trying to soothe concerns about an incoming update to its monetization policies following backlash from online creators. An announcement that YouTube would be updating restrictions around “inauthentic” content under the YouTube Partner Program guidelines was interpreted by some to mean the platform was planning to demonetize a wider variety of videos, including those using AI-generated content, clips, and reactions. Now, YouTube is seeking to clarify the situation....
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123 sats \ 2 replies \ @Car 18h
I think everyone is moving to other platforms like Spotify and other Paid Platforms. YouTube is also trying to make its transition to being a big studio itself like AppleTV and Amazon. Gone are the days of free hosting, the world has moved to silos and curation.
Personally speaking as the person who produces SNL every week. We get much better reach, visibility and listeners on Spotify then we ever did on Transistor and currently still do on YouTube. Google has this weird algo you got to jump through, same goes for Twitter just to get seen. Makes no sense, they are operating with Web 2.0 mindset and still haven't gotten the memo. I see it as a cooler better vibe to be where there are nothing but paying customers, youth and music culture. It's a no brainer.
Our demo is growing and proving that.
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71 sats \ 1 reply \ @optimism 17h
Spotify also serves much higher quality content than youtube:
Youtube top: https://www.youtube.com/feed/trending
Spotify top: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZEVXbMDoHDwVN2tF
Massive difference there.
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98 sats \ 0 replies \ @Car 17h
exactly!
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26 sats \ 0 replies \ @optimism 19h
I think that I'm more worried about all the other slop
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @rootmachine 20h
I couldn't be happier. Maybe this will lower the number of uploads for a period of time.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker 20h
Maybe they should demonetize all of those
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