I got the same email. Sad too. My ad revenue is listed at nearly $90. Guess I'll never see a penny of that since they don't disburse funds unless you're account is over $100. Pisses me off.
I've been slowly building my YouTube channel over the last three years, and still have less than their minimum 1,000 subscribers. I joined Steemit 3 weeks ago and almost have my first 100 followers. And just to prove to myself this Steemit thing was real, I sold off some SBD and ended up with over $200 in the bank. This is an order of magnitude better than what I was ever able to accomplish on YouTube.
Plus, I think I like blogging more than creating video. Although I can see myself releasing the occasional DTube video.