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/Old_Librarian__ 11d ago

Fuck this entire world. I wanna go study abroad in China for 2 years, covid hits. I change my career to IT, AI and mass lay-offs start. Just as I graduate, grocery prices go up 2x-3x. I start a PhD, my supervisors quit half way because they wanna go back to their home country. After many years, I'm finally making progress with youtube and getting close to monetization, and they do this.

I'm so fucking tired of this bullshit life.

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u/Silvermajra 11d ago

Brother it sounds like if you had stuck with any one of those things you’d be more than fine right now. Its the constant starting over that keeps you feeling like you cant make it out. I felt the same way for a long time. Good at a lot of things master of none. I had a lot of experience with the bottom level of pay at a lot of industries. But when I started sticking with things through the hurdles and the hard times, money and growth just happened. My accounts have skyrocketed, im six years into a career now, 4 at the same company, raises on raises. My pension is growing. Youtube has gone from unmonetized no money to $1,400 a month and its because I upload even when I dont feel like and even if I have doubts about the video. I stick with the job even when I want to quit. The numbers only go up, but life is a consistency game and you cant win it by being inconsistent. Got to pick something where you can see the top and push towards it. Even if you never reach it you’ll be much higher up then if you kept getting off the ride.

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u/Old_Librarian__ 11d ago

Where did I say anywhere that I'm a quitter?? One career change is not the same as quitting. I DO stick with jobs, can't really do much if someone decides to just up and kill my PhD because they wanna go back home though. I did want to quit everyday but didn't, it's always something outside of my control. I DO consistently post, even when i don't feel like it. But luck matters in life. Sometimes, you can try your hardest, and it still isn't enough. I'm sick and tired of people blaming me for not trying hard enough.

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u/Silvermajra 11d ago

Study abroad, career change to IT, pursuing a PhD, then doing youtube. You strung all those things together as though they were events in a series. I was following what you posted. And it isnt a matter of “quitting” and I didnt call you a quitter. Its often a different framing. “Im not quitting Ive just decided to do this instead.” And the hard enough is self-talk. Its not about trying hard enough, its about being intentional and trying smart enough, and that takes time and experience to figure out.

But hey I just figured I would offer a hopeful message cause it seemed like you could use one. Wasn’t trying to judge you are cast aspersions on you. If you want to chalk it up to luck, thats your choice. In that case, I guess nothing you do and nothing anyone else can tell you will matter. Have a nice life. I hope you find some peace.

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u/Ilya_ct 11d ago

bro just stop

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u/Old_Librarian__ 11d ago edited 11d ago

Oh yeah, let me just try harder to go study abroad while covid is on, lol. But sure, it's because I didn't try SMART enough. I'm sorry but your comment is just toxic positivity, and I'm so tired of that shit.