You Tube entires should not be allowed to masquerade as TV series

Hello, Actor07. 

I understand your concerns and separating web and TV would have probably been a good idea... ten or five years ago. Nowadays content on YouTube and numerous other platforms is not only rivaling traditional television, it sometimes gets a bigger audience and gives content as much prominence. Some platforms are so borderline that if IMDb will implement "web series" there will be endless disputes and arguments about TV vs. Web as a status of certain project (that basically is the situation with Netflix, Hulu, Amazon and some of the Adult Swim productions).

I am personally adding a lot of YouTube content on IMDb however I have personal standards on that matter, trying to add productions with either some production values or cultural significance/appeal. The latter might seem speculative and subjective, but really, some YouTube videos or rather short films or episodes began worldwide-known franchises and subgenres while some TV shows got closed on their first season failing to amass half-an-audience of what a talented YouTuber can do with a single video.   

Thanks for your input and congrats on your projects.  I'm looking forward to seeing some of your YouTube content.

It is not proper to single out YouTube, but the gist of your concerns is that published folk art or published home movies should have a more limited presence on IMDb, right? The counterpoint is that are actually a number of YouTube channels, albeit not nearly the majority, that have content worthy of airing on television or even being released as feature movies in common cinemas. The amounts of the budgets and costs vary. The amounts of the participants involved vary. So, the main criterion that IMDb goes by is publication. Awkwardly, the widespread use of the Internet, along with permanence of content (by virtue of publishers who stand the test of time), has vastly augmented the scope of the "publication" horizon.

I hope no one minds my bumping this discussion, which is interesting.

I agree with Nikolay Yeriomin that the distinction between a web series and a TV series can be blurry, but I'd still like to make it. I've been adding YouTube and other online content for two years, and it still feels weird to tick the "TV series" box when I'm adding a web series.

In fact, I wonder why we have the same category - "Video" - for both an online video and a movie that was originally released to VHS or DVD. I'd like to see all online content, including both standalone videos and series, in a category called "Web" or "Internet" or "Online". (Hat tip: Luka1184).