Topic: creator control
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Substack’s Reply Rules give creators more control over comments
Substack launched "Reply Rules," a new moderation tool that lets creators set custom guidelines for comments (like banning AI spam or requiring haiku replies) and automatically learns to filter similar comments based on the creator's hiding behavior. The tool is currently available only for Engli...
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Writers Abandon Substack Over High Fees
Substack is experiencing a growing creator exodus driven by high fees, limited customization, and a shift toward social features, with prominent publications like The Ankler and writers like Sean Highkin moving to cheaper, more flexible competitors like Ghost and Beehiiv. Substack’s 10% revenue c...
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Sex Workers Launch 'Anti-OnlyFans' to Reclaim Their Earnings
Stella Barey leveraged TikTok fame during the pandemic to build a lucrative career on OnlyFans, but found the creator demands unsustainable, leading her to establish a new platform by 2025. She launched Hidden, the first adult platform owned and operated by sex workers, designed as an "anti-OnlyF...
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Control YouTube's AI Upscaling on Your Videos
YouTube is introducing AI-powered upscaling to enhance videos originally uploaded in lower resolutions (240p to 720p) to high-definition quality, with future plans for 4K support and an opt-out option for both creators and viewers. The platform is adding new features including an instant shopping...
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Apple Podcasts Adds Video to Rival YouTube and Spotify
Apple Podcasts is integrating full video capabilities, enabling users to seamlessly switch between watching and listening and positioning the platform to compete with services like YouTube and Spotify. The update is powered by Apple's HLS protocol, which improves streaming quality and unlocks new...
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YouTube's New AI Super Resolution Upscales Low-Quality Videos
YouTube is introducing an AI Super Resolution tool to automatically upscale lower-resolution videos, potentially enhancing them to HD or 4K for a better viewing experience. The platform will also add immersive homepage previews, a contextual search function, and QR codes for shopping links in vid...
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YouTube Now Detects Likeness for All Monetized Creators
YouTube is expanding its likeness detection feature to all YouTube Partner Program creators, enabling them to identify unauthorized AI-generated videos using their face. Eligible creators must verify their identity via a mobile device and ID scan to access a dashboard that flags matching videos, ...
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YouTube Monetization: New Rules for Long-Form, Shorts & Live
YouTube is introducing dynamic sponsorship for long-form videos, allowing creators to insert, remove, or replace branded segments even after publishing. Shorts will feature brand link integration, enabling direct links to sponsors' websites to enhance viewer engagement with promoted products. An ...
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YouTube Lets Creators Use AI to Insert Into Other Videos
YouTube has reached over three billion monthly active users, and at Google I/O, it announced new AI features including "Remix" for Shorts that lets creators alter video styles or insert themselves into clips using text prompts, with digital watermarks and opt-out controls for original creators. T...
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Twitch lets streamers block AI training on their content
Twitch now allows creators to opt out of having their content,including broadcasts, clips, chat logs, and images,used in Amazon's generative AI training programs, with the setting applying to future AI model development. Opting out does not disable other AI-assisted features like automatic captio...
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Apple Podcasts Now Auto-Generates Links & Chapters
Apple Podcasts is introducing automated chapter generation and timed episode links in the iOS 26.2 update to improve navigation and listener interaction. Automated chapters will structure episodes into segments for English-language shows unless creators manually add their own, with options to opt...
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