Some Important Concerns
Added 2017-04-17 01:21:01 +0000 UTCMan, we just broke $3000. That's so awesome. Almost a third of the way there. Welcome to so many of you that are new. This is a place where you all can communicate with me directly. And I can communicate with you. So thank you so much.
It's become rather apparent to me that YouTube has protected some creators from this boycott. Some people are totally fine right now. Making the same money. No issue. Despite YouTube losing around a billion dollars in ad revenue, it hasn't really impacted them. For creators like me, we lose 80% of our business, and YouTube won't even come forward to try to explain anything or show us a game plan.
So the fact that you're helping me in this way is like giving YouTube the middle finger and saying that the content YOU love will be there regardless of them. Which is powerful as hell. All the brands could come back tomorrow, but it's always possible YouTube will still screw over people like me by making our channels less enticing to advertise on. Because they're going to give advertisers more power in who they advertise with. So they're going to divide all their creators into genres. Some will be educational. Some will be kid friendly. On and on.
I have a sneaking suspicion that YouTube will take my channel and group it into a genre that makes advertisers think I am pretty much a gore porn channel that exploits bombings and other tragedies without adding any editorial content or substance whatsoever. That's my concern now.
So thank you for helping so that that shit doesn't matter. I'm really really wanting things to go back the way they were a few weeks ago. The fact things have changed this much makes me sick, really.
Just thank you. For everything.
Rob
