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Re:YouTube says it will crack down on bizarre videos targeti... by reustle on Friday November 10, 2017 @10:20AM (#15670407)
Here are a few from my subscriptions page:

ElectroBoom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjN3j0jZirs

Abroad In Japan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5lMM160etI

AvE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSxgn0_yU-8

Neistat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZakJFqdpRY

Philip DeFranco: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOa6PA8XQtQ

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Re:YouTube says it will crack down on bizarre videos targeti... by falcolas on Friday November 10, 2017 @10:32AM (#15670486)
Another, experiencing a 90%+ drop in YouTube revenue since the latest update:

Sid Alpha: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe5eODFxwy0

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Re:YouTube says it will crack down on bizarre videos targeti... by maturz on Friday November 10, 2017 @12:12PM (#15671285)
Also Joe goes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaU-SgsZnIw

Reddit has a lot more examples https://www.reddit.com/r/all/search?q=demonetized&sort=top

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Re:YouTube says it will crack down on bizarre videos targeti... by needz on Friday November 10, 2017 @04:14PM (#15673103)
This guy is as wholesome as wholesome can possibly be and he was still demonetized. Wears suits, is cordial with his viewers, doesn't curse... what more could YT want?
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Re:YouTube says it will crack down on bizarre videos targeti... by justaman on Friday November 10, 2017 @04:10PM (#15673067)
HOW? This guy is basically a 1950's white-picket fence gentleman. I think we are seeing a concerted effort to attack major YT channels into leaving YT.
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Re:YouTube says it will crack down on bizarre videos targeti... by krapp on Friday November 10, 2017 @07:33PM (#15674271)
My pet conspiracy theory regarding Youtube is that Google wants to pivot it to compete with Netflix and Amazon, and replace user-submitted content with exclusive, licensed content that might actually make money.

But Google doesn't want to risk the PR nightmare of admitting that they no longer want 99% of their userbase poisoning the well for the 1%, so they use pretexts like demonetizing content to encourage them to go elsewhere.

It's probably not true, but Google either seems to be fantastically inept or malicious at this point, when it comes to their interactions with content creators and their UX.

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