I just wanted to be straight with everyone. After I finish this current season, I’m done uploading to this channel.
YouTube has decided that people can post political violence, shock content, and anything else the algorithm eats up, but if I show a legal plant in a legal state, suddenly it’s age restricted and not suitable for advertisers.
Some of these videos hit over 50,000 views. I reached monetization in a month, and right after that, I got hit with a strike and full demonetization just for sharing a seed bank link in my description, something hundreds of creators do every single day.
I didn’t sign up to let YouTube run ads on my content while refusing to pay me for the work I put in. That’s not how it should work, and I’m not going to feed a system that punishes small creators while protecting corporate channels doing the same thing.
And for the record, I’m not in this for the money. It’s about the principle. If they’re going to run ads on my videos, they should treat creators fairly. So I’ve deleted every video they were running ads on. You can still find them on Rumble if you want to watch.
I’ll finish this season for everyone who’s followed the grows, and then I’m moving on to a new project, something I can be passionate about without worrying if a harmless video of a legal plant gets flagged next.
If you still want to keep up with me, check out my other channel called Appalachian Nate. That’s where I’ll be posting from here on out.
Thank you to everyone who’s been here since the start. It means a lot more than you probably realize.
P.S. YouTube changed the rules in 2021. Under their current Partner Program Terms, YouTube can legally run ads on any publicly available video, whether the creator is monetized or not. They don’t have to share that revenue unless your channel is in the Partner Program and in good standing.
That means if they decide you’re demonetized, YouTube keeps 100 percent of the ad money made from your videos. You still supply the content, they keep the check.
NATES HOME GROWN
I just wanted to be straight with everyone. After I finish this current season, I’m done uploading to this channel.
YouTube has decided that people can post political violence, shock content, and anything else the algorithm eats up, but if I show a legal plant in a legal state, suddenly it’s age restricted and not suitable for advertisers.
Some of these videos hit over 50,000 views. I reached monetization in a month, and right after that, I got hit with a strike and full demonetization just for sharing a seed bank link in my description, something hundreds of creators do every single day.
I didn’t sign up to let YouTube run ads on my content while refusing to pay me for the work I put in. That’s not how it should work, and I’m not going to feed a system that punishes small creators while protecting corporate channels doing the same thing.
And for the record, I’m not in this for the money. It’s about the principle. If they’re going to run ads on my videos, they should treat creators fairly. So I’ve deleted every video they were running ads on. You can still find them on Rumble if you want to watch.
I’ll finish this season for everyone who’s followed the grows, and then I’m moving on to a new project, something I can be passionate about without worrying if a harmless video of a legal plant gets flagged next.
If you still want to keep up with me, check out my other channel called Appalachian Nate. That’s where I’ll be posting from here on out.
Thank you to everyone who’s been here since the start. It means a lot more than you probably realize.
P.S.
YouTube changed the rules in 2021. Under their current Partner Program Terms, YouTube can legally run ads on any publicly available video, whether the creator is monetized or not. They don’t have to share that revenue unless your channel is in the Partner Program and in good standing.
That means if they decide you’re demonetized, YouTube keeps 100 percent of the ad money made from your videos. You still supply the content, they keep the check.
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