So I recently got this email from YouTube, and while it was expected, I was still pissed off.
Here it is in all its "glory":
Hi Bullish Money,
As you probably heard, we recently announced updates to the YouTube Partner Program (YPP). We made these changes to address a spike in abuse on YouTube by bad actors like spammers, impersonators, and re-uploaders. Our goal is to ensure a healthy ecosystem where original creators can grow and thrive.
As of today, your channel, Bullish Money will no longer have access to monetization tools associated with YPP because it doesn’t meet the new threshold of 4,000 hours of watch time within the past 12 months and 1,000 subscribers. If you meet the new threshold at some point in the future, you'll be automatically re-evaluated for YPP. The reviews typically take 1-2 weeks.
We understand that you may have lots of questions right now, so we’ve put together some FAQs that can help.
Yeah, I have a few questions...
- If you're worried about spammers, impersonators, and re-uploaders, why not create algorithms to address those issues specifically?
- How can original creators grow and thrive when you are taking away the very incentive for them to grow and thrive?
- Why punish no-view, no-sub channels like mine when the real money is made from true con-artists, such as those marketing ponzi scheme BitConnect?
Folks, YouTube is dead to me. It's just a tool I'll use for marketing purposes, and nothing more.