Hey Alex, long time no talk! Hope you've been well :) It's pretty depressing to see what the Google/YouTube monolith is doing to us creators, but as you said it's only a matter of time. Seems like the bubble burst is now upon us. Also, sorry to hear about all the troubles/stress you & Michelle have been going through.
That said, it's very encouraging/motivating/inspiring to put the power back in the hands of the people with the Steem blockchain's decentralized, autonomous nature! Rene @world5list and I are back and have plans to hit the ground running faster than ever: this weekend we'll each be releasing videos on both of our YouTube channels (Rene 800,000 subs, me 1 million subs) speaking out to our respective audiences where we raise awareness of both Steemit & Dtube while also providing them links to direct traffic to both platforms.
Kinda nervous, kinda excited, but whatever...it's a step in the right direction & (hopefully) helps your/our cause! If you have any other ideas or need our help with anything whatsoever, please feel free to reach out to either one of us :)
PS: this isn't just a one-time push either (from YouTube to Dtube) but rather, a bi-monthly/recurring effort to make everyone & everyone aware of our beloved Steem-based platforms :) I've outlined our plan here in case you're interested in checking out the details.
hey @theywillkillyou, great to hear from you, and nice to see you all doing so well! It's also amazing the extent your mom's gone all in on the community as well! She recently messaged @michellectv how she served up one of Michelle's recent cocktail recipes to her party guests, and it went over quite well!
As I wrote in another comment:
For us, our channel was mostly demonetized already, so this is more the final "nail in the coffin", at least as far as "YouTube monetization" goes (we already often earn more on a single STEEMIT post, than we did from an entire year of YouTube earnings).
And, of course, there are still other ways to leverage it, such as the way you're now doing it, by embedding the YouTube video, and uploading and gaining traction on STEEMIT and DTUBE as well. Also, if YouTube ever decides to outright remove some or all of your content, your videos will still be available on DTUBE/IPFS, where they can't so easily be "shut down".
We've also been building up some new show formats too with @officialfuzzy at BeyondBitcoin.club, which I believe I had introduced you guys to months back when you (or was it just Rene, I can't remember.. it's been a while! lol) stopped by the WhaleShares Chat on Discord (feel free to stop by again and say hello!).
Perhaps there's also opportunity to do some old-style "collabs", sort of the way it used to work in the early days of YouTube! lol :)
Ah yeah my mom told me she tried out the drink & that it was a huge hit! Regarding the YouTube issues, yeah it's been a long time coming & we're more motivated than ever to see Dtube succeed!!!
Interesting man...Rene just joined me in Bangkok so we'll definitely try to hop in in the next few days. I like your idea of collaborating so I definitely wanna discuss this in more detail soon! Will be touching base with you again very soon. Cheers buddy!