This weeks topic has been a hot button issue on YouTube for a little while now but since
so
many people reached out on Twitter and asked for my opinion I am going to talk about it
today.
Here we go.
Hey everyone and welcome to this weeks naked truth Trisha Hershberger here.
Fresh out of the shower all natural doing the thing we do in our most vulnerable state.
Before we
jump into this week’s topic I want to thank our naked Army bloggers from last week that
is hold
on let me put on my glasses so I can read I know that means I am not totally in the
buff but that
is all right I need to be able to read.
A lot of you wanted to talk about sex turns out so that is
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Kavaja.
If you want to check out their naked truth blogs there a link in the description below
for
those who wanted to share.
Alright so onto this week’s topic.
We are talking about YouTube
demonetizing videos.
And before we even get started I know that there are a camp of people
out there who feel like well you tubers shouldn't make money for what they are doing it should
just be for fun.
And I do want to say in my opinion as someone who does do content creation for
a living not just for this channel but for other channels that are much larger it's a
little naïve to
say that this is something that is just done for fun or should just be done for fun and
at the same
time expect a certain level of quality and content.
It takes money and it takes people in peoples
time which therefore cost money to do that type of content.
If you look at what Source Fed did
for years that took a whole team of people to make it happen so I do just think it is
a little bit
naïve to say everyone should just do it for fun but I totally understand it.
That being said
because I can liken it to when I first start out acting.
The first time I was an extra on a major
movie it was a movie with Cameron Diaz and I was just so thrilled to be there and I said
to one
of the older actors I'm just so happy to be here today they don't even have to pay me
and he
was like don't ever say that.
And at the time I was taken back because but I'm just I'm excited to
be here that's all but I didn't realize in mind I have a D that this is how a lot of
people make their
living in because I was so excited about it and maybe willing to do it for free that the
valued
everyone else's time it is just something that I learned over time so anyway all that
being said I
do think content creators should be compensated for their time especially if they are investing
in
equipment if they're hiring people to help out with the shoots if they are having to
pay location
fees which is A big thing here in Los Angeles etc. etc. etc.
So because I think people should be
paid it really hurts that YouTube is demonatizing videos with their advertiser free policy.
So if
you have not heard with that is the advertiser free policy addresses a few things I'm going
to put
on my glasses again to read them so there's been a lot of panic and misinformation around
this
specifically and according to the YouTube create a blog this is what they said it constitutes
advertiser friendly or not advertiser friendly.
OK it is sexually suggestive content so partial nudity
or sexual humor violence inappropriate language or harassment promotion or use of drugs and
controversial or sensitive subjects including war or political conflicts natural disasters
etc.
Now
you can see how that would pose a problem for channels that talk about sex education
in a
positive light or channels that discuss things happening in the news.
Not that these are
necessarily bad types of content but if this is what they are going by you can see how
these
things are pretty could be advertise her family are seen as not advertise your friendly by
an
automated bot type of service.
Like I said I do think there is a lot of misinformation out there for
example someone had tweeted me square dog studios tweeted me is it really that hard
not to
swear in a video?
People I've been doing it for 80 years on broadcast TV.
And it is not just not
swearing in a video.
Not swearing in a video is a whole nother can of worms that YouTube is
doing with their restricting mode.
So YouTube is restricting mode is taking away things with
extra bad language use of alcohol in the video in addition to the things I just listed as
not
advertiser friendly.
Now the big deal with restricted mode is not necessarily that it demonetize is
your content but for people who only watch YouTube in restricted mode they would never
even
see that those videos exist.
And there was recently a big issue with that because of coming out
videos and a lot of videos that described LGBT Rights were put into restricted mode.
Now
YouTube has since come out and said we didn't mean to do that we are sorry we are doing
the
best we can and that is as good as they are doing.
Let me see I know they released a statement
saying OK here's their statement for that's why I kept my glasses on it will take some
time to
fully audit our technology and roll out new changes so please bear with us there is nothing
more
important than being a platform where anyone can belong have a voice and speak out when
they believe something needs to be changed.
We truly appreciate your help keeping the
YouTube community active and engaged on topics that matter to creators and YouTube fans.
So I do think that YouTube is trying but at the same time I do think it is a really hard
time to be a
creator on this platform right now.
Does that mean I am joining the #YouTubeIsOverParty?
No
not necessarily I do have faith already there making changes like an appeal process for
creators
whom have a video that may have been demonetized unfairly.
You know it's really hard and it's
hard for you to because they need to be compensated because they need to appeal to
advertisers as well as Creator who continue giving them content.
So I think they are in a tough
spot as well.
Do I wish that they would default to the creator side?
For the benefit of the creator
instead of defaulting for the benefit of the advertiser yes but at the same time I can
see the side
of advertisers who are finding their ads playing on things that they completely disagree with
like
Terrace videos and things like that.
So it is really sticky.
Ultimately it comes down to it is you to
use platform.
Sorry for the cut my card just ran out of juice that is what happens when I try to do
these in one take.
But anyway I was just saying ultimately it is YouTube's platform they are
ultimately the ones financially responsible for it so I believe they do have the freedom
to censor
or not sensor in away because I do believe taking money away from creators to need that
money to create content is a type of censorship but I do believe they have the freedom to
do
that because it is their platform.
Now there are a lot of other platforms springing up that are
saying you know well we believe in free speech no matter what but then you get the other
side
of that which is you are probably going to run into a lot of content that you may find
offensive or
advertisers may find offensive and therefore how is that content found it.
I think that if funding is
away from YouTube or on other platforms with there is no funding we are going to see a
return
to a lot more casual production value in digital content.
A lot more of what YouTube used to be
where it was just you know peoples WebCam that comes with their laptop or phone videos
and
stuff like that simply because it is not sustainable to do the higher production value in less
you
just happen to be born very wealthy which in that case good for you I hope you plan
to make
quality content with your free time.
But that is just a sad reality of what is happening and I am
eagerly looking forward to what the next step is for YouTube and it's interesting because
like I
said I can see both sides of this as a content creator but also as someone who produces and
looks at the return on investment from a business perspective I can understand it.
So hey
question for you guys is do you think this move by YouTube really is censorship or it
is really
just trying to make this platform a nicer place to be?
You've heard my thoughts on the matter so
yeah I am looking forward to see what and what you think in your own naked truth blog
and
before I go I do want to say that there is going to be a change moving forward a lot
of you have
really been responding to the live streams that I have been doing on Thursdays when I
couldn't
make a naked truth because of my little Logan who is doing very well thank you to everyone
who has been asking.
So because people like the live stream so much I am going to start
alternating.
So it will be a video every Thursday still but it will either be a naked truth or a
lifestream.
And I will try to continue those every other week so please send in your naked truth
now you have two weeks to get them in.
And if you want to tune into the lifestreams they will be
on Thursday morning not necessarily at 9 AM Pacific probably closer to 10 or 11 it will
depend
on Logan and his nap schedule.
But I will be doing those the thank you to everyone who tuned
in and give me the feedback that you really like those into do more.
So that is going to be
happening and also a huge thank you to everyone who sent things to my PO Box for Logan so
cute.
And Miss Santa thank you so much for the little Mickey outfit in the wolverine onesie in the
mustache pacifier super cute.
Sarah McDowell thank you for all the Ireland goodies the little
T-shirt and the bear so cute.
I got well wishes sent on a potato from A company called potato
parcel.
That's the thing that I never knew existed in the company called bad cats sent a really
cute onesie.
And someone sent a need it the clown it didn't have a name on it I couldn't find her
name anywhere on that.
So whoever sent that thank Logan is very appreciative that so many
people he has never met send him well wishes so thank you guys for all of that.
So yeah I guess
that's it for this weeks naked truth I know I am pushing my luck because he is napping
right now
I had to monitor right here off to the side.
So before my ticking time bomb baby decides he
wants to wake up I am going to sign off.
Thank you guys so much for watching this weeks
naked truth and I will see you next time bye.