YouTube now requires creators to have twice as many watch hours to start earning money | TechCrunch
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Creators who want to start earning on the platform will need at least 8,000 qualified watch hours over the past year or 20 million qualified Shorts views in the last 90 days.
  • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    3 months ago

    Easy to say if you’re not a creator.

    I write, edit, record, and publish everything I create, all by myself.

    Devaluing smaller creators is going to mean more AI slop, because more people will be motivated to take shortcuts.

    And those who don’t will probably quit. Creating authentic content and growing a channel takes time, and a lot more of it now.

    • chunes@lemmy.worldEnglish
      31·
      3 months ago

      Yes, that was my whole point. I want you to quit if you are trying to make money on youtube.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      I write, edit, record, and publish everything I create, all by myself.

      Patreon, Nebula, even Audible will give you a better cut of the proceeds.

      Devaluing smaller creators is going to mean more AI slop

      Video slop is even less commercially viable than the audio, pictures, and literature.

      Sora got yanked off the market inside a few months due to how badly it burned tokens for video nobody wanted to look at.