Did YouTube just kill clip farming? YouTube is updating Shorts to prioritize original content and cut back distribution for channels that are basically just re-uploading other people’s videos. And no, slapping captions on a clip, changing the crop, or making some tiny edit isn’t really adding anything. If you’re using somebody else’s content, YouTube wants you to actually bring something to it. Commentary, storytelling, your own perspective, real editing. This could be a pretty massive shift for Shorts. The era of downloading somebody else’s viral clip, throwing some shit on it and farming millions of views might finally be getting nerfed.