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Did Adam make YouTube add a tipping feature?

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Rob

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YouTube has said this was coming, and now viewers can tip creators (YouTube takes 5% plus $0.21 from the tipping amount).

http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/237013

But @Adam B. Levine has been talking about YouTube tipping for over a year (using Bitcoin, of course). Do you think Adam influenced Google/YouTube to add the new tipping feature?

Posted on September 2, 2014 at 6:50 PM

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• TheWittyHawk

  

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  I highly doubt it.

  Posted on September 2, 2014 at 7:06 PM
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• Rob

  

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  @thewittyhawk I highly doubt it.

  Have you even seen Adam's video(s) on the topic? I can't help but think he had a >1% influence on the decision-making process to add that feature.

  Posted on September 2, 2014 at 7:11 PM
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• TheWittyHawk

  

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  Maybe the slightest inkling but I have a feeling they have been wanting to do tipping / direct monetization for a long while.

  Posted on September 2, 2014 at 7:19 PM
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• bcohen

  

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  With a Video/Speech "Youtube is Broken" I would think so

  Posted on September 2, 2014 at 7:39 PM
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• wildjo

  

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  At 5% + $0.21, I'm betting that they are actually raking in more than the average tip amount.

  Posted on September 2, 2014 at 7:47 PM
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• cracker

  

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  @wildjo At 5% + $0.21, I'm betting that they are actually raking in more than the average tip amount.

  I bet you are right. If the tip amounts are similar to what I have seen on reddit, youtube should be raking in plenty :)

  Posted on September 3, 2014 at 1:48 AM
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• bobhonesdale

  

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  Not a single word about the currencies used?

  Posted on September 3, 2014 at 3:45 AM
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• pairmike

  

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  This feature doesn't look to be live right now. Google seems to be beta testing it with a few select user content creators. Keep an eye out for it.

  Posted on September 3, 2014 at 1:28 PM
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• pairmike

  

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  Here is the link for beta testers for YouTube creators -- https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1KdfZYF8sCwR-uRjMThpL0xXLXJUeZLwpecQD_mspvzk/viewform?fbzx=-3824120826048685458

  Posted on September 3, 2014 at 1:47 PM
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• Alchemix

  

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  Wait....when did Adam get rid of his afro from that video?? LOL - j/k

  Posted on September 3, 2014 at 6:13 PM
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