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While you were watching YouTube Shorts, a 20-year-old was getting paid by them. $14,621 in estimated revenue. From one video. Made by someone who has never appeared on camera once. He figured out something most creators spend years trying to learn: YouTube doesn't reward personality. It rewards retention. It...

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