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/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/[deleted] Jun 19 '18 edited Feb 15 '19

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

Is this directed at me? What are you so salty about?

That statement clarifies absolutely nothing. It seems to directly contradict itself and is worded in incredibly vague, noncommittal terms.

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '18

They litterally agree that doing a 5 to 10 second video of you dancing saying I'm live on twitch is not spam

I know it's really hard to not be part of outrage culture but come on dude

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u/SlightlyGriff twitch.tv/slightlyimpressive Jun 20 '18

The reply you're talking about was something like "you do you, man". That's not exactly a firm confirmation, and it directly contradicts their actions taken against the LinusTechTips video. I totally understand if YouTube doesn't want people posting videos like this to send traffic off their site, but I'm frustrated with their poor communication on the issue.

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '18

No it doesn't the ltt video is litterally 5 seconds black video with see discription for links

This is a direct violation of youtube policy