Yeah, it takes all kinds. While I have no community guideline strikes, or copyright strikes, YT once removed one of my comments as it pointed out their hypocrisy with a high degree of accuracy. (with evidence posted by others on YT)
I have not encountered anyone deliberately lying here on DTube other than plagiarism; the others were just misinformed and firmly believed what they were saying as far as I could tell. (maybe they are good liars)
There are a few things that complicate things here on DTube and Steemit. Most don't publish using their real names. That leaves us with the problem that it is sometimes impossible to prove someone said/wrote something and we are dealing with multiple jurisdictions. The flip side is that it's not possible to lay insult at an anonymous entity. I have also seen channels on Steemit/Dtube that were run by multiple people, further obfuscating who is saying what.
While I don't agree with what some are saying, I do recognize their right to say it; as repulsive as some of it gets. By classifying themselves as entertainment instead of news there no longer is the expectation of truth they will argue. Caveat emptor, "buyer beware" applies here.
For the uploads you may want to keep a separate browser. I use Chromium for nothing else but viewing and uploading DTube videos when FireFox refuses. Most of the time this works, but not always. Someone told me to clear cookies in FF every day, but that didn't work for me.
No need to lie, just be true to yourself.
Thanks for the mention Shaidon, much appreciated! Cheers!
YouTube once removed a video where I was promoting one of Google's own products in a positive light. The video has over 22K views and it's still viewed daily.
They are their own worst enemy sometimes. I often simply need YouTube. To get permission to publish I often have to send an unlisted or private link to the various parties involved; this is a feature missing from DTube. Since the material is already on YouTube it's much easier to publish once I do have the proper clearances. In this respect, DTube in it's current state, is not an efficient platform for me to use so I don't upload much anymore. I still had one more incomplete render that I started for DTube and forgot about. I uploaded it 26 days ago since it's HD (not my usual 4K), but it will likely be my last.
So what was YouTube's reason for pulling your video?
They never pulled the video, just the ads. They said it wasn't commercially viable or some crap, even though it was gaining views every day. I didn't have enough subscribers to appeal the decision.
Later they removed me from their partnership program because I didn't have 1000 subscribers and I wasn't generating 4000 hours of watch time per year. I would need to be uploading at least 5 videos a day in order to get anywhere near that level.
At least here, when DTube works, I can generate SBD (which currently isn't worth much).
When I say lies, I mean 'intentionally misinforming' people. Now, either they believe the stuff they spout or they don't. Either way, some of the crap is dangerous. If people are encouraging others to actively go out and harass innocent people in real life... that's beyond the pale. And yeah, I am against censorship to a degree.
I used Microsoft Edge, but I really shouldn't have to change browsers just to upload a video.
YouTube doesn't care and lets me upload stuff whatever browser I use.