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Devastated father says his 9-year-old son spent $118,000 on YouTube ad campaigns for his Minecraft channel using a company credit card — bill racked up in just three weeks was supposed to be one $20 (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] 67 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Why is a nine year old on you tube, worse with their own channel?

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  • [–] 3 points 11 hours ago (1 child)

    It's kind of the lemonade stand of our time. Get some feel for how markets work, and exercise some generally applicable skills (video editing).

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  • [–] 5 points 7 hours ago

    Hell no it isn't. I would never let my nine year old have a youtube channel.

    I kind of get what you are driving at, but the huge difference is the kid actually runs the stand, and the customers are (likely) friends and neighbors.

    Not some major profit corporation trying to use you as a product to sell ads.

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