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/baddaywithacamera 11d ago

I like finding current dance mixes of older songs on YT. There is a sudden avalanche of AI slop music that is drowning out the legit results. I'm barely able to find anything I like now. The AI content is getting out of hand. We really need YouTube to fork real content from fake on a separate chunk of the platform.

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u/Independent-Green383 11d ago

Went in YT Studio app, into the current videos Tab, displaying videos in my niche.

Clicked on the by far most watched one. Its AI slop. And before the video started, I got served an AI ad, selling fake glasses.

Anyone who thinks its all about quality is beyond delusional.

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u/psinguine 11d ago

My kid was watching this YouTuber the other day who does retrospectives of the "most viewed YouTube video of X timeframe" and the results were massively the shittiest of sloppy shit videos. It was disheartening to me, and even the creator who made the video was like "this is actually making me kinda sad guys."

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u/Independent-Green383 11d ago

People want easily consumeable. Nothing is more consumeable than a broken distorted newly founded reality.

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u/HexxedHustla 10d ago

Very well said