James Somerset was making $170,000 a year with nearly 6 million views and 267,000 subscribers on YouTube, until…

  • @sculd@beehaw.org
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    387 months ago

    You should care if you follow any YouTube creators. It is the biggest topic right now on YouTube. Everyone is affected because lazy creators and content farms stealing other people’s work is such a big problem on YouTube.

    • Turun
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      57 months ago

      “any YouTube creator” is a stretch. The video called out a few people, and I can imagine that quite a few more vlog style YouTubers are guilty of it. But the vast majority of channels I follow either properly cite their sources or don’t need to, because they present original work.