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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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[–] Flower@sh.itjust.works 52 points 2 weeks 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.

[–] DFX4509B@lemmy.wtf 33 points 2 weeks ago

As Google intended.

[–] aim4harmony@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago

SlopTube powered by Sloople 🤭

[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks 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.