Random Thoughts.....What Are You Thinking?
Random Thoughts.....What are you thinking?
I have nothing against the Fine Bros personally, but the React World thing backfiring was... It was orgasmic~
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I guess I'm not that surprised, because I just spent close to 20 months with a client who was deeply embedded in the internet advertising space. The problem boils down to this:
- Internet advertising has been priced too high since the very beginning, the ROI just wasn't there
- Between ubiquitous ad blocking and the populace over time learning to just ignore ads, even what returns companies were getting are getting thinner and thinner.
Obviously, YouTube needs content, but at this point it's big enough that it'll get that content from somewhere; movie/game trailers, etc, etc. All advertiser friendly, and usually high quality. The lower tiers of content creator just don't matter as much in the big picture.
YouTube is phenomenally expensive to run. You make money by either raising prices or reducing expenses. They can't raise prices, so the only thing they can possibly do is reduce expenses, and their clearest path to that is changing who gets paid for what. Also, by limiting the scope of what pays out, they can offer advertisers a clearer picture of where their ads will be seen, which won't let them raise prices, but can at least stabilize them/keep them paying.
This probably doesn't bother me as much because I don't watch a ton of YouTube, but the challenges in the industry are very, very real right now, and this is a completely understandable and predictable response to it. There's a lot of arguments to made as to whether or not it's the correct response, but it's not a knee-jerk sort of thing.
- Internet advertising has been priced too high since the very beginning, the ROI just wasn't there
- Between ubiquitous ad blocking and the populace over time learning to just ignore ads, even what returns companies were getting are getting thinner and thinner.
Obviously, YouTube needs content, but at this point it's big enough that it'll get that content from somewhere; movie/game trailers, etc, etc. All advertiser friendly, and usually high quality. The lower tiers of content creator just don't matter as much in the big picture.
YouTube is phenomenally expensive to run. You make money by either raising prices or reducing expenses. They can't raise prices, so the only thing they can possibly do is reduce expenses, and their clearest path to that is changing who gets paid for what. Also, by limiting the scope of what pays out, they can offer advertisers a clearer picture of where their ads will be seen, which won't let them raise prices, but can at least stabilize them/keep them paying.
This probably doesn't bother me as much because I don't watch a ton of YouTube, but the challenges in the industry are very, very real right now, and this is a completely understandable and predictable response to it. There's a lot of arguments to made as to whether or not it's the correct response, but it's not a knee-jerk sort of thing.
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Valefor.Prothescar said: »
Anna Ruthven said: »
Quote:
Controversial or sensitive subjects and events, including subjects related to war, political conflicts, natural disasters and tragedies, even if graphic imagery is not shown”
This leaves a lot open to interpretation. It's the wording. That's not a list, those are just a few examples from the list that anything could be added to.
For example, I watch a lot of gun and shooting videos. Guns are a sensitive subject. Some video games could fall into this gray area too.
Expect controversial games like GTA to be no-nos. Any topics discussing politics, extremism, terrorism, feminism, gay rights, discrimination, etc.. Pretty much anything that would cause a tumblrina to hit the eject button.
Also, I watch Lost Pause who plays dating sims and visual novels and...other stuff censored so this could potentially suck for me...
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Idiot Boy said: »
I guess I'm not that surprised, because I just spent close to 20 months with a client who was deeply embedded in the internet advertising space. The problem boils down to this:
- Internet advertising has been priced too high since the very beginning, the ROI just wasn't there
- Between ubiquitous ad blocking and the populace over time learning to just ignore ads, even what returns companies were getting are getting thinner and thinner.
Obviously, YouTube needs content, but at this point it's big enough that it'll get that content from somewhere; movie/game trailers, etc, etc. All advertiser friendly, and usually high quality. The lower tiers of content creator just don't matter as much in the big picture.
YouTube is phenomenally expensive to run. You make money by either raising prices or reducing expenses. They can't raise prices, so the only thing they can possibly do is reduce expenses, and their clearest path to that is changing who gets paid for what. Also, by limiting the scope of what pays out, they can offer advertisers a clearer picture of where their ads will be seen, which won't let them raise prices, but can at least stabilize them/keep them paying.
This probably doesn't bother me as much because I don't watch a ton of YouTube, but the challenges in the industry are very, very real right now, and this is a completely understandable and predictable response to it. There's a lot of arguments to made as to whether or not it's the correct response, but it's not a knee-jerk sort of thing.
- Internet advertising has been priced too high since the very beginning, the ROI just wasn't there
- Between ubiquitous ad blocking and the populace over time learning to just ignore ads, even what returns companies were getting are getting thinner and thinner.
Obviously, YouTube needs content, but at this point it's big enough that it'll get that content from somewhere; movie/game trailers, etc, etc. All advertiser friendly, and usually high quality. The lower tiers of content creator just don't matter as much in the big picture.
YouTube is phenomenally expensive to run. You make money by either raising prices or reducing expenses. They can't raise prices, so the only thing they can possibly do is reduce expenses, and their clearest path to that is changing who gets paid for what. Also, by limiting the scope of what pays out, they can offer advertisers a clearer picture of where their ads will be seen, which won't let them raise prices, but can at least stabilize them/keep them paying.
This probably doesn't bother me as much because I don't watch a ton of YouTube, but the challenges in the industry are very, very real right now, and this is a completely understandable and predictable response to it. There's a lot of arguments to made as to whether or not it's the correct response, but it's not a knee-jerk sort of thing.
Check your privilege, Josi.
Josiahkf said: »
I watch a massive amount of Youtube but I'm not worried; there will always been content creators and video websites.
Most serious content creators already have their own websites mirroring videos with their own ads for this very reason.
Most serious content creators already have their own websites mirroring videos with their own ads for this very reason.
Ad revenue is down everywhere, though, which is what started all of this, which means people are going to have to find other sources of funding. Nothing's as easy as ads, though.
I'm sure Patreon is reading this update and making cha-ching noises.
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Goddamn binary genders. I bet you don't even know my girlboy pronouns.
Bismarck.Josiahfk said: »
I just googled youtube's yearly ad revenue and facebooks ad revenue from 2009-2015, steady increases
Gross revenue is a mostly meaningless number in this regard. The numbers that matter are impressions, impression rate, cost per impression, and the operating costs of YouTube itself. Also, don't forget that a chunk of that revenue goes back to the content creators.
Google doesn't release numbers on YouTube's operating costs, but most estimates put it at at least $1.5b/year.
DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT FARM TO TABLE MEANS?!
Anna Ruthven said: »
DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT FARM TO TABLE MEANS?!
It means you're going to charge me twelve bucks for a grilled cheese.
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Idiot Boy said: »
Anna Ruthven said: »
DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT FARM TO TABLE MEANS?!
It means you're going to charge me twelve bucks for a grilled cheese.
How dare you, sir.
omg omg omgomgg i neeed this!!
1/1 again. I have now gotten both the jobs I wanted on the first pull. My luck in Mobius is *** awesome compared to other games.
Do have the last one they made, the Hyrule Historia? It's awesome.
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Idiot Boy said: »
Do have the last one they made, the Hyrule Historia? It's awesome.
Idiot Boy said: »
Do have the last one they made, the Hyrule Historia? It's awesome.
The FFIX art book is nice too.
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