Uploaded December 2010 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
YouTube's subscription box IS BROKEN. I've told them. You've told them. It's still broken!! FIX IT. My viewers can't see me. I can't see new videos of people to whom I've subscribed. I use the stupid named Myu2b app to solve for that, but I'm telling you... if YouTube doesn't pay attention to community then Facebook is going to copy YouTube's revenue-sharing Partner model. It's what leading tech firms do... like someone leading a yacht race, you do exactly what the #2 competitor is doing rather than innovate. That way if you're both subject to the same market/weather forces, the #2 guy can't pass you. So even though Google is #1 in a lot of things, Facebook is #1 in community. If/when Facebook starts sharing ad revenue, there will be a lot of YouTube "stars" that move away from YouTube and to Facebook... which has a lot more sharing/community functions for nurturing relationships between creators and viewers. Daneboe has cracked that with Annoying Orange.
So if YouTube keeps blowing off community (in a legitimate pursuit to become a professional content distributor and search engine of videos) then I'm going to have to figure out Facebook. And I am confused and daunted by Facebook. But YouTube is forcing me over there by blatant disregard of community.
YouTube's subscription box IS BROKEN. I've told them. You've told them. It's still broken!! FIX IT. My viewers can't see me. I can't see new videos of people to whom I've subscribed. I use the stupid named Myu2b app to solve for that, but I'm telling you... if YouTube doesn't pay attention to community then Facebook is going to copy YouTube's revenue-sharing Partner model. It's what leading tech firms do... like someone leading a yacht race, you do exactly what the #2 competitor is doing rather than innovate. That way if you're both subject to the same market/weather forces, the #2 guy can't pass you. So even though Google is #1 in a lot of things, Facebook is #1 in community. If/when Facebook starts sharing ad revenue, there will be a lot of YouTube "stars" that move away from YouTube and to Facebook... which has a lot more sharing/community functions for nurturing relationships between creators and viewers. Daneboe has cracked that with Annoying Orange.
So if YouTube keeps blowing off community (in a legitimate pursuit to become a professional content distributor and search engine of videos) then I'm going to have to figure out Facebook. And I am confused and daunted by Facebook. But YouTube is forcing me over there by blatant disregard of community.
