I've been reporting shout outs left and right, and if you'd hear me out, I'd suggest you do the same. First and foremost, they're toxic to the community. It's almost just as bad as sub 4 sub. It don't help your views any, it will only give you dead subs. Secondly, it's advertisement, plain and simple. You're asking people to sub to you to earn a shout out, so unless you give shout out from the kindness of your heart, you're asking for something to help with your channel which is against the rules. What happened to the days where you earned subs because of great content? We're a community here, and a family, so let's help each other grow the right way and weed out those here whom hurt our community.