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YouTube now requires creators to have twice as many watch hours to start earning money (techcrunch.com)
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[–] 55 points 3 months ago (3 children)

The end result is that channels will just post twice as much slop to get to those hours and actually human creators give up, meaning YouTube becomes even more sloppified.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    The end result is that channels will just post twice as much slop to get to those hours

    Slop doesn't get return viewers, which is counter-productive to reaching a watch hours (or subscribers) threshold.

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