I don't know why this is bothering me so much...

"BaconSandwich is tasty." (baconsandwich)
02/05/2018 at 22:39 • Filed to: None

Automotive unrelated rant after the jump. Picture unrelated, but still nice.

I’m not sure if anyone else here watches Cody’s Lab on YouTube. He does some pretty interesting stuff - mostly chemistry related, and some mining, gardening, and other random videos. His stuff is pretty tame compared to other videos out there, and I find it occasionally educational. Apparently someone (or a group of people) have kicked up a stink about some of his videos somehow being offensive, and as a result he is blocked from uploading under his monetized channel. He is having issues contesting the accusations. This isn’t the first I’ve heard of cases like this, and it annoys me. A coworker had something similar happen - he had a reasonably popular javascript game with Google Adsense and was almost at the point where he could get his first payment, but Google shut him down, and he couldn’t contest it. They rejected his appeal with no reasoning whatsoever. I think Google in this regard is getting too powerful and needs competition. Unfortunately it seems like the only ones big enough to give them competition would be Facebook or Microsoft, and so far neither of them are doing a direct competitor to YouTube.

Sorry, I needed to get that off my chest.

DISCUSSION (13)

CB > BaconSandwich is tasty.
02/05/2018 at 23:02

YouTube has a problem of too much content and not enough people to review it, and lots of channels have reported issues with demonetization and YouTube’s response time when it comes to problems. It’s why, if you’re investing in becoming a media personality or having a business, to not just go all in on YouTube videos.

BaconSandwich is tasty. > CB
02/05/2018 at 23:08

As far as actually making any money, Patreon seems like a much more stable source. At least that’s the impression I get from the channels I watch.

CB > BaconSandwich is tasty.
02/05/2018 at 23:11

It does, but then you start running into the issue of “what’s a reasonable amount to charge in order to bring viewers in/keep viewers?” as well as competing for someone’s dollar instead of just their time (yeah, I’ll deal with watching ads, but would I willingly pay 10 different content creators $2-$5 a month? I don’t know).

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > BaconSandwich is tasty.
02/05/2018 at 23:17

I’ll watch AVE and he was trying to figure out how one of his videos got demonitized and going through Youtube. 300 hours of video are uploaded every minute. The issues is there is just an insane amount of stuff generated, and the only way to rely on automated metrics to scan.

BaconSandwich is tasty. > CB
02/05/2018 at 23:50

We do live in an interesting time. There’s so much content out there, and a person only has so much time (or money) to consume it.

Chariotoflove > BaconSandwich is tasty.
02/05/2018 at 23:51

I remember the good ole days when people just bought a domain and built their website.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > CB
02/05/2018 at 23:52

Have you ever paid anyone via patreon?

Sam > BaconSandwich is tasty.
02/06/2018 at 00:51

I bet it was flat earthers.

BaconSandwich is tasty. > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
02/06/2018 at 08:32

Nope. And I suspect 99.9% of people haven’t either.

BaconSandwich is tasty. > gmporschenut also a fan of hondas
02/06/2018 at 08:34

You would think that YouTube would tend to want to keep their big producers happy. Even if the process is automated, there could still be flags to say “if the video producer has over 100,000 subscribers, have a human review it”.

CB > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
02/06/2018 at 08:39

Nope.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > BaconSandwich is tasty.
02/06/2018 at 10:06

I have, 1 guy only. A WW2 podcast

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > CB
02/06/2018 at 10:07

Yeah. I support 1 guy. Others, meh