ATTENTION: Tale Foundry's in Danger
Added 2018-12-13 19:58:46 +0000 UTCHey everyone,
for any of you who follow other Youtube creators, this shouldn't be too unfamiliar of a story. Despite the excellent platform they've created with Youtube, Google has a bit of a historically shaky trigger finger.
Today, Google decided to demonetize Tale Foundry.
The reason for Google's decision to demonetize Tale Foundry apparently has to do with "Misleading Metadata", which refers to information attached to the content—things like videos titles, tags, descriptions, etc.
They refuse to tell me what in particular I've done to lead them to this conclusion, and I don't believe I've done anything to break this community guideline. Neverthless, as you can see, "the decision is final".
It may be possible to get monetization for videos back, but that would require re-applying to the partnership program and waiting 30 days, and then hoping I've addressed the problem by then.
That means I will no longer be receiving ad revenue from my Youtube videos. It means that, as of this moment, I am completely dependent on the community and any possible sponsors I can wrangle to keep the show going.
This is an extremely terrifying time for me, especially so soon after Chloe stepping away from the team.
It's hard to know what exactly to do next, but I'll do everything I can. First things first: I'm going to have to put everything on hold in order to make a video explaining the situation to the larger community. At present, I don't know if I can reasonably afford to keep making the show. Of course, that won't stop me. I'll make any sacrifices I need to in order to get through this.
I love Tale Foundry. It is my heart and soul, and I will continue to build it no matter what the future holds.
It's just scary right now. I thank you all for being here with me through it, and helping me to keep it alive.
—Benji
