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Classic complaining about YouTube video got him this I feel like this video goes beyond complaining, [okay]?
I want to talk about the youtube ad boycott. I feel like people
Ourselves included
We're hoping and holding on to the fact that this was going to get better for everyone
And I think [for] a lot of people it has gotten better
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But for ourselves it continues to get worse to the point where
Were we don't think that we can continue to even exist?
The same way that we have on YouTube
The problem is that youtube in an effort to bring brands back has given them the tools to not put ads on
Anything that that might seem controversial?
But it's so blunt and it's so stupid that it is destroying our
Channel in our Livelihood out of our last like eight videos we've had only one video
That was normally normally monetized and the other ones made pretty much nothing
So let me let me take you step through it so daddy a five with Steve-O no ads from day one
So one of the notes, I was given is that peeing we did an obviously fake peeing moment?
and that was apparently too controversial for
Brands to run on by the way, this is like PG shit
This is PG-13 shit a little sprinkle of water for comic effect
YouTube is now more conservative than fucking Nickelodeon. Here's a video that. I just I just typed pee on face right
It's in the fucking title in [the] video
8.4 million views for kids
Freozen Elsa vs Joker pee on her face prank
That's way more appropriate forget so kids can watch it
But adults can and I guarantee you this thing is playing ads all fucking day. There's another one
Frozen Elsa vs Joker or Pee on her face prank, its a different video
But joker straight unloading on them do it and it's like a sexual act ours was self aware comedy
So it's like okay. So it says that it's a prank here
So what they want us to do in the sketch is to break the third wall
look at the camera and tell the viewers guys this isn't real okay. Let's get back to the scetch
I mean, it's worth saying we did cut off [Stevo's] balls in that video
But we took we went out of our way to make that shit look as fake as possible
we literally took pink and white Play-doh and rolled it up into a ball and
And like I mean okay. Yeah, sorry Youtube we actually castrated [steve]. [oh] you got us man. Sorry, okay?
next one this one's my favorite, so we originally call this video Christian moms against dabbing okay, and
This was our attempt at making a brand friendly video and we mentioned this group called Christian moms against dabbing
I put Christian in the title that video was almost completely
Demonetized so why why why would this video of me and Ela sitting here innocently get like?
slammed harder than than any other video
We made in the past several weeks because I put Christian in the title and we briefly mention a Facebook group called
Christian moms against dabbing they probably took up like 20 seconds of a 12-minute video so here's here's how I imagined it
Brands go
Here are the options and then there's like religion and like oh, why would I run my shit on religion, but it's not about religion
It's nothing to do with [it]. This is this blunt force so even when we try to make something brand friendly it gets fucked
We changed it to Facebook moms again stabbing. It didn't help it's still fucked. I thought it was worth the shot. That wasn't okay
The Thai Lopez one was fine
Pepsi saves the world guess what didn't make any money you want to know why?
Because there was blood
I was told is because there was blood coming out my I attend you or making in front of a brand
I was drinking at Pepsi while bleeding from the eye
Controversial very controversial not add friendly demonetized brands don't want to run on that be monetized. Why we removed our wall Street Journal video
political no money is YouTube over?
About the wall street Journal political no money Muslim edition about religion once again
So we're looking at one two three [four] [five] six seven eight so seven out of our eight videos made us pretty much no money
So I mean you can kind of see
The issue, we're in I mean I at this point
It's just fucking funny because we trap in our attempt to try to make a completely brand Friendly video
What is the one that's making the least of all the ones I mentioned I would never dream that putting Christian the title
Would be enough [to] get slam Dunk by Bradbury. The problem
Is that you get no info there's no like report like okay? This video that you made yeah
Got demonetized because you did this ,this,this
Yes, you get [no] [and] as usual youTube is the worst communicator ever so they used to
demonetize your videos and you at least understand and have a chance to appeal so what they doing now is brands
They getting categories like controversial
Profane there's no nuance. There's no subtlety so for brand see something as controversial they click off it, right
So they don't tell you right that you've been flagged as controversial the video is monetized basically yeah, when you look at the stats
So yeah, it's all good. Yeah, it's all good, but they don't show you the
Underneath tags that says this video is
Controversial violent sexual whatever that would make up like eighty percent of the brand's click off it
Which is what's been happening on our past like seven videos so it says monetized, but we're at this point
We're seriously making 16 cents on every dollar that we used to make and here's the thing that that
kind of Fuckin rubs me the wrong way wasn't this about Racism and
Like isis videos with ads on it
so why
as a comedy satire channel, why am I getting killed?
What happened?
Racism and
now
Controversial Satire channels are losing their revenue like I can't help but feel like YouTube is
capitalizing on
This moment to clean house and just get rid of the challenge that they never wanted to begin with we're not doing [anything] racist
so why's all of our videos not making any money like you guys think I'm being like paranoid or
Conspiracy theory there's a wonderful article on wired.com where they talk about
what's happening in Youtube right now since the ad boycott since this has happened YouTube has hired hord's of
add quality raters these are real people who go and watch videos on YouTube and rate them as offensive or
Sensitive they have such tags as inappropriate language
profanity hate speech, or other
Watch out [for] those others. They'll get you every time. They're even allowing brands now to opt out of content that is sexually suggestive
sensational or shocking as well as profane and
rough language
So these are [the] new tags, and I'm pretty sure [there's] just one fucking guy sitting at YouTube studios right now
Just watching a video every time we upload it and like counting however many times
I swear how many times I share my opinion, how many nuts I've cut off
How many people I've pissed on and he's going controversial rough language drug. You know all that fucking good shit? Oh other
So many others dude and then you know the brand's obviously when they look at it like that like oh
Wow, this this is horrible
I don't want to run on this you know we can get by we can still make videos on our channel and
Make like ten fifteen percent of what we used to but it's still enough because we have enough views but no one
No channel will ever become popular on YouTube again that that makes similar content
and channels like filthy Frankie you love and adore I
guarantee you George filthy Frank is not making a dime you say to George bye!
Here's what Youtube said to filthy Frank one of their original and most creative
Influencers on the whole website this brought a ton of people to cherish and love Youtube here's what they said to him bye
I and we're getting the bye too now
we're getting the bye so I feel like me and Hila are at a huge cross road right now because I just I
Honestly and Generally for the first time in our YouTube career feel like this
Isn't going to work. We need to find other things to do, so this is what our solution is, were
Definitely going keep making [videos] on H3 that's our bread and butter
But probably not at the same frequency for now like maybe once a week instead of three times a week
Just because it's like I mean you know
I've got to keep the lights on so what we're what we're working on is
we're going to be posting more vlogs on our second channel because
Smile more and be happy just don't express your opinions guys go to our second channel ethen and Hila
We're dropping some hot hot vlogs and having fun doing that
YouTube still pays us for those we are very excited to announce that we're moving to H3
Podcast to Twitch TV. And we'll be live streaming
It there it should be starting in a week or two so hop on over to our twitch TV
If you can't make it don't worry, we're uploading it to our new H3 podcast channel
Which [is] also in the description so go subscribe there it will be up there one day after it appears live on twitch
It was just an important like wake-up. Call. I think to all of us because
We were all so comfortable on YouTube, and so now we got to figure out new things
but I think you know we will figure out new things and
It it's not the end for us no fuck. No, but fuck no dude. Yeah
I'm optimistic about it like like Hila was saying we were way too comfortable on YouTube
And so we kind of put other opportunities on the sideline that we're really great for example
We want to start doing live tours
I want to start working on stand up you guys can come heckle me and fucking I'm gonna bomb for sure ok, but that's something
opportunities we have
We are working on some cool stuff that we're excited about and thank you YouTube for destroying your own
Platform because now we have the opportunity to go do some cool stuff. We're not giving up
This is the beginning for us this is an important Crossroads
and we're super optimistic about it with all that [being] said I really need to give an appreciation to the
Brand's the companies that do get it that understand what's going on and see us as not the fucking degenerates
I don't feel like an degenerate. They see the value on us I'd like to thank DBRand.com/feedethan
Who yes that's DBRand.com/feedethan we have some food at home. Yeah
Not enough to it's not enough to keep this fupa tight bea
feed Ethan
DBRand.com/feedethan
Hit me up when all this shit was going down and they said man
We want to support you because we think you're great
And we're happy to put our ads on your videos because we believe [in] you and these guys are slick as hell
And I'll tell you what they make a great fucking product too. Yes
I said fucking an ad and I'm sure they don't care
This is a marble skin that we've been [using] for like six seven months and I'd love it
You look actually really do love it. I'm not just saying that here you want to talk about it. I'll model it
You got here marble skin
very
But it doesn't take any extra space. You know like a case
Which is what? I love about it because I got to put it in my pocket and
No problem with this
This is awesome you go to the website
you can see what it looks like you can custom make it with all their cool skins.wood, marble go to DBRand.com/feedethan
buy a skin support them, it's important to us. This is not the [end] for us
We are excited. We are energized and we are so appreciative to you guys
We're always having our back and supporting us no matter what we love you guys, and we thank you so much
And we can't wait to see what we're all going to be a part of in the future and we're super stoked
Roll it die family dog bye
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