Smokingpipes.com Youtube Channel

[Chasing Embers]

Is it accurate to say that none of these can monetize?

Yes

 

[Chasing Embers]

Cornell & Diehl's YT channel is still live

Being SPC, they'll probably move as well.

 

[AroEnglish]

See, I get that SmokingPipes.com is being pre-emptive in their measures, and that's just smart business. And yet ...

Cornell & Diehl's YT channel is still live (https://www.youtube.com/@cornelldiehlinc9213), and they just posted a new one about The Beast.

Muttonchop Piper is still available (though nothing new in 7 years).

Mac Baren Tobacco Company still has their channel (but nothing new in 2 years).

Is it accurate to say that none of these can monetize?

Anyway, the inconsistency doesn't make sense.

Just a guess from my end but it could be an allocation of resources on SP's part. The SP video library is huge whereas the C&D is pretty small.

 

[BriarBrook]

I thought about starting a new thread titled, "Is youtube a problem for the smoking community" but it seems as though the discussion here has turned that direction. Should we be supporting other avenues (vimeo, rumble) and also pushing our favorite content creators to release their content on those alternative platforms? I was looking at rumble today and it's a wasteland in terms of pipe content... but it appears other areas of interest are really taking off.

 

[litup]

I thought about starting a new thread titled, "Is youtube a problem for the smoking community" but it seems as though the discussion here has turned that direction. Should we be supporting other avenues (vimeo, rumble) and also pushing our favorite content creators to release their content on those alternative platforms? I was looking at rumble today and it's a wasteland in terms of pipe content... but it appears other areas of interest are really taking off.

This discussion notwithstanding, this forum tends to look down on the typical YTPC content so I'm guessing the answers you'll get here will be indifferent at best.

I think the problem for the smoking community (as well as other non-monetized communities) is that there just aren't enough eyeballs on some of these alternatives yet. While I can always go to those other sites to watch videos on smoking I don't always want to watch only smoking content. So, for me, I think it would be hard to form a habit of going to Vimeo or Rumble instead of YouTube if all I'm going to see is a video or two.

 

[BriarBrook]

I went to set up a vimeo account and didn't realize you have to pay for even viewing it. I don't know if that will attract many eyes.

 

[AroEnglish]

I went to set up a vimeo account and didn't realize you have to pay for even viewing it. I don't know if that will attract many eyes.

You mean pay to view videos?

 

[BriarBrook]

You mean pay to view videos?

yes... i think it's the alternative to viewing ads. unless, i'm not setting up an account correctly.

 

[das3353]

I don't have an account and can still watch them.

 

[AroEnglish]

I don't have an account and can still watch them.

Yeah, I can view that.

 

[BriarBrook]

I don't have an account and can still watch them.

yes, you're right... it must have been trying to get me to sign up for a creator account and i didn't realize it.