My Entry to the Daddy Kirbs Favorite Video
NO MONETIZATION FOR YOU! YouTube is demonetizing low-volume channels!
So YouTube is finally doing it. Not only are they demonetizing channels with which they have philosophical issues with, or label as 'hate speech' or do not politically align with their 'progressive' values... now they are demonetizing ANY channel that has less than 1000 subscribers and 4000 watch hours in the last 12 months. YouTube is encouraging small channels to leave, essentially saying "Go find somewhere else to profit from your video content", and 'We don't want you" and "We don't need you"
What is Youtube's endgame?
I believe their goal is to eventually convert the YouTube website to YouTube Red, an internet cable television syndicate. All 'amateur' videos are going to eventually be purged to make way for 'advertisement-free' content, only available for a monthly fee. They want to compete with Netflix and Amazon Prime subscription model. They want to become the new 'cable', the new 'main-stream media', as people are pulling the plug on their television cable in record numbers.
What is YouTube Red?
According to Wikipedia:
YouTube Red is a paid streaming subscription service exclusively for YouTube in the United States, Australia, Mexico, New Zealand and South Korea. It provides advertising-free streaming of all videos hosted by YouTube, offline play and background playback of videos on mobile devices, access to advertising-free music streaming through Google Play Music, and access to "YouTube Red Original" series and films.
So what can we do? Support small homesteading channels!
Here are some of Daddy Kirb's recommendations:
Paul Otis
Sqeptick
Mother of Many Horses,
Bobblehead Homestead
JRC Homestead
Southern Ark Homestead
To support these homesteading channels, become a subscriber. Watch a few of their videos all the way through, even in the background if needed. Leave encouraging comments and develop a dialog with the content providers. This will help them to gain a following and grow to a level where Youtube will consider them for monetization. These are good channels and they are worth your attention.
Daddy Kirb's Words of Encouragement for Small YouTube Homesteading Channels
- Don't give up!
- Your story is important!
- Every person has a story!
- Every story counts!
- Somebody out there needs to hear what you have to say.
- Perhaps you need to hear what somebody has to say to you.
- YouTube is not the only platform option.
Another platform option? Really?
We all know what we're talking about here. What YouTube alternative allows content monetization with no overbearing central administration? No annoying advertisements? Hmmm...
I think STEEMIT may be the answer. (you guessed it, fellow Steemians!) More specifically, d.tube, which uses the steemit blockchain to create a YouTube alternative
Why I selected this video for my entry.
YouTube is going down the tubes and the faster people move away from that centralized platform and onto decentralized platforms (like d.tube) the quicker the overall internet transformation becomes. The beauty of the internet is the ability to express your thoughts and advice without intervention, but when we are guests at another's home (YouTube), we abide by "house rules". A decentralized platform means that the "house rules" have become "self-regulated rules". If people don't like what your doing, you will be unwelcome, otherwise anything goes.
I selected this video because it encourages homesteading YouTubers to continue with their channel and to grow. Also it offers an invitation to 'make the switch' to a platform that will reward them financially, no matter the content, or the audience size.
I invite two of my fellow Steemians to participate in this contest:
I tag @dwells, @lturner to participate and create a post about their favorite DaddyKirbs video. I hope this contest continues weekly, to introduce more people to the @daddykirbs steemit channel and YouTube Channel. Here's to many more @daddykirbs videos encouraging the homesteaders on YouTube and on Steemit (d.tube).
Steem on!
That was a beautifully written response to my contest! I love it :) Thank you so much.
You are welcome. You are certainly the inspiration for this post! :-) @ironshield
Thanks for sharing! Very good information bro :)
Thank you! It's my pleasure. @ironshield
Thanks for sharing that. I have a tiny tiny YouTube presence and haven't got that letter yet (is it only for the US?).
Ive been moving my stuff onto Dtube, which is associated with Steemit and works on the same blockchain. They take a cut of anything you make through their service but losing a little is better than getting nothing at all. Maybe as the service grows, the cut will shrink too.
D.tube is so much better. It's only going to improve and grow over time. @ironshield
Wow I didn’t know that Youtube was now doing this! I never really made videos on there, only subscribed and viewed others. I am so thankful for decentralized platforms like Steemit where people can express themselves freely and real news is real news and not labeled as fake news. It seems when people start speaking out with truths, that’s when things get shutdown. Thank you for making us aware about Youtube Red, this is the first I’ve heard of it.
Interesting how threatened they are by the truth! They much prefer their fake truth that everyone in their bubble can agree upon. Anything outside of that bubble must be Russian bots. #releasethememo
I wouldn't have known about Youtube Red, except it's advertised on Youtube almost every time I use it. Annoying! @ironshield
Yes that’s so true! They want nothing to do with truth!! So sad.
Interesting. The people who made content made YouTube. If YouTube leaves their base...people who made youtube, they will regret it in the long run. Some other platform will fill the void. Maybe dtube will fill this void when they work the kinks out. But, Google taking over YouTube was not good.
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