nostr:npub1zdp33shl69xr0uq3x8n5gsjykq9upycwh6nqm02c3f6x0frrn0dq42vqv8 YouTube are also now charging creators to 'advertise'. There is a mysterious correlation between not paying for this and a drop off in views, go figure . . .
I've also heard of people paying up to this extortion and even then not seeing their views recover.
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Just like Elon & his blue checks. I don't know how people tolerate being in a system where some people can simply purchase the ability to better dominate the conversation.
Another issue is right wing groups with more money than sense buy ads for their videos and put them on LGBTQ and POC creators channels as a form of low-grade harassment of these audiences. It *is* possible to block certain ads from your videos.
Council of Geeks explains this well:
