Ads enabled (YouTube monetization) (board meeting)

TL;DR: Ads enabled on most videos, there shouldn't be any unskippable ads (over 6 seconds)/annoying ads

As of 2022-09-16, ads will be enabled on most videos on this channel (some videos not comfortable to put ads?).
If you need to watch my videos but are held back by the ads, feel free
to use your adblocker on my channels. If you are seeing this post then at least  $0.01 has been "made".

Regardless, have tried to make ads less annoying, especially compared to the standard.
Most videos will have ads and videos substantial enough will have video ads.
Let's see how this goes.

Viewing ads (probably (new to this)) can help (financially) support me (maybe, just started).

Bing Soy TF ad Policy as of 2022-09-16, balanced around ads not touching the video itself:

⚠️=Enabled default, can't change
✅=Enabled manually
❌=Disabled manually
👁️=Hidden thing(?)

• ⚠️Display ads enabled (ad above recommended videos section)
• ❌Overlay ads disabled (annoying banner thing on video that you have to close everytime)
  
• ❌Sponsored cards disabled
• Video ads
• ✅/❌Skippable video ads conditionally enabled (wanted to enable but remembered adblocker users+non-adblocker users and overall duration of videos on channel, maybe video ads on longer videos >1:30 minutes to at least justify the extra button click to skip ad)
  
• ❌Non-skippable video ads disabled
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  ⚠️👁️Bumper ads (6 second non-skippable ads, found out about them after a few cents were made) (would like control over this, rather not videos play on the shorter videos)
  
• Ad location only changeable for videos >8 minute
• ⚠️/✅Before video/pre-roll
• ❌During video/mid-roll
• ⚠️/✅After video (most will be enabled and unchangeable by default, want consistent)
• ✅/❌Sensitive categories - some blocked (see image below)
  

Ad impression ratio performance on 2022-09-17 (1 day of data): All video-based ads drastically outperform display ads.

This YouTube thing could end up being a job somehow. Lots of this is very new, but will try to do what I can to progress this YouTube thing/life. Possibly getting paid to do something you are competent at and don't mind doing is probably good.

Might consider some manual donation link eventually, testing waters, eggs and baskets.

Will this impact the video-making process? Probably not even though it somehow will, but will have to be (more) careful when turning on monetization on a video. If a video so happens to be able to be monetized, then ok. If not, then ok (still has to be "safe" enough to not be removed by YouTube).

Am not expecting to make anything much especially in this time of non-upload (supper singing).
Lots of learning to be done.

Why share this? Maybe against malicious ad practices and want to do part to do more ethical ad practice. What do the actions say?

Independent contractor for YouTube?

Default settings (skippable conditional)

Settings in action (<8 min)

Another example (>8 min)

Sensitive category settings (2022-09-17)

Doing the ad thing like the other YouTubers, internet television (2022-09-16)

Duality

Comments from here and here and here

Balance, duality, equilibrium.

Instead of being sad or angry at a YouTube comment so obviously projecting and broadcasting their insecurities to everyone, a more productive response is to move on and focus on productive/encouraging comments. Of course, some comments you don't agree with can help break you out of an echo chamber and see more individual thoughts which don't fit the consensus. And of course no-one is perfect (ultimately subjective word, varies from person to person), mistakes are necessary/inevitable (but not necessarily sought out) for your journey of becoming something in life.
A simple fact is that we are all born stumbling in this human life of ours.

Or instead of ignore it this time, here's a blogpost for a niche audience who for some reason check this blog, detailing a thought process, maybe encouraging a more thoughtful approach to comments and life.

Cool substitutes for typing a self-reporting comment:

• Spend time with (especially living) friends/family (includes pets)
  
• Improve on a skill you always wanted to improve upon
• Drink water (stay hydrated)
  
• Bear responsibility
  
• Watch movies, play games or anything that involves human interaction as you can pick up on nuances in the human condition
  
• Building muscle mass
• Realize your life should be focused on you instead of a nobody stranger you don't like on the internet
  
• Try new foods, see what fits your lifestyle, eventual healthier diet; you are what you eat
• Take a vitamin D supplement to help combat vitamin D deficiency, overall wellness
• Meditate, talk to friends/family to get at the root course as to why you're wasting your time, life purpose, what you can do to change your circumstances, bear sadness (at own pace) instead of run away toward anger
  
• Various sublimation

Other actions (ignore this if too much):

• Playing an active role in the community, show concern for other
  people, become a politician with societal gain in mind, not personal
  gain
• Become a doctor or even surgeon, power to save lives
  
• Join the police force and take down dangerous criminals
• Learn Colemak (efficiency): you can type comments faster therefore accelerating your journey into eventually making more thoughtful comments (if that's what you want)
• Start a family and learn how to be a family man/woman
  

But what does Bing Soy know? Perhaps a passive-aggressive comment was all part of the master plan of the universe to him to think about life more so he can continue to value it. Or maybe nothing really matters and we don't have any free will to meaningfully change anything about the world.
What is your perception? Is to live as if life matters a good thing (probably since the alternative doesn't sound so good)? By defeating yourself, can you achieve victory? Is ignorance truly bliss?

At the end of the day, communicating beats not communicating.
How miserable would it be Bing Soy sabotaged his journey by depriving every source of attention to him just to prove someone who doesn't have his best interests at mind, wrong?

As you can probably see, videos/art have become a much more preferable and digestible way to communicate ideas and express the self for Bing Soy. Less problems when words used to describe logical and technical details. Are these words for you - the reader? Or are they for Bing Soy himself? Will he regret making this blogpost, only to take it down or will he leave it up and see what happens? Will this help people think more or will it somehow worsen things?

To those with this overwhelming generous faith in me, thank you.