Re:Gitlab: don't discuss politics at work
by philwelch on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @11:22PM
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I'm not an expert on advertising, but I suspect these concerns are often overblown. There are YouTubers who get demonetized--presumably because their content isn't "advertiser-friendly"--who still manage to get individual sponsorship deals. If these companies were serious about being a "common carrier", they would invest more money into developing an advertising market where advertisers could pick and choose the content they wanted to advertise and less money into demonetization.
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Re:Gitlab: don't discuss politics at work
by afiori on Thursday October 17, 2019 @05:50AM
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demonetized video still get ads, it is a two tier system where ad space on demonetized videos is lower in price.
Re:Gitlab: don't discuss politics at work
by philwelch on Thursday October 17, 2019 @10:11PM
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Even if that’s true—which I somewhat doubt—YouTube basically makes demonetized videos disappear in terms of recommendations. They don’t admit it but every YouTuber I’ve seen get demonetized confirms that views basically stop after demonetization, aside from subscribers.