Police say shooter’s anger over YouTube policies ‘appears to be the motive’
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#2Yet another licensed and legal weapon.
Re: Police say shooter’s anger over YouTube policies ‘appears to be the motive’
#3Beyond the censorship issues & lawsuits, Google regularly gets a pass when their crummy policies negatively impact people. While it is horrible that some were hurt in the process, I wonder if this will make Google start approaching their huge amounts of power with some civility.
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#4I don't get Youtube policies. Why not let the advertisers decide which channels to advertise on? Why demonetize anything? This babysitting attitude makes so many creators unhappy.
If a video is allowed on YT, why not make more money off of it?
Re: Police say shooter’s anger over YouTube policies ‘appears to be the motive’
#5I don't get Youtube policies. Why not let the advertisers decide which channels to advertise on? Why demonetize anything? This babysitting attitude makes so many creators unhappy. If a video is allowed on YT, why not make more money off of it?
Advertisers do get to decide but advertisers don't want to have to decide between 10 million channels. They wanted a curated list with some minimum quality control to decide from.
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#6While what this lady did was atrocious, it does highlight a big problem inside Youtube. That their completely biased, unfair demonetization system is costing people enough money in ad revenue to ruin online careers. Smaller channels and politically incorrect channels get flagged pretty much every video, while bigger, white listed channels that post clear ToS breaking content are still allowed to rake in ad money. This woman didn't have that many followers in the respect to what others do, she wasn't making millions of dollars. Here's someone who was making a few dollars here and there, trying to act like it was her livelihood that was at stake, like most medium sized content creators with no real world skills do.
I should follow this up by saying I believe Youtube careers are pathetic, and shouldn't exist. Just as with Twitch, Youtube has become nothing more than a money making opportunity that is getting flooded with people who would rather deceive people than get a real job. Just people who want an easy ride begging for money. However, for those who do decide to take that route, the way Youtube flags videos absolutely impacts them. If I were making money, and my income were to be suddenly cut due to something that was entirely out of my hands yet fixable, I imagine I would be pretty jaded as well. Losing a few dollars is no reason to shoot people, this woman was just psycho. You can tell from one look at her on her site, she has the look of one.
Re: Police say shooter’s anger over YouTube policies ‘appears to be the motive’
#7Yet another licensed and legal weapon.
Yet another mentally ill individual who did not get the treatment they so clearly needed.
Re: Police say shooter’s anger over YouTube policies ‘appears to be the motive’
#8Yet another licensed and legal weapon.
On the same day there was a drive by shooting in the UK
Doubt that weapon was legal
Gun laws dont stop criminals
Murder is already fairly illegal, if I recall correctly
Re: Police say shooter’s anger over YouTube policies ‘appears to be the motive’
#9I don't get Youtube policies. Why not let the advertisers decide which channels to advertise on? Why demonetize anything? This babysitting attitude makes so many creators unhappy. If a video is allowed on YT, why not make more money off of it?
Advertisers do get to decide but advertisers don't want to have to decide between 10 million channels. They wanted a curated list with some minimum quality control to decide from.
So make it optional. Call it family-friendly, make it default, whatever.
Re: Police say shooter’s anger over YouTube policies ‘appears to be the motive’
#10I don't get Youtube policies. Why not let the advertisers decide which channels to advertise on? Why demonetize anything? This babysitting attitude makes so many creators unhappy. If a video is allowed on YT, why not make more money off of it?
Advertisers don't actually want to spend time picking YouTube channels individually. But they will complain if YouTube runs their ads against the wrong content. They have threatened to leave before. [1]
Picking channels that are good for advertising is a service that YouTube does for advertisers.
[1] http://www.businessinsider.com/why-advertisers-are-pulling-s...