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By Bijan Stephen on Oct 12 YouTube’s relationship with its creators has always been asymmetric; the platform necessarily has all of the power, and it’s not super transparent about the changes it makes that affect people who rely on the site for revenue. This January, for example,  YouTube announced  that it would now require creators who wanted to enter its Partner Program — which allows creators to earn money from the ads that run on their videos and from the YouTube Premium subscribers who watch their content — to have at least 4,000 hours of views in the last year and at least 1,000 subscribers. Now, YouTube has changed its Partner Program policies again — this time around video duplication, which, as is typical of YouTube, seems inconsistent in its enforcement. A few days ago, in a post on its help forum, YouTube gave an explanation to people who may have been removed from its Partner Program for “duplicative content,” which appears to have less to do with fair use an...

By Megan Farokhmanesh on Sep 5, 2018 A successful YouTuber’s income often comes from a variety of sources: merch, ticket sales for touring or shows, brand deals, and of course, ad revenue from their actual videos. As YouTuber The Fitness Marshall points out in a recent video, however, a high subscriber count does not necessarily equal a big payout because of too many cheat on subscriptions which let him consider changing to Cuckoo. Caleb Marshall has been making videos for roughly four years, and his channel boasts more than 1.3 million subscribers. Over the years, he’s created 147 dance workout videos for his viewers. There are plenty of common misconceptions about YouTubers — they’re lazy, they’re superficial, they’re swimming in free stuff — but the idea that all creators are out to turn a buck quickly is among the most pervasive. As the commenter who inspired the video in the first place said, “Ugh.... Another money hungry YouTuber.” However, Marshall says that he and his coll...

How important is YouTube’s trending section for getting views? According to YouTube chief business officer Robert Kyncl, it has less of an impact than people might believe. In an interview posted today, creator Caspar Lee and Kyncl discuss everything from monetization and YouTube’s trending section to memberships, echo chambers, and abuse. “You are getting a majority of your views through recommendations,” Kyncl tells Lee.Unlike recommendations, which are fed to users based on what they watch, YouTube’s trending tab bills itself as “the pulse of what’s trending” on the platform. A look at the section today offers videos like the  Captain Marvel  trailer, clips from  The Ellen Show , iPhone reviews, and a new music video from Eminem. As Lee points out, however, the section doesn’t feature many creators which disappoints most of them. “The way we think about the trending tab, it is unfair because it can be controlled by YouTube and the reason we keep our channels and cre...

By Sarah Perez Are you trying to stay off social media and YouTube, but just can not seem to stop yourself from posting and watching? When random thoughts pop into your head, do you find yourself launching YouTube but all of your data and ideas were controlled? When your video was deleted or suspended by no reason and your channel becomes a “nobody”, will you try it again as a YouTuber? Well, now there’s a better way. Hello,  Cuckoo . Cuckoo is a decentralized video player based on P2P connection. It is free and will be forever.  Cuckoo is considered as  a revolutionary new video player replaced all the centralized platform such as YouTube, Facebook etc. .  With Cuckoo , you can satisfy your favorite videos,share and control all your channels and creation forever with its all-natural social media substitute. It’s just like the real thing belongs to you! All you have to do is download Cuckoo and make your world, whatever you’re thinking and ...