by GotBot » Wed Jan 17, 2018 8:22 pm
lol, maybe I explained it poorly. Let me try to clarify it better for you. Of course, this has been all over the news lately and the source of many articles. It used to be that anyone could be a creator and upload ten minute videos. Anyone could also be a YouTube partner. This gave additional features for people to use, besides for the obvious ability to place ads, These creator features included things like extended video lengths beyond ten minutes, as one example. After several issues, and a lot of learning, it was determined that monetization, and it's associated features needed to be tightened, 10 000 views was the new threshold that had to be reached. Still there were issues, so now tighter constraints are again being implemented, justifiably so in my opinion. Now one needs a specific annual watch time of at least 4000 hours and 1000 subs. If those criteria are not both met then a channel cannot be a partner. You need both, having only one or the other will not suffice. This is neither here nor there, but it also means the loss of other creator benefits, like the ability to upload longer content. I have never been one to encourage or ask for much, but I personally found myself in a situation where I have more than the necessary views but am still short subs. Maybe it is my own doing since I don't much ask for them and didn't care about them as I was getting decent views and traffic anyway. I was probably too lax lol.