adpocalypse
adpocalypse is the alternative letter-case form of Adpocalypse.
Proper noun capitalized: Adpocalypse
Adpocalypse (plural Adpocalypses)
- A series of events whereby advertisers stopped their marketing campaigns on the video-sharing site YouTube, causing YouTube to introduce stricter guidelines on video monetization.
- In response to the uproar, popularly called the “Adpocalypse,” the platform introduced a vague new policy of automated demonetization to appease advertisers, but they drew remarkably wide lines for the AI carrying out these changes.2017 December 8, Rachel Dunphy, “Can YouTubers Survive the Adpocalypse?”, in Daily Intelligencer
- However, YouTube insists that your content must be “ad friendly” if you want to monetize on it. As of 2019, YouTube has experienced three Adpocalypses, […]2020, Chandler Wright, Social Media Marketing 2019, page 89
Forms of adpocalypse
| plural | Adpocalypses |
|---|---|
| alternative form | adpocalypse |
Origin of adpocalypse
From ad + -pocalypse.
Questions about adpocalypse
- What does adpocalypse mean?
- Adpocalypse means a series of events whereby advertisers stopped their marketing campaigns on the video-sharing site YouTube, causing YouTube to introduce stricter guidelines on video monetization.
- What is adpocalypse the alternative letter-case form of?
- Adpocalypse is the alternative letter-case form of Adpocalypse.
- What part of speech is adpocalypse?
- Adpocalypse is a proper noun.
Words near adpocalypse in the dictionary
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