Hi everyone, I had to vent somewhere.
So in the past 24 hours, we at WAM have almost entirely been demonetized by YouTube. Our content is flagged as "hate speech". Now this isn't new. We've been getting demonetized like crazy for a while but they've managed to step it up despite YouTube claiming a month ago that it fixed the demonetization "bugs" and that there is now 30% more content monetized. The claim is bogus.
They demonetize us for the first few days when we get our views and then when the views stop coming in, they suddenly monetize the videos. That's what the recent claim is regarding and it's out of context nonsense.
Interestingly, YouTube says our videos are not advertiser friendly all while continuing to advertise on the videos and taking all the money for themselves. This will be detailed in an upcoming video report we'll be posting shortly.
On top of us being stifled by a company that has a monopoly on information and has gotten billions of dollars from taxpayers, Facebook has also banned myself as well as @theeconomictruth from sharing our content to people on the social media site. So our main source of marketing has been cut off.
At the same time as all this has been happening (and remember, this is in the past 24 hours), I sent $8,000 USD of Bitcoin from Exodus to Bittrex and it just...disappeared. It's no where. After sending it out, I clicked on the transaction in my wallet. The transaction ID according to both BlockCypher and Blockchain.info does NOT EXIST! Weird, because the hard earned money is gone from my wallet. Exodus does not have a support team, they just have Frequently Asked Questions" so I have no way of getting any information. Have had a support ticket open on Bittrex where there is no evidence of a deposit waiting to be confirmed but no one has gotten back to me yet. I refreshed my Bitcoin in my Exodus wallet and rescanned the blockchain and suddenly the record of the transaction disappeared as well. Money's STILL gone...
This is a week after $10,000 CAD just disappeared into thin air out of my Exodus wallet without any transactions being made.
So plain and simple, I'm going broke due to my Bitcoin literally disappearing into thin air as I've attempted to track it and there's no record of it existing all while YouTube has cut off my revenue almost entirely and Facebook has banned me and others from sharing my own videos.
Not sure where to go from here, but I'm about to starve because of it. I work 18 hours a day to bring people content that I'm proud of and I can't imagine doing anything else. The demand is there, but I need to make enough money to eat and pay rent. It's becoming next to impossible to do. I don't need to make a lot of money, just enough to continue doing what I love, interviewing hundreds of people, doing nearly a thousand reports, doing documentaries, reporting on events, etc.
So I'm forced to reach out to my viewers for a hand up. In the end, independent media depends on its viewers as the establishment does everything in their power to crush any opposition. Information is one of the keys to individual liberty and when information is suppressed we cannot go on any longer.
I'm going to leave some donation options below. I really can't do it without you. I really don't want to ask for money but censorship and demonetization is killing us as well as so many other independent medias.
While I really appreciate crypto donations, the most important right now is fiat so I can afford food and rent while doing this work 24/7.
Thank you!
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I'm so sorry this is happening to you. Yeah, youtube are crooks...Did you still not find out what happened to the 10,000 that disappeared. I wrote the address to exodus support in that post, I dealt with them before and they had the issue solved in minutes even though it didn't even have anything to do with them. The email address is: [email protected] I'm not getting paid till Thursday, but will send something to your paypal then. Meanwhile I'll resteem. I hope this gets solved for you soon. Hang in there!
Thank you very much! I appreciate it! :) Means a lot! And thank you for the address, I must have missed it last time. Sent something in hoping to hear back.
Hey Josh, I started Patreon, but I don't want anything, no mentions or anything...I just want to be able to listen in. You guys cover alot of important stuff.
Thank you very much! I really appreciate it! :) It makes a difference!
You are very welcome, I hope it all works out soon! I am going to start going back and letting your playlists play non-stop while I am working, so you will get some views after the 3 day scam they are trying to pull...
And I hope you got a screenshot of that transaction before you refreshed!!!!!
Hi ,
Nice work sir
you might also want to start uploading your videos to dtube now since it is working properly, refer to this post for updates https://steemit.com/dtube/@heimindanger/d-tube-0-5-big-optimizations#@steveconnor/re-heimindanger-re-steveconnor-re-heimindanger-d-tube-0-5-big-optimizations-20171127t155330490z
Good luck, Josh. We need your content!
Josh, there are other folks that lost money between exodus and bitrex. in some cases the transaction eventually completed. You might want to check out thebitcoinpub forum https://thebitcoin.pub/t/i-think-i-lost-my-bitcoin-by-sending-it-from-my-exodus-to-my-bittrex-wallet/14154/2
I understand your problems. I am also coming here from YouTube.
My wife and I make down to earth videos and they get flagged all the time now.
My wife makes homesteading, crafting and cooking videos. Nearly every one is flagged as "not suitable for all advertisers" and gets no income until after it has run its course.
I think YouTube is blocking preppers, homesteaders and off grid families now.
Its a conspiracy theory but I have heard from many other YTers who have the same complaints.
Or maybe they blocked scammers and beggars and that could be why your videos get flagged Troy
Josh exodus has a contact link on their website if you go to the status page. their email is [email protected]