<![CDATA[Ah yes, YouTube suddenly turning the screws and demonetizing entire swathes of channels, wiping out the creators who made the platform mass-appealing and viable in the first place.]]>Ah yes, YouTube suddenly turning the screws and demonetizing entire swathes of channels, wiping out the creators who made the platform mass-appealing and viable in the first place.

I wonder how many of the demonetizations were "AI"-based decisions.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/1fbd0687-3422-4aff-a4bc-3c5bda2aaccf/ah-yes-youtube-suddenly-turning-the-screws-and-demonetizing-entire-swathes-of-channels-wiping-out-the-creators-who-made-the-platform-mass-appealing-and-viable-in-the-first-place.RSS for NodeMon, 24 Aug 2026 22:40:28 GMTFri, 07 Aug 2026 20:38:56 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Ah yes, YouTube suddenly turning the screws and demonetizing entire swathes of channels, wiping out the creators who made the platform mass-appealing and viable in the first place. on Fri, 07 Aug 2026 20:43:05 GMT]]>Being ready to pivot is a sad necessity. Corporate silos NEVER have your interests at heart; immediately reinvesting any gains in an alternate, hopefully less-vulnerable way to reach your audience is just good business sense.

But so few people do that. They think the money spigot is eternal.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://raggedfeathers.com/users/lilithsaintcrow/statuses/117056168591608502https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://raggedfeathers.com/users/lilithsaintcrow/statuses/117056168591608502Fri, 07 Aug 2026 20:43:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ah yes, YouTube suddenly turning the screws and demonetizing entire swathes of channels, wiping out the creators who made the platform mass-appealing and viable in the first place. on Fri, 07 Aug 2026 20:41:56 GMT]]>@lilithsaintcrow And the ai hoops the channels had to jump through to get reinstated.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/invadersil/statuses/117056164134455605https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/invadersil/statuses/117056164134455605Fri, 07 Aug 2026 20:41:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Ah yes, YouTube suddenly turning the screws and demonetizing entire swathes of channels, wiping out the creators who made the platform mass-appealing and viable in the first place. on Fri, 07 Aug 2026 20:41:07 GMT]]>And, of course, there is no real appeals process for creators in any huge silo. YouTube, Facebook, TikTok, Instagram--if you can earn money producing "content", the platform can and will yank it away without even a moment's notice.

It's a nice grift. They'll keep the cash, you get nothing.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://raggedfeathers.com/users/lilithsaintcrow/statuses/117056160909044844https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://raggedfeathers.com/users/lilithsaintcrow/statuses/117056160909044844Fri, 07 Aug 2026 20:41:07 GMT