Comment on "Very dramatic shift" - Linus Tech Tips opens up about the channel's declining viewership
mesamunefire@piefed.social 1 month agoI guess the point is channels are seeing a dropping viewership across the board. Or at least two different creators of VERY different videos have had the same experience so far. And the reddit thread behind this has more people (assuming they are telling the truth) confirming the drop.
baines@lemmy.cafe 1 month ago
orclev@lemmy.world 1 month ago
It seems like YouTube is doing something where they don’t consider views to be actual “views” anymore. I saw one creator reporting that you only get credit as a view if you also leave a comment on the video because I guess Google thinks this will somehow hamper bots? Sounds like a bunch of bullshit no matter how you look at it. Personally I think Google is just trying to avoid paying creators so they’re only crediting them for a fraction of the views they get, but you just know they’re charging those advertisers for every single view whether they’re paying the creators or not.
beejjorgensen@lemmy.sdf.org 1 month ago
Way back in the day I was making $500 a month with AdSense ads on my sites. And then one month I started making $250 a month. I hadn’t changed anything. It’s a risky thing to rely on.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 month ago
most influencers cant rely ads from yt anymore, so they switch to brand deals, promotions, thats where they get thier money from. and sometimes patreon.
QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 1 month ago
What a moronic move. I almost never post comments but I watch plenty of content.
lepinkainen@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Commenting on YouTube videos is just shouting into the void
orclev@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Same, but it depends on the goal. If the goal is to have an excuse not to pay creators while still cashing paychecks from advertisers it seems like a pretty smart move. A dick move certainly, but seems to be working exactly as intended.
QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 1 month ago
This I believe.
mesamunefire@piefed.social 1 month ago
You might be right.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 month ago
youtube seems to be pushing alot more AI than normal lately as well.