...anyone that has a “public youtube” channel wouldn’t complain about being on a list that helps promote the channel.
BTW, nice channel! and good cross section of topics, duly subscribed.
One question though, I've seen only a couple of cases (such as yours) where the subscription count is masked out. If you already have almost a quarter million views, what's the purpose of not showing it? (There are many that subscribe to channels weighted largely on crowd popularity..)
I almost a quarter million views? Is this good? I don’t check the stats or follow the channel views and stuff.
The channel history, well let’s say I didn’t start it for fame or money, that’s for sure. . I monetized a few videos to try and recover cost on camera, mics, and videos equipment, but that’s the only reason. I’ve only made maybe $600 or $700 over a couple of years, a 100 published videos, and time vs dollar isn’t worth it. In fact I will be removing all the ads soon.
The reason for the hiding subs is the sites that grossly marks up how much they think a youtube content creator makes. And those companies that want to give you free stuff, but stipulate what you need to do in the video, want to approve it first, they tend to leave you alone more if they can’t see your subscriber count.
Maybe that’s why I’m getting more of those offers now, they are looking at the views now, hmmm. They send me the terms, I reply with a template of my terms knowing they won’t agree then they usualy go away.
I was told a few years ago I can’t work anymore after 18 years with the same company, I was hoping to reach 20 and ask for an early retirement but the doctors forced me out. Probably a good thing, I was just getting worse anyway.
A rare disease called Stiff Person Syndrome, a heart condition and other complications, I won’t get into the details. This also prevented me from my normal things I liked to do such as remodeling my kitchen, fixing my roof myself, rebuilding classic cars. So I needed a new hobby that would take my mind off the pain on nights I couldn’t sleep, a distraction. And get to help people in the comment section also. Meet new people, even Skyped with some to help them with a microscope issue half way around the world.
So that’s how the channel started, and why I built the lab.
At the same time since I didn’t meet the normal list of approved disabled conditions, and “had to much work experience” (whatever that meant) I was also denied assistance. Never needed it before, never asked for it, but after paying a lot into the system and now I can’t get it. So this had to go in front of a judge, a 2 year waiting list in Ohio, unreal.
The last thing I wanted was disability, or a judge, or my private insurance looking at one of these sites that claim I make some ridiculous amount of money from these youtube funding exstimating sites and deniying me help, when it was far from the truth. But the court case is comming soon and once it’s ruled I will remove the ads, and probably show the subscribers again.
I’ve been lucky that I saved up enough to cover me for the last few years, didn’t loose my house or car, wasn’t buried in credit card debt because I don’t beleive in credit cards. And still managed to pay for my own health care out of my own pocket for the last 2 years. With the cost of health care I could have had a Tesla instead, so I guess that dream is over. At least YouTube paid for one month of healthcare for me. :-)
I was also lucky that 12 years ago I decided to check a box that paid for insurance if I went blind, or list my fingers and couldn’t work on computers anymore. I think it was $20 a month. You never think you will need this type of insurance, you hope you never have to use it, but I’m glad I had it now. They are an insurance company so they tried to get out of paying me the asssistance money monthly last year. I guess they expect people to just give up and go away, or just accept it. They don’t know me that well. It’s supposed to cover me until I’m 65, so I cashed out a small pension, hired a lawyer, fought for 10 months and won. I’m hoping they don’t try that again since the lawyer wasn’t cheap. I could have bought a Keysight high end oscilloscope.
So I thought if I hid the subscribers then I won’t need to justify the money those website claim you tubers make to a judge, or my insurance, or disability. It probably didn’t work, but hopfully they won’t look at one of those sites if they see I have a channel. After court and all this stuff I’ll probably change the setting again.
But I did just break 1,000 subscribers last month. So I guess a quarter million views with 1,086 subscribers is a good ratio when I think about it.
Wait, 1,087 now that you subscribed. Thanks!
Scott
Sorry for the long reply, I coiner find a way to explain this without some of the details.
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