Corey Frankosky

Dear @TeamYouTube, We understand that you're dealing with Invalid Traffic from a variety of sources, and we realize it's no small problem for you, the advertisers you do business with and the greater Creator economy. We understand that we may often become frustrated and often don't always ask the right questions when problems arise. We also understand that YouTube is a place we think of as home because of all the wonderful things you've provided us over the years and continue to provide. We further understand the reason why you might be limiting ads on content when your systems detect invalid traffic on the platform. We even understand why you're being so tight-lipped about what you're doing behind the scenes to mitigate Invalid Traffic issues because we know you're trying to maintain the integrity of your Invalid Activity Detection System in attempts to prevent people from circumventing the system. What we don't understand is why you've left us seemingly in the dark. We don't understand why, without notice, you would twist the spigot and shut off Ad placement even on legitimate, organic views and diminish a Creator's total revenue by 80% with no clear answers as to how long Creators will have to survive on a fraction of our typical earnings. Links to your support pages that don't give us any real answers to our questions are not enough. We are real people, with real families, real employees, real mortgages and real financial commitments. We are Creators with communities we've worked hard to build on YouTube in order to provide the very revenue that sustains these things. Communities who spend time on the YouTube platform, enjoying our content & engaging with your advertisers. We are the very people who have made YouTube the success that it is right alongside you. We are, by your own word choice, your YouTube Partners and we are in crisis. Imagine you, @YouTube, suddenly finding that 80% of your entire platform revenue was instantly & indefinitely removed with no clear answers as to how and when it would ever come back, if at all. Wouldn't that put you into crisis mode as well...? We have been as patient as possible up to this point but this issue dates back years for Creators we all know personally, and from our standpoint, it only seems to be escalating. Suddenly, we see many more Creators who've had access to their AdSense accounts suspended (and subsequently YPP monetization removed entirely) through no fault of their own. There is a simple answer here. We need transparency. We want to know what the endgame is. We want to know that there are changes currently being made that will put an end to this plight for well-intentioned Creators who have been hit with Invalid Traffic notifications due to external forces and no misdeeds of their own. We want to know that strategies, tools and support are being built to protect your YouTube partners as well as your advertisers. We want to know what those changes might be and when they will take effect. We want to know that you're developing a well-trained support team specifically to help Creators who've had their AdSense accounts and monetization suspended or impacted. It only works when we're all in this together. We await your reply.  With heartfelt respect, -Your YouTube Partners ☮️

Creators! I need your help. Yesterday's conversations helped me better understand exactly where there is much misinformation, lack of communication and clear, available resources surrounding the current conversation of Invalid Traffic on YouTube from all sides. I'm trying to put together a clear, concise list of pertinent questions that actually do exist and which haven't been already answered. Could you do me a favor and add any questions you think have not been addressed by available information on either Google Support or YouTube Support? Thank you very much and as a reminder, please lead with kindness and respect, not anger. I know these things can be frustrating but my goal is always to help seek better answers and resolution. I'll immediately block anyone who tries to harsh my mellow today ☮️❤️ QUESTIONS WITHOUT CLEAR ANSWERS 1. No clear definition of which videos have been impacted or how widespread invalid activity is for that individual creator across the channel. 2. No clear understanding of what a Creator can do preemptively/retroactively to mitigate any potential invalid views 3. No clear understanding of how much collected revenue on their content/channel resulted from invalid traffic 4. No clear understanding of how legitimate ad revenue is being reduced/limited/penalized but more importantly, what period of time each invalid occurrance(s) represents or how long a Creator's potential revenue may continue to be impacted as ads are limited or previously released, uncollected revenue will be deducted from future earnings. 5. No clear understanding of whether Google itself might enforce an AdSense penalty or potentially remove a creators account rendering their YouTube revenue inactive 6. No clear understanding of what to do if an AdSense penalty/suspension is enacted, any potential lines of division between YouTube and Google when it comes to AdSense and what YouTube & Creators can do to better establish culpability or defense of innocence if AdSense accounts are suspended. Some legitimate appeals seem to be quickly denied by Google. Most (if not all) of the Google help advice designed to teach "How you can help to prevent invalid traffic" is directed towards people who are actually running Google ads, not Creators who may have been a victim of bad actors targeting their content or channel Support Links: support.google.com/youtube/a… support.google.com/adsense/a…