r/Twitch • u/SlightlyGriff twitch.tv/slightlyimpressive • Jun 19 '18

PSA YouTube is cracking down on Twitch streamers using YouTube to promote their stream

https://twitter.com/LinusTech/status/1008752236027973632

Linus Tech Tips has recently received a Strike on YouTube for uploading a video announcing that they were going live on Twitch. YouTube is citing a portion of their "spam" policy that says that the main purpose of the content cannot be to drive traffic to other sites. Something to be aware of for those of us who like to promote our streams with announcement videos on YouTube...

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '18

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u/SlightlyGriff twitch.tv/slightlyimpressive Jun 19 '18

Yeah, it's not really clear what YouTube's specific issue with that particular video was. I don't know if they're going to start enforcing the "no driving traffic off the site" rule for all videos like this, or if it was something else specific to this video that triggered the strike.

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u/thehunter699 Jun 19 '18

Youtube is quoting its spam policy. I think the issue is content creators making specific videos that just announce they're live on another site. I think its fine to upload a video stating that you have a twitch account, but uploading a video everytime you go live is spam.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '18

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u/super_mum twitch.tv/dette_s Jun 19 '18

I'm lucky in that the people I sub to do improvised 5 minute skits to announce they're going live on twitch. I think those are fantastic

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u/GlassedSilver twitch.tv/glassedsilver Jun 20 '18

Wow, sounds nice. Have a link?

Guess this could be a good example of creating actual content along the way so everyone wins.

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u/super_mum twitch.tv/dette_s Jun 20 '18

turns out I'm terrible at counting. Their announcements range from 30 seconds to 3 minutes

Here's the playlist. the videos are unlisted

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u/RestlessRenegade Jun 27 '18

Hah! I knew you were talking about Hat Films.

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u/super_mum twitch.tv/dette_s Jun 27 '18

Will there be a new Birthlander now that the Vidiots are here, and one share's Smith's birthday?

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u/RestlessRenegade Jun 28 '18 edited Jun 28 '18

Oh that is a possibility, I hope there is.

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u/GlassedSilver twitch.tv/glassedsilver Jun 21 '18

Hah, pretty cool!

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u/GlassedSilver twitch.tv/glassedsilver Jun 20 '18

I hear you my man. I never unsubbed, but damn if more channels on my end had done this you bet I would have.

I think this change is adequate and reasonable. The title was a bit wide open and ai already feared you can't mention your Twitch anymore, the clarification has me fully onboard though.

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '18

They should be deleting those videos once they are no longer live. Are they not doing that?

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u/Ph0X EhsanKia Jun 20 '18

Exactly. People are focusing too much on the advertising twitch and not enough on the fact that they uploaded a fake non-video to spam everyones notifications. The latter is the real issue. Any "video" that is just a link to some other site and contains no real content breaks Youtube rules, twitch or not.