Unvirtuous
Ethics
Context: Word on the street is
that beginning December 10th, YouTube will start deleting content
from users who refuse to or who are unable to monetize their uploads and posts.
I am one such user, and though I cannot gauge the likelihood of
this threat, a trusty friend who has been on-the-ball about this sort of stuff before
has assured me that I have nothing to fret over.
But just to play it safe,
I plan to re-upload many of my videos to a different platform, and to convert most of my Community Posts over to this blog. This will require much work on
my part, and knowing me, plus the number of videos/posts I consider worthy of
the move, along with the indexing of paragraphs and the structuring of
typological emphasis never carrying over from YouTube, what needs to be done in a
timely fashion will not be done in a timely fashion. So if my semi-legit fear
about YouTube targeting un-monetized content turns out to be grounded in
reality, some worthwhile content stands to be wiped out before I get around to giving
it a new home.
By worthwhile content, I have some
videos in mind, but mostly the community posts and comment exchanges. Here’s one post stimulating
a fruitful exchange which should be moved ASAP. The initial post by me is fine
I guess, though it’s another example of an inconsequential rando inducing ill-tempered scornfulness
in me, in lieu of well-tempered engagement. Which segues nicely into what the
comments are about!
