YouTube definitely hasn't done the thing in your last sentence. That would be horrible to lots of channels!

Maybe they updated their servers to where if you don't have adsense set up all the icons are set to non-monetizable? This is a mystery to me.

I was going to mention that youtube made it where people under 10k lifetime views can't monetize, but obviously, you have more than that.

EDIT: I just realized that the monetization icon wouldn't even show up if you haven't enabled monetization or adsense. So my second paragraph makes no sense either.

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Hmm, I'm still not sure what's causing the issue, then. The Google troubleshooter said something about me not providing information within a specified amount of time, which may have been because I started the AdSense application, and then cancelled it because I decided to think it through some more. I've completed the application now, so hopefully that will clear things up.

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This is not true. There are very very few brickfilmers on YouTube who are really good and don't receive anything like the publicity they deserve. Seeing as you have only been posting brickfilms on YouTube for 2 months, I would say that you are doing pretty good so far, you just need to be patient (I mean, I've been posting brickfilms for ages, and while I get relatively high view counts, my subscriber count - which doesn't really mean too much anyway - is pretty low in comparison. I am sure that if you wait long enough and you continue to improve your brickfilming skills to the point where you can make amazing brickfilms, then you will get noticed. I would tell you that only the very best get 'famous', but unfortunately, there are a lot of channels/videos out there that are absolutely terrible, regardless of whether or not it is a brickfilm, which become very popular. Some tips I would give you are that posting frequently/routinely will attract more people to you, as I have noticed that when I post more and more in one go then my channels starts to get a bit more popular. It is also about quality, not quantity, don't post something just for the sake of sticking to a schedule or whatever. You also want to make sure that you have an active following and not just a bunch of people who subscribe to you and then never watch any of your videos and never look at your channel again.

Hopefully this will help you.

So I have an issue.

When I initially made my YouTube channel I (stupidly) made it with an email I was already uring. I regret that decision now (I have emails going out to 'normal' people saying my name is Feinstein, and I also have no email to go along with my channel).
So: I was wondering if anyone knows how I can fix this (i.e. disconnect my personal email from my YouTube channel and connect a new one to take its place).
After some searching online I ended up pretty confused about what information is still true (Google seems to have updated their policies multiple times in this regard).

Thanks!

Thanks, Willow!

That method worked (my channel hadn't been a brand account before).

What new YouTube layout? It's been the "new" layout for a few months now.

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You predicted the future

I suppose this was going to happen sooner or later, but I rather wish they'd remained in their archived state.
I think I'll most miss the annotations of Pongowl's "Under New Management." They move the film to an enlightened state.

I'm gonna miss chadmattandrob's interactive videos. Those were so well made & were my introduction to the genre. I thought it was such a cool new way to bridge the gap between games and films. So sad to know that videos like that will perhaps be gone forever...

Remember to save em now while you still can!