To be honest, the analysis of someone who thinks that 'views' is a valid metric for 'earnings' has to be somewhat suspect. I had a look at this guy's output, and it seems to be mainly 'How to' listicles and 'This one weird trick' clickbait. I think that might just be the problem right there...

Tony was very diplomatic in the comments I thought, which is good to see, since the CEO has in the past had a habit of rubbing people up the wrong way with somewhat abrasive declarations. Very restrained and on-point, I felt. Maybe he's been to Medium charm school.