[nailer]

> those people feeling that someone not finding them via google is a cheat are over-reacting.

> So all these people mad that they don't have lots of viewers

That's not the issue at all. They're mad they HAVE lots of views and their videos are being demonetised, and the rules around demonetisation aren't enforced consistently.

[Jesus_Jones]

okay, maybe i don't get that. Is that what the point that was in the supposed shooter's screen grab with 300k views and 10c of payment was about? I had forgotten about the problems around terrorist or violent racist videos and ads for random stuff showing up on them so youtube was going to cut off advertising on such videos - I guess google screwed it up and went too far?

It seems very unfair the way this works at youtube and there's no human to appeal to. I can see that would be frustrating. So there's no other place to take their videos to get money?

I remember a time when there wasn't a place where people could get money for playing video games, except maybe a few people working at computer magazines writing reviews.

But I also still think theres also a lot of similar content for certain broad categories. Like say exercise videos.

[jobigoud]

> But I also still think theres also a lot of similar content for certain broad categories. Like say exercise videos.

Yeah but just because a niche is crowded doesn't mean that all creators produce equally good content.

You will notice that many of the top channels, say those that have more than 100K subscribers, very often have very good production standards, and are the creator's full time job.

Sometimes the reason why a specific channel is more popular than another is not obvious, but very often it's because they spent more time carefully crafting their videos, even if in the end they appear like candid shots.