I have mad respect for Robert willing to do this video, no other social platform would even think of doing this. And thank you Casey for giving him the platform to give him a voice that's heard.
Gus Johnson I think he should do this again, maybe regularly. It’s way better to make appearances on creator’s channels than to make their own channel like that CEO did. I’m not sure if he should just be on Casey’s channel, maybe switch it up a little.
Algebraix's business model is eliminating the middle man. Google's the middle man, and runs their own advertising network. Part of that revenue goes to keeping TH-cam online. Why would Google host TH-cam for free?
Okay, let's be real. I really looked forward to this video, I expected to get some answers after months of no or very little communication from TH-cam about demonetization, ads, algorithms, the secret codes etc. All I got from this interview is the same vague, indirect statements that we've been getting over the last few months. There was nothing, absolutely nothing new or enriching in these 19 minutes. As a creator that tries to make a living out of, let's say, slightly edgy, not politically correct content, I am extremely disappointed. Every single video I uploaded in 2017 got demonetized, no suggested views, no recommendation boxes. I truly don't believe TH-cam cares about creators as much as they care about advertisers. After all, it's advertisers who have been bringing money to them, so why care so much about creators? Let's adapt to the PC rules and policies of the biggest companies in the world! Only mentioning the freedom of speech in this video is such a hypocrisy. I also can't believe Robert was born in the same country as me. We're very direct and honest here, unlike him in this interview. Shit, I'm gonna have some beers.
Good to see educational content being mentioned again. Often feels we are shoved into a corner with no real backing from TH-cam. EDU people could make some incredible TH-cam Red content, if given the opportunity.
Real Engineering the only youtube red series I have ever been interested in is Mind Field by Michael Stevens. It’s not like educational content hasn’t been given any opportunities when it comes to Red.
Honestly I think engineering education has been neglected by atleast western society as a whole, and TH-cam is just the voice of that society, personally I would love to see more engineering shows on TH-cam red as it is literally the building blocks of our society
Real Engineering agreed! As an online teacher, I use TH-cam as a tool for my students. TH-cam has been an invaluable resource and learning tool for everyone. I would definitely subscribe to Red if there are educational shows.👍
As a family that doesn't have cable anymore, TH-cam is out main source of video content. I would love to see more fun, educational content driven towards children. And if it exists I would love to see TH-cam back it more.
I agree it was weak, but also, I think people had unrealistic expectations. Casey needs to stay on TH-cam's good side. Why would you go spit in the eye of someone who controls your entire business.
What would a hard interview get him? Nothing. The dudes still gonna make bank and still going to give the same answers or say something like "I'm sorry I can't answer that". lol, wouldn't make a difference.
That's what happens when someone gets easy questions and isn't pressed for more information when they give a bullshit soundbite answer. This interview was trash.
Johnny Peters I like the idea of this but would be curious on how to scale it. The obvious thing would be something like videos over 1 million subs, particularly ones with young demographics, get reviewed immediately by a board or committee, but I feel like that would become very hard to scale as TH-cam continues to grow. Also that leaves all of us who are under 1 million (or whatever number they would potentially decide on) left in about the same position we are now. I definitely like your idea a lot, just thoughts to build on it
blabla62871 I think everyone is. But I think this and the couple of actions they have taken in the last few days regarding Logan Paul have at the very least, been in a positive direction. Hoping they keep with this trend of clear communication as well
Maybe because TH-cam is huge, and therefore the problems that are associated with it are big as well. Thus 20 mins are not gonna cover everything or solve everything. I would say as an informational video it is helpful overall.
if you were expecting solutions to be had in this video you likely had your expectations set too high, what we can expect from this is to have a more "personal" talk with someone with power at youtube instead of it just being a faceless comment, it gives a different meaning to what is being said even if the words are the exact same, this will help moving forward just not instantly. the comment section of this video is likely being watched with more attention than normal as well so as long as talks here don't devolve into a slugfest issues being debated here may have a stronger influence in the future.
We literally learned nothing from this interview. 18 minutes of him beating around the bush. No solutions. No help. Just "We're working on it" This is the response I get from creator support every time there's an issue with my channel.
Hahahah Same here Mastar :p Not satiesfied with this interview i am also an indian creator like you here in india the adds revenue is too less we get 2 to 3$ on 40 to 50k views .,
Casey, you had really great questions! It's too bad Robert danced around certain topics, especially the demonetization and yellow icon issues, but hopefully 2018 does include more transparency from TH-cam and the platform can rise up! Thanks for the awesome interview
Yes. AND he should have asked about the technical issues from NOV27 (mean the technical issues with falsely shadow-banning so many creators and then claiming "great success" in a press release so advertisers come back :) --- SO MUCH COLATERAL DAMAGE and still no fix! THATS really the biggest issue right now. I know you have this problem too TPMVids!
October 8, 2021 Fantastic interview Casey - I have been home ill for two weeks (unheard of for me) - and - I have filled my bed bound days with watching years of your content, growth & stories --- it's been quite a journey! I think I'll sign-off for awhile when I finish your interview of Mr. Robert Kyncl (CBO of TH-cam) you have so masterfully made happen; congratulations to you Mr. Casey Neistat! Well done indeed -
Solomon Kofi Otu Thompson Casey went to many proper interviewers for questions to ask, he just did the interview. This was stated in his other video about this interview and he stated on Twitter that he collaborated with Phil.
I think this was a great start. It's impossible to cover all those topics in depth in a 20 minute interview, so naturally a lot was left on the table. I don't think this means Casey was letting him off easy, I think he just wanted to cover as much as possible. (The yellow icon/demonetization discussion alone could go on for another hour!) I'm happy that someone at YT was willing to sit down with Casey and go unscripted to some tough questions. But, I would love to see more--a monthly interview would be great!
no question is hard if you are not follow thru if you get a doggy PR reply. And why not simply make it longer? felt sooo weak. CN could have done this so much better.
Fam, when you get this kind of opportunity, out of respect for your viewers and all the other content creators you MUST ask the controversial questions, and keep him pinned.
Wow...extremely underwhelming interview. Robert hardly answered any question and Casey never called him out and insisted on a direct answer. Chance wasted.
This was wonderful - thanks for taking the risk to reach out to them, and big ups to YT for accepting the challenge and showing up and turning up. You give me hope for the platform.
I wish Phil Defranco did this interview. I like Casey but he really did not ask all the right questions. I wish he focused on the more burning questions, getting down to the bottom of business. Phil would've been harsher and straight forward and to the point, ultimately getting more answers to the most important issues.
Deta Kona Who knows?? Its up to them, personally I think they would because he's a huge news source on youtube and a great interviewer. They might be scared of him breaking their bullshit barrier though.
This interview didn’t answer anything...it just created more troubling questions. 😕 How can you be in charge for all the TH-cam content creators...and have never had your own channel? How can you empathize and help at all if you don’t listen to the creators...? He danced around all the questions without really answering them...Honestly, all I got from this interview was a headache...
Thank you for the interview Casey. Here are the take home messages from the interview: 1) be a female youtuber (it is helpful) 2) they wont tell us what is appropriate, inappropriate to post for youtube videos. 3) if you are a small youtuber like me who make original parodies, they would probably ignore you because YOU CANT EVEN EMAIL THEM AND ASK ABOUT A SIMPLE QUESTION when they recently announced that they will hire 10,000 human labour to manually review channels
Thanks for this Casey! Would love to see this is a more regular sort of thing. I feel like there is still so much more we’d like to hear answered (especially more specifics)... you’re the man
I dont see any spam from him. Try refreshing your page and check again. He's not really the kind of guy who would spam stuff(at least going off of the content he makes).
Jeff Nippard TH-cam should start promoting channels like yours and many other fitness youtubers. I think that it's an amazing community that is very underrated.
*LET Philip DeFranco DO A REAL INTERVIEW!* This is a really bad interview! He didn't say anything new. Didn't specify any measures that are taking place in the future to solve the problems mentioned. The "we need more women creators" argument is just pandering. He dodged every single question that mentioned anything we actually want to know about! And to top it all off this ended up being a promotional video for his book!
Casey, I really enjoyed this video. I appreciate you highlighting other creators and I appreciate you reaching out to TH-cam to have them in your studio to talk through their approach and how they see things through their vantage point. You’re a great role model and a source of inspiration. Thank you for all that you do and for sharing it with us.
So this was a great start, but at the end of the day Casey isn't an interviewer. I have great respect for Casey as an artist, but this isn't exactly his strong suit. I would have preferred if Philip Defranco had been doing the interviewing, but I don't think that'll ever happen, because TH-cam know that he isn't going to let up until he gets the truth, and that he won't be satisfied with an angled PR response.
I have to say that this was extremely informative and I appreciate the fact that it even happened. That said, Casey I've only seen about 5 of your videos, I'm not subscribed to your channel and the only reason I ended up here is because a few weeks ago I watched a video of yours on the DJI Spark... As a media person, I love the back story that you pulled out of the interview at the end of the video!
Mad respect to Casey and big thanks to Robert for doing this but I have to be honest. This wasn't at all what I expected. I don't feel like we have any more answers that we did before the interview. This is all stuff we have already heard. On top of that, he talks like the yellow demonetization icon isn't a problem anymore and their bot is working. Trust me. It is not. I get videos all the time that get flagged and have nothing but harmless words in them. So for him to set there and talk like things are fixed and OK shows how totally out of touch he is with what is actually going on or its a PR move to try and make it look like everything is OK when he knows it is not. Once again I appreciate the effort but I was really expecting a more in-depth interview. I would really like to see Robert do an interview with Philip DeFranco.
Nothing was answered in this video .. its total bullshit.. Casey knows where his money comes from and now that CNN dropped him TH-cam is his income.. He never intended to hold TH-cam Accountable.
YT works pretty simple... you have a big audience, you will be rewarded! I don't understand what people think this is? The first reason to create content should be passion about something! All I hear is complains about monitization... YT is no welfare... there are millions of small creators out there and all are complaining about money... this is not how entertainment works! In my opinion they should raise the bar much higher in order to be allowed monetization, that way there'd be more quality on YT and less effortless attempts to get money out of it!
Casey: This is Robert, he's the guy that runs everything on TH-cam. Robert: Hey Guys. Casey: Is this your first time ever making a TH-cam video? Robert: Yes. LMAO.. GG guys.
MrMattsMedia : of course it was lame. He was just putting Logan’s name in it for views. And this Robert guy is so dumb to lower down and sit down with this idiot lmao
Rey Sawan obviously ask why they do not share their control of TH-cam with all creators...if everyone on youtube has access to controls of TH-cam and monetizing money , everybody is happy and TH-cam works for everybody
He didn't actually answer your questions. He gave nice little soundbites and platitudes, but didn't give any concrete responses. I felt like it was a bunch of fluff. I would have liked to hear something like, "this is the method by which we are going to open up lines of communication between you, the creators, and us, the corporation. Additionally, this is the way that *other* people in the community can reach out to TH-cam". TH-cam's biggest downfall is their lack of communication. I understand that they have shut that down because opening those floodgates is effectively asking for a logistical nightmare, but it needs to be addressed at some point. You can't have a bunch of 'employees' who cannot talk to their 'bosses'. These people are pretty brilliant... surely they can come up with some type of system that makes the community feel heard.
THIS is the response I would have written, but you wrote it before me, so upvote to you. Full of corporate BS that Execs push because they want you to be on their side, but don't want to show that TH-cam has flaws.
Great questions and approach Casey. Respect to CBO Robert Kyncl for doing the interview. I felt Robert didn't answer the questions properly. He works for YT and wants to keep his job. We get it. Casey revealed something big here. Theses executive and managers have never tried being YT Content Creators. They don't use their own product. It's like a salesperson who just wants their commission. "Buy my product its awesome. Our brand is the best"... But they don't know how to use it, or whether it even works. In turn, they don't understand the customer feedback or complaints. Robert said it was very disheartening the communication is not getting through. Then try a different approach. Pivot a little and find something that works. Mr Kyncl with respect sir, try supporting your own product. Make some short videos for fun. An "About me" short bio, or a hobby you enjoy. Upload them, watch them, reply comments, etc. Make one with third party music to see what a copyright strike is like. Try the experience for yourself. Have a good day guys ;)
The first question Casey asked him - "have you ever made a TH-cam video", and he said "no". That is exactly what you're talking about. He has never used the product that he manages. Crazy.
Agree completely! In my opinion, if you want or do manage something about a product or service, then you at least need to know what goes into a day for the people that use the product or service! You need to know how much work people put in, to understand both sides of the argument.
He mostly skittered around these questions in a way that was flawless and unnoticeable without giving any *real* concrete answers. Most people will buy it, but I won’t. We still have no *real* understanding of what’s really going on and where their mindset is going. If that’s how they are going to be, fine. But as for the rest of us, we will continue to be on a look out for a better user friendly platform that will give good hard working content creators a real chance.
I have been using this example, " That was really, really hard.....trying to stabilize an eco-system that is, ya know, moving around." Huh ? Really ? Nice guy, but maybe not the most relatable personality. IMO, in this circumstance, people prefer a direct, break-down-the-basics approach. Answers like those are a) unclear and ambiguous b) presumes the listener has a detailed and historical knowledge of the top, and c) just sounds too much like a politician's answer. Why was it "hard" for you and what do ya mean by ECO-SYSTEM? Maybe follow-up questions could have made a difference ?
Thank god other people are noticing, he basically did this; He starts getting off topic but keeps it similar to what was asked (If he could empathize with how a TH-camr's work into his own work experience), and answers the question on the topic he switched it to. In this case, he answered the question "How can you relate your past work to the work of content creators on TH-cam". Much easier question to answer than how he could relate to the effect that the videos he's demonetizing have on the people who rely on them for income.
I love how people are surprised that Casey didnt went hard enough in this interview. He's TH-cam's lapdog, what did you expect? They got him on a leash at all times, of course he's not going to go after them
Well, monetizing it would create a HUGE conflict of interest since it is a video containing one of the heads of TH-cam. They know the video will pull a lot of traffic.
i believe the monetization system is based on 2 factors: 1)if the content is appropriate for advertisers and 2) if the content is appropriate for TH-cam. if this man put his time and effort into a video, he should be paid for his work..
Poor interview. Casey asks question. Rob answers question. Casey asks different question; meaning he just accepts the previous answer, no challenge, no clarifications. It was all too scripted and Controlled.
Interviewing is a skill you have to acquire, try it by yourself, you won't be able to get any meaningful statement from a politician if you do not know how to (except you are the one in 10.000). You have to be a journalist to ask the right questions at the right point in time while phrasing it in the right manner, yeaht that is pretty you are right.
Whos x Cruzin Casey is an incredibly intelligent and driven guy he missed an opportunity to ask real (obvious) questions and he's missed an opportunity about our content creators we're crying out for.
Carlitoburgante I do nit deny his intelligence nor that he missed an opportunity, I am just stating if you lack the technique you have a hard time against a pro.
Robert, give an in-person interview to Philip DeFranco. I know Casey said he wasn't throwing softballs, and that's true, but Casey also didn't press the issues even slightly. Phil would do it right.
clear mist Exactly. There isn’t a point in interviewing someone if you can’t get straightforward answers. Roberts answers do not have any substance behind them, but then again, Casey’s questions weren’t the best either.
yup he kind of danced around most of everything. Even the last question he said, freedom of speech, opportunity, access, freedom to belong. While he did name them a bit more different from standard he just gave some obvious ideas as an answer to: What's next. The guy should have answered with specific new features to be coming in fallowing few months or years. Similar stuff happened with every other question.
I think Casey did his best considering his lack of experience/knack for journalism and such (which he admitted in the beginning). But he at least got the ball rolling. Phil should def pick it up.
youtube should have a youtube channel. now hear me out. what if youtube hired some people to run effectively a news show where they talk about what they are doing to advance the platform and fix relationships between advertisers - youtube - creators and viewers. they could put the videos they make on a special page on youtube for everyone to see. say they do daily or weekly uploads to let us know what’s going on. they need a platform to talk to us like this, and ironically they are also the biggest streaming service on the internet, why don’t they utilize this to talk to the community. this is what i think at least.
They don't need to hire anyone. Big news channels would love to talk about this and ones they find out about it they do it already... But they can only broadcast what TH-cam tells us which isn't a whole lot.
he just danced around a lot of these questions. Wish you would've asked him to further elaborate on some topics where he just used blanket statements, but I know interviewing someone can be hard, and at some points, uncomfortable.
Matt Mamba Yeah, he said he’s not really used to interviewing people and didn’t even know what the best questions to ask were. IMO, I feel Casey did the best he could for such an important opportunity this interview was
It feels like he dodged every single question about monetization, small creators, and the problems that the Logan Paul fiasco bring up. As a small channel, it's pretty disheartening to see upper management really just not care as much as they should about the community. I guess the landscape of TH-cam is just changing to more of a corporate one rather than one for creators.
You said it, seems very robotic/programmed responses. Essentially at the end of the day, it would be tough for him because how can he ask his "boss" the tough questions that could get him buried? But I definitely understand your point!
Respectable effort by Casey, but overall this was not a very dynamic, helpful, or worthwhile interview. Casey's questions were decent, but Robert didn't want to give real responses. Just lots of PC, corporate BS. Not a great on camera spokesperson for TH-cam... Robert, we don't feel safe creating a living on TH-cam because you guys keep taking away our opportunities for small channels to monetize and experience channel success.
Ex-TV Producer Couldn't agree more with u. Many of my friends channels have been deleted or demonitized. It's obviously NOT an unbiased system. It's borderline a broken platform, especially for new creators. I think most of us are just waiting for a new platform to break out. I know I am. 😉Hang in There! So very much luv to u n urs!!💖💙
Amy Chen Yeah and it's a little bit harsh to ask for TH-cam a way of living I mean common if you are likely Casey you can do it but dont expect to be living off youtube " the new milenial bubble"
Most people’s first mistake is thinking they can “make a living” on TH-cam. There are very, very few people with the charisma and content to pull off entertaining videos, much less an entire channel.
Casey is a little league softball pitcher with these questions! He needs to throw some heat. I would say this was a wasted opportunity but he truly opened up the doors for more creators and more communication in general between TH-cam and the creators. I have a feeling 2018 will be a great year for TH-cam.
Erick Khan Casey probably didn't want to push too much because in a way, Kyncl is sort of Casey's boss. I know the content creators are the back bone of TH-cam and there would be no TH-cam without them. BUT pushing too much and pissing this guy off could've been too much of a risk.
I dont think he needs to push him when he is not dodging to answer any questions. It was a nice and respectful interview not some mudfight which youtube has seemed like lately - i really enjoyed it!
@Rasmus Raarup THIS^^^ Thank you. It's possible to have a informative and interesting interview without going for the f*cking throat. The whole world would be better off if there was more civilized discussion such as this. People often forget that TH-cam is a business, and business is imperfect. As much as they would love to be a social justice warrior, they still have to make money, and that means balancing the NEED to make money and the DESIRE to do the right thing. That doesn't mean that every business in the world can be unethical, money grubbing a**holes in the name of making a buck, but the consistent obliviousness to the complexities of running a business of this size is maddening. It drives me crazy when people want all these services on the web, but then completely ignore the fact that they require ENORMOUS amounts of capital to remain intact. You want a platform that allows you to make money with little to no financial investment? Be ready to make some compromise.
You gotta play the game to get a seat at the table. No way around that unfortionatly. Even honest, valid criticism will get you nowhere if you don't articulate it well enough and politely enough for him to sit down with you in the first place.
It would be great for him to set up a channel and let people ask questions and the question with most upvotes is adressed in a video once a week or month. It would allow the community and the company to keep in touch and both sides could get a better understanding of each others perspective! Just an idea...
Film Reviewer 101 This video is meant for people who genuinely want answers from a person at the very top of TH-cam. It's not a traditional video meant for views.
*Did anyone else feel kinda..unsatisfied with the interview? Not that it was really Casey's fault or **_anyones_** we suppose but we felt like it was just things we've already heard before.*
i think if they were going to get into every topic in depth they would have run out time, Casey , in my perspective, was trying to cover as much a possible. Also these questions were tough and maybe difficult for rob to speak about because there are a lot of logistics and complexities involved that need to be addressed properly and cant be done in mere sentences. (especially when its unscripted)
A lot can be said in the micro gestures, and I wasn't a fan about how much he (guy from TH-cam not Casey) smirked talking about smaller TH-cam channels, and how he wanted them to succeed.... almost as if he wasn't being completely honest.... There were other examples also, but something didn't sit right
TH-cam needs a discovery page for new creators.They have some random discovery video they post once every month of some new content creator, but the requirement is that you post often. Some of us content creators spend a ridiculous time making videos and can realistically only push 1-2 videos a month. Not sure why the algorithm opposes quality over quantity. I personally spend 100+hours making 1 video, and with school and my job that makes it nearly impossible to push content out quickly.
Thank you Mr Robert for participating in this interview. Understanding American Freedom is the first step Mr Robert. And that is the Freedom of the People. Advertisors (the oligarchy) are the revenue of YT and the content creators. Without them this platform does not function. To that I say, with the multitude of companies/advertisors available, there should be enough to go around. Personal Liberty should be paramount. I should be at liberty to choose which content to watch or not watch. Creators should be at liberty to create or not create by their Choice. You/YT have decided to make my choice for me. This is unacceptable. I am just one, but one of many, who enjoy and learn from various subjects presented on YT. Several of the categories are presently under stifling scrutiny with entire channels being terminated. A number of these subjects are a staple of American Freedom and personal Liberty. Mr Robert, Sir, please come to know what this freedom is as well as from what and whom it originates = We The People. . .
This was really amazing BUT I don't feel like he delved in quite deep enough into what direction TH-cam as a company is trying to get their content to go in. I do think that TH-cam's top executives having sit down interviews like this on the platform is a GIANT step in the right direction. I would like to see more of this when big issues arise so we could get responses much faster along with what they are trying to do to fix them. This would allow the creators to provide input so we can be part of the solution as well.
Agree - I think this was an excellent start but I was definitely still left with question marks in a lot of categories. Hoping they'll do more of this soon.
thats too much too soon. we need to have a comfortable relationship with the top guys at youtube before diving deep otherwise they would immediately shut us out. but like you said this is definitely the step in the right direction.
Jaret - I worked in advertising/publishing for over 30 years. TH-cam makes money by running advertising. You make money by having advertisers on your videos. My advice is, whenever you make a video, pretend you are an advertiser and think, would I want my ad to run on this video? Now remember, the big advertisers are very sensitive to inflammatory content and don't want their ads to be be anywhere near it. Keep that in mind, and go and make good content. Good luck!
So you are saying Advertisers were ok to put ads on Logan Paul even before the whole suicide incident? Becuase his content was crap, is crap and will be crap. The advertiser wants exposure, they don't really give a hoot about content unless it gets a negative attention. Advertiser cares about how big of an exposure they have they don't worry about content or content creators till it's on national news with major backlash.
absolutely, how can you have all the decision makers that effect our lives as creators not have any personal relationship or conversation with grass roots creators. It doesn't mater, whether you have 100 subs or 100,000 subs. Good creators need a voice, recognition and to be supported. We all start at Zero ultimately.
I don't know if my comment will be seen but here goes, I was waiting to watch this video and had high hopes, but really although this youtube executive seems like a good person, he's the embodiment of lack of communication from youtube. His answers were vague, and most of the time it was nothing but tip-toeing around the actual question. He speaks a lot but he really isn't saying anything at all, and every time he answers a question it leaves me even more confused than before, exactly like youtube's overall communication. I love this platform i really do, although I'm a tiny tiny youtuber, but I see where this platform is going and I know that a lot of big time youtubers realize that youtube is going to go downhill soon. Everything rises and falls, and youtube has been rising for for so long. There's increasing guidelines, increasing lack of communication, increasing rules, regulations, and censorship. TH-cam is the biggest platform for media of all time however, as it increases in size, it increases in censorship and restrictions, the platform is prioritizing its advertisers, giving them information, providing them routes, and siding with them, while creators, the core of this platform, are being kept in the dark. This platform is dying slowly, and as of now there is no competition. So really, makng internet videos itself, is slowly dying.
Problem is: there's no solid alternatives to youtube. Every market needs competition otherwise the customers will suffer. If a single company rules all the market, it will enforce watever policicy it wants, to it's customers and they won't be able to do anything because there's no alternatives. Thus, TH-cam needs competition or it will continue it's stalinist regime.
Thank You Casey and Paul for sharing this chat with the entire TH-cam community! Casey you did a great job representing and voicing the concerns of the creators! Being a female creator who has educational content on sustainability, mindfulness and green cosmetics what do I need to do to get that much needed extra push Robert mentions on this interview? Thanks!
I am a small youtuber and I am so glad I just watched this. I just subscribed too you. I am also going too share this in my small youtuber groups so that they understand why all of this is happening. Good video thank you for making it.
CPM in most of the Europe countries will always stay low ( im from Croatia ), i have total of 11,000,000 views ( 95% monetized ) and i made 450$ ... No way to do youtube full time in poor countries... Can TH-cam do anything about that ?
Most of my questions weren’t answered in this interview. Casey did a great job trying to ask questions, but he moved on too quickly. When I interview people and I don’t get a clear answer, I ask the question again. You have to be somewhat aggressive sometimes to get the answers you need. Also, why the book plug?
Nice job getting the conversation started, though this interview left a lot of unanswered and half answered questions. Still, dealing with TH-cam for most non-Casey folk, is basically like shouting into the woods...so getting any type of real responses from one of the powers that be, instead of just a useless form letter reply, is a significant step forward. 💪🏼💯
Well put. Not a lot got answered but the doors are now open. Hopefully he offers time to Phillip Defranco and some others to follow up on questions we still want answers to.
Point of Parallax naw. We good off of Sxephil. I was an og fan. Back when he made his videos in black&white. But I Iost respect for him when he denounced how white people use POC's as stage props. Which a lot of them do. He showed his true colors.
Wow, after watching this video I have so much more respected understanding for TH-cam now. I hope the senior leadership continues to do more interviews in the future.
"with logan and a lot of his projects, for original productions there are hundreds of people involved, peoples whos paychecks depend on it"... what about Pewdiepie? you guys didnt hesitate to pull his projects!
@Tala Bawalan u might have mistaken but he had Scare Pewdiepie 2 coming which had been drop down i think either he should be given his red series back or they should take away logan's
Exactly, good point. But hey, some are more special than other special people. Make bullshit prank shit and behave like a moron on camera: "Well, we should think about the paychecks of others involved". Pewdiepie: "WSJ and other media outlets make a fuss, let's make an example of him".
Thank-you for doing the interview. Despite it's current problems, TH-cam is still an amazing platform that provides opportunity for almost anyone to turn doing what they love into a potential career. Your efforts are appreciated, although sometimes the policies do seem a bit skewed against smaller channels trying to grow.
Thank you guys for sharing this. As a new creator, it has been tough to figure out TH-cam as a whole. It can even be intimidating and difficult when it comes to creating relevant, but honest content. This was very insightful, as far as seeing what TH-cam is all about and hearing what they stand for as a platform. This is so great! Thank you for sharing.
I have mad respect for Robert willing to do this video, no other social platform would even think of doing this. And thank you Casey for giving him the platform to give him a voice that's heard.
Brandon Salt More than a year too late if you ask me. TH-cam cares about advertisers and their money, not about creators.
UPDATE: 'Matty Love 2' EXPOSES TH-cam letter proving they knew Logan FAKED the SUICIDE in Japan and SKYDIVE VLOG!!
True, but TH-cam is still young and has much to learn.
Well they didn’t think of doing this, Casey did.
It was conv for him casey is in ny the main yt building is in ny
So excited to finally see this. Huge props to everyone involved here for setting this up.
hey gus, love u
Gus Johnson playboy.
Gusss
Gus Johnson I think he should do this again, maybe regularly. It’s way better to make appearances on creator’s channels than to make their own channel like that CEO did. I’m not sure if he should just be on Casey’s channel, maybe switch it up a little.
Mitchell Robbins????? 2 cute
A new step towards transparency. Thank you Casey 🙏
Thank you for creating the best content on youtube :)
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Yes Theory ❤️
Absolutely! Good way to put it.
So when is the update on Matt's blind date coming. Did he get some
Maybe something like Algebraix could be the solution to the ad issues on TH-cam.
Can you elaborate more on how algebraic equations can fix advertisement issues on TH-cam
I've actually been looking into this lately with the data breach from Facebook.
Any links to this?
Algebraix's business model is eliminating the middle man. Google's the middle man, and runs their own advertising network. Part of that revenue goes to keeping TH-cam online.
Why would Google host TH-cam for free?
I get what you're saying. The concept of Algebraix is still pretty impressive though.
Okay, let's be real. I really looked forward to this video, I expected to get some answers after months of no or very little communication from TH-cam about demonetization, ads, algorithms, the secret codes etc. All I got from this interview is the same vague, indirect statements that we've been getting over the last few months. There was nothing, absolutely nothing new or enriching in these 19 minutes.
As a creator that tries to make a living out of, let's say, slightly edgy, not politically correct content, I am extremely disappointed. Every single video I uploaded in 2017 got demonetized, no suggested views, no recommendation boxes. I truly don't believe TH-cam cares about creators as much as they care about advertisers. After all, it's advertisers who have been bringing money to them, so why care so much about creators? Let's adapt to the PC rules and policies of the biggest companies in the world!
Only mentioning the freedom of speech in this video is such a hypocrisy. I also can't believe Robert was born in the same country as me. We're very direct and honest here, unlike him in this interview.
Shit, I'm gonna have some beers.
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How are hard is it to make have your own website and pay for GOOD SEO?
You cut these guys off... you get 100% of the creativity margin. :)
Exactly what I expected was going to happen
Just scanning the thumbnails of your videos and their titles I think you deserve it
Eggy
HowToBasic Where the egg have you been nigga
HowToBasic dont smash my screen with your eggs
what
Anal
so you can understand English ?
Good to see educational content being mentioned again. Often feels we are shoved into a corner with no real backing from TH-cam. EDU people could make some incredible TH-cam Red content, if given the opportunity.
Real Engineering the only youtube red series I have ever been interested in is Mind Field by Michael Stevens. It’s not like educational content hasn’t been given any opportunities when it comes to Red.
Real Engineering I definitely read this in your voice. Love your videos!
Honestly I think engineering education has been neglected by atleast western society as a whole, and TH-cam is just the voice of that society, personally I would love to see more engineering shows on TH-cam red as it is literally the building blocks of our society
Real Engineering agreed! As an online teacher, I use TH-cam as a tool for my students. TH-cam has been an invaluable resource and learning tool for everyone. I would definitely subscribe to Red if there are educational shows.👍
As a family that doesn't have cable anymore, TH-cam is out main source of video content. I would love to see more fun, educational content driven towards children. And if it exists I would love to see TH-cam back it more.
Nice try Casey, but we knew this would be a soft interview. Id like to see Phillip DeFranco interview someone like him
Pinnacle Of Man TM casey are weak tho. The ceo of youtube are a coperate people has more power then him
Pinnacle Of Man TM mate don't bite the hand that feeds u that's all I'm sayin
I agree it was weak, but also, I think people had unrealistic expectations. Casey needs to stay on TH-cam's good side. Why would you go spit in the eye of someone who controls your entire business.
I hope Phil gets to interview him. He's a far better interviewer choice for this sort of thing anyway.
What would a hard interview get him? Nothing. The dudes still gonna make bank and still going to give the same answers or say something like "I'm sorry I can't answer that". lol, wouldn't make a difference.
From: TH-cam community
To: Casey
"YOU THE REAL MVP 💯"
Casey: How will you address x problem?
Robert: We are working really hard to make policies that will fix x problem.
Every Time.
That's what happens when someone gets easy questions and isn't pressed for more information when they give a bullshit soundbite answer. This interview was trash.
The interview was scripted
And also start every question with: as a creator...
Seems like a genuinely good dude, thanks Robert for doing this and establishing a first very clear connection between TH-cam and us, the creators!
The Groovy Guitar Dude - Daily Guitar Lessons true
Any main channel should should viewed by a ethics board if this is what they are trying to avoid, before posting to a young demo especially.
blabla62871 Definitely wasn’t perfect, some was vague, generic answers, but it is a solid first step in my opinion
Johnny Peters I like the idea of this but would be curious on how to scale it. The obvious thing would be something like videos over 1 million subs, particularly ones with young demographics, get reviewed immediately by a board or committee, but I feel like that would become very hard to scale as TH-cam continues to grow. Also that leaves all of us who are under 1 million (or whatever number they would potentially decide on) left in about the same position we are now. I definitely like your idea a lot, just thoughts to build on it
blabla62871 I think everyone is. But I think this and the couple of actions they have taken in the last few days regarding Logan Paul have at the very least, been in a positive direction. Hoping they keep with this trend of clear communication as well
I feel like nothing was gained with this interview, especially at how much it was hyped.
Brenin Watson definitely
I partly agree, though it's nice to get some insight in the people who work at youtube's lives... No?
Maybe because TH-cam is huge, and therefore the problems that are associated with it are big as well. Thus 20 mins are not gonna cover everything or solve everything. I would say as an informational video it is helpful overall.
if you were expecting solutions to be had in this video you likely had your expectations set too high, what we can expect from this is to have a more "personal" talk with someone with power at youtube instead of it just being a faceless comment, it gives a different meaning to what is being said even if the words are the exact same, this will help moving forward just not instantly.
the comment section of this video is likely being watched with more attention than normal as well so as long as talks here don't devolve into a slugfest issues being debated here may have a stronger influence in the future.
He avoided the most important question about demonetization...
We literally learned nothing from this interview. 18 minutes of him beating around the bush. No solutions. No help. Just "We're working on it" This is the response I get from creator support every time there's an issue with my channel.
Hahahah Same here Mastar :p Not satiesfied with this interview i am also an indian creator like you here in india the adds revenue is too less we get 2 to 3$ on 40 to 50k views .,
Yup... My thoughts exactly
exactly...
what do you expect. casey was interviewing him. someone whos not experienced in this stuff.
idk what you expected honestly lol
Casey, you had really great questions! It's too bad Robert danced around certain topics, especially the demonetization and yellow icon issues, but hopefully 2018 does include more transparency from TH-cam and the platform can rise up! Thanks for the awesome interview
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Yes. AND he should have asked about the technical issues from NOV27 (mean the technical issues with falsely shadow-banning so many creators and then claiming "great success" in a press release so advertisers come back :) --- SO MUCH COLATERAL DAMAGE and still no fix! THATS really the biggest issue right now. I know you have this problem too TPMVids!
TPMvids I like Casey's videos but his new hair style looks so funny and it dosent suit him at all
Jesus Nieves What does that have to do with this whole interview?
Dylan Fales lol i was just saying
never clicked on a notification so fast - Thanks Casey brother
Same :)
Paramount Motivations haha same!
ditto
Yep! :-D
Paramount Motivations right!!😂 no time wasted when the notification pooped up!
October 8, 2021
Fantastic interview Casey - I have been home ill for two weeks (unheard of for me) - and - I have filled my bed bound days with watching years of your content, growth & stories --- it's been quite a journey! I think I'll sign-off for awhile when I finish your interview of Mr. Robert Kyncl (CBO of TH-cam) you have so masterfully made happen; congratulations to you Mr. Casey Neistat! Well done indeed -
I wish *Philip DeFranco* had this opportunity to interview _Robert_ as Casey has
Solomon Kofi Otu Thompson Casey went to many proper interviewers for questions to ask, he just did the interview. This was stated in his other video about this interview and he stated on Twitter that he collaborated with Phil.
Fuck Phillip
Solomon Kofi Otu Thompson I feel like he would rip a new one 😅
Solomon Kofi Otu Thompson he would of asked real questions 😂
Connor wasd yes I get that, and he did his very best but in my opinion, comparing Casey to Phillip, Phillip would have done a better job.
I think this was a great start. It's impossible to cover all those topics in depth in a 20 minute interview, so naturally a lot was left on the table. I don't think this means Casey was letting him off easy, I think he just wanted to cover as much as possible. (The yellow icon/demonetization discussion alone could go on for another hour!) I'm happy that someone at YT was willing to sit down with Casey and go unscripted to some tough questions. But, I would love to see more--a monthly interview would be great!
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What I want to know is if Casey left "The Godfather" to play on the background monitor.
no question is hard if you are not follow thru if you get a doggy PR reply. And why not simply make it longer? felt sooo weak. CN could have done this so much better.
I think that's a great idea! Especially on TH-cam's end to re-build a relationship with TH-camrs that could be even stronger than it was before.
Fam, when you get this kind of opportunity, out of respect for your viewers and all the other content creators you MUST ask the controversial questions, and keep him pinned.
Ok, this was all very vague though.
Crazy seeing you here!! hahah yeah thats what I thought too!
Sauce Stache Hey u! 😃 Big fan of Casey! But yes I would have liked more in depth answers.
It was all PR answers. So like, drawn out non-answers.
Emma's Goodies I love your food!
Emma's Goodies This video was literally a conversation with no substance... We gained nothing.
"We dont want to make rash decisions that affect people's income."
Uhm.
Tleps Sdrawkcab yeah, that was very hilarious.
lmao
Seems like some normal Businessman talk, a lot of words but not a lot of information.
anyone agrees?
same feeling
yees
Just like a politician rly
I agree... We call this the art of bullshitting
I’m not gonna lie, Casey does good work for the TH-cam community.
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@Noir .You sure that's not a lie?
How about Sam McKaey stop SPAMMING other videos for views.
He really does.
Obviously...
Wow...extremely underwhelming interview. Robert hardly answered any question and Casey never called him out and insisted on a direct answer. Chance wasted.
Being Berni thedco not
This was wonderful - thanks for taking the risk to reach out to them, and big ups to YT for accepting the challenge and showing up and turning up. You give me hope for the platform.
I wish Phil Defranco did this interview. I like Casey but he really did not ask all the right questions. I wish he focused on the more burning questions, getting down to the bottom of business. Phil would've been harsher and straight forward and to the point, ultimately getting more answers to the most important issues.
true
Didn’t Casey ask Phil for his opinion about this interview ?
would they have agreed to an interview with PhillyD though? They might have agreed to this video due to the very fact the questions seemed safe.
Deta Kona Who knows?? Its up to them, personally I think they would because he's a huge news source on youtube and a great interviewer. They might be scared of him breaking their bullshit barrier though.
Chad JOHNSON Exactly.
This interview didn’t answer anything...it just created more troubling questions. 😕 How can you be in charge for all the TH-cam content creators...and have never had your own channel? How can you empathize and help at all if you don’t listen to the creators...? He danced around all the questions without really answering them...Honestly, all I got from this interview was a headache...
Same here! This was a waste of my time.
Michael Robins your trying too hard.
Philip Defranco ain't gonna be happy you got this opportunity 😂😆
KG Productions TH-cam sadly hates Phil for some reason probably because Phil calls then out on there bullshit.
Philip Defranco gave Casey some questions for this interview.
They know Phil would have been tougher on him!
Brian Mosley Phil would go in 100 times worse casey is to much of a nice guy and hasn't got the skills Phil had and also TH-cam lobes casey
I love Casey but I agree, Phill would come with the heat for this interview.
This is a great start though
Thank you for the interview Casey. Here are the take home messages from the interview:
1) be a female youtuber (it is helpful)
2) they wont tell us what is appropriate, inappropriate to post for youtube videos.
3) if you are a small youtuber like me who make original parodies, they would probably ignore you because YOU CANT EVEN EMAIL THEM AND ASK ABOUT A SIMPLE QUESTION when they recently announced that they will hire 10,000 human labour to manually review channels
We need a new platform for new bloggers and creators like myself
Sharkes are Sexy exactly
Why do they need more females on the platform? Don't they want anybody who can make decent content...
Im sure girls can easily upload a video.
MingforPM h
Thanks for this Casey! Would love to see this is a more regular sort of thing. I feel like there is still so much more we’d like to hear answered (especially more specifics)... you’re the man
I dont see any spam from him. Try refreshing your page and check again. He's not really the kind of guy who would spam stuff(at least going off of the content he makes).
Yay Jeff nippard in the house!!
Jeff Nippard TH-cam should start promoting channels like yours and many other fitness youtubers. I think that it's an amazing community that is very underrated.
Jeff Nippard ii
Akira Toriyama shut the fuck Up fucking idiot
He says a lot, while he says nothing ...
Super interesting interview man! Thank you for representing our community Casey!
Oh hey Mr. LivingBobby!
not actually super interesting, my mans can make videos, but can't interview. Tons of softball ass questions, never really presses!
Fucking love your videos dude!
Good thing I read the comments before I wasted 20 minutes
*LET Philip DeFranco DO A REAL INTERVIEW!*
This is a really bad interview!
He didn't say anything new.
Didn't specify any measures that are taking place in the future to solve the problems mentioned.
The "we need more women creators" argument is just pandering.
He dodged every single question that mentioned anything we actually want to know about!
And to top it all off this ended up being a promotional video for his book!
Diogo Almeida 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Pretty sure Philip de Franco helped him out with the questions
Get Phil to reach out and get it done then? Casey took the fucking initiative to make this happen.
Diogo Almeida could not be more true.
No, he's overrated as Fuck
He did a great job at dodging questions.
*Demonetized*
Tom Groebe basically stolen my comment
Tom Groebe LMAO
Casey, I really enjoyed this video. I appreciate you highlighting other creators and I appreciate you reaching out to TH-cam to have them in your studio to talk through their approach and how they see things through their vantage point. You’re a great role model and a source of inspiration. Thank you for all that you do and for sharing it with us.
I wish Phily D would have been there as well.
nah
Philly Dick
Phily D helped him prepare for the interview i'm pretty sure
Nah, he prob would ve wanted money for being here.
Tom Johnson how the fuck do you know punk
Great interview Casey! Unfortunately, Robert didn't give a real answer to any of your questions.
Lol, he just felt cool being recorded in Casey neistats vid
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IzzyGoneCrazy +1
Sam McKaey fuck off!!!
disagree. He gave both a Macro and personal answer. Thats all I wanted.
So this was a great start, but at the end of the day Casey isn't an interviewer. I have great respect for Casey as an artist, but this isn't exactly his strong suit. I would have preferred if Philip Defranco had been doing the interviewing, but I don't think that'll ever happen, because TH-cam know that he isn't going to let up until he gets the truth, and that he won't be satisfied with an angled PR response.
I have to say that this was extremely informative and I appreciate the fact that it even happened. That said, Casey I've only seen about 5 of your videos, I'm not subscribed to your channel and the only reason I ended up here is because a few weeks ago I watched a video of yours on the DJI Spark...
As a media person, I love the back story that you pulled out of the interview at the end of the video!
Mad respect to Casey and big thanks to Robert for doing this but I have to be honest. This wasn't at all what I expected. I don't feel like we have any more answers that we did before the interview. This is all stuff we have already heard. On top of that, he talks like the yellow demonetization icon isn't a problem anymore and their bot is working. Trust me. It is not. I get videos all the time that get flagged and have nothing but harmless words in them. So for him to set there and talk like things are fixed and OK shows how totally out of touch he is with what is actually going on or its a PR move to try and make it look like everything is OK when he knows it is not. Once again I appreciate the effort but I was really expecting a more in-depth interview. I would really like to see Robert do an interview with Philip DeFranco.
Listen, if he acted the way you are telling him then Casey wouldn't be able to gave a good connection with him, now Robert is gonna think twice !
Nothing was answered in this video .. its total bullshit.. Casey knows where his money comes from and now that CNN dropped him TH-cam is his income.. He never intended to hold TH-cam Accountable.
FireSpark81 agree someone needs to help my boy Chris chann
YT works pretty simple... you have a big audience, you will be rewarded! I don't understand what people think this is? The first reason to create content should be passion about something! All I hear is complains about monitization... YT is no welfare... there are millions of small creators out there and all are complaining about money... this is not how entertainment works! In my opinion they should raise the bar much higher in order to be allowed monetization, that way there'd be more quality on YT and less effortless attempts to get money out of it!
Robert needs to be on JRE
Casey: This is Robert, he's the guy that runs everything on TH-cam.
Robert: Hey Guys.
Casey: Is this your first time ever making a TH-cam video?
Robert: Yes.
LMAO.. GG guys.
Nicky Nada 😂😂😂
Why is it a big deal? I'm sure that the leader of a car company has never built a car either...
It's probably why we have such bad cars at such a high cost.
Annika Not built a car but they've drove the car before no? They probably have.
Andrew Anane Pretty sure he has watched a youtube video before
1. He didn’t say anything new
2. We didn’t learn anything new
3. This interview was lame
MrMattsMedia : of course it was lame.
He was just putting Logan’s name in it for views. And this Robert guy is so dumb to lower down and sit down with this idiot lmao
What would you have asked?
Rey Sawan obviously ask why they do not share their control of TH-cam with all creators...if everyone on youtube has access to controls of TH-cam and monetizing money , everybody is happy and TH-cam works for everybody
thank u
Rey Sawan Since you guys are such Marxist why arnt you distributing wealth equally?
This guy just dodge every question, lied and made excuses
R3VIVAL Smith and sold his book
He didn't actually answer your questions. He gave nice little soundbites and platitudes, but didn't give any concrete responses. I felt like it was a bunch of fluff.
I would have liked to hear something like, "this is the method by which we are going to open up lines of communication between you, the creators, and us, the corporation. Additionally, this is the way that *other* people in the community can reach out to TH-cam". TH-cam's biggest downfall is their lack of communication. I understand that they have shut that down because opening those floodgates is effectively asking for a logistical nightmare, but it needs to be addressed at some point. You can't have a bunch of 'employees' who cannot talk to their 'bosses'. These people are pretty brilliant... surely they can come up with some type of system that makes the community feel heard.
I agree. But it does look like he hasn't figured that out yet. So he is working on it.
THIS is the response I would have written, but you wrote it before me, so upvote to you. Full of corporate BS that Execs push because they want you to be on their side, but don't want to show that TH-cam has flaws.
you had great questions, but his answers were like a live version of youtubes robotic responses.
CaliforniaLuv84 it may be the intelligence lvl
I assume he had the list of questions before the interview.
True
Dennis Knight he didn’t
He answered questions like a politician.
Taylor Cohea that's exactly what he is. That's his role on TH-cam
Taylor Cohea zackly what I thought.
Carefully worded and thought out? What’s wrong with that? He doesn’t want to put himself in a hole while giving honest answers.
Usually Caseys videos are no bs. Straight to the point. This guy is everything Casey is not.
TH-cam supports those freedoms as long as you agree with their point of view.
Agree, it’s hypocrisy.
David Dobrik gonna have a stupid smile watching this video
Saad Belachemi David is a ok person not a fan but don't hate hin
Great questions and approach Casey. Respect to CBO Robert Kyncl for doing the interview. I felt Robert didn't answer the questions properly. He works for YT and wants to keep his job. We get it. Casey revealed something big here. Theses executive and managers have never tried being YT Content Creators. They don't use their own product. It's like a salesperson who just wants their commission. "Buy my product its awesome. Our brand is the best"... But they don't know how to use it, or whether it even works. In turn, they don't understand the customer feedback or complaints. Robert said it was very disheartening the communication is not getting through. Then try a different approach. Pivot a little and find something that works. Mr Kyncl with respect sir, try supporting your own product. Make some short videos for fun. An "About me" short bio, or a hobby you enjoy. Upload them, watch them, reply comments, etc. Make one with third party music to see what a copyright strike is like. Try the experience for yourself. Have a good day guys ;)
Agree completely
The first question Casey asked him - "have you ever made a TH-cam video", and he said "no".
That is exactly what you're talking about. He has never used the product that he manages. Crazy.
Agree completely! In my opinion, if you want or do manage something about a product or service, then you at least need to know what goes into a day for the people that use the product or service! You need to know how much work people put in, to understand both sides of the argument.
He mostly skittered around these questions in a way that was flawless and unnoticeable without giving any *real* concrete answers. Most people will buy it, but I won’t. We still have no *real* understanding of what’s really going on and where their mindset is going. If that’s how they are going to be, fine. But as for the rest of us, we will continue to be on a look out for a better user friendly platform that will give good hard working content creators a real chance.
Lανιαн Møøn yup, especially the one about empathizing with creators, oh you worked in a mailroom? Great
Lανιαн Møøn well said , spot on !
Lανιαн Møøn Totally true.
I have been using this example, " That was really, really hard.....trying to stabilize an eco-system that is, ya know, moving around." Huh ? Really ? Nice guy, but maybe not the most relatable personality. IMO, in this circumstance, people prefer a direct, break-down-the-basics approach. Answers like those are a) unclear and ambiguous b) presumes the listener has a detailed and historical knowledge of the top, and c) just sounds too much like a politician's answer. Why was it "hard" for you and what do ya mean by ECO-SYSTEM? Maybe follow-up questions could have made a difference ?
Thank god other people are noticing, he basically did this; He starts getting off topic but keeps it similar to what was asked (If he could empathize with how a TH-camr's work into his own work experience), and answers the question on the topic he switched it to. In this case, he answered the question "How can you relate your past work to the work of content creators on TH-cam". Much easier question to answer than how he could relate to the effect that the videos he's demonetizing have on the people who rely on them for income.
I love how people are surprised that Casey didnt went hard enough in this interview. He's TH-cam's lapdog, what did you expect? They got him on a leash at all times, of course he's not going to go after them
K-Rhum yeap casey cant do shit tho. This ceo guy anytime can shut down casey youtube account which is why casey interview look soft
ironically, this video was demonetized..
Well, monetizing it would create a HUGE conflict of interest since it is a video containing one of the heads of TH-cam. They know the video will pull a lot of traffic.
i believe the monetization system is based on 2 factors: 1)if the content is appropriate for advertisers and 2) if the content is appropriate for TH-cam. if this man put his time and effort into a video, he should be paid for his work..
a lot of his serious videos are not monetized by his choice
Poor interview.
Casey asks question.
Rob answers question.
Casey asks different question; meaning he just accepts the previous answer, no challenge, no clarifications.
It was all too scripted and Controlled.
Casey is not a professional journalist who has the skill set to be that intense (Yet? We will see).
you dont have to be a journalist to question some one
Interviewing is a skill you have to acquire, try it by yourself, you won't be able to get any meaningful statement from a politician if you do not know how to (except you are the one in 10.000).
You have to be a journalist to ask the right questions at the right point in time while phrasing it in the right manner, yeaht that is pretty you are right.
Whos x Cruzin Casey is an incredibly intelligent and driven guy he missed an opportunity to ask real (obvious) questions and he's missed an opportunity about our content creators we're crying out for.
Carlitoburgante I do nit deny his intelligence nor that he missed an opportunity, I am just stating if you lack the technique you have a hard time against a pro.
Robert, give an in-person interview to Philip DeFranco. I know Casey said he wasn't throwing softballs, and that's true, but Casey also didn't press the issues even slightly. Phil would do it right.
trueeeee
So, it's not enough to just ask the question, you have to make sure you force them to talk about the issues in a thorough and detailed way?
clear mist Exactly. There isn’t a point in interviewing someone if you can’t get straightforward answers. Roberts answers do not have any substance behind them, but then again, Casey’s questions weren’t the best either.
yup he kind of danced around most of everything. Even the last question he said, freedom of speech, opportunity, access, freedom to belong. While he did name them a bit more different from standard he just gave some obvious ideas as an answer to: What's next.
The guy should have answered with specific new features to be coming in fallowing few months or years.
Similar stuff happened with every other question.
Please let PhillyD make a real interview.
Casey come on you’re not even trying.
nobody is stopping Phil D.
Why don't we let Idubbbz do it?
m e l o n because idubbbz doesn't do interviews for one...
I think Casey did his best considering his lack of experience/knack for journalism and such (which he admitted in the beginning). But he at least got the ball rolling. Phil should def pick it up.
It was a joke. Of course Ian wouldn't do the interview.
What a wasted opportunity. This was all fluff and nothing tough!
The Crypto Guy why would you expect any different
That rhymes
Casey a fluffer.
Hey that rhymes!
Casey is a pussy.
youtube should have a youtube channel. now hear me out. what if youtube hired some people to run effectively a news show where they talk about what they are doing to advance the platform and fix relationships between advertisers - youtube - creators and viewers. they could put the videos they make on a special page on youtube for everyone to see. say they do daily or weekly uploads to let us know what’s going on. they need a platform to talk to us like this, and ironically they are also the biggest streaming service on the internet, why don’t they utilize this to talk to the community.
this is what i think at least.
geo the conquer the community on Periscope asked for this for years with the Periscope team.
They don't need to hire anyone. Big news channels would love to talk about this and ones they find out about it they do it already... But they can only broadcast what TH-cam tells us which isn't a whole lot.
I feel like i didnt actually get a straight answer from any of the questions because after watching this video i still dont know anything...
*I came here with no expectations, i leave here with no expectations.*
he just danced around a lot of these questions. Wish you would've asked him to further elaborate on some topics where he just used blanket statements, but I know interviewing someone can be hard, and at some points, uncomfortable.
Matt Mamba Yeah, he said he’s not really used to interviewing people and didn’t even know what the best questions to ask were. IMO, I feel Casey did the best he could for such an important opportunity this interview was
really insightful! thanks for doing this casey
Hi
Ambition oi
Yah boi. Ambition represent
I've been waiting for this!
Emma's Goodies same!!
Emma's Goodies love your videos , can you sub to me plz.
BRAVE !!! That's all I have to say is brave (on both your parts). Big hats off to, Robert Kyncl, for taking the 'risk' to do your interview.
It feels like he dodged every single question about monetization, small creators, and the problems that the Logan Paul fiasco bring up. As a small channel, it's pretty disheartening to see upper management really just not care as much as they should about the community. I guess the landscape of TH-cam is just changing to more of a corporate one rather than one for creators.
You said it, seems very robotic/programmed responses. Essentially at the end of the day, it would be tough for him because how can he ask his "boss" the tough questions that could get him buried? But I definitely understand your point!
SARO just watched your latest vid and you’re good!
He talked about monetization and was relaying the message that it’s hard to please both the creators and advertisers.
Respectable effort by Casey, but overall this was not a very dynamic, helpful, or worthwhile interview. Casey's questions were decent, but Robert didn't want to give real responses. Just lots of PC, corporate BS. Not a great on camera spokesperson for TH-cam... Robert, we don't feel safe creating a living on TH-cam because you guys keep taking away our opportunities for small channels to monetize and experience channel success.
Work on your poor content, the users are jugging all of the creators not TH-cam.
Ex-TV Producer Couldn't agree more with u. Many of my friends channels have been deleted or demonitized. It's obviously NOT an unbiased system. It's borderline a broken platform, especially for new creators. I think most of us are just waiting for a new platform to break out. I know I am. 😉Hang in There!
So very much luv to u n urs!!💖💙
Amy Chen Yeah and it's a little bit harsh to ask for TH-cam a way of living I mean common if you are likely Casey you can do it but dont expect to be living off youtube " the new milenial bubble"
Most people’s first mistake is thinking they can “make a living” on TH-cam. There are very, very few people with the charisma and content to pull off entertaining videos, much less an entire channel.
Casey let him off easy WHY ???!? should've cornered him if he didn't ans, if not don't rlly get what this was for...?
I expected more. I really did.
Four freedoms as long as they go along with your agenda
Casey is a little league softball pitcher with these questions! He needs to throw some heat. I would say this was a wasted opportunity but he truly opened up the doors for more creators and more communication in general between TH-cam and the creators. I have a feeling 2018 will be a great year for TH-cam.
Erick Khan Casey probably didn't want to push too much because in a way, Kyncl is sort of Casey's boss. I know the content creators are the back bone of TH-cam and there would be no TH-cam without them. BUT pushing too much and pissing this guy off could've been too much of a risk.
I dont think he needs to push him when he is not dodging to answer any questions. It was a nice and respectful interview not some mudfight which youtube has seemed like lately - i really enjoyed it!
Casey is just too kind for it (in a good way)
I don't know, I think Casey did ask some tough Q's
@Rasmus Raarup THIS^^^ Thank you. It's possible to have a informative and interesting interview without going for the f*cking throat. The whole world would be better off if there was more civilized discussion such as this.
People often forget that TH-cam is a business, and business is imperfect. As much as they would love to be a social justice warrior, they still have to make money, and that means balancing the NEED to make money and the DESIRE to do the right thing. That doesn't mean that every business in the world can be unethical, money grubbing a**holes in the name of making a buck, but the consistent obliviousness to the complexities of running a business of this size is maddening. It drives me crazy when people want all these services on the web, but then completely ignore the fact that they require ENORMOUS amounts of capital to remain intact. You want a platform that allows you to make money with little to no financial investment? Be ready to make some compromise.
Wasted opportunity imho.
Patrik if I talked to him oh it would be age restriction
You gotta play the game to get a seat at the table. No way around that unfortionatly. Even honest, valid criticism will get you nowhere if you don't articulate it well enough and politely enough for him to sit down with you in the first place.
Ikr
Enyawecurb Exactly. It's a way to show respect in a professional way. The worst thing for an interviewer to do is to corner them in a tough situation.
Lonely Kid well but that guy from youtube said caisey may ask any Question from any topic.
What a horse and pony show! I always knew you were aligned with the rulers...
Anarcraft I think you meant “what a dog and pony show!”
Yes, basically the same thing.
I'd like to thank Robert for being brave enough to do this interview. It was very enlightening.
It would be great for him to set up a channel and let people ask questions and the question with most upvotes is adressed in a video once a week or month. It would allow the community and the company to keep in touch and both sides could get a better understanding of each others perspective! Just an idea...
Relax Bro good idea!
Susan tried that lol and got blasted with hate.
b g didn't know that... maybe it wasn't the right time yet?! Difficult to tell...
The CEO of TH-cam already tried that and got a lot of hate for it
They do have a channel similar to this! It's called Creator Insider
This interview should've been longer
Fuzzy Puppet okay fuzzy puppet.. because your content consists of serious topics...
Film Reviewer 101 ok and?
Film Reviewer 101 This video is meant for people who genuinely want answers from a person at the very top of TH-cam. It's not a traditional video meant for views.
I agree
Blatantly sexism from youtubes own people
*Did anyone else feel kinda..unsatisfied with the interview? Not that it was really Casey's fault or **_anyones_** we suppose but we felt like it was just things we've already heard before.*
Rayhart Twins it could have been Rob steering the interview away from more controversial questions?
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dude is media trained. gave media trained answers. no surprise there with his PR assistant or whatever hanging close by.
i think if they were going to get into every topic in depth they would have run out time, Casey , in my perspective, was trying to cover as much a possible. Also these questions were tough and maybe difficult for rob to speak about because there are a lot of logistics and complexities involved that need to be addressed properly and cant be done in mere sentences. (especially when its unscripted)
A lot can be said in the micro gestures, and I wasn't a fan about how much he (guy from TH-cam not Casey) smirked talking about smaller TH-cam channels, and how he wanted them to succeed.... almost as if he wasn't being completely honest.... There were other examples also, but something didn't sit right
Elle mills is INCREDIBLE!! So glad you both did this. It needed to be done and now was the perfect time.
Bearded Casey should had done the interview
Castaway Casey - Its got a ring to it! :o)
100% agree lol idk why but it just sounds better
Nate The Great
Agreed bearded Casey is a beast!
*Should have.
I wish
*Great step in the right direction, well done Casey* 👌
Myles O'Howe Not sure how you went from TH-cam to fossil fuels, but k
Sam a
not at all
TH-cam needs a discovery page for new creators.They have some random discovery video they post once every month of some new content creator, but the requirement is that you post often. Some of us content creators spend a ridiculous time making videos and can realistically only push 1-2 videos a month. Not sure why the algorithm opposes quality over quantity. I personally spend 100+hours making 1 video, and with school and my job that makes it nearly impossible to push content out quickly.
+BanditRants your videos are absolutely fantastic!
I 100% agree.
The fact that you only have 24k subs makes me want to rage out loud.
BanditRants stop being lazy, lazy fuck
BanditRants Excellent points.
Thank you Mr Robert for participating in this interview.
Understanding American Freedom is the first step Mr Robert. And that is the Freedom of the People.
Advertisors (the oligarchy) are the revenue of YT and the content creators. Without them this platform does not function. To that I say, with the multitude of companies/advertisors available, there should be enough to go around.
Personal Liberty should be paramount. I should be at liberty to choose which content to watch or not watch. Creators should be at liberty to create or not create by their Choice. You/YT have decided to make my choice for me. This is unacceptable.
I am just one, but one of many, who enjoy and learn from various subjects presented on YT. Several of the categories are presently under stifling scrutiny with entire channels being terminated. A number of these subjects are a staple of American Freedom and personal Liberty.
Mr Robert, Sir, please come to know what this freedom is as well as from what and whom it originates = We The People. . .
This was really amazing BUT I don't feel like he delved in quite deep enough into what direction TH-cam as a company is trying to get their content to go in. I do think that TH-cam's top executives having sit down interviews like this on the platform is a GIANT step in the right direction. I would like to see more of this when big issues arise so we could get responses much faster along with what they are trying to do to fix them. This would allow the creators to provide input so we can be part of the solution as well.
Agree - I think this was an excellent start but I was definitely still left with question marks in a lot of categories. Hoping they'll do more of this soon.
thats too much too soon. we need to have a comfortable relationship with the top guys at youtube before diving deep otherwise they would immediately shut us out. but like you said this is definitely the step in the right direction.
Jaret - I worked in advertising/publishing for over 30 years. TH-cam makes money by running advertising. You make money by having advertisers on your videos. My advice is, whenever you make a video, pretend you are an advertiser and think, would I want my ad to run on this video? Now remember, the big advertisers are very sensitive to inflammatory content and don't want their ads to be be anywhere near it. Keep that in mind, and go and make good content. Good luck!
So you are saying Advertisers were ok to put ads on Logan Paul even before the whole suicide incident? Becuase his content was crap, is crap and will be crap. The advertiser wants exposure, they don't really give a hoot about content unless it gets a negative attention. Advertiser cares about how big of an exposure they have they don't worry about content or content creators till it's on national news with major backlash.
absolutely, how can you have all the decision makers that effect our lives as creators not have any personal relationship or conversation with grass roots creators. It doesn't mater, whether you have 100 subs or 100,000 subs. Good creators need a voice, recognition and to be supported. We all start at Zero ultimately.
This interview was a whole lot of nothing
I don't know if my comment will be seen but here goes, I was waiting to watch this video and had high hopes, but really although this youtube executive seems like a good person, he's the embodiment of lack of communication from youtube.
His answers were vague, and most of the time it was nothing but tip-toeing around the actual question. He speaks a lot but he really isn't saying anything at all, and every time he answers a question it leaves me even more confused than before, exactly like youtube's overall communication.
I love this platform i really do, although I'm a tiny tiny youtuber, but I see where this platform is going and I know that a lot of big time youtubers realize that youtube is going to go downhill soon. Everything rises and falls, and youtube has been rising for for so long.
There's increasing guidelines, increasing lack of communication, increasing rules, regulations, and censorship.
TH-cam is the biggest platform for media of all time however, as it increases in size, it increases in censorship and restrictions, the platform is prioritizing its advertisers, giving them information, providing them routes, and siding with them, while creators, the core of this platform, are being kept in the dark.
This platform is dying slowly, and as of now there is no competition. So really, makng internet videos itself, is slowly dying.
The Andy Tran Episodes might be in America mate. It's killing in other countries.
Problem is: there's no solid alternatives to youtube. Every market needs competition otherwise the customers will suffer. If a single company rules all the market, it will enforce watever policicy it wants, to it's customers and they won't be able to do anything because there's no alternatives. Thus, TH-cam needs competition or it will continue it's stalinist regime.
Thank You Casey and Paul for sharing this chat with the entire TH-cam community! Casey you did a great job representing and voicing the concerns of the creators! Being a female creator who has educational content on sustainability, mindfulness and green cosmetics what do I need to do to get that much needed extra push Robert mentions on this interview? Thanks!
He was talking.. but did he really say something??.....
@yvette Not in words I can understand
Line of the Video *if you don't succeed, we don't succeed.*
Rizwan Rj I just read that as I heard it
*lie
Ring Rathe11 *not lie
they will succeed with or with out me or most of us for that matter.
Rizwan Rj I agree...
How to say a whole bunch of words without saying anything of substance. This video is a case study.
Casey neistudy
I am a small youtuber and I am so glad I just watched this. I just subscribed too you. I am also going too share this in my small youtuber groups so that they understand why all of this is happening. Good video thank you for making it.
CPM in most of the Europe countries will always stay low ( im from Croatia ), i have total of 11,000,000 views ( 95% monetized ) and i made 450$ ... No way to do youtube full time in poor countries...
Can TH-cam do anything about that ?
Ko Bi Reko 11,401,835 views actually...
Ko Bi Reko Same Question. .
Ko Bi Reko yeah,change your target audience
Ko Bi Reko Holy, as someone who never uploaded to TH-cam, I did not know that.
Have you tried attracting sponsers? Companies will pay A LOT depending on your view count for you to endorse a product.
Most of my questions weren’t answered in this interview. Casey did a great job trying to ask questions, but he moved on too quickly. When I interview people and I don’t get a clear answer, I ask the question again. You have to be somewhat aggressive sometimes to get the answers you need. Also, why the book plug?
Why the book plug, because that's the real reason he was there.
At least, it wouldn't surprise me if that was indeed the case.
kush?
Casey just won the mvp for pitching softball questions. Neistat is a joke, this interview was a set up joke
Lmao this is his boss tho
Chase Charaba yea like I said before he went a little soft on him. I would ask reasonable questions that everyone needs/wants to know .
Nice job getting the conversation started, though this interview left a lot of unanswered and half answered questions. Still, dealing with TH-cam for most non-Casey folk, is basically like shouting into the woods...so getting any type of real responses from one of the powers that be, instead of just a useless form letter reply, is a significant step forward. 💪🏼💯
Casey had better question than Robert had answers. had higher exceptions in this
John Basedow in the beginning you can see he gives some evil looks like knowing he won’t be telling it like it’s supposed to
Exactly, while I may not enjoy everything that was/wasn't answered. At least it got the conversation started.
Well put. Not a lot got answered but the doors are now open. Hopefully he offers time to Phillip Defranco and some others to follow up on questions we still want answers to.
Point of Parallax naw. We good off of Sxephil. I was an og fan. Back when he made his videos in black&white. But I Iost respect for him when he denounced how white people use POC's as stage props. Which a lot of them do. He showed his true colors.
Wow, after watching this video I have so much more respected understanding for TH-cam now. I hope the senior leadership continues to do more interviews in the future.
That book ad in the end of the interview is totally inappropriate
Jenni Vee I thought it was perfect timing. If he’s interviewing him why not promote his book?
"with logan and a lot of his projects, for original productions there are hundreds of people involved, peoples whos paychecks depend on it"... what about Pewdiepie? you guys didnt hesitate to pull his projects!
isaac thill i was thinking about the same thing. but pewdiepie's project was already done before the issue happened. people are already paid.
@Tala Bawalan u might have mistaken but he had Scare Pewdiepie 2 coming which had been drop down i think either he should be given his red series back or they should take away logan's
Mohit Indians love pewdiepie
isaac thill true shit
Exactly, good point. But hey, some are more special than other special people. Make bullshit prank shit and behave like a moron on camera: "Well, we should think about the paychecks of others involved". Pewdiepie: "WSJ and other media outlets make a fuss, let's make an example of him".
He played it safe, can’t trample the platform that gave him his career.
Right!
Thank-you for doing the interview. Despite it's current problems, TH-cam is still an amazing platform that provides opportunity for almost anyone to turn doing what they love into a potential career. Your efforts are appreciated, although sometimes the policies do seem a bit skewed against smaller channels trying to grow.
He sounds like a true politician. Talks a lot, but say nothing.
Damir Kvajo Exactly
So it’s basically an ad for his fucking book
Das Rite XD
Casey, thanks for this interview! You do a great job and you do what you really love. that's the main reason I watch you, man )
Andrey Burenok agreed
Stop spamming!
who is spamming?
Thank you guys for sharing this. As a new creator, it has been tough to figure out TH-cam as a whole. It can even be intimidating and difficult when it comes to creating relevant, but honest content. This was very insightful, as far as seeing what TH-cam is all about and hearing what they stand for as a platform. This is so great! Thank you for sharing.