Yesterday, YouTube announced a platform-wide purge of spam subscribers, tweeting that creators “may see a noticeable decrease in your sub count” as a result. Affected creators will receive an alert in their YouTube Studio dashboards, the company said.
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YouTube Says Creators Could See Subscriptions Drop As It Purges Shuttered Accounts
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YouTube Announces Sitewide Spam Purge That Will See Reduced Sub Counts
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Insights: Purging – It’s Not Just For Twitter Anymore (Or At Least It Shouldn’t Be)
Maybe July 11 should just be National Purge Day every year.
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