It should be easy to know when you’ve found the official YouTube channel of a creator, artist, brand, or public figure. So in late October, we’re updating what it means for channels to be “Verified” w/ new eligibility criteria & a new look. Details → https://yt.be/help/3QfB pic.twitter.com/JXOvMbkbns
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Replying to @TeamYouTube
One of the new requirements is for the new verification is that creators should be known not only on YouTube, but outside of it as well. I am not a creator, but I just want to bring up this point. Some people come to YouTube because it’s a place where (cont.)
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Replying to @e_s_m_e_e_e @TeamYouTube
they can make content and gain an audience. They CHOOSE to be on YouTube as opposed to many other platforms. If they gain a large audience on YouTube, sure, there’s a chance that they could be known elsewhere, but there are also many channels who have (cont.)
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Replying to @e_s_m_e_e_e @TeamYouTube
a large following on YouTube which doesn’t expand elsewhere. This could be really rough for those people who have worked hard to have a community, and have bad effects put on them after their hard work because of the reckless and spontaneous nature of (cont.)
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Replying to @e_s_m_e_e_e @TeamYouTube
your platform updates. If you want people to be on YouTube for YouTube, why make a requirement which requires people to be know off of YouTube. Frankly, it doesn’t make much sense. And also, and maybe this is just from what I have seen, I really don’t (cont.)
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Replying to @e_s_m_e_e_e @TeamYouTube
know the full extent of your research, but I think that barely anybody has ever thought that the verification mark has meant endorsement. This whole system is really tailored towards people who are well known, and it discourages new creators and (cont.)
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Replying to @e_s_m_e_e_e @TeamYouTube
old ones who lost the check mark to start or continue to be a part of your platform. The new direction that you’re trying to bring the site is a little disheartening, because it seems that at some point you stopped listening to the people who (cont.)
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use your platform (to watch or to upload), and instead you just wanted to make the most bang for your buck. I’ll be disappointed if that’s where you’re taking the platform, and I sincerely hope that you start making beneficial decisions in the future. 
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Replying to @e_s_m_e_e_e @TeamYouTube
Decisions for the community I mean.
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