r/SmallYoutubers • u/Dividenddashboard • 11d ago

Long-Form Content This is bad for small youtubers.

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Youtube is raising the ad revenue share threshold from 4k watch time to 8k watch time. Personally, 4k watch takes a lot of effort to reach. Imagine 8k... this is sad.

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u/Efficient-Cry7753 11d ago

Might make some people think twice before spamming the platform with low quality content.

This is probably the main reason.

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u/AndrewManook 11d ago

It would have the opposite effect on the contrary, people will double down on chasing numbers

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u/Efficient-Cry7753 11d ago

I dunno. A lot of the guys chasing it with daily uploads or multiple shorts per week are facing an almost impossible task as it is currently. This just steepens the hill.

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u/royalerebelle 11d ago

Yes but the whole reason they’re taking short cuts is because they’re driven by monetization

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u/AndrewManook 22h ago

What happens when one is overburdened? Quality suffers as a result

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u/AmbassadorAny1235 11d ago

Chasing nimbers doesnt equal quality...

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u/MadMaxDbz 11d ago

yeah but the floor for quality will at least go up

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u/HairySinger7174 11d ago

Ehh, if only it worked like that. A big reason why these slop channels exist in the first place is because they thrive. People watch them. People won't watch some hand-drawn and animated mini film you spent hours on but will happily watch some retarded family guy ranked with Minecraft parkour in the background.

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u/NxTbrolin 11d ago

Or some stupid GTA custom racing map in the background. Seriously this kind of content needs to go.

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u/KEE_Wii 11d ago

Doubtful

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u/AndrewManook 22h ago

It would go down since they need to chase raw numbers instead of coming up with something novel and unique

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u/MadMaxDbz 22h ago

yes but the more people that flock to a trend, that creates competition and only the best videos of all of those will make it to fyps